What Is a Hunting Game?
A hunting game on this site is a video game about finding and harvesting animals. That is Call of the Wild, Way of the Hunter, Hunting Simulator, and the older Deer Hunter shelf. It is not a license, a season date, or a recipe.
| Sense | Example | Where to go |
|---|---|---|
| Video game | Call of the Wild, Way of the Hunter 2 | Best hunting games |
| Wild animal | Deer, duck, boar as "game" | Wildlife writing, not this guide |
| Real hunt | Seasons, tags, meat | Not covered here |
| Lookalike title | The Hunting Party on Netflix, a GPS app | The Hunting Game |
| Other genre | Hunt: Showdown, ghost hunting | Named so you can leave |
The modern sim, from Deer Hunter in 1997 through the 2026 releases, puts you in a reserve with a firearm or bow, tracks, and an animal population. Arcade cousins such as Duck Hunt and Big Buck Hunter skip the tracking and keep the shot. Browser games such as Wild Hunter 3D are short levels. All three are hunting video games. A GPS hide-and-seek app is not.
FAQ
What does game mean in hunting?
In wildlife writing, game is the animal that is legal to hunt, such as deer or duck. On this site, hunting game means the video game.
Is Hunt: Showdown a hunting game?
No. It is a bounty PvPvE shooter. It is in the database as a neighbor, not as a sim.
Are ghost or dinosaur hunting games included?
No. The words overlap and the games do not. This site stays with animal hunting video games.
Sources
- Steam: Call of the Wild — checked 2026-11-13
- Wikipedia: Deer Hunter series — checked 2026-11-13
- Steam: Hunt Showdown is a neighbor title, not catalogued as a sim here — checked 2026-11-13
Updated 2026-11-13. Questions: [email protected].