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Junkyard Truck

Keystone Knight · 2022-07-27

Steam

SimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 27, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Junkyard Truck is an open-world off road driving and mechanic simulator. Build, upgrade, and maintain your old off road truck. Make money using your skills in driving, scavenging, gambling, or moonshine brewing. Try to build a truck capable of taking on the difficult challenges around the map.

Junkyard Truck is a 2022 Simulation and Early Access game priced at $14.99, estimated to have 50,000 to 100,000 owners, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 1291 reviews).

4
playing now
77%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
11
Nexus mods (1.1k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Cooling
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 92 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 52% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–58k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,291 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2025-09-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15615620222026Week of 2022-07-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1722026-09-15 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 17 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1248Aug 2022Aug 2026Aug 2022 — avg 124 · peak 365Oct 2022 — avg 39 · peak 94Dec 2022 — avg 17 · peak 54Feb 2023 — avg 22 · peak 68Apr 2023 — avg 23 · peak 81Jun 2023 — avg 15 · peak 35Aug 2023 — avg 20 · peak 42Oct 2023 — avg 14 · peak 39Dec 2023 — avg 18 · peak 50Feb 2024 — avg 16 · peak 44Apr 2024 — avg 13 · peak 35Jun 2024 — avg 14 · peak 41Aug 2024 — avg 30 · peak 82Oct 2024 — avg 17 · peak 38Dec 2024 — avg 11 · peak 26Feb 2025 — avg 18 · peak 46Apr 2025 — avg 8 · peak 21Jun 2025 — avg 13 · peak 39Aug 2025 — avg 12 · peak 29Oct 2025 — avg 94 · peak 345Dec 2025 — avg 34 · peak 77Feb 2026 — avg 14 · peak 38Apr 2026 — avg 11 · peak 34Jun 2026 — avg 9 · peak 25Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$8.992022-07-272026-01-052022-07-27 — best price $14.992023-02-04 — best price $19.992023-04-18 — best price $14.992024-09-16 — best price $13.492024-09-23 — best price $14.992025-07-02 — best price $11.242025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-26 — best price $8.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $12.742026-01-05 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
41.8%
earned "Running Decently"
5.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1541%22

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

Player tags

DrivingOpen WorldSimulationExplorationEarly AccessFirst-PersonSingleplayerAutomobile SimSexual Content

Census log

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

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