Hunting Video Games Database
Every hunting video game we are willing to name is in this table. Open a name for the write-up, or scan platforms and price first. Ranked picks live on best hunting games.
| Game | Series | Developer / Publisher | Release | Platforms | Price model | Co-op | Status | Best for | Sources | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Way of the Hunter | Way of the Hunter | Nine Rocks Games / THQ Nordic | 2022-08-16 | PC (Steam/GOG/Epic), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S | Paid ($29.99) | Single-player; online co-op | Active | Open-world hunting sim built around a hunting-lodge story, animal populations, trophy genetics and a rewindable bullet camera; the co-op alternative to Call of the Wild. | 3 source links: Official site; Steam store page; Metacritic | 2026-11-13 |
| theHunter Classic | theHunter | Expansive Worlds (Avalanche Studios Group) / Expansive Worlds / Avalanche Studios | 2009-04 (PC launcher); 2014-06-03 (Steam) | Windows PC (Steam, delisted) | Free-to-play with in-app purchases (historical) ($0) | Single-player; online co-op up to 8 players | Shut down 2026-11-11; delisted from Steam | The 17-year-old free-to-play hunting MMO that theHunter: Call of the Wild replaced; relevant only as shutdown/alternatives content, never as a current recommendation. | 4 source links: Official farewell page; Steam store page (delisted); Delisted Games report; CBR report | 2026-11-13 |
| Hunting Simulator 3 | Hunting Simulator | Nacon Studio Ghent / Nacon | 2026-10-29 | PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S | Paid ($39.99 PC; 49.99 PS5/Xbox Series) | Single-player | Active | The most accessible current hunting sim: licensed gear, a hunting dog, a lodge, clay shooting and the SimFauna population system; single-player only, so it is the pick for players who do not want co-op. | 4 source links: Steam store page; Nacon official product page; Terminal Gamer review; OpenCritic | 2026-11-13 |
| Deer Hunter | Deer Hunter | Sunstorm Interactive (original); later Southlogic Studios and Glu Mobile / WizardWorks, Infogrames/Atari, Glu Mobile | 1997-11 | PC, Mac, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, mobile | Paid (legacy); mobile spin-offs free-to-play with IAP | Single-player | Legacy series; Deer Hunter 2018 mobile still listed but last updated 2021 | The series that created the casual hunting-sim market in 1997; the page's job is the release chronology and the legal ways to play today, not a recommendation of abandonware. | 3 source links: Wikipedia: Deer Hunter (series); Wikipedia: Deer Hunter (1997); App Store: Deer Hunter 2018 | 2026-11-13 |
| theHunter: Call of the Wild | theHunter | Expansive Worlds / Avalanche Studios | 2017-02-16 (PC Steam; console dates not independently confirmed) | PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One (PS5/Xbox Series via backward compatibility) | Paid; $19.99 standard Steam package (free license only for Classic owners) ($19.99) | Single-player; online co-op up to 8 players | Active | The evergreen content king of the genre: 19 reserves, 8-player co-op and the deepest DLC catalogue; the official migration target after theHunter Classic closed. | 4 source links: Steam store page; Official reserve index; Game Pass tracker; Metacritic | 2026-11-13 |
| Foresto: Hunting Game | — | Storage Unit Studio / Storage Unit Studio (Roblox group) | 2023-02-22 | Roblox (PC, mobile, console) | Free (Roblox) ($0) | Single-player; PvE and PvP; up to 10 players per server | Active | A Roblox hunting/RPG experience with mining, quests, badges and PvP; the page is a map/materials/badges guide, not a code page (no public codes found). | 5 source links: Roblox game page; Official Foresto Wiki; Foresto Wiki: Locations; Foresto Wiki: Ores; Foresto Wiki: Badges | 2026-11-13 |
| Way of the Hunter 2 | Way of the Hunter | Nine Rocks Games / THQ Nordic | 2026-09-29 | PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S | Paid ($39.99) | Single-player; two-player online co-op | Active | The 2026 sequel: three regions, dangerous African wildlife, two-player co-op and an expandable lodge; the natural comparison against Hunting Simulator 3. | 5 source links: Steam store page; THQ Nordic launch release; Official site; Nine Rocks FAQ; Metacritic | 2026-11-13 |
