Hello truckers!

There’s only a few days to wait until Alaskan Road Truckers launches on Steam .On the 18th of October, 2023, it’ll be time to hit the road and make your mark on Alaska.

You’ll drive, survive, and thrive in one of the harshest environments on the planet. But you can’t do any of that unless you buy the game, which is why today we’re announcing the…


That’s right! You’ve been asking how much Alaskan Road Truckers will cost and today we’ve got an answer for you.

You’ll be able to grab Alaskan Road Truckers on PC for $21.99 / €21.50 / £18.49.

But that’s not all - for the launch we’re able to offer a discount of 10%, meaning if you grab it quickly you’ll get a great deal.

There’s no pre-purchase for our game so you can’t buy it just yet, but now you should know what to expect on Wednesday the 18th of October.

But again, that’s not all! We’ve got something else for you:

Surviving as a trucker in Alaska isn’t a job for the faint of heart. If you’re rough enough, if you’re tough enough, you might have it in you to become a Mother Trucker.

Show off your badass style with the Mother Truckers Edition DLC for Alaskan Road Truckers. This limited-time DLC will unlock unique cosmetics in-game, here’s what you’ll get:


We’ve got a variety of characters for you to choose from in Alaskan Road Truckers but with the Mother Truckers Edition DLC you’ll get a brand new character to try out.

Introducing: Some Badass Dude with Tats

Yep, that’s right, your dream of being a badass dude with tats finally becomes a reality in Alaskan Road Truckers. If you’re already a badass dude with tats, then why not be a badass dude with tats in-game too?


Of course it’s not enough to be a badass in Alaskan Road Truckers, your truck needs to be as badass as you are.

That’s why in the Alaskan Road Truckers: Mother Truckers Edition DLC you’ll be able to hit the road like a flaming hammer with these unique customization options:

• Flaming Hot Truck Decals
  
• The Horniest Hood Ornaments in Alaska
  
• The Cattle-Killer 5000 Grill
  
• Climate Changer Exhaust
  
• The Ultra Deluxe Cab Light Set

Grab the Mothers Truckers Edition DLC for $2.99 / €2.99 / £2.49 and begin your trucking journey in style.


As we approach launch there’s only one thing left for you to do - wishlist us! Head over to our Steam page to add us to your wishlist, then you’ll be ready and set for your trucking adventure on the 18th.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/849100/Alaskan_Road_Truckers/

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Hello truckers!

Our Open Playtest has now ended - meaning if you downloaded the playtest you will no longer be able to launch it.

We wanted to share our thanks to everyone who took part, streamed, gave feedback, and got involved in any way. This weekend has been incredible - seeing players get their hands on the game and begin hitting the roads in the rough and wild region of Alaska.


From a development standpoint, there is no way to overstate our useful this playtest has been for us. We are a small indie development team and while we've tested our game a lot, getting it out into the open with thousands of players has meant the game has been tested like never before.

Every bit of feedback you have sent in has been read and we're working on fixing the things that need fixing, sanding off the rough edges, and getting our game ready for release.

If you've played the playtest and wouldn't mind giving us a bit more information, we have two surveys we're asking players to fill out. Thank you in advance!

Playtest Feedback:https://forms.gle/ebah5svPkcsgta8i6


Steering Wheel Feedback:https://forms.gle/CvcshpMJMod3rrwU8


We aren't making Alaskan Road Truckers alone - you are part of our team and your comments, queries, and reports are making all the difference. So from everyone here at Road Studio, Movie Games, and Green Man Gaming Publishing - thank you.


If you'd like to keep up to date with everything happening in our game, including some secret announcements we've got coming soon, then add us to your wishlist on Steam and hit us up on our social channels!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/849100/Alaskan_Road_Truckers/

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Whew! Saturday was something.
The first day of the open playtest brought us much-required feedback - and a lot of fixes. We've been fixing the game in real-time, reading and watching you on Discord and on your streams. This is becoming a tradition for us, isn't it?



Moreover, overnight we created a new build with even more fixes and improvements! So if you played at the start of our playtest, here's what has changed.

