Games Like 18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker

Experience legendary American trucks and deliver various cargoes across sunny California, sandy Nevada, and the Grand Canyon State of Arizona. American Truck Simulator takes you on a journey through the breathtaking landscapes and widely recognized landmarks around the States.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 66.5%, Driving 19.5%, Simulation 14%

Why You'll Like It: It is the modern gold standard for long-haul trucking in North America, offering deep simulation and expansive road networks.

Non-Stop Extreme Driving Action! Take this Job and Love It! Build your trucking empire from a single hauler to a vast network of convoys crisscrossing the globe’s most extreme roads. Can you feel the hair on your neck raise?

Why similar: Automobile Sim 72%, Simulation 16.8%, Driving 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel refines the extreme terrain and high-stakes cargo delivery mechanics of the original game.

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.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 65%, Driving 20.5%, Simulation 14.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides the most polished and immersive long-haul trucking experience available on the market today.

MudRunner is the ultimate off-road experience putting the players in the driver seat and dares them to take charge of incredible all-terrain vehicles, venturing across extreme Siberian landscapes with only a map and compass as guides!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 65.8%, Driving 19.3%, Simulation 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the raw physics of driving heavy trucks through deep mud and challenging wilderness environments.

Players will step into the shoes of a young man in the year 2014 as he arrives in California to pursue his dreams of road domination and capture the Californian cargo transportation market. There are miles of highways to conquer and cities and towns to reach as he becomes the greatest trucker on the highways.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 67.4%, Simulation 22.9%, Driving 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends trucking simulation with high-speed action and a narrative-driven experience similar to early 18 Wheels of Steel titles.

Get ready for the next-generation off-road experience! Drive powerful vehicles and overcome extreme open environments to complete dozens of challenging missions solo or with up to 3 friends!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 66.5%, Driving 18%, Simulation 15.5%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the 'extreme' aspect of the seed game by forcing players to navigate treacherous off-road terrain with heavy cargo.

Get behind the wheel of one of the most iconic trucks on the road with this highly detailed Scania R-series truck simulation by SCS Software, developers of Euro Truck Simulator 2.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 72.4%, Simulation 16.7%, Driving 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the creators of the Euro Truck series, this game offers precise driving physics and challenging obstacle courses.

Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 67.1%, Driving 19.8%, Simulation 13%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the harsh, extreme weather conditions and survival elements that defined the original extreme trucking experience.

Your American Dream Starts Behind the Wheel of Your Own Big Rig! North America's open roads await! You ain't working for the Man any more! You're the owner of your own trucking business and you call the shots. Build your empire one rig at a time to dominate the roadways and outbid the competition. Can you handle the pressure?

Why similar: Automobile Sim 72.9%, Simulation 15.3%, Driving 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic entry in the series that expands the scope of the trucking empire management experience.

Drive faster than your competition, haul your cargo across the entire United States and feel the wind in your face as you control your own destiny. Blast the horn and build a career in the fast-paced world of trucking.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 74.4%, Simulation 19.7%, Driving 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title remains a nostalgic favorite for its straightforward approach to cross-country cargo delivery.

Transport oversized cargo in a variety of missions across a 175km² open world. Drive customisable, highly detailed trucks through dynamic weather and day and night. The official cooperation with Gruber Logistics allows you to get behind the wheel of real-life heavy cargo transports.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 64.7%, Driving 19%, Simulation 16.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the specialized, oversized loads that require careful planning and precise driving skills.

Load, drive, and deliver through a huge open world with up to 24 players in cross-platform multiplayer. Join your friends in exciting heavy transport convoys. Jump into the driver's seat of more than 30 unique vehicles and carry out complex loading tasks to deliver a variety of cargo.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 65.5%, Driving 18.1%, Simulation 16.4%

Why You'll Like It: It places a heavy emphasis on the loading, securing, and delivery process of various cargo types.