| Hunting Clash: Sniper Shooting | Hunting Clash | Ten Square Games / Ten Square Games | 2020-08-24 | iOS, Android | Free-to-play with in-app purchases ($0) | Single-player hunting; PvP events and tournaments | Active | The biggest mobile hunting game by installs (50M+ on Google Play); the page answers whether it is pay-to-win and what the events demand, not how to play a sim. | 3 source links: Google Play listing; App Store listing; Ten Square Games team post | 2026-11-13 |
| Cabela's Hunting Games | Cabela's | Various (Elsinore Multimedia, nFusion, Sand Grain Studios, Fun Labs, Magic Wand and others) / HeadGames Publishing / Activision (later Activision Value) | 1998 | PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii, GameCube, PSP, DS, Game Boy Advance | Paid (legacy; mostly delisted) | Single-player; some entries have multiplayer | Delisted/legacy; physical second-hand only | A 1998–2014 licensed series with more than 40 titles; the page ranks the sub-series and explains which entries still run on modern Xbox consoles. | 3 source links: Wikipedia: List of Cabela's video games; Wikipedia: Cabela's Big Game Hunter; Wikipedia: Cabela's Dangerous Hunts | 2026-11-13 |
| Big Buck Hunter | Big Buck Hunter | Play Mechanix / Raw Thrills (arcade); Trailmark Games (Ultimate Trophy) | 2000 (arcade); 2025-04-11 (Ultimate Trophy) | Arcade, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch | Paid (arcade per-play; Ultimate Trophy $39.99) ($39.99) | Single-player; local PvP (turn-based and simultaneous) | Active | The arcade institution: shoot the buck, not the doe. The page separates the arcade original, the 2025 console revival and the mobile game, and warns that free browser versions are unlicensed. | 3 source links: Steam store page; Wikipedia: Big Buck Hunter; Nintendo Switch listing | 2026-11-13 |
| Wild Hunter 3D | — | Mirra Games / CrazyGames (distribution platform) | 2025-01 | Web browser (desktop, mobile, tablet); CrazyGames app (iOS, Android) | Free ($0) | Single-player | Active | The best-known browser hunting game: 100 short levels, arcade scoring and mobile support. It is the honest 'free' answer for users who will not buy a sim. | 2 source links: CrazyGames game page; CrazyGames hunting category | 2026-11-13 |
| Hunting Unlimited | Hunting Unlimited | SCS Software / ARUSH Entertainment / ValuSoft; Ziggurat (Steam re-releases) | 2001 | PC (legacy series; modern Windows compatibility varies) | Paid ($9.99) | Single-player | Legacy series; six entries re-listed on Steam | A nine-game value series (2001–2010) that is still the cheapest legal way to play a traditional PC hunting sim; the page is a series list plus where-to-buy guide. | 4 source links: Steam store page; Steam store page; MobyGames series list; Wikipedia: Sunstorm Interactive | 2026-11-13 |
| Duck Hunt | — | Nintendo R&D1 / Nintendo | 1984-04 (Famicom); 1985-10 (NES, North America) | NES/Famicom, Nintendo VS. arcade, Wii U Virtual Console | Paid/included with hardware (historical) | Single-player; a second player can control the duck in Game A | Legacy; no official modern re-release | The 1984 light-gun classic and the ancestor of the whole arcade hunting genre; the page explains the Zapper/CRT limitation and the legal ways to play today. | 4 source links: Wikipedia: Duck Hunt; Wikipedia: Nintendo Zapper; Nintendo: Wii U/3DS eShop closure; ESRB: Duck Hunt | 2026-11-13 |
| Hunting Simulator 2 | Hunting Simulator | Nacon Studio Ghent / Nacon | 2020-07-16 | PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch | Paid ($19.99) | Single-player | Active | The budget/family-friendly entry: 33 species, 160 licensed items and three dog breeds, with a Switch version. Table-only per IA, but strong enough to promote if GSC shows demand. | 4 source links: Steam store page; Nintendo Switch listing; Metacritic; ESRB: Hunting Simulator 2 | 2026-11-13 |
