Every Euro Truck Simulator game, ranked
All 2 Euro Truck Simulator games we hold, spanning 2012 to 2013: 2 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 947,714 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: Euro Truck Simulator 2 (GamingPickz Score 8.8), the highest-rated entry we can score.
- For the money: Euro Truck Simulator gives the most score per dollar right now.
The Euro Truck Simulator games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 2 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
2 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 2 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
2 best Euro Truck Simulator games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
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Euro Truck Simulator 2
Best for: Players who need accessibility options that actually exist
8.8GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceEuro Truck Simulator 2 at a glance Released 2012 Studio SCS Software Player sentiment 97% positive of 940,049 Critics 79/100 Price $19.99 Steam Deck verified Install size Not stated Accessibility 9 declared features Raw 97% shrinks to 97.0 on 940,049 reviews, then blends with the 79 critic aggregate, giving 8.8.
What the data supports- 97% positive across 940,049 reviews is a strong signal at that volume, where a few enthusiasts cannot move the number.
- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Declares 9 accessibility features, well above the catalogue norm.
Worth checking first- Players rate it well above critics, 97 against 79. Usually a sign it improved after launch, or that it delivers something reviewers undervalued.
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Euro Truck Simulator
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
7.1GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceEuro Truck Simulator at a glance Released 2013 Studio SCS Software Player sentiment 84% positive of 7,665 Critics No aggregate Price $4.99 Steam Deck playable Install size Not stated Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 84% shrinks to 84.0 on 7,665 reviews, giving 7.1. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
Best and worst entry
The best-received Euro Truck Simulator game we can score is Euro Truck Simulator 2 at 8.8. The lowest is Euro Truck Simulator at 7.1, a 1.7-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: Euro Truck Simulator at $4.99. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: Euro Truck Simulator, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the Euro Truck Simulator entries on Steam:
- Verified: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Playable: Euro Truck Simulator
Platforms across the series
Where the 2 Euro Truck Simulator games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 2 of 2 |
The Euro Truck Simulator series, game by game
Every Euro Truck Simulator game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2012
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits. (Steam)
Reception
Reception The game was generally well received by critics, holding a score of 79/100 on Metacritic , indicating "generally favorable reviews". In a review for Destructoid , James Stephanie Sterling praised the game's accessibility, noting how easy the GPS and map features were to use, as well as the option to stream European internet radio, and the multitude of control options available. They also praised the graphics, stating that "[f]rom the shape of… (Wikipedia)
- 2013
The original Euro Truck Simulator - the game which has become the classic of the genre and is still relevant today. The first truck simulation game in a European setting, with European long haul trucks! (Steam)
Reception
Reception The game received mostly positive reviews from critics upon its release. Reviewers highlighted the game's good graphics, the game world and a "satisfying driving experience. " They also mentioned the long driving times and repetitive gameplay as uninteresting for those not fans of transportation simulators. (Wikipedia)
Euro Truck Simulator, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
Euro Truck Simulator vs other series
How Euro Truck Simulator stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
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Common questions
How many Euro Truck Simulator games are there?
We hold 2 Euro Truck Simulator games in the catalogue, released between 2012 and 2013. 2 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which Euro Truck Simulator game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, Euro Truck Simulator 2 rates highest at 8.8. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the Euro Truck Simulator games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2012 to 2013. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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