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18 Wheels of Steel: Convoy cover art

18 Wheels of Steel: Convoy

SCS Software · Cosmi Valusoft · 2016-09-02

SteamGOG

Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 01, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take the wheel of a fast paced, high intensity trucking business. Start as a one man show, bidding on jobs, then build your fleet into an unstoppable convoy and deliver the goods. Grow your business and your fleet, but beware - your reputation is everything.

18 Wheels of Steel: Convoy is a Simulation game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 99 reviews).

0
playing now
77%
positive of 99 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Sometimes 18 Wheels Just Ain't Enough! Take the wheel of a fast paced, high intensity trucking business. Start as a one man show, bidding on jobs, then build your fleet into an unstoppable convoy and deliver the goods. Grow your business and your fleet, but beware - your reputation is everything. 10-4 Good Buddy. Bid on lucrative larger jobs and captain the convoys necessary to pull them off. But watch your back - the police are always looking to take a mighty convoy down! Have fun playing the fourth truck sim game in the 18 Wheels of Steel series!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 99 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2019-06-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 77 of 109 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420162026Week of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20Aug 2016Nov 2024Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5May 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2024 — avg 1 · peak 3
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.82$1.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $9.992016-10-28 — best price $4.992017-03-30 — best price $2.492017-07-06 — best price $2.492017-10-17 — best price $2.492018-01-22 — best price $9.992018-10-30 — best price $3.992020-04-01 — best price $8.992020-07-19 — best price $9.992020-09-01 — best price $8.992020-10-22 — best price $8.992020-11-19 — best price $8.992020-12-22 — best price $6.692021-01-29 — best price $6.692021-03-03 — best price $8.382021-04-06 — best price $9.992021-05-06 — best price $8.382021-06-05 — best price $8.382021-11-29 — best price $9.992022-05-01 — best price $9.992022-08-03 — best price $7.892023-01-03 — best price $9.992023-06-11 — best price $6.692023-11-15 — best price $7.342024-04-04 — best price $9.992024-07-23 — best price $6.992024-09-27 — best price $7.342025-01-03 — best price $6.492025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-08-02 — best price $7.892025-11-15 — best price $4.492026-03-21 — best price $7.342026-06-01 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $3.992026-09-19 — best price $3.992026-10-09 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

DrivingSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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