Become a truckie in the heart of Australia! Brave the scorching desert, conquer a sandstorm and support the local industry by delivering vital cargo across the continent’s treacherous terrain.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 64.4%, Driving 21%, Simulation 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the vast, open-road trucking culture of the Australian outback with a focus on long-distance hauling.

Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 65.9%, Driving 19.8%, Simulation 14.3%

Why You'll Like It: It translates the classic long-haul trucking loop into a unique and challenging space-faring environment.

From 18 tonners to the Gigaliner, ON THE ROAD – The Truck Simulator offers everything a trucker’s heart desires.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 72.2%, Simulation 15.4%, Driving 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a realistic and grounded approach to the life of a long-haul truck driver on European highways.

Life on the road is filled with obstacles. Do you have the juice to go from gearjammer to boss man in the trucking business? Climb in the can and find out!

Why similar: Simulation 79.7%, Driving 20.3%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the core loop of picking up jobs and managing time while navigating realistic road networks.

You’re not only a trucker, you’re a tycoon. Drive your rig to make it big as you build your business. Take your show on the road in the third installment of the 18 Wheels of Steel series!

Why similar: Simulation 61.3%, Driving 38.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a classic look at the management and driving balance that defined the early 18 Wheels of Steel games.

Experience the job of a bus driver in a vast and freely drivable urban area. Drive original licensed city buses from the great brands: Mercedes-Benz, Setra, MAN, and IVECO BUS. Transport your passengers safely and punctually, either solo in single player mode, or in multiplayer mode.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 68%, Driving 16.1%, Simulation 15.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar professional driving experience, focusing on route management and passenger safety.

Take the wheel of a fast paced, high intensity trucking business. Start as a one man show, bidding on jobs, then build your fleet into an unstoppable convoy and deliver the goods. Grow your business and your fleet, but beware - your reputation is everything.

Why similar: Simulation 100%

Why You'll Like It: This entry introduced improved graphics and more dynamic traffic systems to the series.

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!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 70%, Simulation 15.6%, Driving 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: The original title that set the foundation for the modern era of professional truck simulation.

Get ready to rev your engines and stack your way to glory in Forklift Extreme Deluxe Edition simulator! Master unique forklifts in hyper-realistic warehouse environments. Multiple camera angles, challenging missions, DLCs, and gameplay modes make it the ultimate forklift simulation experience.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 66%, Driving 19.1%, Simulation 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on precision and skill-based cargo movement in increasingly difficult warehouse environments.

Always dreamed of becoming a forklift operator? Now you can!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 83.9%, Simulation 16.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the physics-based cargo handling challenges found in the loading segments of the seed game.

Manage your very own logistics company, discover the complex world of cross-country haulage and keep the US economy up and running!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 81.1%, Simulation 18.9%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the logistics and business management side of running a trucking company across the United States.

Get ready for the big ones! This stunning simulator puts you in the front seat of a serious car workshop specialized in servicing trucks. With over 100 interactive parts per truck, this highly detailed title is not for the lightweight!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 82.9%, Simulation 17.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides the essential maintenance and repair side of the trucking industry.

Take control of five tons of metal and power, and floor it until you reach the finish line!Drive fully destructible trucks in Championship, Time Attack, Elimination and Quick Race. Get rid of opponents trying to block your way and make a reputation for yourself!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 100%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides an arcade-style racing experience that utilizes the heavy weight and power of semi-trucks.

The Slaverian Trucker is a Survival/Truck/Life simulator game. Make enough money to survive and expand your wealth in the harsh semi-post apocalyptic lands of Slaveria, doing legal and illegal work, while maintaining, fixing, building, repairing, tuning your trucks, cars and other vehicles.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 66.3%, Driving 18.6%, Simulation 15.1%

In Bus Driver, your job is to transport passengers around an attractive and realistic city. You must drive to a timetable on a planned route, whilst obeying traffic rules, and taking care not to upset or injure your passengers.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 72.5%, Simulation 16.8%, Driving 10.7%

In this simulation, the player works as the owner a large car park, on which the towed vehicles will be parked. A huge armada of different towing vehicles is ready to go. The trucks are on the road to find illegally parked cars. For each order you earn money, as being towed might be very expensive for the owner.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 77.5%, Simulation 16.1%, Driving 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the specialized heavy vehicle operation required to recover stranded trucks.

