Games Like American Truck Simulator

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: Transportation 18.1% ★, Moddable 13.3% ★, Automobile Sim 13.3%, Driving 11.4%, Economy 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest match by far, offering the same SCS-style long-haul cargo loop, realistic truck handling, open-road exploration, and company-building progression in Europe.

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 39.8%, Driving 22.1%, Open World 9.1%, Simulation 8.3%, Realistic 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Even though it is older, it still captures the same relaxing pick-up, haul, and deliver structure with a strong emphasis on realistic trucking.

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

Why similar: Automobile Sim 31.9%, Driving 14.8%, Moddable 11.1% ★, Economy 7%, Realistic 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is another modern truck sim centered on realistic road networks, cargo contracts, and the same steady long-distance driving rhythm that makes ATS so absorbing.

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 55.6%, Driving 22.6%, Simulation 12%, Open World 5.5%, Realistic 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It distills the detailed truck handling, maneuvering, and parking side of ATS into a more focused driving-skill sim.

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 56.5%, Driving 24.7%, Simulation 11.1%, Open World 7.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers classic American big-rig freight hauling across highways and is one of the clearest predecessors to ATS's core trucking fantasy.

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 18.4%, Driving 14.6%, Transportation 11.9% ★, Economy 8%, Open World 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its focus on tractor-trailer handling, route planning, and careful oversized cargo transport makes it a very direct fit for ATS fans.

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 23.9%, Driving 19%, Open World 9.9%, Immersive Sim 9.5%, Realistic 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This also revolves around long-haul trucking and life on the road, just with a rougher, survival-tinged take on the formula.

Enjoy realistic driving in the open world. Relaxing cargo deliveries or driving buses and taxis will give you enough money to buy new cars and parts. You can test your driving skills at the race track. It's all about pure driving pleasure!

Why similar: Transportation 21.8% ★, Automobile Sim 15.9%, Driving 14.6%, Economy 8.5%, Open World 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its open map, delivery jobs, and chill driving loop recreate a lot of ATS's relaxing 'just one more run' feeling.

The world of coach drivers awaits you! Drive along motorways and country roads to the bus stations in over 40 cities in Germany. Thanks to the cooperation with FlixBus and true-to-the-original MAN buses, you will experience the game world in a realistic way.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 35.6%, Driving 22.3%, Moddable 13.4% ★, Realistic 7.9%, Open World 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Although you transport passengers instead of freight, its long-distance highway driving and realistic pacing feel very close to ATS.

Transport passengers in the city bus simulation The Bus along 1:1 scale routes in Berlin, passing landmarks like the Victory Column, Brandenburg Gate, and Alexanderplatz. In the Scania Citywide LF and other licensed buses, sell tickets, handle traffic, and get everyone to their destination safely.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 21.3%, Driving 18.7%, Moddable 11.5% ★, Transportation 10% ★, Realistic 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers immersive cockpit driving, believable vehicle simulation, and a similar satisfaction in smoothly operating large vehicles through real traffic.

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 29.4%, Driving 21.4%, Open World 9.9%, Realistic 8.9%, Immersive Sim 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It trades highways for mud and wilderness, yet the deliberate cargo hauling, truck management, and route planning make it a natural crossover pick.

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 36.9%, Driving 23.6%, Open World 10%, Management 7.3%, Realistic 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This mixes bus operation with open-world exploration and business management, making it a strong match for ATS's laid-back travel vibe.

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 31.1%, Driving 24.5%, Moddable 10.6% ★, Open World 8.5%, Realistic 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Like ATS, it is all about mastering heavy vehicles and getting cargo delivered safely, just in a far harsher off-road environment.

Bus Simulator 21 Next Stop offers the most comprehensive bus fleet in the history of the series with 30 officially licensed buses. Drive on two vastly different maps, alone or with friend. Play with extended management elements or just enjoy your time on the road.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 29.6%, Driving 20.7%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, Realistic 9.4%, Simulation 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its structured routes, traffic awareness, and methodical vehicle operation hit the same calm, process-driven sim appeal as ATS.

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 39.1%, Driving 24.9%, Simulation 8.5%, Open World 8.5%, Realistic 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: The emphasis on smooth driving, traffic rules, and running reliable transport jobs gives it a lot of the same low-stress sim rhythm.

Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.

Why similar: Transportation 31% ★, Driving 18.3%, Economy 10.5%, Realistic 9.6%, Open World 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It swaps trucks for trains, but its immersive first-person freight contracts and self-directed transport career feel surprisingly similar to ATS.

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".

Why similar: Automobile Sim 37.9%, Driving 22.6%, Moddable 12.4% ★, Realistic 7.5%, Simulation 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its deep vehicle simulation and patient, detail-oriented driving reward the same mindset that makes ATS so satisfying.

