MudRunner

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%2017

$19.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago · Lowest we’ve seen since Oct 20, 2026: $3.99

The verdict

A slow, punishing mud-driving sim with excellent physics, a tiny install and great co-op and mods. Skip it if you want varied missions or hate getting stuck for hours hauling logs.

Great for

Patient players who enjoy realistic off-road physics, co-op with friends, and modding

Main risk

Repetitive log-hauling and constant getting stuck get boring or frustrating, especially solo

What players love

Realistic mud and vehicle physics

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“The vehicle physics (suspension and transmissions with torque) are probably some of the best representations of heavy machinery in off road conditions.”
Steam review · 13.5 h played ↗

“The mud implementation is still gorgeous, and during the drive the truck gets dirty or wet from the water, which is also physical.”
Steam review · translated · 8.8 h played ↗

“The level of detail on the terrain deformation is amazing.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗

Fun co-op with friends

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“In a word, in co-op the game opens up 100%.”
Steam review · translated · 123.2 h played ↗

“The game has solid COOP support, and is very fun with some teamwork thanks to the winch/towing mechanics in the game.”
Steam review · 13.5 h played ↗

“Multiplayer is a blast too.”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗

Runs great on weak PCs, tiny install

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“How good it looks graphically concidering the tiny file size”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗

“On my weak PC the picture is very smooth and the graphics look nice. Great optimization and physics.”
Steam review · translated · 3.1 h played ↗

“it runs on practicly anything and is very well optimised”
Steam review · 43.7 h played ↗

Steam Workshop mods add lots of content

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“The base game has about 30 hours of gameplay, but thanks to the workshop you can easily put in 200.”
Steam review · translated · 137 h played ↗

“There is plenty of mods for the game, so when you finish the base-game content you can choose to experience both fun and difficult modded maps.”
Steam review · 13.5 h played ↗

Relaxing, rewarding challenge

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews

“This game is meditation.”
Steam review · translated · 17.4 h played ↗

“It's slow, punishing, and sometimes frustrating when your massive truck gets swallowed by the dirt, but that's exactly why it's so fun.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗

“every successful delivery feel earned”
Steam review · 17.6 h played ↗

Better than SnowRunner for many

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews

“more of a pure driving experience without all the meta progressions and quests/tasks of snowrunner. i prefer it.”
Steam review · 23.6 h played ↗

“waaaaayyyyyy better than snowrunner, cuz it isnt 64 gigabytes and still is very fun”
Steam review · 647.3 h played ↗

What players complain about

Repetitive, slow log-hauling gameplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“the regular game has no point beyond go get trucks, pick up logs, go dump logs, rinse repeat, thats the whole gameplay loop”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗

“The game is short, there's nothing to do except haul logs, and I wanted more than just logs.”
Steam review · translated · 9.3 h played ↗

“You mainly move in the speed of smell, you are stuck constantly”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗

Frustrating, inconsistent physics and controls

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“In a regular Blazer it's impossible to drive on a concrete road; it slides and can't even start moving properly.”
Steam review · translated · 0.8 h played ↗

“trees, stumps, rocks, fallen trees are immovable obstacles that stop OFF-ROAD vehicles from driving”
Steam review · translated · 45.8 h played ↗

Fails to launch (could not load config)

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“The game won't launch, says could not load config.”
Steam review · translated · 0.1 h played ↗

“It gives a config read error at launch and won't load.”
Steam review · translated · 0.1 h played ↗

Dated graphics, camera and UI

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“This game feels and looks very outdated. Lacking graphics options.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

“i hate, HATE how close the camera is to the tutorial truck.”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗

Poor steering wheel and controller support

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews

“playing this on a wheel is pure pain and made me not like the game.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗

“The wheel is detected as a gamepad, impossible to play with such controls.”
Steam review · translated · 0.4 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSWindows Vista/7/8/10 (64-bit)

ProcessorIntel® Pentium Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent

Memory2 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT or equivalent

Storage1 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows Vista/7/8/10 (64-bit)

ProcessorIntel® Core 2 Duo 2.5GHz or equivalent

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 or equivalent

Storage1 GB available space

OSWindows Vista/7/8/10 (64-bit)

ProcessorIntel® Pentium Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent

Memory2 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT or equivalent

Storage1 GB available space

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