Games like American Truck Simulator
If American Truck Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Euro Truck Simulator 2, Virtual Driving School and Motor Town: Behind The Wheel — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its consistent updates, realistic physics and vast open world. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →American Truck Simulator is a 2016 indie simulation game developed and published by SCS Software. Set across the American Southwest, players take on freelance delivery contracts, exploring an open world rendered with notable attention to real-world locations and landmarks. Reviewers highlight the consistent updates, realistic physics, and vast open world as major draws, while players describe the experience as atmospheric and immersive. The game supports modding, allowing the community to expand content beyond the base offering. Priced at $19.99, it holds a 97% positive rating from over 91,000 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck.
About American Truck Simulator: Experience legendary American trucks and deliver various cargoes across sunny California, sandy Nevada, and the Grand Canyon State of Arizona. American Truck Simulator takes you on a journey through the breathtaking landscapes and widely recognized landmarks around the States.
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Euro Truck Simulator 2
WHY THIS
Shares modding support and an immersive mood with American Truck Simulator.
Top pick for American Truck Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
Virtual Driving School
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for American Truck Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Learn to drive at home. Master real‑world road rules in bite‑size lessons, pass your driving test, then take on taxi, delivery, and bus routes across living cities and motorways. Realistic handling, dynamic weather, Left Hand/Right Hand drive, full wheel support.
Motor Town: Behind The Wheel
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with American Truck Simulator.
Third-strongest match for American Truck Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Enjoy realistic driving in the open world. Relaxing cargo deliveries or driving buses and taxis will give you enough money to buy new cars and parts. You can test your driving skills at the race track. It's all about pure driving pleasure!
Truck World: Australia
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for American Truck Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Take a breathtaking journey across Australia behind the wheel of a multi-ton truck. Explore highways and dirt tracks, enjoy the beautiful nature. Step out of the cab to manually secure the hitch and inspect your cargo. Freedom and realism await you!
Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with American Truck Simulator.
Ranked #5 for American Truck Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Climb into the driver's seat of your car and your business, transport passengers across Barcelona and grow your company! Can you help relieve the transportation challenges of a city that never sleeps?
The Bus
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with American Truck Simulator.
Ranked #6 for American Truck Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Transport passengers in the city bus simulation The Bus along 1:1 scale routes in Berlin, passing landmarks like the Victory Column, Brandenburg Gate, and Alexanderplatz. In the Scania Citywide LF and other licensed buses, sell tickets, handle traffic, and get everyone to their destination safely.
Heavy Cargo - The Truck Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with American Truck Simulator.
Ranked #7 for American Truck Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Transport oversized cargo in a variety of missions across a 175km² open world. Drive customisable, highly detailed trucks through dynamic weather and day and night. The official cooperation with Gruber Logistics allows you to get behind the wheel of real-life heavy cargo transports.
Railroader
WHY THIS
Shares modding support and an atmospheric mood with American Truck Simulator.
Ranked #8 for American Truck Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
You and your fellow railroaders are the lifeblood of your railroad, just like it is the lifeblood of the communities it serves. Switch cars at industries. Keep people moving while running local passenger trains. Run trains with a purpose in transition era Appalachia – in Railroader!
Reviewers mention these as similar to American Truck Simulator
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Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown
WHY THIS
Reviewers of American Truck Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
TDUSC is a lifestyle and social experience that redefines what an open-world racing game can be. Explore a fully recreated Hong Kong Island. Take to the road behind the wheel of exceptional cars and live the ultimate life of luxury.
SnowRunner
WHY THIS
Reviewers of American Truck Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Get ready for the next-generation off-road experience! Drive powerful vehicles and overcome extreme open environments to complete dozens of challenging missions solo or with up to 3 friends!
The Crew™
WHY THIS
Reviewers of American Truck Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The Crew is a revolutionary action-driving MMO, developed exclusively for next-gen consoles and high-end PCs that leverage new hardware capabilities to connect players online like never before. The Crew takes you and your friends on a wild ride across a massive, open-world recreation of the United States that is loaded with exciting...