You ‘da Boss! Move it better and faster while staying alive. Build your reputation and your empire in the far corners of the world as you haul across the most extreme conditions and loads. Grab the wheel and hop in – is your heart pounding yet? Haul extreme cargo - from diamonds to oil pipes - across 3 death-defying terrains.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 66.6%, Driving 19.5%, Simulation 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is rougher and more mission-based than ATS, but it still revolves around big rigs, difficult routes, and satisfying cargo runs.

Embark on scientific expeditions with this new off-road adventure game. Lead research missions as you drive a variety of all-terrain vehicles, using high-tech tools and managing your camp and crew to ensure your success in the wild.

Why similar: Moddable 23.7% ★, Transportation 21.9% ★, Automobile Sim 16.1%, Driving 14.2%, Open World 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its methodical vehicle control, route planning, and mission-based transport echo the thoughtful side of ATS even without the highway setting.

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: Transportation 22.5% ★, Driving 16%, Automobile Sim 15.4%, Open World 9.7%, Realistic 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its contract-based progression, heavy machinery, and frequent hauling tasks create a similar workmanlike simulation loop.

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.

Why similar: Driving 30.3%, Automobile Sim 30%, Open World 9.4%, Moddable 9.1% ★, Simulation 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: If what you love most is believable traffic and realistic driving feel, this is one of the better pure-driving companions to ATS.

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: Transportation 22.8% ★, Automobile Sim 17%, Moddable 13.8% ★, Driving 13.8%, Open World 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This turns the long-haul cargo fantasy into a sci-fi road trip while keeping the lonely-driver, freight-delivery vibe intact.

Climb into the driver's seat of your car and your business, transport passengers across Barcelona and grow your company! Can you help relieve the transportation challenges of a city that never sleeps?

Why similar: Transportation 19.1% ★, Automobile Sim 18.2%, Driving 17.6%, Open World 7.9%, Immersive Sim 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This captures the everyday-road driving side of ATS with open-city cruising, passenger jobs, and a mellow work-sim structure.

A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 25.2%, Driving 23.4%, Moddable 19.4% ★, Realistic 10.2%, Open World 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It lacks ATS's formal career structure, but its excellent physics, big maps, and mod-friendly driving sandbox appeal to the same realism-focused crowd.

Random generated open world semi-post apocalyptic survival car driving game.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 29.4%, Driving 26.1%, Open World 13.6%, Realistic 9%, Exploration 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is more road-trip survival than transport sim, but the open-ended cruising and atmospheric travel feel line up well with ATS's relaxing side.

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 18.7%, Moddable 15.4% ★, Driving 13.9%, Economy 10%, Open World 7.8%

Get behind the wheel of 13 realistic city buses licensed by known city bus manufacturers such as Mercedes-Benz and MAN. Keep an eye on the traffic code and drive your passengers safely to their destinations through five characteristic city districts.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 28.6%, Moddable 16.5% ★, Driving 16.4%, Open World 8.1%, Management 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is older and simpler, yet still built around careful route driving, vehicle management, and the same quiet satisfaction of running transport jobs.

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.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 24.8%, Moddable 15.8% ★, Driving 13.6%, Economy 10.7%, Open World 8.2%

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.

Why similar: Moddable 17% ★, Automobile Sim 16.5%, Driving 16.4%, Open World 8.6%, Simulation 8.4%

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.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 41.3%, Moddable 14.3% ★, Simulation 8.4%, Driving 7.8%, Open World 7%

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: Transportation 26.9% ★, Driving 18.5%, Automobile Sim 13.7%, Realistic 8.1%, Immersive Sim 6.5%

Feel the power of simulation in your hands. Experience immense velocity and express unrivalled creativity with Train Sim World 4! Expand your rail hobby and discover the raw emotion of driving a diverse array of iconic routes and trains. From training center to mountain pass, this is your journey.

Why similar: Transportation 26.3% ★, Automobile Sim 19.3%, Driving 14.4%, Immersive Sim 8.3%, Realistic 7%

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 58%, Driving 23.3%, Simulation 12.5%, Open World 5.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Experience what it feels like to be a real bus driver. Simulator featuring realistic physics, a variety of bus models (city buses, electric bus, school bus), three distinct regions to explore (US, Germany, Brazil) and much more. Test your skills in career, drive in freeride or play multiplayer.

Why similar: Transportation 23.4% ★, Automobile Sim 18%, Moddable 14.8% ★, Driving 14.4%, Open World 7.3%

The evolution of train simulation! Master iconic locomotives on high-speed services, long freight hauls or precise commuter traffic, and get creative with customisation tools in this advanced sequel. Climb into the cab in Train Sim World 2.

Why similar: Transportation 26% ★, Driving 17.6%, Automobile Sim 14%, Realistic 8.3%, Immersive Sim 7%

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 55.9%, Driving 27.2%, Simulation 16.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Bus World is a game about passenger transportations in various conditions, starting from standard days of a bus driver and ending with rescuing people who suffered from disasters.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 26.7%, Driving 18.5%, Moddable 17.8% ★, Open World 9%, Realistic 8%

The Rails are Yours in Train Sim World 5! Take on new challenges and new roles as you master the tracks and trains of iconic cities across 3 new routes. Immerse yourself in the ultimate rail hobby and embark on your next journey.