| Deer Hunting Camp | — | PSR Outdoors / PSR Outdoors | 2025-05-30 | PC (Steam) | Paid ($19.99) | Single-player | Active | A habitat-management deer hunting sim: build and trade a property, then hunt bow, black-powder and rifle seasons. IA called the identity unconfirmed; Steam now confirms it. | 3 source links: Steam store page; PlayStation Store concept page; Metacritic | 2026-11-13 |
| Hounds of Marrow County | — | pileofsheep / pileofsheep (Roblox) | 2026-10-11 | Roblox (PC, mobile, console) | Free (Roblox) ($0) | Single-player; co-op/survival; up to 16 players | Active alpha (1.74 Ice Age) | A Roblox survival-hunting alpha with 40+ dogs, 40+ animals, 15+ guns, fishing and a lodge; this is the entity behind the misspelled 'Morrow County' query. | 2 source links: Roblox game page; Hounds of Marrow County guides hub | 2026-11-13 |
| hunting game (Pills Interactive) | — | pills interactive / pills interactive (Roblox) | 2026-02-20 | Roblox (PC, mobile, console) | Free (Roblox) ($0) | Single-player; multiplayer; up to 15 players | Active public beta | A small Roblox hunting/exploration beta. IA labels it a horror adjacent title; the Roblox description says 'semi-realistic game about hunting & exploring', so that label is wrong. | 2 source links: Roblox game page; Roblox games API | 2026-11-13 |
| Hunt: Showdown 1896 | Hunt | Crytek / Crytek | 2019-08-27 (1.0); 2018-02-22 (Early Access) | PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S | Paid; in-app purchases ($29.99) | Multiplayer PvPvE; online co-op | Active | Not a hunting sim: a PvPvE extraction shooter with monsters. The page uses it only as the 'is this a hunting game?' adjacent example. | 2 source links: Steam store page; Wikipedia: Hunt: Showdown | 2026-11-13 |
| The Hunting Game (1997) | — | Oquirrh Productions / ValuSoft | 1997 | Windows PC | Paid (legacy, out of print) | Single-player | Out of print/abandonware | The 1997 PC game whose name collides with the Netflix/IMDb results; it belongs only in the disambiguation page's #1997 anchor. | 2 source links: My Abandonware entry; Internet Archive CD-ROM | 2026-11-13 |
| Hunting Simulator (2017) | Hunting Simulator | Neopica / Bigben Interactive | 2017-06-09 | PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch (2018) | Paid ($19.99) | Single-player; up to 4 online players (PS4 version) | Legacy; delisted from Steam, still sold on PS Store | The first Nacon/Neopica Hunting Simulator: four-player online on PS4, Unreal Engine 4 and a 48% critic average. Table-only; the series page belongs to HS3. | 3 source links: PlayStation Store; MobyGames; Metacritic | 2026-11-13 |
| theHunter: Primal | theHunter | Expansive Worlds / Avalanche Studios | 2015-03-31 | Windows PC | Paid (delisted) | Single-player; online co-op | Delisted/legacy | A dinosaur-themed standalone expansion to theHunter; table-only adjacent entry, not a hunting sim recommendation. | 2 source links: Wikipedia: TheHunter; Steam store (delisted) | 2026-11-13 |
| Virtual Hunter | — | Korpi Games Oy / Korpi Games Oy; VRKiwi (Quest/PSVR2) | 2025-01-15 (Steam); 2026-05-27 (PSVR2/Quest) | PC VR, PlayStation VR2, Meta Quest | Paid ($24.99) | Single-player; six-player online co-op | Active | The first serious VR hunting sim: 64 km², manual reloads, wind/scent, six-player co-op, trophy lodge. The anchor for the VR page. | 3 source links: Steam store page; Meta Quest store; VR.org launch report | 2026-11-13 |
Neighbor rows such as Hunt: Showdown are here so a search does not pretend they are sims. The meaning of that split is on what a hunting game is.
FAQ
Why are some games missing a guide?
A guide needs enough sourced fields and a page of its own. Names that failed that test stay as a row so the link is not empty.
How do I sort the list?
Use the platform, price, and status filters. They hide rows in the browser. With scripts off, the full table is still on the page.
Which row is shut down?
theHunter Classic, status shut down on 11 Nov 2026.
Sources
- Research file for this site — checked 2026-11-13
- Steam: Call of the Wild — checked 2026-11-13
- Classic farewell — checked 2026-11-13
Updated 2026-11-13. Questions: [email protected].