• Batteries are available at most gas stations and not only in stores
  
• Fixes to invisible bumps on some roads
  
• Fix for the camera prediction resetting itself to "off"
  
• Some traffic fixes (still WIP)
  
• Bugs fixes in Cantwell, Paxson, and Palmer
  
• Fixed the part of the road leading to Prudhoe Bay
  
• More items in stores from the clerks
  
• Invisible road bump fixes
  
• Fix for the crash when you eat certain items from inside the truck
  
• Improved gear 6 and 8 behavior
  
• Some landscape fixes
  
• Day-night lighting improvements
  
• Additional traffic improvements
  
• CB radio loan system fixes
  
• Removed requirement of the engine being off when (de)coupling a trailer
  
• Steering animation fix
  
• Reduction of sliding on some surfaces
  
• AMD GPUs graphic bug fix

We also know about many other issues that are in the works. These include:

• Battery depleting too quickly
  
• Newly bought trucks not working properly
  
• Wheel turning speed is too low (ultimately we think we'll go with an option with a slider, but we'll speed it up by default first)
  
• Remaining AI wonkiness
  
• Steering wheel detection problems for some models (try running the game in admin mode, it often helps)
  
• Force feedback being too strong (FFB options in the works!)

We might be able to include at least some of those before the playtest is over.

If you want to support us, wishlist Alaskan Road Truckers, follow us, and tell your friends about it.

Thank you all for testing with us and helping make the game better!

Michal from Road Studio

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This playtest has now finished - thank you to everyone who has taken part!

Hello truckers!

Alaskan Road Truckers is nearing launch, every day we’re getting closer to the 18th of October when we’ll be sending our trucker game out into the wild and you’ll be starting your diesel-fuelled adventure.

But you don’t have to wait until then to play Alaskan Road Truckers. We’ve been running closed playtests on our Discord channel and now we’re ready to invite everyone!


We’re running open playtests! Between 08:00 UTC / 09:00 BST / 10:00 CEST / 04:00 EDT / 01:00 PDT / 16:00 CST on Saturday the 7th of October until 08:00 UTC / 09:00 BST / 10:00 CEST / 04:00 EDT / 01:00 PDT / 16:00 CST on Monday the 9th of October, you’ll be able to download and play the beta playtest version of Alaskan Road Truckers. You will be able to play for a maximum of three hours, but you can choose when you want to play during the above hours.

Signing up is incredibly simple:

• Go to our Alaskan Road Truckers Steam store page
  
• Press the green button to request access
  
• Open Steam to download the Alaskan Road Truckers playtest
  
• Once that’s finished - play!

Note: If you are outside of the playtest hours above, you will not be able to see the button to sign up for the playtest. Please wait until the playtest begins to sign up and download.

That’s all you need to do to get trucking. But as a playtester, we’d love to hear from you.

Remember that this is a beta playtest, we are still working on the game and will be right up to (and after) release. So if you encounter bugs, technical issues, gameplay issues, or just have suggestions and feedback for us - please let us know. We’re working round the clock to fix issues and make Alaskan Road Truckers ready for release, and your feedback is essential to that. As we mentioned in a previous devlog, we’re a small indie development team which means we need as much help as possible with testing, playing, and letting us know what you think!

Give us your feedback on our Steam Discussion Forum to make sure you get heard. We’ll be checking constantly throughout the playtest and your feedback will make all the difference in making our game a success.

Also - if you’re a streamer or content creator, please feel free to stream or record your experience. There are no embargos, NDAs, or anything else. Share our game with your communities - we’re looking forward to seeing what you create!

Thank you to everyone who takes part and who tells us what you think. Don’t forget to tell your friends to join in - we need as many people as possible trying our playtest to get as much essential feedback as possible.

We can’t wait to hear what you have to say and we’re incredibly excited to get you all behind the wheel.

If you want to help us make Alaskan Road Truckers a success, the best way you can help (other than playing the playtest, telling other people to play the playtest, and giving us your feedback) is to wishlist us on Steam - so head over to our store page and mash that wishlist button!

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Hello truckers!

Today marks TWO WEEKS until Alaskan Road Truckers launches on Steam!

In the buildup to launch, we've been running a few closed playtests for our Discord members. This has been incredibly useful to us, helping us to refine our focus, fix bugs, and make some changes that the community has asked for.


