[1] 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,[2] 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.

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.

When selecting a map in single-player mode, a choice can be made between "hardcore" and "casual" difficulty levels which include different parameters for the game, being increased fuel consumption for hardcore compared to casual, a reduced ability of navigation with checkpoint markers becoming more vague, the inability to enable differential lock when driving in automatic gearbox (the game includes an H-Pattern shifter for all vehicles) and the main adjustment being the necessity of using a crane to manually load up logs and pack them into your vehicle as opposed to automatic loading in casual mode.

This DLC included 9 new vehicles (7 licensed trucks) and 2 separate new maps that generally contain a larger amount of paved roads when compared to the base game to simulate American regions.

[7] 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.