Ludography
77/100
Players60 ratings
70/100
Critics4 reviews
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Metacriticcritics
77/100
Metacritic usersuser score
79/100
GameFAQsJust Right/Tough
3.75/5
Player reviews
91% positive37,848 reviews
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Verified
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Windows
Price
US$19.99

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2017 · Saber Interactive · Racing · Simulation

MudRunner

Like Spintires before it, Spintires: MudRunner puts players in the driver seat and dares them to take charge of incredible all-terrain vehicles, venturing across extreme Siberian landscapes with only a map and compass as guides! This edition comes complete with a brand new Sandbox Map joining the original game's 5 environments, a total graphical overhaul, a new Challenge mode with 9 new dedicated maps, 13 new vehicles and other comprehensive improvements.

Released
2017
Platforms
AndroidNintendo SwitchPlayStation 4PlayStation 5WindowsXbox OneXbox Series X/SiOS
Genres
RacingSimulationStrategy
Developers
Saber Interactive
Publishers
Focus Entertainment
Modes
Co-opMultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
First personThird person
Themes
Sandbox
Engine
Havok
Country
United States
Age ratings
ESRB EGRAC ALLPEGI 3ACB G
Languages
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, English (UK), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian and 2 more
Time to beat
18hmain story44hcompletionist

About

MudRunner (formerly Spintires: MudRunner) is a 2017 off-roading simulation game developed by Saber Interactive and published by Focus Home Interactive. It was released on October 31, 2017 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One and is a spin-off/sequel of the 2014 Windows-exclusive Spintires, which was developed by Oovee Game Studios. Similar to Spintires, MudRunner has the player control off-road vehicles as they traverse locations to complete objectives. The game was released in Japan on Nintendo Switch on June 18, 2020.

Versions for Android and iOS released on July 15, 2020. The game was also later ported to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on August 26, 2026. A sequel to MudRunner was released on April 28, 2020 titled SnowRunner.

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Gameplay

MudRunner is an all-terrain simulation video game which tasks driving through muddy unpaved roads in aging Soviet vehicles with nothing but a map and a compass. The aim of the game is to transport logs to their destination without depleting resources (such as fuel) or damaging the vehicle. There is both a single-player and multiplayer co-op mode that both use the same main six maps (base game), with an addition of 3 American maps and 2 Russian maps along with DLC content. Over the game's time, there have been 4 batches of DLC content added introducing new vehicles (some licensed), new gameplay maps and challenge maps.

The main game maps often included various off-roading elements such as water bodies and rivers, paved roads, trails and changes in elevation (particularly evident in maps such as "Island" and "Downhill") which enable the player to experience a larger and more accurate simulation of the genre. g. "Flood" in Spintires and "Deluge" in Mudrunner).

Reception

On review aggregation site Metacritic, MudRunner has aggregate scores of 67 and 72 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of the game respectively, indicating "mixed or average reviews", and a score of 77 for the PC version, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Nintendo Life gave the Nintendo Switch version of the game a 7/10, praising the quality port to the Switch and the lush environments of the American Wilds DLC included with the game, while criticizing "frustrating design faults" from the previous version, such as the lack of an automatic navigation system.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows31 October 2017North America · Europe 31 October 2017
PlayStation 431 October 2017Europe · North America 31 October 2017
Xbox One31 October 2017Europe · North America 31 October 2017
Nintendo Switch27 November 2018Worldwide
Android15 July 2020Worldwide
iOS15 July 2020Worldwide
PlayStation 526 August 2026Worldwide
Xbox Series X/S26 August 2026Worldwide

Editions and related releases

Downloadable content
MudRunner: Old-timersMudRunner: The ValleyMudRunner: The Ridge
Expansions
MudRunner: American Wilds EditionSpintires: MudRunner - American Wilds
Built on it
MudRunner: American Wilds EditionSpintires: MudRunner - American Wilds

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