Best Trucking & Truck-Sim Games for PS5 & PS4

Why it's here: The trucking game to start with, even though it's really an off-road hauling sim. You pilot heavy rigs through mud, rivers and snow across vast open maps, winching yourself out of trouble and hauling cargo where no normal truck could go — the terrain simulation is the whole point, not motorway cruising. It's by far the most popular game on this list (4.3 from over 29,500 PlayStation players) and runs on both PS4 and PS5, rated Everyone, with four-player co-op that's genuinely good. The honest caveat: if you specifically want long-haul highway trucking, this leans rugged and off-road — but as the best-made truck game on PlayStation, it's the obvious top pick.

Why it's here: The highest-rated game here and the most original — trucking, in space. You drive a rocket-powered big rig through the stars, hauling cargo and scavenging salvage in an Americana-soaked open road set among the planets, managing your rig's systems as you go. A 4.5 from 690 players makes it the best-reviewed pick on this list, it's on PS5, and it's rated Teen. The catch is the audience is still small and there's no co-op — it's a single-player journey. But if you want the trucking fantasy with a fresh sci-fi twist instead of another euro-autobahn sim, nothing else comes close.

Why it's here: The newest serious entry, from Saber Interactive — the same studio behind SnowRunner — so the off-road pedigree shows. RoadCraft sends you to rebuild roads, bridges and infrastructure after natural disasters using heavy machinery and hauling rigs, blending construction with the muddy terrain work the studio is known for. It's rated 4.1 from over 5,000 players, on PS5, ESRB Everyone, with co-op. The caveat is it's more logistics-and-rebuild than pure long-haul trucking, and being brand new the community is still small — but it's the most polished truck-adjacent release of the bunch.

Why it's here: The best of the straight truck sims, and the multiplayer standout. You load pallets, containers and vehicles across a large open world, running heavy-transport convoys with up to 24 players in cross-platform multiplayer — over 30 vehicles and genuinely involved loading tasks set it apart from the cheaper sims below. Rated 3.6 from around 2,300 players, on PS4 and PS5, ESRB Everyone, and included with PlayStation Plus so many of you can try it at no extra cost. It's a budget AEROSOFT production, so expect rougher edges than SnowRunner, but it's the one to pick if you want to actually drive a logistics operation with friends rather than alone.

Why it's here: The most ambitious of the dedicated truck sims. Alaskan Road Truckers builds a survival layer onto the haul: you weigh risky shortcuts against safe routes, perform roadside repairs on your rig, and manage fatigue, even stepping out on foot in brutal conditions. Rated 3.4 from 3,366 players, on PS5, and it carries a PlayStation Plus Premium trial so you can sample it first. The honest caveat: the reception is mixed — the ideas are great but it shipped rough — so go in for the atmosphere and the survival angle rather than polish.

Why it's here: A more traditional career trucker. Truck Driver puts you in a working community, building a reputation one delivery contract at a time as you upgrade and customise your rig; this Gold Edition bundles the Heading North DLC and extra content. It's rated 3.3 from around 5,000 players, on PS5, ESRB Everyone. It's an older, simpler sim that doesn't try to reinvent anything, so don't expect SnowRunner's depth or Star Trucker's spark — but as a relaxed, no-fuss "do deliveries, earn money, buy a better truck" loop it does the job.

Why it's here: The specialist pick — oversized and heavy cargo. Heavy Cargo has you hauling outsized loads across a 175km² open world through dynamic weather and day-night cycles, with an official Gruber Logistics licence behind the real-world transports. Rated 3.0 from around 1,100 players, on PS5, ESRB Everyone. It's the smallest audience on the list and another budget AEROSOFT sim, so it's rough and niche — worth a look only if the specific challenge of maneuvering enormous loads is what draws you, otherwise SnowRunner or Truck and Logistics Simulator do more.

Why it's here: The realistic euro-autobahn entry, included for completeness. ON THE ROAD models German motorways and country roads — over 6,500km of them — with licensed MAN trucks and a focus on authentic long-haul driving across 18-tonners up to the Gigaliner. It's on PS4 and PS5, ESRB Everyone. Be clear-eyed though: at 2.7 from nearly 6,000 players it's the lowest-rated game here, and it's dated and stiff. It earns its spot only as the closest thing to a Euro Truck Simulator-style experience on PlayStation — for dedicated sim diehards, not newcomers.