The latter group is mainly responsible for uploading content to Crowdin and ensuring everything is made on time. With over 300K players of both games combined on an average day (according to Steam Charts), the localization of the SCS Software games is effectively managed by the game’s players and a few team members – developers. The fact is, no matter how many people play your game – you might find those who want to take part in localizing it to their native language. One of the translation strategies you can choose – community translations. This article includes the key takeaways and lessons on game localization from the case study we did with SCS Software. SCS Software engages its players to be a part of the localization process in Crowdin, which currently has 200+ members. SCS Software is also a proud winner of the 2016 Steam Awards in two categories, PC Gamer’s Best Sim 2012 and Czech Game of the Year Technological Solution Award 2016.Ĭrowdin helps SCS Software manage the localization of their products and Steam Achievements into 47 languages, as more than 70% of their customers are non-English speakers. The company became famous worldwide thanks to two notable games: American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2. SCS Software is a video game development company located in Prague, Czech Republic.
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