Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like American Truck Simulator (2026)
Every game below overlaps with American Truck Simulator on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Euro Truck Simulator 2, which made by the same studio, SCS Software.
- American Truck Simulator is tagged Automobile Sim, Driving, Open World, Transportation, Simulation, America, Realistic, Moddable by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 2 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
- 2 are from the same studio: Euro Truck Simulator 2, Euro Truck Simulator.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Euro Truck Simulator 2
Why it matched: made by the same studio, SCS Software; both open world, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 13 player tags including Driving, Transportation and Simulation; released around the same time (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.
Euro Truck Simulator 2 at a glance Released 2012 Studio SCS Software Player sentiment 97% positive of 940,049 Price $19.99 DrivingTransportationSimulationAutomobile SimRealisticModdableRelaxingExploration
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Euro Truck Simulator
Why it matched: made by the same studio, SCS Software; both open world, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Simulation, Automobile Sim and Driving; released around the same time (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!
Euro Truck Simulator at a glance Released 2013 Studio SCS Software Player sentiment 84% positive of 7,665 Price $4.99 SimulationAutomobile SimDrivingRealisticRelaxingModdableManagementExploration
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Farming Simulator 19
Why it matched: both open world, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Simulation, Realistic and Driving; released around the same time (2018).
The best-selling franchise takes a giant leap forward with a complete overhaul of the graphics engine, offering the most striking and immersive visuals and effects, along with the deepest and most complete farming experience ever.
Farming Simulator 19 at a glance Released 2018 Studio GIANTS Software Player sentiment 94% positive of 76,267 Price $17.99 SimulationRealisticDrivingManagementAutomobile SimModdableRelaxingEconomy
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OMSI 2: Steam Edition
Why it matched: both open world, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Automobile Sim, Simulation and Driving; released around the same time (2013).
Off to the next round! Experience a new omnibus simulator with OMSI 2 and start discovering Spandau while driving the omnibus. OMSI 2 is the successor of the well-known and awarded omnibus simulator "OMSI - The Bus Simulator".
OMSI 2: Steam Edition at a glance Released 2013 Studio MR-Software GbR Player sentiment 86% positive of 14,844 Price $29.99 Automobile SimSimulationDrivingRealisticModdableCasualRelaxingFamily Friendly
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Ultimate Fishing Simulator
Why it matched: both open world, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including America, Simulation and Immersive Sim; released around the same time (2018).
Bored of waiting for a bite? Would you like to catch some fish? You're lucky - in Ultimate Fishing Simulator, fish bite like crazy! Spinning, float fishing, ground fishing, and more! Comprehensive fishing simulator that allows using various techniques, in different places around the world!
Ultimate Fishing Simulator at a glance Released 2018 Studio Ultimate Games S.A. Player sentiment 89% positive of 9,129 Price $19.99 AmericaSimulationImmersive SimExplorationCasualRealisticRelaxingFamily Friendly
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Train Simulator Classic
Why it matched: both open world, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Simulation, Driving and Realistic; released around the same time (2015).
The ultimate railway hobby for more than 15 years! From historic steam locomotives to modern high-speed and heavy freight trains, and routes around the world, Train Simulator Classic is the simulation made by railfans for railfans.
Train Simulator Classic at a glance Released 2015 Studio Dovetail Games Player sentiment 72% positive of 29,408 Price $29.99 SimulationDrivingRealisticCasualRelaxingModdableLevel EditorTransportation
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Farming Simulator 15
Why it matched: both open world and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Automobile Sim, Simulation and Moddable; released around the same time (2014).
Welcome to the new generation of Farming Simulator!With a brand new graphics and physics engine, Farming Simulator 15 offers an immense open world, filled with details and visual effects transporting the Farming Simulator franchise to a new era.
Farming Simulator 15 at a glance Released 2014 Studio GIANTS Software Player sentiment 93% positive of 15,855 Price $12.99 Automobile SimSimulationModdableRealisticRelaxingDrivingEconomyManagement
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Cities: Skylines II
Why it matched: both open world, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Simulation, Management and Economy.
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
Cities: Skylines II at a glance Released 2023 Studio Iceflake Studios Player sentiment 56% positive of 91,995 Price $49.99 SimulationManagementEconomyRealisticModdableRelaxingTransportationCasual
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Transport Fever
Why it matched: both open world and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Driving, Economy and Management; released around the same time (2016).
Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!
Transport Fever at a glance Released 2016 Studio Urban Games Player sentiment 83% positive of 10,841 Price $29.99 DrivingEconomyManagementTransportationRelaxingSimulationRealisticModdable
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Construction Simulator 2015
Why it matched: both open world and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Simulation, Automobile Sim and Driving; released around the same time (2014).
In Construction Simulator 2015, you take the controls of 16 realistic construction machines made by LIEBHERR, STILL and MAN with high-quality 3D graphics.
Construction Simulator 2015 at a glance Released 2014 Studio weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung GmbH Player sentiment 82% positive of 6,852 Price $14.99 SimulationAutomobile SimDrivingCasualRealisticManagementModdableFamily Friendly
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Gold Mining Simulator
Why it matched: both open world and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Simulation, Realistic and Driving; released around the same time (2017).
Become a gold miner. Work hard, dig deep, explore the world, and you’ll become the wealthiest person in Alaska. Use a variety of specialist machines to find as much gold as you can.
