Euro Truck Simulator 2 Japanese reviews: 94.8% positive, with praise for core gameplay
This report covers 2,141 Japanese-language reviews for Euro Truck Simulator 2. The collected reviews span from 17 Jan, 2013 to 6 Oct, 2026.
Own research by 648 News. Every figure in this article was counted by us from 2,141 Steam reviews written in Japanese, collected between 2013-01-17 and 2026-10-06.
Overall recommendation rates
The collected reviews show a 94.8% positive recommendation rate. Steam reports a 94.9% positive share for the entire history of the game. Steam lists 2,031 total positive reviews and 110 negative reviews. The collection covers 2,061 reviews that were sorted into topics. An additional 1,576 reviews were classified by the model. The confidence interval for the positive rate ranges from 93.8% to 95.7%.
The numbers
Praise for mechanics and visuals
Players writing reviews in Japanese praise the core mechanics most often. Gameplay, combat, core mechanics appears in 54.5% of all classified reviews. It is mentioned in 55.1% of recommending reviews. Amount of content, length, replayability follows at 32.8% of classified reviews. It appears in 34.0% of the recommending reviews. Graphics, art direction is mentioned in 18.2% of classified reviews and 18.8% of recommending reviews. Reviewers note the game lacks a story or ending. They reward players with long play sessions and high replayability. Many highlight the visual quality and the freedom to customize their trucks. The game runs on low-end hardware at minimum settings. It delivers detailed environments at maximum quality. Price, value for money, DLC pricing appears in 4.9% of classified reviews. It shows up in 5.0% of recommending reviews. Music, sound, voice acting is mentioned in 3.2% of classified reviews. It appears in 3.3% of recommending reviews. Online play, multiplayer, servers is discussed in 2.7% of classified reviews. PC port quality, Steam Deck appears in 2.4% of classified reviews. Characters, character design is mentioned in 2.4% of classified reviews. Story, scenario, writing appears in 0.4% of classified reviews. Japanese localization and translation quality is discussed in 0.4% of classified reviews. Developer or publisher conduct, update policy appears in 0.2% of classified reviews.
一言、神ゲーム。 ただ、ヨーロッパの景色の中でヨーロッパのトラックを運転するだけのゲーム。
Simply put, a god-tier game. It is just a game where you drive European trucks among European scenery.
Criticism of performance and controls
Performance, optimization, bugs, crashes dominates the criticism. This topic appears in 5.3% of all classified reviews. It is mentioned in 38.5% of reviews that do not recommend the game. UI, controls, key bindings, controller support follows at 6.0% of classified reviews. It appears in 20.2% of negative reviews. Gameplay, combat, core mechanics accounts for 43.1% of the negative reviews. Reviewers complain about strict speed limits and random accident faults. They note heavy repair costs for early crashes. Some find the new interface reduces immersion compared to the previous layout. Others note that steering controllers are essential for the full simulation experience. Keyboard-only play feels limited to many critics. Difficulty, balance is mentioned in 1.6% of classified reviews. It appears in 6.4% of negative reviews. Japanese localization and translation quality shows up in 0.9% of negative reviews. Developer or publisher conduct, update policy is discussed in 0.9% of negative reviews.
セールになっており、お安く買うことができました。
It was on sale, so I was able to buy it cheaply.
Player engagement and playtime
The median playtime behind these Japanese-language reviews is 52.5 hours. Recommending reviewers frequently discuss the core gameplay and the amount of content. Criticism concentrates on performance issues and control schemes. Graphics, art direction appears in 18.8% of recommending reviews but only 8.3% of negative ones. Performance, optimization, bugs, crashes appears in 5.3% of all classified reviews. It shows up in 3.4% of recommending reviews. Reviewers associate visual upgrades and driving mechanics with positive sentiment. They link interface changes and optimization dips to frustration. The collection spans from 17 Jan, 2013 to 6 Oct, 2026. The collected data covers 2,030 positive reviews and 111 negative reviews. The first review was posted on 17 Jan, 2013. The latest review was posted on 6 Oct, 2026.
Methodology and sources
Data
Steam user reviews, retrieved with Steam's public review listing between 2013-01-17 and 2026-10-06: 2,141 written in Japanese. Steam's own all-time totals for Euro Truck Simulator 2 were read on 2026-10-08.
How the reviews were classified
Every review was read by a language model, which rated how positive it is, how much concrete detail it gives, and which of 15 fixed topics it talks about. The counts and percentages in this article were then computed from those labels in ordinary code, not by the model. Automatic classification makes mistakes, so single percentages should be read as approximate. Reviews of fewer than 15 characters were not sent to the model; they count as positive or negative from the reviewer's own recommendation and carry no topic.
Limits
People who write a Steam review in Japanese are not a representative sample of everyone who plays in Japan, and the language of a review does not establish where its author lives. Steam's default filter for off-topic review activity was left on, so periods Steam marked as review bombing are excluded from the counts in this article. Reviews that arrived after the retrieval date are not included.
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