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Hard Truck Apocalypse / Ex Machina

Targem Games · ESDigital Games · 2014-03-14

Steam

ActionRacingRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 14, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland of diesel and dust, bandits and mobsters rule the last remaining cities, controlling all vital trade routes and destroying any hope of a return to a lawful world.

6
playing now
84%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Hard Truck: Apocalypse, known in Europe as Ex Machina, is a vehicular combat post-apocalyptic science fiction video game developed by Russian game developer Targem Games. It is part of the Hard Truck series. It is a Privateer-like game based around vehicles instead of spaceships, set in a post-apocalyptic Europe. The player controls an armored truck and roams between settlements trading with locals, completing quests and fighting numerous enemies to upgrade the truck and acquire better weapons to progress through the main storyline.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 98 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 69k–165k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,747 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.71 at Steam (2015-11-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 21 of 31 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
696920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2412026-08-11 17:00 — 19 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 18 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 19 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 20 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 21 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 20 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 24 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 22 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$0.712015-01-012026-08-012015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-10-26 — best price $7.992016-01-18 — best price $0.952016-05-30 — best price $7.992016-10-24 — best price $0.952017-01-02 — best price $7.992017-06-12 — best price $1.592017-09-25 — best price $7.992017-12-21 — best price $0.792018-02-19 — best price $7.992018-07-30 — best price $1.592018-11-01 — best price $7.992019-02-04 — best price $0.792019-05-20 — best price $7.992019-09-30 — best price $0.792019-12-03 — best price $7.992020-04-20 — best price $0.792020-07-09 — best price $7.992020-11-25 — best price $0.792021-01-05 — best price $7.992023-08-12 — best price $7.102023-08-27 — best price $7.992023-09-30 — best price $6.712023-11-17 — best price $1.112023-11-30 — best price $6.552024-01-05 — best price $6.552024-02-12 — best price $6.552024-03-21 — best price $1.202024-05-09 — best price $6.552024-07-08 — best price $6.552025-06-28 — best price $1.832025-07-12 — best price $7.592025-12-19 — best price $2.002026-03-14 — best price $6.612026-05-15 — best price $1.962026-06-24 — best price $7.022026-07-12 — best price $2.002026-07-24 — best price $1.962026-08-01 — best price $7.91
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4552026-06-01 — 11 pageviews2026-06-04 — 17 pageviews2026-06-07 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 13 pageviews2026-06-13 — 11 pageviews2026-06-16 — 23 pageviews2026-06-19 — 12 pageviews2026-06-22 — 13 pageviews2026-06-25 — 30 pageviews2026-06-28 — 27 pageviews2026-07-01 — 24 pageviews2026-07-04 — 18 pageviews2026-07-07 — 23 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-13 — 21 pageviews2026-07-16 — 13 pageviews2026-07-19 — 17 pageviews2026-07-22 — 19 pageviews2026-07-25 — 12 pageviews2026-07-28 — 18 pageviews2026-07-31 — 12 pageviews2026-08-03 — 15 pageviews2026-08-06 — 16 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-12 — 12 pageviews2026-08-15 — 16 pageviews2026-08-18 — 20 pageviews2026-08-21 — 18 pageviews2026-08-24 — 13 pageviews2026-08-27 — 16 pageviews2026-08-29 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, German

Player tags

RPGIndieActionRacingClassicDrivingAdventureNostalgiaOpen WorldAtmospheric

Census log

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

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