Run your own taxi cab company by hiring drivers, upgrading vehicles and getting behind the wheel to complete fares. Some passengers will even encourage you to break traffic laws to get to their destination quickly, but try to avoid the watchful eye of the police.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 67.1%, Driving 19.1%, Simulation 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: A simpler driving simulation that focuses on the core job-completion loop found in many early 2000s vehicle sims.

Put your truck driving skills to the test in Trucks & Trailers! Complete basic training and set on the way to master the wide variety of challenges that lie ahead.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 67.1%, Simulation 20.8%, Driving 12.1%

Catch the bus and let it take you to a detailed, virtual world.Are you ready to explore a picturesque German city behind the wheel of a realistically modeled, freely accessible bus? Then take a look at “Bus Simulator 2012” by the well-known developer studio TML!Every technical detail of the original bus has been reproduced true-to-live.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 73.5%, Simulation 15.3%, Driving 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic driving simulation that focuses on the job-based progression system similar to the seed game.

Build and expand your repair service empire in this incredibly detailed and highly realistic simulation game, where attention to car detail is astonishing. Find classic, unique cars in the new Barn Find module and Junkyard module. You can even add your self-made car in the Car Editor.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 70.7%, Simulation 16.6%, Driving 12.7%

The first truck driving simulator from SCS Software lets you be your own boss behind the wheel of a big rig rolling through 11 US states. Road hazards, low fuel and the police can affect the timeliness and condition of your deliveries—and impact your bottom line.

Why similar: Simulation 62%, Driving 38%

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.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 75.4%, Simulation 15.8%, Driving 8.9%

Drive big trucks faster than ordinary cars, and be careful, coz you are not alone on the road.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 83.2%, Simulation 16.8%

Bring the true driver’s experience to life with all the intensity and exhilaration of being behind the wheel!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 72.1%, Simulation 14.7%, Driving 13.2%

Off-Road Drive, the off-road racing simulation for PC, is the first game ever to deliver a true-to-life, off-road, extreme racing experience. Players will take part in The Russian trophy, Off-Road Trial, Thai Trophy and many other events through the worst driving conditions with a variety of natural obstacles like swamps, rocks, snow and...

Why similar: Automobile Sim 62.6%, Simulation 37.4%

Off you go! Get ready for trucking challenges that will keep you on the edge of your seat as you hitch up and haul your way across the ‘extreme roads’ of this massive map and unforgiving terrain.

Why similar: Simulation 100%

Junkyard Truck is an open-world off road driving and mechanic simulator. Build, upgrade, and maintain your old off road truck. Make money using your skills in driving, scavenging, gambling, or moonshine brewing. Try to build a truck capable of taking on the difficult challenges around the map.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 66.3%, Driving 18%, Simulation 15.7%

Build your career as a Truck Driver! Haul a wide range of cargo and make a name for yourself amongst the local community. Start from the bottom, take on jobs, buy new trucks & parts and become a respected Truck Driver!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 67.7%, Driving 20.7%, Simulation 11.6%

Get ready for some brake jamm'in, CB talk'in, convoy roll'in action across America! From Portland Oregon to Miami Florida, you'll be hauling loads and trying to stay one step ahead of the law as you climb into your Big Rig for non-stop driving action.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 66.6%, Driving 19.8%, Simulation 13.6%

Buy and sell video games, upgrade your shop,load the cargo in your vehicle and take it to your store. Sell them to customers, make improvements and purchase new items to increase customer satisfaction and earn your place in the video game sales empire.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 54.8%, Simulation 23.9%, Driving 21.3%

VSTEP and Paradox are proud to announce the next installment of the acclaimed Ship Simulator series. With over 550K copies sold, the series returns to take you into the most extreme conditions on earth… Ever wonder how it feels to sail a half-million-ton supertanker through the perfect storm?

