Relaxing, stress-relieving driving
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“It’s surprisingly therapeutic to just throw on a podcast or some music and drive.”
Steam review · 431.8 h played ↗
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 97%SCS Software2012Driving · Economy · Simulation
The verdict
A relaxing, immersive trucking sim with huge maps, mods and convoy play. Skip it if you dislike repetitive driving, expensive map DLC, or frequent updates that break mods and UI.
Great for
Players who want calm long-haul driving with music, ideally with a wheel, mods or friends in convoy
Main risk
Gets repetitive, and updates and DLC costs frustrate (broken mods, UI, saves, crashes)
What changed in the last 30 days
131 recent reviews
Several recent reviews describe crashes when loading careers, broken controls, mod incompatibility and convoy changes after the latest update. Likely a real pattern, though the sample is limited.
131 recent reviews
What players love
Fun convoy and multiplayer with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Friends join. All laughs and giggles.”
Steam review · 30.1 h played ↗
Addictive, easy to lose hours
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Turned on ETS2 for a quick drive. 4 hours later, I’m still driving through Europe and pretending I know where I’m going.”
Steam review · 118.2 h played ↗
Continued updates and big content
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“SCS still continue to keep this game updated with new gameplay mechanics, features, DLC and free of bugs”
Steam review · 959.9 h played ↗
Great mod support and community
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“The mod support is very easy and simple, which adds new ways to enjoy the game even further!”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗
Runs well on low-end PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“it runs well even on my mediocre pc on medium graphics”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Updates break UI, mods and progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Completely destroyed the immersion with the 1.58 update. Cartoonish UI designed to be appropriate for console use but fails miserably on PC.”
Steam review · 1448.8 h played ↗
Crashes, freezes and poor optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This game keeps crashing on my PC, even though I’ve already tried pretty much everything I can think of to fix it.”
Steam review · 32.2 h played ↗
Dumb AI traffic and physics bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“They will merge directly into your side on the highway out of nowhere”
Steam review · 89.3 h played ↗
Repetitive, shallow gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Driving 700+ kilometers just for pocket change gets repetitive fast.”
Steam review · 8.9 h played ↗
Expensive DLC, paid map pieces
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“no one should spend 100eur to have fun in a game about driving trucks.”
Steam review · 46.6 h played ↗
Outdated graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“In the year of 2026 the textures (=grapics) aren't presentable anymore.”
Steam review · 2293.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified25 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6400 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or similar
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon RX 460 or Intel HD 630 (2GB VRAM)
Storage25 GB available space (Euro Truck Simulator 2 base game)
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-9600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or similar
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon RX 590 (2GB VRAM)
Storage25 GB available space (Euro Truck Simulator 2 base game)
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6400 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or similar
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon RX 460 or Intel HD 630 (2GB VRAM)
Storage25 GB available space (Euro Truck Simulator 2 base game)
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