We've received a ton of feedback over the most recent playtest sessions. Here are some of the changes we've been able to implement in our playtest build, which all helps make the final game better than ever:

• Added dedicated quality settings for rear view mirrors
  
• Can now disable the first-person camera following the steering wheel
  
• Camera toggle speed is increased
  
• NPC cars now use taillights
  
• Truck and trailer stop lights, reverse lights and direction lights now work (still WIP)
  
• Wet road reflections have been improved
  
• Trucker perk tooltips don’t flicker anymore
  
• AI car improvements (still WIP)
  
• UI scaling fixes
  
• Concrete barrier collision fix
  
• Sky and light tweaks - night is darker, sun reflections are fixed, fog is tweaked
  
• Bird size and velocity tweaks
  
• Draw distance improvement in some places
  
• Subtle UI changes in facility and map menus

There are many more changes, these are just the headlines, but we wanted everyone to know - we're listening to your feedback very carefully. This won't stop here either, when we launch the game we want to continue hearing from you - you're an essential component in making Alaskan Road Truckers a success.

We've been able to let streamers and content creators get their hands on the latest playtest builds over the last few days and the response has blown us away. Here's a few for you to whet your appetite in anticipation of the full game launch.






...and there's many more out there!

If you'd like to be involved in future playtests we may have an opportunity coming up - stay tuned for a potential Steam announcement.

With only two weeks to go, the best way to stay in touch with everything Alaskan Road Truckers is to wishlist us - then you'll be all ready to start your trucking adventure on the 18th!

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Hello truckers!

There are less than three weeks to go until we launch on Steam. Three weeks! We can barely believe it. We are so excited to be able to release our game into the wild and have you all play it - we hope you’re as excited as we are.

Last week we talked about how Alaskan Road Truckers fits into the field of trucking games, this week we’re going to look at how it compares to simulation games. We’re going to answer the question - is Alaskan Road Truckers a simulation game?



It’s surprisingly hard to pin down what makes a simulation game a simulation game. It’s an incredibly broad category of gaming, containing games as diverse as Gas Station Simulator, The Sims, and Stardew Valley. Despite allowing players to experience things in a huge variety of ways, there is one thing that unites all simulation games - they simulate an experience.

That experience can be as large as designing, building, and managing your own city or as small as living the moment-to-moment experience of a singular person doing a job. Simulation games are all about putting you into a role and giving you the tools to experience it, most often with a degree of fidelity to real life.



So the question is: where does Alaskan Road Truckers fit into the simulation genre?

Do we simulate an experience? Yes. Alaskan Road Truckers is all about putting you in the shoes (and skin) of an Alaskan trucker. You’ll live, eat, drive, and exist as a trucker, and as a result, many things are simulated. Weather, driving conditions, hunger, energy, health - they’re all in the game, and they make the game step into the simulation space. So on the surface, Alaskan Road Truckers is a simulation game.

That said, we would hesitate to brand Alaskan Road Truckers as pure simulation. We’re focusing more on recreating the feel of being an Alaskan trucker rather than recreating every minute aspect of owning a truck or running a trucking business. We want you to feel like a rugged trucker, working through storms and against the odds to deliver your cargo, we don’t want you to feel like you have a never-ending spreadsheet of tasks to complete before you get to the fun stuff. This is a game inspired by real life, it isn’t a recreation of real life.

We spoke last week about how we’re not aiming to take the crown of trucking sims, and that’s still true. We are an indie team making an indie game and our ambitions are big but still modest. We’re making the best Alaskan trucker experience ever, we aren’t making the most high-fidelity simulation game ever made.

Every aspect of our game has been designed to put you in those trucking boots, and we think you’ll be pleased with the look, sound, feel, and level of simulation we’ve put into the game.


We’ve been running limited closed playtests with parts of our community, and we’ve got more planned! If you’d like to take part, the first step is to join our Discord, where you’ll find info on how to sign up:
http://”https://discord.gg/7nzKkAVgN4”

With less than three weeks to go until we launch on Steam, stay up to date with everything Alaskan Road Truckers by wishlisting us. We’ve also got a ton of social channels where you can stay in touch with us - come join us!

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Hello truckers!

We’re warming up our engines ahead of the PC launch of Alaskan Road Truckers - coming October 18, 2023. We’re excited to let our game out into the wild, and we’re busy working away, making sure our vision of the game is achieved for the launch.

This week we wanted to take a moment to talk about what Alaskan Road Truckers is, where it sits in the field of simulation games, and how it compares to some of the other games out there. We hope this helps everyone understand what Alaskan Road Truckers is meant to be as a game.

