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Euro Truck Simulator

SCS Software · 2013 · $4.99 · Indie · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-09-25 23:53 UTC, 10 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

  • Estimated net residual revenue: $631 to $946 per month
  • Opportunity: $1.3k per month at x1.60 dormancy
  • Estimated lifetime owners: 483.0k
  • 84% positive across 7663 reviews · 29.4 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

  • No developer announcement on record, ever
  • Studio active elsewhere (8 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
  • Last discounted 0 months ago, 11 sales in the last 12 months
  • Proven demand elasticity: x1.4 review velocity during past deep sales

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-08-23; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

Euro Truck Simulator is a 2013 indie truck driving sim from SCS Software that precedes the more popular Euro Truck Simulator 2.

This is a legacy title in an established franchise with modest but consistent residual revenue ($822/mo mid-case). The 83.9% positive score and 30.7 reviews/month suggest a small but engaged core audience. However, it functions primarily as a gateway product for players whose hardware cannot run ETS2, or enthusiasts collecting the franchise lineage. The opportunity lies not in standalone revival but in bundling it as franchise backlist or studying its monetization structure relative to ETS2's vastly larger catalog performance. Most realistic play: watch.

  • Risk: ETS2 (2012, direct successor) has cannibalized the first game's addressable market and vastly outperforms it; any revival would compete internally within SCS's own portfolio.
  • Risk: Game is 11+ years old (83 months since build); engine, graphics, and compatibility with modern OS/hardware may require significant investment to remain playable.
  • Risk: Currently 80% discounted to $0.99; high elasticity (1.48) means aggressive discounting is sustaining residual revenue rather than full-price demand.

This case as Markdown · Estimates carry ±30-50% error per title.