SnowRunner

 PC
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6.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 187 Ratings

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  1. TheFuzz
    Jun 9, 2020
    4
    The main gameplay loop is generally fun, I have issues with many bugs though. The ones that bother me the most are 1. the broken trailers (if you load cargo into a trailer with a crane and switch so another truck like if it gets stuck, the cargo FALLS INTO THE TRAILER, losing collusion and making the whole trip useless.) and 2. I can't finish a mission if the required resource has beenThe main gameplay loop is generally fun, I have issues with many bugs though. The ones that bother me the most are 1. the broken trailers (if you load cargo into a trailer with a crane and switch so another truck like if it gets stuck, the cargo FALLS INTO THE TRAILER, losing collusion and making the whole trip useless.) and 2. I can't finish a mission if the required resource has been manually loaded into the truck. other issues include general clipping of objects, things shifting... wrong or enabling features that are not possible. would be a 9 if these issues were fixed.

    UPDATE: after the update in the game, I had to reinstall mods and none of the bugs that I have seen have been fixed I FOUND MORE in the recent version. I dragged out the cat on the 2nd Alaska map to the sawmill (like instructed) and FOR **** SAKE!!! IT DID NOT DRIVE AT ALL even though it is not broken NOR OUT OF GAS when I got to the sawmill NOTHING! same with a trailer on the 1st map. 4/10, my review will continue to drop as I find more game-breaking bugs    … Expand
  2. Fenix59
    Jul 16, 2020
    0
    Game is awful it has numerous bugs that have existed from launch and haven't been fixed. They added wheel support but all force feedback does is some light resistance on the wheel and you get more feedback from Euro Truck Simulator on a road vs this off-road. They claim a new game engine but it is a slightly modified version of the Vee engine as you can see a lot of the bugs that existedGame is awful it has numerous bugs that have existed from launch and haven't been fixed. They added wheel support but all force feedback does is some light resistance on the wheel and you get more feedback from Euro Truck Simulator on a road vs this off-road. They claim a new game engine but it is a slightly modified version of the Vee engine as you can see a lot of the bugs that existed in early Spintires (most of which have been patched out of Spintires now). The graphics are better then mudrunner but for the road its purely a higher quality texture over the same mud so as you drive over it you see the texture stretch. Sure it has a money and a levelling up system but all these negatives drive me away from it and I just can't recommend it to anyone. If you are looking to slowly traverse extreme terrain in large trucks I can only recommend Spintires as it is less then 1/3 of the price and is a lot less buggy… Expand
  3. Jarool
    Jul 17, 2022
    4
    The worst think in this game is the control mechanism. They put a lot of afford to make a off road simulator, and didn’t think about the primary thinks, like how the gear box or differential work in specific track. Very good terrain physics but fatal control.
    Very bad wheel control as well.
  4. Kaul
    May 18, 2020
    1
    This game is far from finished.
    You can go trough solo mode on your own just fine, but when you put a step in multiplayer, it's over.
    There are synchronisation errors everywhere, disconnects, crashes.

    Graphics are good, that's it. Even physics are broken.
    It could be a great game, I hope they'll work seriously on it.
  5. bellamine
    Jun 18, 2020
    1
    I adore the idea of the game but lot of issue playing it is really frustrating. Also it is really very expensive. No answer when reporting bugs. I don't recommend this game unles they do major changes in future releases.
  6. skunkworks
    Aug 14, 2020
    0
    this game has an exceptional ability to suck the fun out of you.
    example:
    you get a caterpillar 745, pretty much one of the biggest boy toys ever made. it's painfull to drive, as they made the steering as unresponsive as a dead fish.... and it's gutted of it's factory features. like half the gears, no logging platform trailer, and a fraction of the towing strength. and once you    this game has an exceptional ability to suck the fun out of you.
    example:
    you get a caterpillar 745, pretty much one of the biggest boy toys ever made. it's painfull to drive, as they made the steering as unresponsive as a dead fish....
    and it's gutted of it's factory features. like half the gears, no logging platform trailer, and a fraction of the towing strength.

    and once you finally, hours later, unlock the frame addons for it, they are about as useless as they come.
    1600L of diesel. 1 container.
    pretty much nothing (truck fuel trailer = 2000L on a dolly /4000L as a full size tanker trailer)
    container? same problem! so far i have not been given a job to ferry one...

    yeah, when you pick that kind of game, you kinda know trucks. or at least you're a bit into them.

    second, it tells you nothing about the intricacies of actually using a controller over a keyboard (MASSIVE fuel economy there) or how you have to switch right back to keyboard to use the towing feature...

    Because the automatic towing feature likes to go for the worst possible anchoring point around you. (like right by your left when you're going uphill and the terrain is tilted to the left= yanks you right on your flank and bam you're stuck and your payload's on the floor, lol)

    it's also EXTREMELY BUGGY.
    you will experience all the bugs present in mudrunner, with a few more, even more infuriating extras.

    kudos to the devs, the second story mission i tried to take on was impossible with the trucks i had.
    stat. i fixed two bridges, two avalanches, to find that my truck just could not do the job. trailer's too heavy!