You might have heard us say (and if you haven’t, where have you been?) that in Alaskan Road Truckers you play as a trucker - not a truck. That isn’t just a snappy marketing slogan, it’s core to the identity of our game and how we differentiate ourselves from other trucking games out there right now.


In other trucking simulation games, what’s simulated is the truck. Not only driving the truck, but maintenance, upkeep, refueling, and loads of other aspects of running a truck - and often running a trucking business too.

When we decided to make Alaskan Road Truckers, we decided to take it one step further. Instead of simulating only your truck, what about the person driving it? Setting the game in Alaska, one of the most varied and rugged environments on the planet, helped us in deciding to focus the game all around living as a trucker, not simply driving a truck.

From there, the gameplay concepts flow naturally. You’re a human in Alaskan Road Truckers, so you need to eat, sleep, and stay healthy. Then things like temperature begin to play a part too, you have to stay warm in the harsh winters of the frozen North. These all helped us to flesh out what Alaskan Road Truckers is - it’s not just a trucking simulation game, it’s a survival game too where you take your life in your hands every time you climb out of your cab.


It didn’t just stop there - these ideas around survival also helped us provide a deeper trucking experience. The weather will also affect your truck - too cold and it won’t start. We added hazards to the roads so you’ll either have to clear them (if you can) or take detours, which can affect not only your ability to complete your current job but also if you’re unprepared for a lengthy trip, you might run out of fuel, your truck might break down, and you might end up cold and hungry in the wilderness.

From a simple start - what about playing as a trucker, not a truck - we’ve expanded our ideas to incorporate a ton of gameplay systems that add up to what we believe is a compelling simulation of trucking life. So when you look at Alaskan Road Truckers and other games and wonder why you should check us out, remember that we’re offering something fundamentally different.

There are more trucking simulators released every year and a couple of big names that currently hold the trucking crown. It’s important to remember that we’re not aiming to take their crowns - we’re not looking to be the best trucking simulation game ever made. We’re looking to be the best trucker simulation game ever made.

Let’s look at American Truck Simulator for an example. The team at SCS created vast swathes of the USA (with more to come) and have the pre-eminent American trucking game out there. We’re offering something fundamentally different to ATS. We’ve built a smaller experience, focusing on nailing the every day feeling of being a trucker living in Alaska. As we mentioned in last week’s devlog, we’re a small team, so we’ve made our game deeper - not broader.


That’s not to say that it’s not important that we have a varied map and a satisfying driving experience - we do, and we’ve made sure that there’s plenty to see and many realistic roads to rumble over in your truck. We’ve ensured that driving your truck in-game feels like driving a truck, you’ll be spending many hours behind the wheel, so we needed to make sure that this is up to scratch. As we continue to support the game after launch we’ll also be adding more to the map and the experience, stay tuned for our post-release roadmap - coming soon!

We’ve also decided to launch on consoles, bringing our trucker experience to a wider audience who desperately need a solid trucking game on console. The biggest trucking games are still currently PC only, and we felt that console players deserve to get the same chance to live as a trucker as those on PC. We haven’t announced our console launch date just yet - but it is coming. We can’t wait to get the game in front of PS5 and Xbox Series X/S players - and we hope you’ll love what we’ve got in store for you.


Over the last week, we’d seen more people play our beta build and share their experiences on Twitch and YouTube. Here are a few of the wonderful previews that have come in over the last seven days:

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We’re currently running some limited invitation playtests of our beta build of the game. To make sure you’re in with a chance to be selected, join our Discord and join in the conversation. Come hang out with us and talk about trucks!


Now you’ve read all about how Alaskan Road Truckers fits into the field of trucking sims it’s time to head over to our store page and smash that wishlist button. We’re launching on the 18th of October, so make sure you're ready to hit the road with us!

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Hey there, fellow truckers!

We're thrilled to bring you the latest update on our indie gem, Alaskan Road Truckers. It's been an incredible journey developing this game, and your support throughout the beta phase has been nothing short of amazing.


First and foremost, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude to all of you who participated in the beta testing of Alaskan Road Truckers. Your dedication and passion have helped us shape the game into something truly special. We've been closely monitoring your feedback, and we couldn't be happier to see so many positive reviews pouring in.