My Summer Car
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with American Truck Simulator.
Reviewers of American Truck Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.
The Long Drive
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration with American Truck Simulator.
Reviewers of American Truck Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Random generated open world semi-post apocalyptic survival car driving game.
Pacific Drive
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with American Truck Simulator.
Reviewers of American Truck Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.
BeamNG.drive
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with American Truck Simulator.
Reviewers of American Truck Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of American Truck Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below American Truck Simulator at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under American Truck Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under American Truck Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with American Truck Simulator.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under American Truck Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under American Truck Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with American Truck Simulator.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under American Truck Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with American Truck Simulator.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Kerbal Space Program
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under American Truck Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with American Truck Simulator.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with American Truck Simulator.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with American Truck Simulator.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with American Truck Simulator.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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More from SCS Software
Other recommendable Steam games by SCS Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
WHY THIS
Shares modding support and an immersive mood with American Truck Simulator.
Another title from SCS Software, the studio behind American Truck Simulator. Shares Indie and Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
Euro Truck Simulator
WHY THIS
Another title from SCS Software, the studio behind American Truck Simulator. Shares Indie and Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
The original Euro Truck Simulator - the game which has become the classic of the genre and is still relevant today. The first truck simulation game in a European setting, with European long haul trucks!
Bus Driver
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with American Truck Simulator.
Another title from SCS Software, the studio behind American Truck Simulator. Shares Indie and Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
In Bus Driver, your job is to transport passengers around an attractive and realistic city. You must drive to a timetable on a planned route, whilst obeying traffic rules, and taking care not to upset or injure your passengers.
Scania Truck Driving Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with American Truck Simulator.
Another title from SCS Software, the studio behind American Truck Simulator. Shares Indie and Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Get behind the wheel of one of the most iconic trucks on the road with this highly detailed Scania R-series truck simulation by SCS Software, developers of Euro Truck Simulator 2.
Trucks & Trailers
WHY THIS
Another title from SCS Software, the studio behind American Truck Simulator. Shares Indie and Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Put your truck driving skills to the test in Trucks & Trailers! Complete basic training and set on the way to master the wide variety of challenges that lie ahead.
18 Wheels of Steel: American Long Haul
WHY THIS
Another title from SCS Software, the studio behind American Truck Simulator.
Your American Dream Starts Behind the Wheel of Your Own Big Rig! North America's open roads await! You ain't working for the Man any more! You're the owner of your own trucking business and you call the shots. Build your empire one rig at a time to dominate the roadways and outbid the competition. Can you handle the pressure?
Hunting Unlimited 2010
WHY THIS
Another title from SCS Software, the studio behind American Truck Simulator. Shares Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Get the Shot. Get the Game. Experience fast-paced hunting action in pursuit of the biggest trophy bucks throughout North America, Canada and Now the Bavarian Forest! Wilderness Madness! Free Hunt Mode drops you right in the action with game a plenty, or for exacting hunting adventures try Challenge Mode. Calling All Predators.
18 Wheels of Steel: Across America
WHY THIS
Another title from SCS Software, the studio behind American Truck Simulator. Shares Simulation with American Truck Simulator.
Drive faster than your competition, haul your cargo across the entire United States and feel the wind in your face as you control your own destiny. Blast the horn and build a career in the fast-paced world of trucking.
Frequently asked about American Truck Simulator
- Is American Truck Simulator verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — American Truck Simulator is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does American Truck Simulator cost?
- American Truck Simulator is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does American Truck Simulator have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — American Truck Simulator supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to American Truck Simulator?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside American Truck Simulator are Euro Truck Simulator 2, Virtual Driving School, Motor Town: Behind The Wheel.
- Who developed American Truck Simulator?
- American Truck Simulator was developed by SCS Software.
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