Alaskan Road Truckers Preview (Steam Demo)

by Jim Smale · Published September 21, 2023 · Updated September 20, 2023

For this Alaskan Road Truckers Preview, we experience life in the definitive trucker simulator. Deliver cargo to make our business a success. Get out of our truck to explore Alaska while maintaining our vehicle and preparing for treacherous conditions on the road.

Alaskan Road Truckers Preview Pros:

Decent graphics.
13.85GB Download size.
Controller support.
Graphics settings – resolution, screen mode, fps limit, view distance, anti-aliasing, foliage, post-processing, shaders, shadow, texture quality, vfx quality, and v-sync.
Controller settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders along with the ability to rebound.
Keyboard settings – can rebind controls.
Steering wheel support.
The gearbox can be set to automatic or manual.
Truck driving simulator gameplay.
Water, sleep, energy, and food systems in play.
Parking cargo – freestyle, forward or backward.
Roadblocks and hazards can happen, you can get out and remove/repair some hazards.
Day and night cycle with snow weather.
You need to use the heater to stay warm or you freeze to death.
When you are tired your eyes close for a short moment making the screen black.
Mini map and full map which can be toggled.
Wing mirrors can be turned off and on.
First-person view when out of the truck.
Driver’s seat, out-of-truck, and two angled cameras make up your driving view choices.
You can sleep in your truck to regain health, energy, and advance time.
In bad weather, you can put snow chains on triggering a mini-game.
Visit shops for supplies.
You do basic maintenance of your truck out on the road like refilling the oil.
Traffic does show up on the roads.
When it’s snowing, putting on your full-beam headlights does cause the light to bounce straight back on you.
Nice locations.
Pressing a button can show all Interactive points depending on where you are.
The radio is two choices – in-game soundtrack and Internet radio.

Alaskan Road Truckers Preview Cons:

No Steam achievements, this is an FYI as it’s a demo.
The controller is not optimized with the right stick acting as an oversensitive cursor and buttons all over the place.
The delivery parking of cargo is really bad and unclear. I parked in the lines with a five-star rating but it still didn’t count and in the end it was so frustrating I just turned the game off.
The game music is really bad.
Controls are loose and not because of the snow.
The roads feel way too narrow.
Any view is either too close or too far away.
Parking as said is a nightmare.
So many systems and bars to manage.
The detail of the interior of the truck looked blurry and fuzzy despite playing on the highest graphics settings.
The tutorial pop-ups are not that clear, especially on hooking a trailer up.
If you have no cargo then you don’t get any consequences for smashing into things or police being called.
The world doesn’t feel alive in any way.
Very easy to damage your cargo.

Alaskan Road Truckers:

Official website.

Developer: Road Studio Games

Publisher: Green Man Gaming Publishing

Store Links –

Steam