We are thrilled to share some of the standout previews from the beta phase:




https://www.godisageek.com/2023/09/alaskan-road-truckers-is-a-working-winter-wonderland-hands-on-preview/

https://minimap.com.au/2023/09/alaskan-road-truckers-preview/



Many of you have been asking for a roadmap to show how we’ll continue to support Alaskan Road Truckers after launch. We’re not quite ready to share it, but we are working on one that we can’t wait to share with you.

We want to support Alaskan Road Truckers for years to come, and we want you to know what we’ve got planned. So keep your eyes peeled - there’ll be a roadmap soon!

Alaska is a region of the world that has an incredibly varied climate. Most of the game we’ve shown off so far has been from the sunnier end of the year, with blue skies, green from mountain to mountain, and only a hint of snow.

Alaskan Road Truckers isn’t a game only about cruising through sunny days, you’ll have to deal with bad weather, snowstorms, and even avalanches. One of the gameplay features we’ve been making sure is working perfectly in the run-up to launch is blizzards and snow deformation - here are a few pics of how our work is going!




Alaskan Road Truckers aims to recreate the experience of living as a trucker. As we always say, you play as a trucker - not a truck. While you’ll be getting out of the cab to eat, shop, refuel, and jerry-rig repairs to your truck, you’ll be spending a lot of your time driving too.

That’s why we want to make sure that you know that steering wheels and shifters will be supported in Alaskan Road Truckers from day one. So if you have the equipment, you’ll be able to use it in our game.

We’re still finalizing exactly how this support will work and will be announcing more details as we get closer to launch. We just wanted to make sure that you all know that steering wheel support is a priority for us.


We’re hard at work making sure Alaskan Road Truckers is ready for launch. This means that everyone is super busy fixing bugs, rewriting text, refining gameplay features, and much - much - more.

We are a small team, so everyone pitches in with everything, and being small means we have unique challenges and opportunities. We’re incredibly ambitious with Alaskan Road Truckers, re-creating a huge slice of Alaska filled with hazards, roads, towns, and more. We had modest ambitions when we started making the game, but as we’ve worked on it, our eyes have lifted to the horizon, and we decided to expand our ideas. We’re now confident we’re making a brilliant, expansive game, and we're pretty sure you'll love it when you to play it.


This has meant our development time has been longer than we initially anticipated. As our scope grew, the game became more complex, meaning more work, bugs, and stuff to fix. Thankfully, we’re nearly there. We know you’ve all been waiting a long time for Alaskan Road Truckers - and your wait is almost over!

One of the brilliant opportunities that comes from being a small team working on an indie game is that we can take on feedback and work on what matters to you - the player. We aren’t a triple-A studio and publisher that requires tons of approvals before we start work, we can get our hands dirty nearly immediately. All this means that we’re not developing the game in isolation, we’re doing it in conjunction with you - and when we release the game on the 18th of October, your feedback will be utterly essential for us. So when the game’s out, if you encounter a bug, a problem, or have an idea - let us know!

We can't stress enough how important your feedback has been during the beta phase. Your input has driven numerous improvements and refinements to the game, and we're committed to continuing this collaborative journey with you as we work towards the full release.


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Thank you once again for your incredible support and dedication to Alaskan Road Truckers. We can't wait to embark on this adventure with you when the full game launches. Until then, stay safe on those treacherous Alaskan roads!

We've got exciting things in store for Alaskan Road Truckers as we approach the final release. Keep an eye out for upcoming updates, new features, and more content that will enhance your experience even further.

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Hello truckers!

You may or may not have heard, but we were at Gamescom last week. This meant that real people, Gamescom attendees, got to play Alaskan Road Truckers for the first time.

Not only was this an incredible experience; setting up our stand and seeing the excitement on people’s faces as they took their first steps into Alaska, it was also incredibly useful for us.

Part of what makes any game a success is the fans, so that’s why we’re asking all of you to…


We want to know what you think!

If you were at Gamescom and have played the game, get in touch here, our Discord, or on our social media channels to let us know what you thought of what you played. We’ve already gathered a ton of feedback from Gamescom but we can always use more - so if you’ve played Alaskan Road Truckers, tell us your thoughts.

Our need for feedback doesn’t stop there! If you haven’t played Alaskan Road Truckers, we also want to hear from you. From everything you’ve seen, what are your hopes for the game? What are your concerns?