    SWEET.

    back 5 hours of grind later, with a better truck: eh, now at least i can reach the few paved roads of the map. sweet. reach the destination: truck sinks instantly in the mud, with the dropzone in hands reach.

    (i did have to refuel halfway too, all the trucks in this game do like 700L+/100 or something)

    another truck for towing and 35 mins later, i had finally dropped my trailer.

    it's like that for MOST CAREER JOBS. you have to tow your truck with another truck to get anywhere.
    all the jobs pay f*** all.

    i would rate this in negative values if i could.    … Expand
  7. Larrynautik
    May 6, 2020
    1
    The quest game mechanics are very poorly designed, making many quests impossible to accomplish, which is extremely frustrating when you spend one hour to deliver the goods.

    Another problematic aspect is the almost impossible beginning, where you almost can't do any mission because.... you can't buy tires adapted to the terrain. Not because of a lack of money, but only because of a lack    The quest game mechanics are very poorly designed, making many quests impossible to accomplish, which is extremely frustrating when you spend one hour to deliver the goods.

    Another problematic aspect is the almost impossible beginning, where you almost can't do any mission because.... you can't buy tires adapted to the terrain. Not because of a lack of money, but only because of a lack of level.

    Also, many vehicle upgrades can only be obtained by finding them on the maps.... and each region has 4 maps. If the upgrade you want is in the 4th one, bad luck, because you can't go to other maps of your region freely.

    The other ridiculous thing is that despite the game being named Snowrunner, you stay in Michigan because it is totally impossible to accomplish missions on the Alaska map. The last region is Russia and is even more impossible.

    But the worst of all mechanics is the fact that your vehicle will overturn. Once it happens, there's absolutely nothing you can do except go back to the garage and do all the mission steps again. The overturn of a vehicle is really unpredictable and can happen even due to a simple rock or a mud hole. It can also happen due to invisible obstacles you hit, who also can badly damage your vehicle.

    At first I was really pleased to feel the freedom in this game, unfortunately too many poor design decisions, illogical level design and the feeling that "you're not allowed to do this yet because the devs don't want" let a bad game experience. In the end, I'm really deceived that this game is impossible to finish.

    I give 1 single point for the graphics, even if it's way too dark - Resident Evil-like - and there's absolutely nobody no pedestrians, workers or other vehicles on the map.    … Expand
  8. jackyy
    May 9, 2020
    1
    for the money its honestly garbage, i remember enjoying mudrunner with force feedback and h shifter with my g25 but this has little to no feedback and no option for manual while automatic just jumps to second and gets you stuck
  9. Wombolombo
    May 12, 2020
    0
    There are so many bugs. My game crashes randomly in the multiplayer. My savegame is broken. My progress was once deleted. There are no updates! Wouldn't recommend this game!
  10. ScramJet
    May 13, 2020
    1
    Absolutely broken upon release, you may be able to make some progress in single player, but if you look at the bug reports in their discord, it is horrendous - especially on console. Please don't give them any more money. Releasing a game in this state is a cash grab and cannot be incentivized.

    Thanks for listening.
  11. ua_svs
    May 13, 2020
    0
    This game is full of bugs and nobody even try to fix it. We have already 3 weeks and the game is still unplayable.

