Truckful Review Summary

An attractive art style and addictive cargo-delivery gameplay make this fun, but a fixed camera, poor map and navigation, and unresponsive controls hurt visibility and handling.

Attractive Art Style: Many reviewers praise the game's art style, calling it appealing, beautiful, and visually attractive. The cartoonish aesthetic and carefully crafted lighting create a charming and immersive world.

Fun and Addictive Gameplay: The core gameplay loop of delivering cargo and exploring is addictive and fun, with a mix of hardcore and casual elements. Many find it engaging and never boring.

Engaging Cargo Mechanics: The physics-based cargo system requires careful stacking and securing, adding a strategic puzzle-like element. Mechanics like perishable items and fragile cargo enhance the challenge and engagement.

Captivating Story and Characters: The story is gripping, with a mix of cozy and horror elements, and characters that are unique and charming. Players enjoy unraveling the supernatural mystery and engaging with the valley's inhabitants.

Polished Indie Gem: Reviewers describe the game as polished, well put together, and a hidden gem. It runs smoothly, including on Steam Deck, and the developers are responsive to feedback.

Fixed camera hinders visibility: Players widely report that the fixed camera angle is awkward, offers poor visibility, and cannot be rotated, causing directional confusion. This issue is compounded by the camera being too close to the truck and auto-rotating, which can cause motion sickness and collisions.

Map and navigation lacking: The map is considered useless because it lacks street names, doesn't show active tasks, and requires navigating through menus. Poor direction guidance and non-existent mission navigation lead to constant map checking and getting lost.

Controls feel unresponsive: Controls are criticized for being difficult, laggy, and unresponsive across mobile, keyboard, and controller inputs. Input delay and poor optimization contribute to an unpleasant driving experience.

Time limits overly strict: Tight time limits and distance requirements create panic, leading to cargo spills and collisions. Many missions are nearly impossible to complete within the given constraints, especially with poor driving feel.

Cargo physics cause spills: Cargo frequently flies out or gets damaged due to bumpy terrain, slopes, and collisions, especially with an open cargo bed. This forces manual pickup or mission restarts, frustrating players.

Truck driving and delivery core gameplay: Players take the role of a truck driver who picks up deliveries and transports cargo to destinations, planning routes and driving carefully. This loop forms the foundation of the game.

Truck upgrade and customization system: Players can upgrade the engine, tires, steering, brakes, suspension, weight, and cargo beds in garages or at roadside stations. Upgrades directly improve driving performance and the overall experience.

Missions have main and bonus objectives: Missions include required core tasks and optional challenge conditions such as time limits, route restrictions, or cargo integrity. Secondary objectives add replay value and test driving skill.

Collectibles and exploration rewards: Glowing collectibles are scattered across the map, encouraging players to take hidden routes and explore freely. Collecting scrap metal is also a mechanic tied to progression.

Installable special accessories and items: Vehicles support up to three accessory slots and can be equipped with navigation radar, nitro, glue, winch, or bumper items. These add strategic depth and customization.

Positive performance across devices: Multiple reviewers report smooth performance with no stutters, crashes, or graphical glitches, including stable FPS and flawless operation on Linux at 4K and Steam Deck. The game runs well even on lower-end mobile hardware.

Low system requirements: Feedback highlights that the game is not a AAA title and has low configuration requirements, making it accessible on most mobile devices without needing high-end hardware.

Stuttering despite meeting specs: One reviewer experiences stuttering even when their system meets the recommended specifications, indicating a potential optimization issue.

Disappointing loading transitions: A reviewer finds the loading times during location transitions to be disappointing, which detracts from the overall experience.

Hardware limitations acknowledged: A reviewer notes that their machine's performance limitations are present and acknowledged, though this may not reflect the game's overall optimization.

Recommended for Dredge and Pacific Drive fans: Players who enjoyed Dredge, Pacific Drive, and The Last Gas Station are likely to enjoy this game as well. It shares similar exploration and atmospheric elements.

Wait for a sale: Multiple reviewers suggest waiting for a discount, ideally around ten dollars, before purchasing. This implies the game may not be worth full price for some.

Not a truck simulator: The game is not for those expecting a driving or truck simulator experience. Multiple reviewers warn that it does not deliver a truck delivery simulation.

Not recommended to buy now: Some players advise against purchasing the game at its current state. They likely cite issues such as bugs, lack of polish, or poor value.

Wait for optimization and improvements: Players recommend waiting for performance optimizations and gameplay improvements before considering a purchase. This points to existing technical or design issues.

Game completion: 12.0h.

Players report the game is fun early, citing great driving feel, a satisfying cargo loop, and an addictive gameplay loop with engaging story and characters. The reported early friction is minor and localized (confusing upgrade progression, occasional camera issues, and off-road handling that eases after unlocking off-road tyres).

Friction: Upgrade progression is confusing and only noticed roughly four hours in; Camera POV is annoying on some roads; Off-road handling issues before off-road tyres are unlocked.

Unlock drivers: Unlocking off-road tyres makes the handling issue much less prevalent.

Chill Scenic Explorer: Chooses low-pressure story mode, drives at a relaxed pace, avoids damage and time pressure, and focuses on scenery and mood. Motivation: Relaxing in a beautiful, atmospheric world while casually delivering cargo. Stance: buy.

Physics Cargo Tinkerer: Meticulously arranges cargo, manages speed and corners, uses the horn for animals, and repeatedly retries checkpoints to solve routes. Motivation: Mastering cargo physics and the trial-and-error satisfaction of getting a difficult delivery right. Stance: buy.

Truck-Sim Delivery Flow Seeker: Plays objective-driven modes, plans routes, upgrades or customizes the truck, and treats driving and delivery as the core flow activity. Motivation: Achieving driving flow while exploring maps and completing delivery requests. Stance: buy.

Linux and Proton: The filtered reviews contain only positive Linux and Steam Deck compatibility signals. Users report no issues running the game on Linux with maxed 4K graphics and perfect performance on Steam Deck, with no mention of Proton tweaks, crashes, anti-cheat blockers, or other Linux-specific workarounds.

Similar to Dredge: Multiple reviewers compare the game to Dredge in terms of experience and vibe. Cluster 1 and Cluster 20 mention this comparison, with Cluster 20 also mixing in Snowrunner.

Compared to Death Stranding: Reviewers liken the delivery gameplay challenge to Death Stranding and truck simulators. Clusters 2 and 49 both mention Death Stranding in their comparisons.

More polished than demo: The full release is significantly better than the demo. Clusters 18 and 19 highlight the improvement.

Chinese localization praised: The localized Chinese title is highly praised for capturing the game's essence. Cluster 3 highlights the quality of the localization.

Longtime follower satisfaction: Reviewers who followed since the demo are enjoying the full game. Clusters 15 and 47 mention this long-term anticipation.