We’re always watching the community talk and sending this feedback to our development team but now, as we approach the launch of the PC version on October 18 - feedback is critical. So please, let us know what you think and want to see in our game. We can’t wait to hear from you.


Now Gamescom is over and we’ve announced our PC Steam release date, we’re hard at work implementing bug fixes, tightening things up, and working on areas of feedback we received.

We’re also working to get key bits of information out to you all. Details like system requirements, localization options, and console/other store release dates are all being finalized at the moment. As soon as we have any of this information - we’ll let you know.


Last week over Gamescom we ran a giveaway in conjunction with our friends over at Thrustmaster to give away a Thrustmaster T128 steering wheel. The winner has now been drawn and we’ve been in touch so check your emails!

We’ll be holding more giveaways in the future so if you missed out this time, check back in regularly here and on our social channels to keep up to date.

Every wishlist helps us make Alaskan Road Truckers a success so please, if you haven't already, head over to our store page and hit that wishlist button. Thank you in advance!

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Hello truckers!

It’s currently summer here in the Northern Hemisphere and things are getting very hot indeed, especially for those of us who are at Gamescom in Cologne. We thought for this week’s devlog we’d cool down a bit and take a look at some of the effects cold weather will have on you, your truck, and the world in Alaskan Road Truckers.

Come and chill with us!


Alaska is a region of the world that harbors wildly varying weather. In some seasons you may have little more to deal with than the occasional patter of rain but when winter rolls around, you’ll find things a little trickier out there on the road.

Snow and ice can make completing even routine journeys difficult. When ice starts to appear you’ll find your traction difficult to maintain, especially when you’re trying to haul a heavy load up a hill. Thankfully throwing iron (using snow chains) can provide you with the grip you need to get through.

With deep snow to contend with and reduced visibility due to blizzards, it can get extremely hairy when you're trying to navigate Alaska and control several tons of diesel-powered metal.

Engines can be temperamental things. When the frost really starts biting you may have trouble starting your truck at all. Make sure you’ve got your radiator cover with you if you’re planning on stopping anywhere to give your engine a little cozy hug to ensure it starts up.

The effects of cold don’t just stop there. If the temperature drops too much you’ll find your windscreen wipers frozen solid, unable to clear any potential blizzards that might be hitting you. The only option you’ll have is to get out of your truck and try and scrape them clean - but are you prepared to head outside in the frozen north?


In Alaskan Road Truckers you play as a trucker, not as a truck. This means that the effects of the climate will affect you as well as your vehicle. You’ll have to maintain your temperature to keep your health up, let that drop too much and you’ll have a trip to the emergency room in your future.

You can stay warm in a variety of ways. First off you’ll have your heater in your cab - keep that running when it’s cold and you’ll keep the worst of the frost from biting you. Dressing appropriately for the weather is also something you’ll have to take into account, put a sweater on to stay warm.

If you have to get out of your cab and enter the cold you’ll have to be extremely aware of the dangers that frosty weather can inflict on you. Keep your journeys outside of safety quick and return to your truck whenever you can to stave off the cold. Your truck isn’t just your home away from home - it’s your sanctuary, where you can get a hot meal, turn on a heater, and get some precious hours of shut-eye.

Of course, knowing all this won’t help you if you’re not prepared for the worst that Alaska’s climate can throw at you. If you get trapped by an avalanche, your battery dies, a tire bursts, and you’re miles away from civilization, it can start to get very dark and very cold very fast.


If you’re heading out in winter, make sure you have what you need to jury-rig some repairs on your truck and stock up on food to make sure you come back in one piece. We’re counting on you, trucker.


You might’ve seen earlier in the week but we have a release date for PC! Alaskan Road Truckers will be released on Steam on October the 18th, 2023. Start your engines, you’ve got some driving to do.


If you’re looking to play on console or another platform, we’ll have news for you soon about release dates - you won’t be waiting long, we promise.

Today marks the third day of Gamescom 2023 and our booth has been buzzing - here's a pic of our booth!

If you’re attending, why come by our stand at Hall 06.1, Stand C-043 and have a wheel-y good time with us.

There’s only one thing left to do here and that’s to tell you to wishlist us on Steam - every wishlist helps us make the game a success and will keep you up to date with updates and more. So hit that wishlist button!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/849100/Alaskan_Road_Truckers/

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