A Surprise Hit Gets A Big Winter Update
RV There Yet? started life as a small game jam project that its developers at Nuggets Entertainment threw onto Steam without huge expectations. Instead, it exploded. The chaotic cooperative road trip sim has now sold around 4.5 million copies, turning a scrappy idea into one of 2025's unexpected multiplayer hits.
Now the team has released the first major update since launch, something they never originally planned to do. This new content drop adds an entire map, fresh challenges and more ways to cause hilarious disasters with your friends.
If you enjoy physics driven co op games where everything is always moments away from falling apart, this update makes RV There Yet? even more tempting.
Welcome To Mt Yurbuttsk
The headline addition is a completely new map set on and around the fictional slopes of Mt Yurbuttsk. Instead of dusty roads and relatively friendly terrain, you and your group of chain smoking holidaymakers now have to guide your ramshackle motorhome through a harsh frozen landscape.
Mt Yurbuttsk is a cold jumble of ice, rock and terrifying drops that would worry even a mountain goat. The goal is still the same basic premise that made the game popular in the first place. You are trying to keep your knockoff Winnebago moving across completely inappropriate terrain while the physics engine does its best to ruin your plans.
The update does more than simply reskin the setting with snow. The climate changes the gameplay and introduces new mechanics that force players to communicate and coordinate even more carefully.
New Challenges, Tools And Snowball Fights
Nuggets Entertainment kept the official feature list fairly short. The new Mt Yurbuttsk map includes:
- New animals to encounter along your journey
- New items and tools that help you deal with the icy conditions
- Snowball fights so you can mess with your friends between disasters
- A fresh narrative thread that ties the new route and events together
The trailer for the update offers a better look at how these features actually play out.
One key mechanic is dealing with ice covered paths. Instead of just sliding around and hoping for the best, players can now wrap chains around their tyres to gain extra grip. This simple detail fits the game perfectly, because it turns what would be a basic upgrade in another title into a collaborative mini mission. Someone needs to grab the chains, another player might hold the vehicle steady and everyone else tries not to fall off a cliff while you get set up.
Another major addition is the use of explosives. Some mountain passes are blocked by solid chunks of ice, so the only way through is to blast your own path open. In a game already known for chaotic physics, adding explosives is a recipe for legendary co op moments. Placing charges, getting everyone to safety and hoping the RV does not tumble down the mountain becomes a tense and often ridiculous group task.
Combined with the new items, animals and story beats, Mt Yurbuttsk feels like more than a small content drop. It acts as a second playground built entirely around cold weather hazards and the kind of slapstick physical comedy that made the original map so popular.
An Unplanned Update For An Unplanned Game
One of the most interesting parts of this release is how unexpected it is. Nuggets Entertainment has been open about the origins of RV There Yet? The team built it for a game jam and released it for fun, not as a carefully planned live service project.
On Steam the developers explain that they never expected the game to be this big and they did not intend to deliver large updates after launch. Yet the massive player response changed their plans. Selling 1.3 million copies in the first week and eventually hitting around 4.5 million units convinced them to create a full new map as a kind of thank you to the community.
The studio also notes that this winter themed content drop is still not the start of a rigid roadmap. They describe it as an unplanned content update for an unplanned game and they are honest about the future. After releasing the Mt Yurbuttsk map, the team is taking a break over the Christmas period to recharge.
When they return, Nuggets plans to focus on smaller updates that address stability issues and fix bugs. As for more big content expansions, they are keeping expectations grounded. Officially they say there are no plans for any new major content updates.
For players, that means RV There Yet? is not suddenly turning into a constantly updated live service. Instead, it remains what it has always been. A self contained chaos simulator designed for friends who want to laugh, swear and desperately try to keep a doomed road trip alive. The new Mt Yurbuttsk map simply gives everyone another brutally beautiful place to risk their virtual lives.
If you are looking for something to play on a low spec PC, laptop or handheld like the Steam Deck, RV There Yet? already has a good reputation as a light but entertaining co op option. With this frosty update, there is now one more reason to pack your virtual bags and see just how far that battered motorhome can go before the mountain wins.
Original article and image: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/co-op-smash-hit-rv-there-yet-gets-an-unplanned-content-update-for-an-unplanned-game-as-the-comedy-vehicle-sim-surpasses-4-5-million-copies-sold/
