SnowRunner

SnowRunner is a heavy off-road simulator from Saber Interactive (core developer: Saber Saint Petersburg, the studio's largest regional office) and the publisher Focus Entertainment. You take a contract from a contractor, get behind the wheel of a Ural, KamAZ, Ford F-750, Tatra Phoenix or Western Star, and drive through the Amur taiga, the frozen rivers of Alaska, the swamps of Michigan, the northern Yukon, the Don Region of East Anglia or Zurdania (Western Asia, the new region from Season 17). Slowly, methodically, and with real weight: low gear, locked differential, a winch hooked to a tree to pull yourself out of a rut.

Your task is to restore transport infrastructure: roads, bridges, oil rigs, farms, power lines. Each contract is a specific logistics task with real costs: fuel, damage, tire wear. Cargo physics is deep: a tank shifts on every turn, fragile goods require smooth driving, and long pipes do not fit into sharp turns.

By 2026 the fleet has 50+ licensed trucks: the iconic Ural-4320, KamAZ-65111, ZIL-130, Ford CLT9000, Western Star 6900 XD, Tatra Phoenix, Voron G-5352 and Jangsu RX600 from Season 17. Each vehicle has 5-7 add-ons: winches, off-road tires, a snorkel, extra fuel tanks, cranes, trailers. The game has 18 regions (as of Season 17), each a map of about 4 km² with missions and contracts. Progression runs through 40 levels: Trial → Distinguished → Top Hauler → Veteran.

Co-op for up to 4 players works through Steam friends or an invite code: pull an overturned trailer together or clear blockages. There is no crossplay with consoles in the PC version. Mods are available through mod.io (not Steam Workshop, since Saber chose a single mod store for PC, Xbox and PlayStation), with more than 165 million downloads: new maps, custom trucks, texture packs. Mods work in multiplayer if every participant in the lobby has them installed.

Localization: the interface is fully in Russian, and all contract and vehicle descriptions are translated, which is the main text content of the game. Voice acting is minimal by design (short radio phrases) and in English only, which is not a drawback. The game does not require third-party accounts or launchers: Steam key → library.

Reception: Steam Very Positive, 89% of 51,676 reviews of all time, 92% over the last 30 days. Concurrent peak: 12,027 players on February 1, 2026, after the release of Season 17. Metacritic PC ~78 (Generally Favorable). The audience is hardcore fans of simulators and off-road vehicles; arcade players will not like the pace, which is an honest warning and not a drawback.

Saber officially confirmed that the game will not return to these regions. An attempt to replace the Ford models with the AWMG TX-340 / AWMG AC 1610 did not resolve the license issue.

SnowRunner is a heavy truck simulator from Saber Interactive: haul cargo through mud, snow and rivers in the Ural, KamAZ, Ford F-750 and Western trucks. Slow pace, deep physics, a career grind of 200+ hours. The Year 5 Pass comes with the new Season 17 (Western Asia, January 2026). 20 million players. Our key gets around this.