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Best Trucking & Truck-Sim Games for PC

Euro Truck Simulator 2 is the best trucking game on PC, and it isn't close: American Truck Simulator and MudRunner are the other two picks worth sending a newcomer to first, ahead of SnowRunner, Star Trucker and RoadCraft. This list leads with the two Euro-trucking games that never made it to PlayStation, the actual reason a separate PC list exists, then rounds out with the off-road and rebuild sims that run on both. Every pick here is weighed against what players actually say, not just a review score.

Pip Larkspur avatarPip LarkspurAI author personaReviewed by Ugur Saritepe
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Updated Aug 24, 2026

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Euro Truck Simulator 2
#1 Pick

Euro Truck Simulator 2

Great
American Truck Simulator
#2

American Truck Simulator

Great
MudRunner
#3

MudRunner

★ 4.3Great

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1Euro Truck Simulator 2
Best overall

Euro Truck Simulator 2

2012
ESRB Everyonemodern
GreatReview analysis

Overall, players have overwhelmingly positive feedback about Euro Truck Simulator 2, consistently praising its relaxing gameplay, realistic driving mechanics, and extensive modding community. However, there are a few critiques concerning DLC pricing and developer responsiveness.

Why it's here: Euro Truck Simulator 2 is the pick if you want one truck sim and nothing else, the game everyone else on this page gets compared to. Reviewers keep landing on the same word: relaxing, a huge, detailed map that runs fine even on modest PCs, and a modding scene that keeps adding routes and trucks. The recurring gripe in Steam reviews is the DLC pricing, since the map only grows one paid expansion at a time. Start here first.

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2American Truck Simulator
Best for American routes

American Truck Simulator

2016
modern
GreatReview analysis

Overall, player feedback for American Truck Simulator is overwhelmingly positive, with many users praising its realism, enjoyable gameplay, and extensive modding community. Players appreciate how it provides a relaxing experience and a sense of freedom while driving. Some users, however, have raised concerns about the cost of DLCs and occasional gameplay bugs.

Why it's here: American Truck Simulator is the one to pick if the open road matters more than European motorways, the US answer from the same studio behind Euro Truck Simulator 2. Steam reviewers praise the same relaxing, immersive pull as its European cousin, with customization and map DLC expanding the country state by state. The recurring complaint is AI traffic that behaves oddly and a game surprisingly demanding on hardware for how simple it looks. Pick this one over its sibling if American highways are more your speed, not both at once.

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3MudRunner
Best off-road classic

MudRunner

4.3(16,000)2018
ESRB Everyonerural
GreatReview analysis

Players overwhelmingly enjoy MudRunner, praising its realistic driving physics, engaging gameplay, and good optimization. Many reviews highlight the fun of off-roading and the satisfaction of navigating challenging terrain, despite some criticisms related to graphics and janky controls.

Why it's here: MudRunner is the off-road classic that started the mud-and-winch genre SnowRunner later polished, and it still holds up as the purer, more stripped-down version. Reviewers love the physics: real mud, real Soviet-era trucks, and four-player co-op that's actually fun, not tacked on. The soundtrack barely exists though, players note it as one of the things holding the mood back, and the vehicle controls stay properly janky throughout. Go in for the terrain puzzle, not the vibe.

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4SnowRunner
Best modern off-road

SnowRunner

4.3(29,565)2022
Co-op: 4ESRB Everyonemodern
GoodReview analysis

Overall, player feedback for SnowRunner is overwhelmingly positive, with many praising the game's immersive driving mechanics, challenging terrain, and extensive content. However, some players expressed frustration with control issues and the game's difficulty level. The combination of enjoyable gameplay with friends and the sense of accomplishment from overcoming challenges has won many players over, despite the noted jankiness in controls and minor bugs.

Why it's here: SnowRunner is where the mud-trucking genre grew up: the same winching and terrain obsession as MudRunner, but with a bigger map, deeper vehicle customization and enough content that reviewers call genuinely extensive. It's still best with a friend or three, the co-op is one of the things players single out as actually good. The steering stays wonky and bugs turn up, which is the one real complaint that follows it around. If you only play one off-road hauler, make it this one over MudRunner for the extra depth.

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5Star Trucker
Best sci-fi hauler

Star Trucker

4.5(691)2025
ESRB Teensci-fi
GoodReview analysis

Overall player feedback for 'Star Trucker' is very positive, emphasizing its engaging gameplay and impressive visuals despite some frustrations with controls and difficulty. Many players appreciate the unique concept and are excited for future updates that may improve the game further.

Why it's here: Star Trucker takes the whole genre somewhere none of the others go: hauling cargo between planets in a battered rig, managing air and power like a tiny spaceship rather than just steering a wheel. Reviewers keep coming back to the visuals and how fresh the whole concept feels, with regular updates from a developer that's clearly still listening. The controls and navigation are the fiddly part, and new players get dropped in with barely any tutorial to explain what's going on. It's the pick for the novelty, not the polish.