Why similar: Simulation 100%

Transporter Truck Simulator gives you a very realistic truck driving experience! Deliver heavy oil tanks and other cargos loaded in your oil truck. Operate big trucks to deliver oil tanks and complete different missions on TIME!

Why similar: Driving 41.4%, Automobile Sim 35.8%, Simulation 22.8%

Can you handle a 1500HP Monster Truck that can crash cars, get massive air and pop wheelies with a blip of the throttle? Monster Truck Destruction is here to satisfy all of these needs plus more!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 100%

Brand new truck simulation game, experience fun from a variety of truck driving. Drive around the original Chinese map, complete hundreds of specialty tasks through different cities. Meet in the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas. Let’s share your truck life.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 79%, Simulation 14.7%, Driving 6.3%

Conquer American mountains as you haul incredible tonnage with the workhorses of industry, get the British capital’s commuters to work in record time and race state-to-state aboard German high-speed traction. Master the machine with Train Sim World 3.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 52.3%, Driving 26.2%, Simulation 21.4%

Dive into the ultimate moving experience in Moving Simulator! Manage chaotic house moves, carefully pack belongings, load trucks, and navigate through hilarious disasters. Precision, speed, and creativity will make you a moving master!

Why similar: Driving 54.2%, Simulation 45.8%

Arctic Trucker Simulator – officially endorsed by Alex Debogorski – takes you down the world's iciest and most dangerous roads!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 63.6%, Driving 21%, Simulation 15.4%

A challenging arcade simulator of transporting dangerous cargo on heavy trucks along a complex and unpredictable route. A short but extendable adventure.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 62.3%, Driving 20.2%, Simulation 17.4%

Construction Simulator has returned – larger and more impressive than ever! Fulfil your ambition to become a successful construction entrepreneur by establishing your business from scratch, assisted by your mentor Hape.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 54.5%, Simulation 24.5%, Driving 21%

We think you've heard a lot of legends about how hard it is to be a real truck driver.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 51.7%, Simulation 31.1%, Driving 17.2%

Xpand Rally Xtreme shows the true climate and conditions of rally racing. Dangerous, technical tracks, based on the world's hardest special stages full of moguls,jumps,grooves and tight hairpins. By winning races amass funds for faster cars and repairs.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 100%

Are you ready for your new challenge? Get ready to take over the control of your original "Jungheinrich" Forklift! Just the best drivers will level up in the Highscore list. The fastest drivers will receive a special bonus. Enjoy the game in full 3D and feel the realistic driving experience.

Why similar: Simulation 100%

Buckle up, adjust your mirrors and get ready to put your driving abilities to the test as you prove your skills on the streets! Choose between driving a traditional car, bus, or truck and prepare to navigate city streets, mountain roads, or scenic highways.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 69.4%, Driving 17.3%, Simulation 13.3%

Climb aboard your car and become the drift king! Take control of the tracks and tame the asphalt!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 79.5%, Simulation 20.5%

Buckle up. You're going for a ride. Race at speeds over 140 MPH on dirt, on the proving grounds for today's top professional drivers. Shoulder to shoulder sprint car racing makes for spectacular crashes, and white-knuckle driving. Start out as a small town star and work your way up through the ranks to become a national legend.

Create your own bus empire on Fuerteventura now! Thanks to the economy system in the new Tourist Bus Simulator, you will be able to found your own bus company on the popular holiday island Fuerteventura.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 69.8%, Driving 16.6%, Simulation 13.6%

Choose a car, perform amazing stunts and drifts, collect as many points you can get and buy the rest of the cars.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 75.7%, Simulation 15.5%, Driving 8.7%