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American Truck Simulator

SCS Software · 2016-02-02

SteamAmazonMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Feb 03, 2016 (Linux), Feb 02, 2016 (Mac), Feb 02, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (PlayStation 5), TBD (Xbox Series X|S)

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.

American Truck Simulator is an Indie, Simulation game released in 2016, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 196278 reviews).

9,556
playing now
97%
positive of 198k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
107
twitch viewers (latest)
4.9
viewers/channel (concentration)
81/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (112 ratings)
63
Nexus mods (43k downloads)
78/100
opencritic · strong · 59% recommend · from 20 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

9,556 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

American Truck Simulator is a truck simulator game developed and published by SCS Software. It was first announced as being in development in September 2013 and unveiled at the E3 2015. It was released on February 2, 2016 for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS. The game is the parallel to Euro Truck Simulator 2, the spiritual successor of 18 Wheels of Steel, and the fifth installment in the Truck Simulator series. The game is set in a condensed depiction of the United States, featuring American conventional semi-trucks and various locations across the U.S., where players pick up a variety of cargos and deliver them to their destinations.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 9,556 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11,411 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,426/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 50,067 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-10-06

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Oct 6), healthy→thriving (Sep 30)

Estimated sales: 4.9M–12M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 197,898 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2024-06-27) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 22 of 30 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.9k3.9k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,498 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,442 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,407 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3,922 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,746 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,711 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,471 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,660 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2,713 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,732 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,533 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,567 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,473 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,130 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,658 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2,600 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,518 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,178 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,019 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,853 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,703 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2,051 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,940 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2,509 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,443 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,978 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,375 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,272 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,884 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,054 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,494 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,747 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,452 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,562 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,451 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,547 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,757 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,302 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,413 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,595 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,753 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2,018 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,388 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,468 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,481 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,341 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,270 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,127 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,427 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,322 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,471 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,402 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,493 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,011 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,413 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,680 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,515 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,119 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,574 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3,080 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,514 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,805 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,506 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,545 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,105 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,747 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,406 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,000 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,608 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,266 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,243 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,036 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,287 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,242 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,409 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,236 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,903 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,762 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,727 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,461 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,235 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,412 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,231 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,472 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,165 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,203 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 855 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 47 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

