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Squirrel's Pick Squirrel's PickThe best game on this page. If you only try one, try this. Classic ClassicOlder, proven, and still worth your time.
DrivingTransportationOpen World
Strong Mods Strong ModsA deep, active modding scene extends it past its base content.
$4.99 ~63.7 hr median co-op complexity: light 97.5% of 930k
The Squirrel's verdictEuro Truck Simulator 2 covers cargo delivery and open-road driving, but trades Truck & Logistics Simulator's forklift and manual loading mechanics for a much larger, more detailed European map, steadier physics, and co-op convoy driving. Reviews consistently highlight relaxing long-haul routes over repetitive short jobs. Best suited to players who want the driving experience refined rather than expanded into multi-vehicle logistics.
Not for you if you wanted the multi-vehicle logistics variety — forklifts, pallets, non-truck cargo — rather than pure truck driving.
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Automobile SimDrivingOpen World
Strong Mods Strong ModsA deep, active modding scene extends it past its base content.
$4.99 ~67.7 hr median co-op complexity: light 96.9% of 194k
The Squirrel's verdictHauling cargo across a large map with detailed semi-truck cockpits is the shared ground here. ATS drops Truck & Logistics Simulator's mixed vehicle types and manual loading in favor of single-minded semi-truck focus, stronger physics, and a more polished map. Reviewers note better AI traffic and fewer stability issues. Players who want the trucking fantasy refined rather than expanded into logistics will find more to like.
Not for you if you specifically liked switching between forklifts, cars, and cargo types rather than driving only semi trucks.
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Closest Match Closest MatchThe most similar game to the anchor, by what players say.
Open WorldDrivingAutomobile Sim
$19.99 ~83.7 hr median co-op complexity: moderate 93.7% of 9k
The Squirrel's verdictBoth put you behind the wheel of varied vehicles doing hauling and logistics jobs, with manual loading over pure autopilot cargo. Motor Town widens the scope to buses, wrecker tows, and motorsport, adds co-op, and runs an actual production economy instead of a straightforward job list. Fits players who wanted more vehicle variety and don't mind a bigger, messier world.
Not for you if you want a solo-friendly economy rather than one built around multiplayer server grinding and coordination.
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DrivingImmersive SimTrading
$14.99 ~13.2 hr median no co-op complexity: light 79.4% of 1k
The Squirrel's verdictUsed Cars Simulator shares the sim-lite vehicle handling and repetitive mission loops of Truck & Logistics Simulator but replaces trucking routes with buying, stealing, fixing, and reselling cars. Survival needs — eating, drinking, sleeping — and police chases add friction that logistics-focused sims skip. Reviewers note the main content runs around 7 hours and the grind is slow after that.
Not for you if you dislike survival mechanics layered onto driving, or want focused missions rather than an open-ended slow grind.
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Automobile SimDrivingOpen World
$29.99 ~24.3 hr median no co-op complexity: light 66.5% of 3k
The Squirrel's verdictTourist Bus Simulator layers story progression, soft RPG elements, hireable employees, and side activities — including driving a car around the island between shifts — onto an open-world driving economy. That additional structure separates it from Truck & Logistics Simulator's more straightforward job loop. Players who wanted more long-term progression built into their sim driving will find more here.
Not for you if you need stable frame rates in cities, care about sound design, or want tight vehicle physics outside the bus itself.
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Heavy Cargo - The Truck Simulator
PC
Automobile SimDrivingOpen World
$24.99 ~2.9 hr median no co-op complexity: light 53% of 232
The Squirrel's verdictSame lane as Truck & Logistics Simulator: varied trailers and heavy loads over strict semi-truck routine, manual loading elements, budget-tier presentation rather than ETS2-level polish. Physics and trailer variety get praise here too, but steering complaints are more frequent and more severe, and the vehicle roster is thinner going in.
Not for you if you need responsive steering and a stable build over trailer variety, since reviews report crashes, bad steering, and a broken tutorial mission.
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CITYCONOMY: Service for your City
PC
EconomyOpen World
$9.99 ~5.3 hr median co-op complexity: light 49.1% of 444
The Squirrel's verdictBoth put you behind the wheel of oversized vehicles doing repetitive real-world jobs with a management layer underneath. CITYCONOMY swaps trucking for municipal work: garbage collection, plumbing, street cleaning, expandable into a business you run solo or in co-op. Steering and controller support are widely reported as worse than Truck & Logistics Simulator's, and vehicles seat one player each.
Not for you if you want tight steering and full controller support, or need co-op vehicles that fit more than one person.
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Automobile SimDrivingEconomy
Strong Mods Strong ModsA deep, active modding scene extends it past its base content.
$29.99 ~5.6 hr median no co-op complexity: light 48.2% of 1k
The Squirrel's verdictOn The Road adds van driving alongside trucks and bigger, more complex cities compared to Truck & Logistics Simulator, but reviewers report shallow content, missing wheel support, and handling that draws frequent comparisons to a cardboard box rather than a real truck. With a Mixed Steam rating and a median playtime around 5.6 hours, it suits players who want vehicle variety over simulation depth or polish.
Not for you if you want realistic handling and truck-specific physics, or need steering wheel support out of the box.