CasualSimulationStrategy
On The Road - The Truck Simulator
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 39% of owners
Steam reviews 48% positive of 1,156
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (71%); after 3h it's almost 1 in 2 (44%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 96% of games we track.
- Only 39% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,169 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 283 reviews: 8.6h for positive, 4.2h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (38.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (28)
- Say cheeeeeese Get caught by speed camera 100%
- Restart Create a second savegame 85%
- Only full is enough! Entirely fill your tanks. 71%
- Employer Hire the first driver for your company 68%
- Beginner Reach Level 1 43%
- Good combiner Combine enough assignments to reach 50% of your vehicles maximum payload 37%
- Logistics specialist Combine enough assignments to reach 90% of your vehicles maximum payload 36%
- Small business Own two motor vehicles and two trailers 35%
- Planner Combine enough assignments to reach 70% of your vehicles maximum payload 28%
- Perfectionist Deliver an assignment without any damage 28%
- Experienced Reach Level 3 25%
- Aspiring company Own three motor vehicles 21%
- Manoeuvrability matters Buy a tandem trailer 19%
- Its a classic Buy a semi trailer 16%
- I like it tricky Buy a drawbar trailer 13%
- I like trains Buy a gigaliner roadtrain combination 8.8%
- Human resource manager Hire three drivers for your company 4.9%
- Pro Reach Level 7 4.1%
- Forwarding agent Own five trucks and five trailers 3.1%
- Veteran Reach Level 10 2.3%
- Boss Hire six drivers for your company 1.8%
- Mint condition Own one motor vehicle with a mileage of at least 10k kilometres. 1.6%
- Haulage company Own nine trucks and nine trailers 1.3%
- Total loss Deliver an assignment with full damage. 0.5%
- Nobody is perfect Deliver an assignment with max 10% damage 0.5%
- At least I delivered it! Deliver an assignment with max 50% damage 0.5%
- Practical test Own one motor vehicle with a mileage of at least 100k kilometres. 0.5%
- Keep it rollin' Own one motor vehicle with a mileage of at least 500k kilometres. 0.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.