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IndieSimulationAutomobile SimDrivingOpen WorldTransportationRealistic

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.

Developer
SCS Software
Publisher
SCS Software
Franchise
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Release date
Feb 2, 2016
Store page updated
Jun 18, 2026
Price
$19.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

84.5/ 100

Based on 410 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 96% of 1,198
All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 97% of 196,269
“great game, encourages focus on gameplay improvements”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
+1.28
Controls & feel +1.43
“controls feel smooth and responsive like cutting butter with mods installed” (17)
相比起欧卡，美卡的道路更适合飙车。 装了引擎和变速器mod，日常200公里时速，感觉比隔壁地平线还刺激。各种算提前量，闪电换道，走应急车道，我的操作已如切开黄油般丝滑。 每次预计20小时的路程，我12小时送到，总有一种自己好棒棒的感觉。

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Story & World
+0.26
World +3.51
“pleasant, relaxing, comforting atmosphere and sights and sounds” (80)

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Content Volume
+1.70
Volume +2.03

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Visuals & Sound
+3.02
Visuals +3.38
“scenery is gorgeous, realistic details well executed” (62)

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Multiplayer
+1.93
Playing together +2.47
“co-op hauling with friends is great fun” (17)

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Fairness
-2.29
Monetization -2.02
“DLC costs add up quickly despite free content and sales” (22)

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Tech & Ops
-1.28
Developer support +0.52

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update DLC
80%85%90%95%100%
Feb 2016Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 1,198 reviews, peak 72/day
050100
Aug 19Sep 17

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.

Review languages

Languages of the 409 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English39%
  • Spanish13%
  • Russian11%
  • Portuguese9%
  • Chinese9%
  • Turkish4%
  • Other14%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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