19k3.7k2026-09-15 11:00 — 4,021 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 4,756 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 3,731 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 7,906 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 16,424 players2026-09-30 08:00 — 8,603 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 13,711 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 15,990 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 14,934 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 8,104 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 11,924 players2026-10-01 20:00 — 14,371 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 13,843 players2026-10-02 08:00 — 7,788 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 11,747 players2026-10-02 20:00 — 15,009 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 15,014 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 9,690 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 14,856 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 18,250 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 15,476 players2026-10-04 08:00 — 10,233 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 15,356 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 18,122 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 14,200 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 7,019 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 9,983 players2026-10-05 20:00 — 12,711 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 8,624 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 8,948 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 5,159 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 9,556 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8.6k0Jun 2015Aug 2026Jun 2015 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2015 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2016 — avg 7,299 · peak 19,138Jun 2016 — avg 2,823 · peak 5,099Oct 2016 — avg 1,815 · peak 3,333Feb 2017 — avg 2,256 · peak 4,556Jun 2017 — avg 2,475 · peak 4,647Oct 2017 — avg 2,250 · peak 5,023Feb 2018 — avg 2,728 · peak 4,919Jun 2018 — avg 2,804 · peak 6,508Oct 2018 — avg 3,944 · peak 10,185Feb 2019 — avg 3,263 · peak 6,296Jun 2019 — avg 4,694 · peak 9,685Oct 2019 — avg 3,105 · peak 5,597Feb 2020 — avg 3,812 · peak 6,913Jun 2020 — avg 4,008 · peak 7,049Oct 2020 — avg 4,789 · peak 8,425Feb 2021 — avg 6,246 · peak 11,882Jun 2021 — avg 5,045 · peak 8,405Oct 2021 — avg 5,262 · peak 10,050Feb 2022 — avg 5,649 · peak 9,748Jun 2022 — avg 5,007 · peak 8,198Oct 2022 — avg 5,194 · peak 9,494Feb 2023 — avg 6,156 · peak 10,289Jun 2023 — avg 5,320 · peak 8,692Oct 2023 — avg 5,642 · peak 10,556Feb 2024 — avg 6,431 · peak 11,236Jun 2024 — avg 6,553 · peak 13,465Oct 2024 — avg 6,926 · peak 13,476Feb 2025 — avg 6,919 · peak 11,603Jun 2025 — avg 6,006 · peak 10,313Oct 2025 — avg 6,700 · peak 11,557Feb 2026 — avg 8,194 · peak 17,062Jun 2026 — avg 6,475 · peak 10,940Aug 2026 — avg 6,708 · peak 11,614
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#85#962026-09-302026-10-062026-09-30 — #882026-10-01 — #852026-10-02 — #852026-10-03 — #902026-10-04 — #952026-10-05 — #952026-10-06 — #96
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1451452026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 101 new positive2026-09-21: 3 new negative2026-09-22: 19 new positive2026-09-25: 73 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 49 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 64 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 62 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 81 new positive2026-10-01: 103 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 81 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 145 new positive2026-10-03: 7 new negative2026-10-04: 90 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 75 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 58 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 60 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 62 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 65 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new negative2026-10-11: 78 new positive2026-10-11: 6 new negative2026-10-12: 50 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 33 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 38 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative2026-10-15: 32 new positive2026-10-15: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.002016-01-182026-10-142016-01-18 — best price $16.332016-06-06 — best price $15.992016-09-22 — best price $19.992017-02-22 — best price $19.992017-07-24 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $19.992018-03-06 — best price $19.992018-05-25 — best price $19.992018-09-06 — best price $4.992018-12-19 — best price $4.992019-03-25 — best price $19.992019-09-02 — best price $4.992019-12-18 — best price $19.992020-02-16 — best price $16.472020-06-06 — best price $19.992020-07-17 — best price $14.692020-09-02 — best price $5.992020-10-04 — best price $15.892020-11-06 — best price $19.992020-12-08 — best price $19.992021-01-22 — best price $19.992021-02-27 — best price $15.892021-04-04 — best price $19.992021-05-05 — best price $15.892021-06-12 — best price $19.992021-09-11 — best price $19.992021-11-25 — best price $14.692022-02-28 — best price $4.992022-05-16 — best price $19.992022-08-13 — best price $16.992022-11-21 — best price $19.992023-01-11 — best price $18.962023-07-25 — best price $17.772024-02-28 — best price $17.992024-07-22 — best price $4.992024-12-20 — best price $17.992025-04-17 — best price $17.882026-02-26 — best price $19.992026-09-30 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2731172026-06-03 — 140 pageviews2026-06-07 — 203 pageviews2026-06-11 — 138 pageviews2026-06-15 — 148 pageviews2026-06-19 — 175 pageviews2026-06-23 — 121 pageviews2026-06-27 — 202 pageviews2026-07-01 — 166 pageviews2026-07-05 — 208 pageviews2026-07-09 — 189 pageviews2026-07-13 — 191 pageviews2026-07-17 — 183 pageviews2026-07-21 — 170 pageviews2026-07-25 — 203 pageviews2026-07-29 — 160 pageviews2026-08-02 — 224 pageviews2026-08-06 — 148 pageviews2026-08-10 — 172 pageviews2026-08-14 — 143 pageviews2026-08-18 — 157 pageviews2026-08-22 — 217 pageviews2026-08-26 — 204 pageviews2026-08-30 — 173 pageviews2026-09-03 — 174 pageviews2026-09-07 — 152 pageviews2026-09-11 — 148 pageviews2026-09-15 — 159 pageviews2026-09-19 — 178 pageviews2026-09-23 — 160 pageviews2026-09-27 — 207 pageviews2026-10-01 — 255 pageviews2026-10-05 — 233 pageviews2026-10-09 — 174 pageviews2026-10-12 — 214 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.0k1072026-10-01 10:34 — 1,046 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 712 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 885 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 240 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 601 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 1,243 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 573 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 574 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 350 viewers2026-10-04 20:34 — 657 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 263 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 666 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 1,151 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 353 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 411 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 3,971 viewers2026-10-07 09:34 — 127 viewers2026-10-07 18:34 — 1,033 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 321 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 361 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 442 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 217 viewers2026-10-09 15:34 — 371 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 1,500 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 1,387 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 193 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 734 viewers2026-10-11 12:34 — 223 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 438 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 618 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 878 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 644 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 423 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 304 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 369 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 154 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 211 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 107 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
75.3%
earned "Not a Problem"
6.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty61 DLC

30 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian…

Post-launch support: 61 DLC released, first 2016-04-13, latest 2026-05-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)59,6100%134

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

AmericaDrivingEconomyModdableRelaxingRealisticManagementOpen WorldSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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