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American Truck Simulator

Open-world trucking simulation about hauling cargo and building a company

SCS Software · Released Feb 2, 2016

IndieSimulation

Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
96% of 177K
Recent reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
95% of 1,285 in 30 days
Players
8,707
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
4 days ago
Nov 3, 2026
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX 660
8 GB RAM · 25 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 76/100 (critic reviews)

What is American Truck Simulator?

An open-world truck-driving simulation set across California, Nevada, and Arizona. You accept freight jobs, haul different cargo and trailers while following road rules, customize trucks, and grow from a hired driver into an owner managing garages, a fleet, and employees.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy long, quiet drives through an open world
  • +you want detailed truck systems and vehicle customization
  • +you like combining cargo hauling with company management

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer constant action over long, quiet drives
  • −you dislike managing routes, traffic rules, and parking

What players say

96% of 177,429 reviews are positive · 95% of 1,285 in the last 30 days

Players praise the calm long-distance driving, varied scenery, and convincing sense of truck weight. The most common recent complaint targets a redesigned interface that players find harder to read and say hides useful driving information in pause menus; others criticize the cost of map expansions and lifeless roads or cities.

Players over time

▼ -39% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 16,697 players on Sep 30, 2026.

Show the data
DayPlayers
Nov 7, 20268,707
Nov 6, 20267,510
Nov 5, 20267,211
Nov 4, 20267,170
Nov 3, 20267,829
Nov 2, 20268,437
Nov 1, 20269,013
Oct 31, 20268,697
Oct 30, 20267,212
Oct 29, 20267,204
Oct 28, 20267,597
Oct 27, 20268,299
Oct 26, 20269,192
Oct 25, 202610,802
Oct 24, 202610,017
Oct 23, 20269,267
Oct 22, 20269,583
Oct 21, 20269,411
Oct 20, 20269,807
Oct 19, 202611,190
Oct 18, 202612,117
Oct 17, 202611,266
Oct 16, 202610,053
Oct 15, 20269,953
Oct 14, 202610,287
Oct 13, 202611,336
Oct 12, 202612,846
Oct 11, 202613,426
Oct 10, 202612,416
Oct 9, 202611,743
Oct 8, 202612,149
Oct 7, 202612,167
Oct 6, 202612,883
Oct 5, 202614,712
Oct 4, 202615,584
Oct 3, 202614,966
Oct 2, 202614,133
Oct 1, 202615,293
Sep 30, 202616,697
Sep 29, 202611,031
Sep 28, 202612,326
Sep 27, 202612,335
Sep 26, 202611,304
Sep 25, 202610,609
Sep 24, 20268,374
Sep 23, 20263,730
Sep 23, 20268,307
Sep 22, 20268,238
Sep 21, 20267,104

Screenshots and trailer

American Truck Simulator screenshot 1

American Truck Simulator system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 660, 8 GB RAM, 25 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10 64-bit
Processor
Intel Core i5-6400 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or similar
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon RX 460 or Intel HD 630 (2GB VRAM)
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
25 GB available space
Notes
Disk Space for American Truck Simulator base game

Recommended

OS
Windows 10 64-bit
Processor
Intel Core i5-9600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or similar
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon RX 590 (2GB VRAM)
Memory
12 GB RAM
Storage
25 GB available space
Notes
Disk Space for American Truck Simulator base game

Does American Truck Simulator have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online. It also has a single-player mode. With Remote Play Together, one copy is enough to play the local modes online with friends.

Does American Truck Simulator run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
140
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Traditional Chinese, Catalan, Lithuanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian.

Does American Truck Simulator use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

61 DLC available.

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