Deer Hunter Games

Deer Hunter facts, checked 2026-11-13
Developer	Sunstorm Interactive (original); later Southlogic Studios and Glu Mobile
Publisher	WizardWorks, Infogrames/Atari, Glu Mobile
Release	1997-11
Platforms	PC, Mac, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, mobile
Price model	Paid (legacy); mobile spin-offs free-to-play with IAP
Listed price (USD)	—
Modes	Single-player
Status	Legacy series; Deer Hunter 2018 mobile still listed but last updated 2021
Setting	North American forests and meadows
Maps	—

Deer Hunter is the 1997 PC series that turned hunting sims into a retail category, not a single current download. Sunstorm Interactive built the first game. WizardWorks published it in November 1997. Later publishers include Infogrames / Atari and, after April 2012, Glu Mobile.

Releases I will put a year on

Deer Hunter — November 1997, PC. The research notes also record sales past a million in 1998.
Deer Hunter II (1998), 3 (1999), 4 (2000), 5 (2001), then the 2003, 2004, and 2005 names, plus Tournament in 2008. Platforms across the run include PC, Mac, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, and phones.
Deer Hunter 2005 is the last mainline PC entry before the mobile era, dated 2004 in the research file’s version note.
Deer Hunter 2018 — mobile, App Store id 893372761, released 15 Sep 2015, listing last updated 26 Jan 2021.

Legal play today: a second-hand disc for the old PC games, or the 2018 mobile app with purchases. I will not embed a DOS emulator. If you want a deer inside a living reserve, that is Call of the Wild or Way of the Hunter, which are different products. The wider old shelf is classic hunting games and Cabela’s.

Modern reserve screenshot, not the 1997 Deer Hunter — Call of the Wild, a current sim. Not a screenshot of the 1997 Deer Hunter.

Editorial valley used in place of a 1997 box scan — Editorial art. The 1997 box scan is not republished.

FAQ

Can I play Deer Hunter Classic online?

There is no official online version of the 1997 game in these sources. Deer Hunter 2018 is the mobile listing, last updated 26 Jan 2021.

Who made the first one?

Sunstorm Interactive developed it. WizardWorks published it in November 1997.

Is it on Steam in 2026?

The research file does not list a Steam app id for the original. I am not inventing a store page.

Sources

Wikipedia: series — checked 2026-11-13
Wikipedia: 1997 game — checked 2026-11-13
App Store: Deer Hunter 2018 — checked 2026-11-13

Updated 2026-11-13. Questions: [email protected].