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Hard Truck 2: King of the Road cover art

Hard Truck 2: King of the Road

SoftLab-NSK · Fulqrum Publishing · 2026-06-24

SteamGOG

Racing

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Jun 07, 2002 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hard Truck 2: King of the Road is a 2000 open-world trucking game, part of one of the early series that helped shape the genre. Deliver cargo, compete with rival drivers, and build your own transport empire.

Hard Truck 2: King of the Road is a Racing game released in 2026, priced at $4.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 860 reviews).

90%
positive of 860 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
77/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)
Hard Truck 2: King of the Road is the European version of Hard Truck 2. It was released in various European countries by JoWooD Productions on June 7, 2002. It is part of the Hard Truck series.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 759 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~108/week).
  • · Top 14% of 2,371 Racing games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–39k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 860 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at GOG (2020-01-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 86 of 96 observed days · $1.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
44944920262026Week of 2026-06-24: 449 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-22: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-12: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$1.192019-04-152026-10-142019-04-15 — best price $5.392019-12-11 — best price $1.492020-03-16 — best price $1.492020-11-06 — best price $1.492021-02-10 — best price $1.192021-10-15 — best price $1.492022-01-24 — best price $1.492022-06-06 — best price $1.192022-08-22 — best price $1.192022-12-12 — best price $1.192023-06-11 — best price $1.192023-10-30 — best price $1.202024-01-16 — best price $5.992024-04-04 — best price $5.992024-05-30 — best price $5.992024-08-14 — best price $1.192024-09-25 — best price $1.192024-11-14 — best price $1.192025-02-05 — best price $5.992025-04-10 — best price $1.192025-06-10 — best price $1.192025-08-26 — best price $1.192025-10-08 — best price $5.992026-01-06 — best price $1.192026-03-08 — best price $5.992026-04-24 — best price $5.992026-06-09 — best price $1.192026-07-02 — best price $2.992026-07-14 — best price $4.992026-07-24 — best price $2.612026-08-27 — best price $2.992026-09-02 — best price $2.992026-09-08 — best price $2.992026-09-14 — best price $4.992026-09-20 — best price $2.992026-09-26 — best price $2.992026-10-02 — best price $2.992026-10-08 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
68.7%
earned "First Contract"
24%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)37913%19

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

Census log

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

Recent updates

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