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Euro Truck Simulator 2 cover art

Euro Truck Simulator 2

SCS Software · 2012-10-12

SteamAmazon

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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).

52,259
playing now
97%
positive of 940k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,108
twitch viewers (latest)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (412 ratings)
53h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 137h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

52,259 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 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

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 52,259 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 61,857 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7,732/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 17,871 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 38M–75M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 940,020 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 18 of 28 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16k16k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 3,398 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1,968 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 81 negativeWeek 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: 963 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 40 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

53k9.8k2026-08-06 16:00 — 35,959 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 15,073 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 27,058 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 38,185 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 14,145 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 42,621 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 24,696 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 13,730 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 36,391 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 14,926 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 22,365 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 33,389 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 10,169 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 36,621 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 28,827 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 16,502 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 44,868 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 14,765 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 23,116 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 34,423 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 9,849 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 38,503 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 25,732 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 15,010 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 41,152 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 19,861 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 33,324 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 52,154 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 12,251 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 47,553 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 30,782 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 15,405 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 43,279 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 21,237 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 21,144 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 41,775 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 14,779 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 44,335 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 43,223 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 52,259 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#31#372026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #312026-08-07 — #312026-08-08 — #312026-08-09 — #312026-08-10 — #312026-08-11 — #312026-08-12 — #312026-08-13 — #372026-08-14 — #372026-08-15 — #372026-08-16 — #362026-08-17 — #362026-08-18 — #362026-08-19 — #362026-08-20 — #362026-08-21 — #342026-08-22 — #312026-08-23 — #312026-08-24 — #322026-08-25 — #312026-08-26 — #312026-08-27 — #312026-08-28 — #322026-08-29 — #322026-08-30 — #33
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
3103102026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 151 new positive2026-08-07: 8 new negative2026-08-08: 133 new positive2026-08-08: 12 new negative2026-08-09: 163 new positive2026-08-09: 4 new negative2026-08-10: 142 new positive2026-08-10: 9 new negative2026-08-11: 171 new positive2026-08-11: 13 new negative2026-08-12: 152 new positive2026-08-12: 7 new negative2026-08-14: 149 new positive2026-08-14: 1 new negative2026-08-15: 148 new positive2026-08-15: 3 new negative2026-08-16: 157 new positive2026-08-16: 9 new negative2026-08-17: 187 new positive2026-08-17: 6 new negative2026-08-18: 157 new positive2026-08-18: 8 new negative2026-08-19: 145 new positive2026-08-19: 3 new negative2026-08-20: 169 new positive2026-08-20: 1 new negative2026-08-21: 217 new positive2026-08-21: 4 new negative2026-08-22: 243 new positive2026-08-22: 10 new negative2026-08-23: 287 new positive2026-08-23: 6 new negative2026-08-24: 299 new positive2026-08-24: 10 new negative2026-08-25: 310 new positive2026-08-25: 11 new negative2026-08-26: 264 new positive2026-08-26: 7 new negative2026-08-27: 265 new positive2026-08-27: 5 new negative2026-08-28: 252 new positive2026-08-28: 12 new negative2026-08-29: 260 new positive2026-08-29: 8 new negative2026-08-30: 222 new positive2026-08-30: 14 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$3.742015-01-012026-08-232015-01-01 — 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 $4.992026-08-23 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.4k6392026-05-13 — 920 pageviews2026-05-16 — 1,222 pageviews2026-05-19 — 887 pageviews2026-05-22 — 1,097 pageviews2026-05-25 — 894 pageviews2026-05-28 — 931 pageviews2026-05-31 — 902 pageviews2026-06-03 — 749 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,032 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1,055 pageviews2026-06-12 — 915 pageviews2026-06-15 — 760 pageviews2026-06-18 — 723 pageviews2026-06-21 — 704 pageviews2026-06-24 — 753 pageviews2026-06-27 — 912 pageviews2026-06-30 — 818 pageviews2026-07-03 — 773 pageviews2026-07-06 — 736 pageviews2026-07-09 — 865 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1,055 pageviews2026-07-15 — 939 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1,047 pageviews2026-07-21 — 707 pageviews2026-07-24 — 846 pageviews2026-07-27 — 745 pageviews2026-07-30 — 740 pageviews2026-08-02 — 944 pageviews2026-08-05 — 874 pageviews2026-08-08 — 1,396 pageviews2026-08-11 — 755 pageviews2026-08-14 — 667 pageviews2026-08-17 — 798 pageviews2026-08-20 — 746 pageviews2026-08-23 — 912 pageviews2026-08-24 — 773 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5.3k1272026-08-20 00:12 — 5,303 viewers2026-08-21 20:12 — 3,971 viewers2026-08-25 20:12 — 3,616 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 984 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 593 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 223 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 153 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 251 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 512 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 560 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 554 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 911 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 378 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 136 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 211 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 267 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 490 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 1,393 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 1,498 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 765 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 602 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 345 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 355 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 490 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 716 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 1,052 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 1,661 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 608 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 306 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 237 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 324 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 942 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 1,000 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1,108 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…

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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