Gold Mining Simulator at a glance Released 2017 Studio Code Horizon Player sentiment 73% positive of 16,382 Price $19.99 SimulationRealisticDrivingEconomyExplorationManagementAutomobile SimRelaxing
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Universe Sandbox
Why it matched: both open world, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Simulation, Realistic and Relaxing; released around the same time (2015).
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
Universe Sandbox at a glance Released 2015 Studio Giant Army Player sentiment 96% positive of 32,082 Price $20.09 SimulationRealisticRelaxingFamily FriendlyCasualExploration
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House Flipper
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Simulation, Relaxing and Casual; released around the same time (2018).
House Flipper is a unique chance to become a one-man renovation crew. Buy, repair and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit!
House Flipper at a glance Released 2018 Studio Empyrean Player sentiment 94% positive of 111,507 Price $24.99 SimulationRelaxingCasualImmersive SimManagementEconomyFamily FriendlyRealistic
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Car Mechanic Simulator 2015
Why it matched: both open world, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Automobile Sim, Simulation and Driving; released around the same time (2015).
New cars, new tools, new options, more parts and much more fun in the next version of Car Mechanic Simulator! Take your wrench! Create and expand your auto repairs service empire. Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 will take you behind the scenes of daily routine in car workshop.
Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Red Dot Games Player sentiment 92% positive of 14,625 Price $19.99 Automobile SimSimulationDrivingManagementRealisticCasual
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Gas Station Simulator
Why it matched: both open world and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Simulation, Economy and Management.
Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.
Gas Station Simulator at a glance Released 2021 Studio DRAGO entertainment Player sentiment 88% positive of 27,421 Price $19.99 SimulationEconomyManagementCasualRealisticRelaxingDrivingFamily Friendly
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Professional Fishing
Why it matched: both open world, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Simulation, Casual and Realistic; released around the same time (2018).
Are you falling asleep with a rod? Never again! Professional Fishing will never let you fall asleep! Play an amazing fishing simulator and feel like a real angler! Create your own fishing club and compete with others!
Professional Fishing at a glance Released 2018 Studio MasterCode Player sentiment 76% positive of 4,260 Price Free SimulationCasualRealisticFamily FriendlyRelaxingExploration
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SimCity 4
Why it matched: both atmospheric and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Immersive Sim, Economy and Management.
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.
SimCity 4 at a glance Released 2003 Studio Maxis Player sentiment 82% positive of 9,833 Price $19.99 Immersive SimEconomyManagementSimulationCasualRealisticFamily FriendlyModdable
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Planet Coaster
Why it matched: both atmospheric and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Simulation, Management and Family Friendly; released around the same time (2016).
Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.
Planet Coaster at a glance Released 2016 Studio Frontier Developments Player sentiment 91% positive of 72,148 Price $44.99 SimulationManagementFamily FriendlyRelaxingEconomyRealisticCasual
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Planet Zoo
Why it matched: both open world and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Management, Simulation and Economy; released around the same time (2019).
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
Planet Zoo at a glance Released 2019 Studio Frontier Developments Player sentiment 91% positive of 97,527 Price $44.99 ManagementSimulationEconomyRealisticFamily FriendlyRelaxingCasual
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Transport Fever 2
Why it matched: both open world and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Simulation, Management and Transportation; released around the same time (2019).
The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
Transport Fever 2 at a glance Released 2019 Studio Urban Games Player sentiment 90% positive of 32,509 Price $39.99 SimulationManagementTransportationEconomyRealisticModdableCasual
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City Car Driving
Why it matched: both open world and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Simulation, Driving and Automobile Sim; released around the same time (2016).
City Car Driving – realistic car driving simulator, which will help you master the basic skills of the car driving in various traffic conditions, with plunging into the environment most closely resembling the real one.
City Car Driving at a glance Released 2016 Studio Forward Development, Ltd. Player sentiment 83% positive of 36,073 Price $24.99 SimulationDrivingAutomobile SimRealisticModdableFamily FriendlyCasual
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Russian Fishing 4
Why it matched: both open world, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Simulation, Realistic and Relaxing.
Russian Fishing 4 is a fishing simulator with RPG elements. There is no story line and the whole process is based on the concept of an open, free to roam and free to play game.
Russian Fishing 4 at a glance Released 2021 Studio FishSoft LLC Player sentiment 61% positive of 90,224 Price Free SimulationRealisticRelaxingImmersive SimCasualFamily Friendly
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Farming Simulator 17
Why it matched: both open world; shares 8 player tags including Simulation, Automobile Sim and Realistic; released around the same time (2016).
Take on the role of a modern farmer in Farming Simulator 17! Explore farming possibilities in a new North American environment. Drive over 250 farming vehicles and equipment from over 75 manufacturers, including new brands such as Challenger, Fendt, Valtra or Massey Ferguson.
Farming Simulator 17 at a glance Released 2016 Studio GIANTS Software Player sentiment 93% positive of 25,933 Price $14.99 SimulationAutomobile SimRealisticEconomyDrivingModdableManagementFamily Friendly
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ABZU
Why it matched: both open world, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Relaxing, Exploration and Casual; released around the same time (2016).
From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.
ABZU at a glance Released 2016 Studio Giant Squid Player sentiment 93% positive of 27,628 Price $19.99 RelaxingExplorationCasualFamily FriendlySimulation
Common questions
What game is most like American Truck Simulator?
Euro Truck Simulator 2, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, SCS Software. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to American Truck Simulator" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with American Truck Simulator. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of American Truck Simulator do?
Euro Truck Simulator 2, Euro Truck Simulator are also from SCS Software, and appear in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.