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Back to the Dawn vs Euro Truck Simulator 2

Reviews on Steam

Euro Truck Simulator 2

76.0× more reviews

Critical reception

Euro Truck Simulator 2

3pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Euro Truck Simulator 2

$4.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Euro Truck Simulator 2

105.3× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Back to the Dawn

13 years apart

A

Back to the Dawn

2025 · Adventure

Metal Head Games · Spiral Up Games

Reviews
10,078
Positive
95%
Launch price
$23.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
655K
Net rev
$9.0M
B

Euro Truck Simulator 2

2012 · Indie

SCS Software · SCS Software

Reviews
766,107
Positive
97%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
68.9M
Net rev
$787.3M

Tag overlap

15% shared , 3 shared tags, 17 only on Back to the Dawn, 17 only on Euro Truck Simulator 2.

Only Back to the Dawn

RPGStory RichPixel GraphicsDetectiveChoices MatterMultiple EndingsStrategy RPGCrimeInvestigationSingleplayerMysteryDramaStrategyCRPGEarly AccessFunny2.5D

Shared

AdventureIndieSimulation

Only Euro Truck Simulator 2

DrivingTransportationOpen WorldAutomobile SimRealisticModdableRelaxingExplorationEconomyImmersive SimManagementAtmosphericMultiplayerControllerFamily FriendlyThird PersonCasual

Sales estimates

Both estimates use the same vv1.0 multi-factor Boxleiter method. Click "How is this calculated?" on either to see the per-factor breakdown.

Sales estimate

vv1.0

393K to 917K

units (median: 655K)

$5.4M to $12.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

393Kmedian917K

Sales estimate

vv1.0

41.4M to 96.5M

units (median: 68.9M)

$472.4M to $1102.2M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

41.4Mmedian96.5M

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