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Euro Truck Simulator 2

SCS Software · 2012-10-12

SteamAmazon

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric, Side view, Virtual Reality

Releases: Oct 19, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (PlayStation 5), TBD (PlayStation 4), TBD (Xbox One), TBD (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 16, 2013 (Linux)

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 2 is an Indie and Simulation game released in 2012, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 936012 reviews).

43,610
playing now
97%
positive of 949k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,662
twitch viewers (latest)
10.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (412 ratings)
141
Nexus mods (168k downloads)
53h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 137h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

43,610 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Euro Truck Simulator 2 is a truck simulator game developed and published by SCS Software for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS and was initially released as open development on 18 October 2012. The game is a direct sequel to the 2008 game Euro Truck Simulator and it is the fourth video game in the Truck Simulator series.

Trailer

Euro Truck Simulator 2 trailer thumbnail

Euro Truck Simulator 2 Promo Trailer

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Health check

Thriving
  • · 43,610 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 55,647 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6,956/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 49,353 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: healthy→thriving (Sep 17), thriving→healthy (Sep 16), healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 16)

Estimated sales: 38M–76M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 948,837 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2024-06-27) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 22 of 30 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16k16k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 1,421 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,031 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2,183 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2,202 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2,365 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,562 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1,941 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1,311 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 9,449 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2,698 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2,267 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1,820 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1,399 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1,115 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1,459 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5,918 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7,420 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1,258 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1,315 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2,405 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 14,197 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16,119 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 320 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8,943 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7,533 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7,661 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11,753 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 256 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8,665 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7,601 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9,324 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6,606 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4,811 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7,193 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11,516 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10,954 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8,852 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 221 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8,581 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8,354 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8,693 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 213 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8,542 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8,107 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10,630 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6,054 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7,514 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6,418 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14,228 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8,800 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 229 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10,189 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 281 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7,261 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7,386 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,082 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6,278 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7,020 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 499 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6,259 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 325 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6,751 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6,189 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6,472 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6,445 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11,215 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7,564 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8,644 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 225 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6,049 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7,217 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7,306 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6,684 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5,288 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9,422 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 269 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9,196 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 345 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6,700 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 304 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9,307 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 302 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16,400 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 344 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9,634 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 313 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8,410 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5,899 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7,448 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6,468 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7,617 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 395 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6,010 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13,770 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 521 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7,040 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7,430 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 363 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6,531 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7,679 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11,239 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 380 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8,931 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 312 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7,012 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 264 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8,963 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 350 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7,259 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5,909 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5,657 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9,185 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 363 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6,438 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 260 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5,641 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7,767 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 288 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7,196 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 265 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9,424 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 379 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8,023 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7,879 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 407 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7,143 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6,880 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 266 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6,858 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 273 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5,557 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7,722 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6,133 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 238 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 5,329 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 2,860 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 84 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

