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Way of the Hunter
Become the new owner of a hunting lodge nestled among gorgeous habitats and rich animal populations. Explore vast open world environments and hunt with a premium selection of firearms. Enjoy the perfect hunt on your own or with friends in co-op.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
69 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful (accidentally stopped hunting to take screenshots) ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don’t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good (walk →…”
“This game finally understands that real hunters don't run around sweating. They become furniture. Find a nice spot by the waterhole. Sit. Become moss. Forget you exist. No calling, no scent control minigames, no…”
“It is very realistic. coming from real hunting experience.”
24 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful (accidentally stopped hunting to take screenshots) ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don’t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good (walk →…”
“I’m going to have to pre-load this one with some important context: I don’t have any particular interest in hunting. Lest the comments below fill with extremely lazy criticisms of my writing, some additional context:…”
“GREAT GRAPHICS AND EXTREMLY RELAXING”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game finally understands that real hunters don't run around sweating. They become furniture. Find a nice spot by the waterhole. Sit. Become moss. Forget you exist. No calling, no scent control minigames, no…”
“If you love a good ol hunting simulation and want to experience the feel of a HUNTER, then this might be the best choice to get and play coz it got both challenge and testing of patience as a hunter should face while…”
“What a thrill! You crawl on your belly for an hour after deer, running after badgers! And the house is so beautiful, it almost seems like it smells of wood. In short, if you want peace and quiet in nature, this is your…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“The game looks grainy, hurting the eyes after even a short session. The gameplay is good. The little bit of story I did play was interesting and enjoyable. Animals look okay, animations are good though.”
“The game is good, if I had to compare it to CotW its about 85% as enjoyable. Graphics are solid, animal behavior is good, general story is about on par with these types of games.”
“If you give this game a fair try and dont expect it to be like THCOTW it's really fun and the story missions are 100x better than THCOTW”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful (accidentally stopped hunting to take screenshots) ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don’t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good (walk →…”
“If you have ever gone hunting in real life—and I mean outside, not on someone’s overpriced ranch, but out in the wilderness way off the beaten path—then this game is as close as it gets. If your idea of a good time is…”
“An hour in and this game is way better then call of the wild. Better animal behaviour better animations Better sound Better bullet physics Harder tracking which is adjustable to you skill level Better or the same…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“I personally didnt really like it. If you missed the shot on deer, it will take so much time to find deer again. Also if you found it, it doesnt get killed in one shot (you have to be very much precise in order to kill…”
“As a hunting simulator, the game is good, but the quests on the maps are kinda boring and the game lacks some obvious quality of life. Overall, it is a good game if you are just looking for a hunting simulator.”
“Better than COTW in many aspects. For that reason alone it's a positive review, hands down. Where it falls short (in general, not comparing it to COTW) is the lack of weapons, call variety, and how certain functions are…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Would love to recommend this game but I cannot. There are some issues with the graphics in this game, mainly the antialiasing options. The game is on unreal engine and you will have issues with textures popping, distant…”
“Better than COTW in many aspects. For that reason alone it's a positive review, hands down. Where it falls short (in general, not comparing it to COTW) is the lack of weapons, call variety, and how certain functions are…”
“cant even play this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ without tweaking and eperimenting with .ini files. Game looks pixelated and grainy after changing every setting.”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“As a hunting simulator, the game is good, but the quests on the maps are kinda boring and the game lacks some obvious quality of life. Overall, it is a good game if you are just looking for a hunting simulator.”
“Better than COTW in many aspects. For that reason alone it's a positive review, hands down. Where it falls short (in general, not comparing it to COTW) is the lack of weapons, call variety, and how certain functions are…”
“cant even play this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ without tweaking and eperimenting with .ini files. Game looks pixelated and grainy after changing every setting.”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I personally didnt really like it. If you missed the shot on deer, it will take so much time to find deer again. Also if you found it, it doesnt get killed in one shot (you have to be very much precise in order to kill…”
“One of the worst hunting games ever. All animals are sick no good rating missions impossible to complete. There are vitualy no animal above 45% fitness and everything in quest are to be above 50% fitness. Absolute bunch…”
“very chill game that makes you wish there was no tree existed and animals werent more aware and skittish”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“They charge you for a game, charge you for DLC, and then release a new game instead of supporting the old one with paid DLC. Look at The Hunter: Call of the Wild. That dev did it right. This company just pulled the same…”
“Would love to recommend this game but I cannot. There are some issues with the graphics in this game, mainly the antialiasing options. The game is on unreal engine and you will have issues with textures popping, distant…”
“A broken, buggy mess THQ Nordic never bothered to fix - and now they've gone and made "Way of the Hunter 2" to sell us the same thing over again. Who knows if they'll fix that one before their greed brings us a third…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 80.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“8.5/10 – I went in expecting a calm stroll with a rifle. Now I’m belly-crawling through grass, whispering apologies to deer, and decorating my lodge like a very outdoorsy interior designer. Gorgeous wilderness and tense hunts. Hunting, but oddly relaxing. 🌲🦌🔭 [quote]Follow for…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“I have 300+ hours in theHunter COTW and while I prefer that over this, I do think this is a good alternative. This is a different experience to that of COTW in many ways. This game is heavier on the story side, with a lot of small objectives, lore and dialogue running whenever…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“Unfortunately the devs have dropped support for this game, leaving game breaking bugs in the game that leave the herd management mechanics completely broken. No matter how much you only kill the lowest fitness animals the herd fitness potential keeps going down when it should go…”
— a player, Steam review · 66 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch for the update 1.31 - Fitness bug fix
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Way of the Hunter discounts
The THQ Nordic publisher sale is live until February 9! Way of the Hunter base game is currently 90% off. There are also discounts on DLCs and packs with up to 50% off, including all map DLCs and smal
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Simulation, Sports |
| Player tags | Adventure · Hunting · Shooter · Exploration · FPS · Realistic · Sports · 3D · First-Person · Colorful · Nature · Relaxing (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Russian, Czech, Turkish, Japanese, Hindi, Indonesian, Slovak * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 42 |
| Official site | https://wayofthehunter.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 64bit OS - Windows 10 Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 / Intel Core i3-8100 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 960 / Radeon R9 380 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 19 GB available space