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6RoadCraft
Best for heavy machinery

RoadCraft

4.1(5,165)2025
Co-op: 4ESRB Everyonemodern
MixedReview analysis

Overall player feedback on RoadCraft presents a mixed bag of experiences, with many players enjoying the relaxing gameplay and machinery operation, while others express frustration over technical issues, control mechanics, and unpolished elements of the game. Players are divided, with a significant number praising the fun of constructing and rebuilding roads, yet a substantial portion highlights severe bugs and lack of optimization as major deterrents.

Why it's here: RoadCraft is the newest entry, from the SnowRunner studio, and it swaps hauling cargo for rebuilding roads and bridges after disasters with a fleet of heavy machinery. Reviewers who click with it call the construction loop genuinely relaxing, and the co-op holds up as one of its real strengths. The severe complaint that keeps surfacing is technical: crashes, lag and routing that doesn't behave, on top of controller setups reviewers describe as a fight to configure. Wait for a patch if stability matters more than being first.

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About Trucking games pc

This list splits into two trucking traditions. Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator are the dedicated, PC-only highway sims most people mean by truck simulator, built around long hauls, cargo economies and heavy modding. MudRunner, SnowRunner, Star Trucker and RoadCraft swap the highway for mud, space and disaster zones, and all four also run on PlayStation. For every game here, we read and summarized player reviews from Steam, since PlayStation's own written reviews are too sparse to judge sentiment on at scale, into what players consistently praise and complain about. The clearest platform split is RoadCraft and Star Trucker: both hold strong PlayStation star ratings, 4.1 and 4.47, yet sit at 75 and 78 percent positive on Steam, where PC reviewers weigh RoadCraft's crashes and Star Trucker's fiddly controls against a field of veteran highway sims.

Curated by Ugur Saritepe. Rankings weigh aggregated player ratings and review sentiment collected from Steam and the PlayStation Store, with catalogue data from IGDB. How we rankPlayStation StoreSteamIGDB

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Best Trucking Games for PC Compared

  • Euro Truck Simulator 2
    Best overall

    The dedicated Euro-highway simulator with the largest modding scene on this list, its map still expanding through paid DLC.

  • American Truck Simulator
    Best for American routes

    Its US counterpart from the same studio, trading European motorways for American interstates and a state-by-state expanding map.

  • MudRunner
    Best off-road classic★ 4.33 / 5

    The stripped-down off-road original: real mud physics and Soviet-era trucks, without SnowRunner's larger map or deeper customization.

  • SnowRunner
    Best modern off-road★ 4.27 / 5

    MudRunner's bigger, deeper sequel, adding an expanded map, extensive vehicle customization and mod support the original lacks.

  • Star Trucker
    Best sci-fi hauler★ 4.47 / 5

    The only pick set in space, managing a rig's air and power systems while hauling cargo between planets.

  • RoadCraft
    Best for heavy machinery★ 4.1 / 5

    From the SnowRunner studio, swaps long-haul cargo for rebuilding roads and bridges with heavy machinery after disasters.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is the No. 1 truck game?
On this list, Euro Truck Simulator 2. It set the template every other pick here gets measured against: long-haul routes across a continent-spanning map, a huge modding scene, and Steam reviews that skew overwhelmingly positive. American Truck Simulator, its sister game from the same studio, is the second essential pick, ahead of the off-road hauling sims MudRunner and SnowRunner.
What's the most realistic trucking game?
Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator, both praised in Steam reviews specifically for realistic driving mechanics and physics, from gear changes to how the rig handles under load. MudRunner and SnowRunner are realistic in a different way, modeling how mud, water and snow actually behave under a truck's tires, rather than motorway driving.
What are some good Truck Simulator games for PC?
Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator are the two dedicated truck-sim games built for PC. For something different, MudRunner and SnowRunner turn the truck sim into off-road terrain puzzles, Star Trucker moves the whole idea into space, and RoadCraft, from the SnowRunner studio, has you rebuilding roads and bridges instead of just driving them.
What are the most popular truck games?
By review volume on Steam, Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator are by far the most popular trucking games on PC, then SnowRunner and MudRunner, with RoadCraft and Star Trucker still building their audiences. Popularity and quality aren't the same thing here though: Star Trucker has the smallest player base of the six but among the most enthusiastic PlayStation ratings.
Are Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator on PS5?
No, neither has a PlayStation release, which is exactly why they lead a PC-specific list rather than our console trucking games guide. If you're on PS5 or PS4 instead, MudRunner, SnowRunner, Star Trucker and RoadCraft are all available there too, alongside more picks built for PlayStation on our main trucking games list.
Which trucking games on PC have co-op or multiplayer?
MudRunner, SnowRunner and RoadCraft all support four-player online co-op, and reviewers single out MudRunner's cooperative play as one of its best features. Euro Truck Simulator 2, American Truck Simulator and Star Trucker are single-player experiences on this list, with no official multiplayer mode.

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