Why similar: Transportation 24.7% ★, Automobile Sim 18.8%, Driving 15.4%, Immersive Sim 8.5%, Realistic 7.3%

In Construction Simulator 2015, you take the controls of 16 realistic construction machines made by LIEBHERR, STILL and MAN with high-quality 3D graphics.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 24.8%, Driving 18.7%, Simulation 17.2%, Open World 11.8%, Management 8%

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 41%, Driving 20%, Moddable 9.1% ★, Simulation 9.1%, Realistic 8.2%

Build, repair, refuel and drive a dilapidated old car on a grand journey through the territories of the former Eastern bloc. Explore Germany, CSFR, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria

Why similar: Automobile Sim 29.8%, Driving 24.1%, Management 9.8%, Open World 9.2%, Simulation 5.4%

Embark on your next journey and discover the joy of train simulation. Be ready for anything as you master formidable trains across 3 new routes. Unlock new skills and expand your hobby - Expect the Unexpected in Train Sim World 6!

Why similar: Transportation 25.3% ★, Automobile Sim 18.6%, Driving 14.8%, Moddable 8.6% ★, Immersive Sim 8.3%

Farming Simulator 25 invites you to join the rewarding farm life, single-handedly or cooperatively in multiplayer. This Farm is Your Farm!

Why similar: Economy 18.6%, Moddable 13.9% ★, Realistic 13.7%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Management 11.5%

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.

Why similar: Driving 25.9%, Simulation 20.1%, Moddable 12.6% ★, Realistic 12.1%, Transportation 9.6% ★

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!

Why similar: Transportation 39.7% ★, Economy 14.5%, Management 13.4%, Moddable 12.9% ★, Simulation 7.9%

Physics based, off road truck and bus simulation.

Why similar: Transportation 35.4% ★, Driving 25.3%, Automobile Sim 24.7%, Realistic 7.1%, Simulation 6.9%

The All-in-One Simulation! Drive highly detailed and licensed real buses & trams, build and design your own transport company, and grow your network in a European-inspired city.

Why similar: Transportation 34.3% ★, Driving 23.7%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Simulation 9.1%, Automobile Sim 8.8%

Build your dream railroad across a huge open world! You can build tracks and stations, drive detailed locomotives, and transport goods to earn money and experience. Play exciting Online Multiplayer sessions with your friends or create your very own sandbox!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 24.1%, Driving 18.8%, Economy 13.1%, Open World 10.6%, Immersive Sim 10.1%

Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 34.3%, Moddable 20.8% ★, Driving 16%, Realistic 8.7%, Simulation 7.4%

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: Transportation 27.5% ★, Automobile Sim 23.7%, Driving 17.7%, Open World 8.9%, Immersive Sim 7.4%

Step into the next generation of urban public transport with City Transport Simulator 2026! Experience the most immersive bus and tram simulation yet, with a dynamic city that reacts to your every decision.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 31.9%, Driving 22.6%, Immersive Sim 13.9%, Management 11.2%, Simulation 7.2%

As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use your construction machinery to restart the local industry. Clear debris and faulty equipment, rebuild roads and bridges damaged by weather, and much more!

Why similar: Transportation 25% ★, Automobile Sim 22.9%, Driving 22.2%, Immersive Sim 7.7%, Simulation 6.2%

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!

Why similar: Transportation 27% ★, Driving 17.2%, Economy 12.9%, Moddable 9.8% ★, Management 9%

Train Sim World is an immersive first-person simulator perfect for everyone, with complete in-cab interactivity, accurate detail on locos, real-world routes and hours of gameplay. Take to the rails with the brand-new Train Sim World 2020 Edition and find everything you need to master new skills.

Why similar: Driving 33%, Realistic 16.7%, Open World 16.1%, Simulation 13%, Relaxing 8.9%

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 58.3%, Driving 22.7%, Simulation 18.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%

SimRail is new, advanced railway simulator. Master high-speed long-distance EMU, heavy freight hauls and suburban trains. Travel 500 km of geodetic-data based real routes. Become train dispatcher and control the traffic according to the schedule or cooperate with other players on multiplayer mode.

Why similar: Transportation 27.6% ★, Automobile Sim 17.4%, Driving 16.5%, Immersive Sim 7.7%, Open World 7.4%

For the first time in railroad simulation, play as both the driver and company director! Take the controls of your locomotives and grow your railway empire by negotiating deals and developing your network.

Why similar: Transportation 25.8% ★, Driving 12.4%, Open World 10%, Realistic 8.9%, Management 8.6%

My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 38.8%, Driving 25.9%, Open World 13.8%, Realistic 9.6%, Simulation 6.8%