58k8.6k2026-09-14 18:00 — 39,157 players2026-09-15 18:00 — 37,804 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 11,560 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 14,880 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 23,254 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 24,995 players2026-09-21 08:00 — 14,178 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 14,148 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 14,211 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 14,262 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 17,899 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 25,751 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 29,059 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 16,223 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 16,161 players2026-09-30 08:00 — 15,685 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 17,333 players2026-10-02 08:00 — 18,415 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 27,824 players2026-10-04 08:00 — 31,057 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 18,618 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 18,079 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 17,665 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 16,663 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 18,397 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 26,492 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 30,134 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 17,139 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 15,626 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 16,228 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 43,610 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
35k488Jan 2013Aug 2026Jan 2013 — avg 1,235 · peak 2,837Jun 2013 — avg 488 · peak 977Nov 2013 — avg 1,364 · peak 5,861Apr 2014 — avg 2,108 · peak 6,028Sep 2014 — avg 4,386 · peak 9,203Feb 2015 — avg 6,239 · peak 12,517Jul 2015 — avg 7,594 · peak 13,984Dec 2015 — avg 11,525 · peak 30,310May 2016 — avg 8,715 · peak 18,897Oct 2016 — avg 9,395 · peak 20,451Mar 2017 — avg 9,641 · peak 21,277Aug 2017 — avg 13,771 · peak 26,139Jan 2018 — avg 19,978 · peak 42,693Jun 2018 — avg 15,569 · peak 32,186Nov 2018 — avg 15,595 · peak 40,300Apr 2019 — avg 14,679 · peak 30,514Sep 2019 — avg 14,632 · peak 33,390Feb 2020 — avg 18,775 · peak 41,328Jul 2020 — avg 19,620 · peak 34,566Dec 2020 — avg 23,952 · peak 53,896May 2021 — avg 22,917 · peak 48,629Oct 2021 — avg 20,167 · peak 48,697Mar 2022 — avg 20,779 · peak 47,618Aug 2022 — avg 19,997 · peak 39,128Jan 2023 — avg 25,413 · peak 55,166Jun 2023 — avg 20,841 · peak 41,392Nov 2023 — avg 27,121 · peak 58,928Apr 2024 — avg 23,945 · peak 51,313Sep 2024 — avg 22,925 · peak 51,506Feb 2025 — avg 27,652 · peak 54,053Jul 2025 — avg 27,132 · peak 50,456Dec 2025 — avg 34,569 · peak 69,237May 2026 — avg 27,327 · peak 57,565Aug 2026 — avg 27,520 · peak 54,431
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#30#382026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #352026-09-15 — #352026-09-16 — #382026-09-17 — #372026-09-18 — #372026-09-19 — #352026-09-20 — #352026-09-21 — #352026-09-22 — #352026-09-23 — #352026-09-24 — #352026-09-25 — #362026-09-26 — #342026-09-27 — #312026-09-28 — #302026-09-29 — #302026-09-30 — #342026-10-01 — #362026-10-02 — #362026-10-03 — #332026-10-04 — #332026-10-05 — #332026-10-06 — #342026-10-07 — #362026-10-08 — #362026-10-09 — #362026-10-10 — #362026-10-11 — #352026-10-12 — #342026-10-13 — #342026-10-14 — #36
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
4494492026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 92 new positive2026-09-15: 2 new negative2026-09-16: 100 new positive2026-09-16: 4 new negative2026-09-17: 136 new positive2026-09-17: 3 new negative2026-09-18: 298 new positive2026-09-18: 5 new negative2026-09-19: 180 new positive2026-09-19: 5 new negative2026-09-20: 206 new positive2026-09-20: 2 new negative2026-09-21: 171 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-22: 251 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 94 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 126 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 136 new positive2026-09-25: 11 new negative2026-09-26: 209 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 241 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new negative2026-09-28: 198 new positive2026-09-28: 8 new negative2026-09-29: 182 new positive2026-09-29: 9 new negative2026-09-30: 161 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 213 new positive2026-10-01: 5 new negative2026-10-02: 226 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new negative2026-10-03: 242 new positive2026-10-03: 11 new negative2026-10-04: 318 new positive2026-10-04: 9 new negative2026-10-05: 325 new positive2026-10-05: 6 new negative2026-10-06: 449 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 190 new positive2026-10-07: 6 new negative2026-10-08: 211 new positive2026-10-08: 9 new negative2026-10-09: 178 new positive2026-10-09: 10 new negative2026-10-10: 225 new positive2026-10-10: 10 new negative2026-10-11: 259 new positive2026-10-11: 4 new negative2026-10-12: 193 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 159 new positive2026-10-13: 5 new negative2026-10-14: 164 new positive2026-10-14: 7 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$3.742015-01-012026-09-302015-01-01 — best price $3.742015-04-09 — best price $19.952015-07-10 — best price $8.492015-09-29 — best price $22.992016-02-19 — best price $6.242016-05-10 — best price $22.992016-08-26 — best price $7.492016-11-26 — best price $7.492017-04-17 — best price $4.992017-07-27 — best price $8.002017-12-20 — best price $5.992018-04-14 — best price $4.992018-08-02 — best price $19.992018-09-24 — best price $19.992019-01-10 — best price $4.992019-05-27 — best price $19.992019-09-18 — best price $19.992020-01-20 — best price $16.572020-04-17 — best price $19.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-08-31 — best price $19.992020-10-13 — best price $17.882020-11-19 — best price $17.882021-01-12 — best price $19.992021-02-24 — best price $16.882021-04-08 — best price $4.992021-05-22 — best price $19.992021-08-17 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-04-05 — best price $4.992022-08-04 — best price $4.992022-10-10 — best price $4.992023-01-04 — best price $18.962023-05-24 — best price $19.992024-02-13 — best price $17.992024-12-12 — best price $19.992026-01-12 — best price $4.992026-09-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.3k4442026-05-13 — 920 pageviews2026-05-17 — 1,016 pageviews2026-05-21 — 986 pageviews2026-05-25 — 894 pageviews2026-05-29 — 979 pageviews2026-06-02 — 823 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,032 pageviews2026-06-10 — 962 pageviews2026-06-14 — 996 pageviews2026-06-18 — 723 pageviews2026-06-22 — 864 pageviews2026-06-26 — 887 pageviews2026-06-30 — 818 pageviews2026-07-04 — 867 pageviews2026-07-08 — 793 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1,055 pageviews2026-07-16 — 772 pageviews2026-07-20 — 799 pageviews2026-07-24 — 846 pageviews2026-07-28 — 763 pageviews2026-08-01 — 984 pageviews2026-08-05 — 874 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,105 pageviews2026-08-13 — 728 pageviews2026-08-17 — 798 pageviews2026-08-21 — 903 pageviews2026-08-25 — 742 pageviews2026-08-29 — 824 pageviews2026-09-02 — 658 pageviews2026-09-06 — 716 pageviews2026-09-10 — 576 pageviews2026-09-14 — 597 pageviews2026-09-18 — 607 pageviews2026-09-22 — 629 pageviews2026-09-26 — 570 pageviews2026-09-30 — 528 pageviews2026-10-04 — 596 pageviews2026-10-08 — 562 pageviews2026-10-12 — 507 pageviews2026-10-13 — 444 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.0k662026-09-30 18:34 — 1,255 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 255 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 251 viewers2026-10-01 22:34 — 1,088 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 242 viewers2026-10-02 16:34 — 734 viewers2026-10-03 01:34 — 543 viewers2026-10-03 10:34 — 560 viewers2026-10-03 19:34 — 1,732 viewers2026-10-04 04:34 — 174 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 1,059 viewers2026-10-04 22:34 — 406 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 537 viewers2026-10-05 16:34 — 984 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 208 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 484 viewers2026-10-06 19:34 — 1,751 viewers2026-10-07 04:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 758 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 792 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 225 viewers2026-10-08 16:34 — 924 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 267 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 977 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 1,647 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 241 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 523 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 786 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 255 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 1,308 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 389 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 260 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 1,819 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 162 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 517 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 1,083 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 493 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 2,056 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 1,662 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
83.2%
earned "Friends Are Always Here to Help You"
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 Difficulty108 DLC

30 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Polish, Danish…

Post-launch support: 100 DLC released, first 2013-09-19, latest 2026-06-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)166,8810%106

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

DrivingEconomyModdableRelaxingRealisticControllerManagementOpen WorldSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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