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2014 · Oovee® Game Studios · Adventure · Indie

Spintires

Collect lumber with the crane attachments and try to deliver them to the objectives. Use the surroundings to your advantage, you may need to winch yourself free! The real-time deformable terrain will challenge even the most seasoned offroader. Do you accept the challenge?

Released
13 June 2014
Platforms
Windows
Genres
AdventureIndieRacingSimulationVehicle simulation
Developers
Oovee® Game Studios
Publishers
Oovee® Game StudiosIMGN.PRO
Series
Spintires
Modes
Co-opMultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Sandbox
Engine
Havok
Country
Russia
Age ratings
PEGI 3ESRB E
Time to beat
33hwith extras

About

Spintires is a 2014 off-roading simulation video game by developer Pavel Zagrebelnyy. In Spintires, players take control of off-road vehicles and drive them through muddy off-road terrain to complete objectives. The game was released on June 13, 2014, and has sold over one million copies. A spin-off game called MudRunner was released on October 30, 2017.

Keywords

  • physics
  • truck simulator
  • steam
  • soviet russia
  • crowdfunding - kickstarter
  • day/night cycle
  • steam greenlight
  • crowdfunding
  • steam achievements
  • digital distribution
  • xbox controller support for pc
  • platform exclusive

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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Spintires is an all-terrain simulation video game which tasks driving through muddy unpaved Russian roads in aging Soviet vehicles with nothing but a map and a compass. The aim of the game is to transport cargo to its destination without depleting resources (such as fuel) or damaging the vehicle. There is both a single-player and multiplayer mode.

The game takes into account several properties such as physics, mud, terrain deformation, as well as driving controls and a day/night cycle. Due to the challenging terrain, players must take all conditions into consideration and drive accordingly; for example, they cannot simply just press "forward" on their keyboard to drive straight.

Development

Development was preceded by a demo game made by Pavel Zagrebelnyy for the 2008 Intel Level Up game development competition, where the game won the first prize in the 'Best Multithreaded Game' category and finished second in the 'best game optimized for Intel graphics' category.

The game initially raised $82,684 on Kickstarter in 2013. A few days following its release, Spintires briefly became the top-selling video game on the Steam platform, and a month after it still retained a position in the Steam Top 10, selling over 100,000 copies. In 2014, developer Zagrebelny alleged that Oovee took the money and cut off communication, which left him unable to update it. Oovee, however, has denied the allegations, saying Zagrebelnyy has been paid in full for the work he completed and that there is no breach of contract on the side of Oovee. Later, both Oovee and Zagrebelnyy attributed the dispute to "communications issues", and said that an eventual sequel to Spintires was a possibility.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows13 June 2014Worldwide

Editions and related releases

Downloadable content
Spintires: Chernobyl
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Spintires: Chernobyl

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