The story showcases the Earth of the future after a crash of an unidentified flying object which was afterwards named The Cataclysm.

Roving gangs blighted Earth, causing traders and settlers to create means of self-defense, making their unions and clans.

[3] Ivan Go, the great explorer and discoverer, departs for another journey and leaves the responsibility of his child, the player and protagonist, to his friend Peter.

When he meets Alice, she tells him that she believes the attack to be the actions of a gang leader from an area named Argen.

Later the player and Alice meet the Oracle, who helps them find that the attackers were the monsters from the Desert Of Death, who had lost control of their minds, and were mentally impaired.

He discovers the source of the poisonous air in the environment, and he comes in contact with extraterrestrials who tell him that if he destroys it, all the survivors die.

Gameplay revolves around destroying enemies to get loot, selling it, and getting upgrades for truck or buying new vehicles.

Rise of the Clans is the official standalone expansion to Hard Truck Apocalypse, also developed by Targem Games.

The game reuses a lot of material from Hard Truck Apocalypse; most of the vehicles, weapons, and enemies are the same, but there are four brand new zones and a whole new storyline.

The road warriors that survived must now battle for precious resources using deadly vehicles crafted from millions of possible permutations (body shape, armor, weapons, support systems and cosmetic enhancements).