    p.s. I like this game because it is great but developer absolutely doesn`t care about bugfixing.
  12. PigFace
    Apr 30, 2020
    0
    This game is so disappointing and frustrating. surface simulation is so bad compared to MudRunner, i dont understand how they could go backwards on this. There are lots of rock hard mud where wheels hoover over and even dosnt touch the ground... and when wheels sink in the ground, surface simulation is so so so so poor. It is just sad. And it was so good in MudRunner! and so much bugs!!!This game is so disappointing and frustrating. surface simulation is so bad compared to MudRunner, i dont understand how they could go backwards on this. There are lots of rock hard mud where wheels hoover over and even dosnt touch the ground... and when wheels sink in the ground, surface simulation is so so so so poor. It is just sad. And it was so good in MudRunner! and so much bugs!!! bugs bugs bugs everywhere! Well, no point wasting my time here. This game is nothing like MudRunner.… Expand
  13. Roksa
    Apr 29, 2020
    0
    F*CK this game we bought it only for coop play and we cant join it. We also hate this EGS for no solutions.
  14. Kaindred
    Apr 9, 2021
    4
    Buggy disgrace. Unfinished product. Coop play without even a chat, constant desync, objective cargo multiplication and falling under the map, not working trailers, cargo falling through trailers, unable to re-fule, unable to load cargo to a friends truck and so on and so on. Are you serious? Do not waste your money until it is fixed. Stop releasing unfinished games ffs!
  15. java409
    Apr 28, 2020
    0
    No support for wheels, no support for force feedback. It's really bad as for 2020 game.
  16. AlienUA
    Dec 27, 2020
    3
    No progress in coop, and cool single mode. But coop must be changed...
  17. Xandl7
    Dec 16, 2020
    0
    This game is far from finished.
    another epic exclusive titel
    soooo many bugs
  18. BOOSTED_OUTLAW
    Sep 18, 2020
    0
    need to add more pedal support for ex: TLCM PEDALS FANATEC V2/V3 AND CUSTOM BUTTON CONFIGS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BUTTON BOXES MUDRUNNER HAD IT WHY DIDN'T YOU GUYS JUST CARRY IT OVER .-. OH I KNOW WHY IT'S EPIC GAMES.....
    PLEASE FIX SOON OR UNINSTALL FOR ME I GUESS.
  19. Fred12
    Sep 3, 2020
    1
    I don't understand the good critics here, this game is just pain, the worst thing that makes itself remarkable immediately is the bad steering... you have the feeling like you are on a boat... its like that inertia when you are steering in a direction, the tiires follow up only seconds later, not immediately.. I am wondering why? Why is that bull*hit? it feels like I am on water on an oilI don't understand the good critics here, this game is just pain, the worst thing that makes itself remarkable immediately is the bad steering... you have the feeling like you are on a boat... its like that inertia when you are steering in a direction, the tiires follow up only seconds later, not immediately.. I am wondering why? Why is that bull*hit? it feels like I am on water on an oil tanker and not in a vehicle and its just ridiculous for a simulation that claims to be realistic.
    Secondly, because of the steering it makes all that stuff like repairs etc. happening .. for every bump or crash into a tree you loose engine points, then you have to repair your vehicle every 3 days. I know developers probably liked that game elements because its a simulator but its just pplain stupid. It feels like a 3-days throwaway car that you drive.

    And most of all, its brain-damaging stupid and boring, you drive trucks with about 10km/h and it feels like you are spending most of your time driving stupidly through the environment. I now understand why people need 100 hours (link omitted per site rules) to get through this game -.-    … Expand
  20. viseniv
    Apr 23, 2022
    1
    This game is broken on EGS i can’t launch it, no errors nothing. Funny thing is if a donwloaded from gamepass it worked perfectly. This is not worth any money. The developers also does nothing with this errors, i played this game before and it worked.
  21. danbut110
    May 18, 2021
    0
    Наплевательское отношение разработчика (издателя) к игрокам.
  22. svirgibs
    Dec 30, 2020
    4
    Весь положительный "экспириенс" был уничтожен отвратительным релизом с ОГРОМНОЙ кучей багов.
  23. lronmcbong
    Dec 12, 2020
    0
    what a lovely landscape and so many different undergrounds to drive on even snow!
    really like the look, it runs smoothly, pretty high fidelity game.
    but what makes it really unplayable is the REALLY bad way config of your steering works. You launch the game, everything is fine, next time you launch it, your sound doesnt work and your steering does not work either. just wanted to buy    what a lovely landscape and so many different undergrounds to drive on even snow!
    really like the look, it runs smoothly, pretty high fidelity game.

    but what makes it really unplayable is the REALLY bad way config of your steering works. You launch the game, everything is fine, next time you launch it, your sound doesnt work and your steering does not work either.
    just wanted to buy the season pass and i reconfigured my game to keyboard and next time back to steering wheel.

    does not work at all.total crap. drives me crazy!    … Expand
  24. Amarth5150
    May 22, 2021
    0
    This game is too buggy to even start. My PC lives up to the spec and got latest drivers etc and I have no problems with any other game. It appears to simply be bugs preventing it from starting. I have refunded and will strongly recommend everyone not to buy this game any time soon.
  25. Alfi75
    Sep 19, 2022
    3
    DLCs like on the assembly line. But they don't solve problems.
    Braking and reversing immediately after stopping.

    Driving like in GTA.

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82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. GameCritics
    Jul 24, 2024
    85
    It’s therapeutic, it’s deep, it’s engaging, and it’s indisputably unique. Everyone should try it.
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  2. Quarter to Three
    Jan 4, 2021
    100
    Snowrunner is what happens when an immovable object meets an irresistible force. As long as the irresistible force has a winch, the immovable object will lose.
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  3. GameMAG
    Sep 14, 2020
    80
    SnowRunner is an exemplary sequel in which the variety of content has increased several times compared to the previous game. There are a lot of new features, and the scale, content and number of maps have increased significantly. But most importantly, the gameplay has become more interesting. Setting up infrastructure in atmospheric locations is more exciting than just hauling logs. At the same time, the deep physical model is still as detailed as before, which will please hardcore fans of the genre. So if you are one of them, then it is definitely worth playing.
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