Hunt: Showdown 1896
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ActionMultiplayerFPSPvPTeam-BasedOpen World

10,171 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 22,828

Peak in the last 7 days: 29,355

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Game description

Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the brutally rewarding extraction shooter. Track twisted monsters and overcome ruthless PvP. Take bounties in corrupted backwaters lost to history. With a team, you might survive. Die with nothing or get out with everything.

Basic info

DeveloperCrytek
PublisherCrytek
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateAug 27, 2019
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 64 bit
ProcessorIntel CPU 7th Gen 7700 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 1650 Super or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, with a minimum of 4GB of VRAM
Storage75 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 359 reviews from the past 1 year

70.4/ 100
Bottom 30%

Steam rating: Mostly Positive (74%)

Metacritic: 81 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 13, 2026)

An addictive bounty hunt for 92 reviewers, Hunt: Showdown 1896 is held back by cheaters and matchmaking; it scores 70.4.

👍 Strengths

Story & World ranks 61st of 1096 and Visuals & Sound 135th of 1249. 27 reviews praise exceptional sound design with clear audio cues, and players describe deep tactics that reward patience and positioning. Some enjoy relaxed matches on European servers. Content Volume ranks 362nd of 1351. 92 reviews call it addictive, the most upvoted saying they play daily.

👎 Where it falls short

Pricing & Fairness ranks 1299th of 1399 and comes up in 50% of analyzed reviews. 54 reviews complain about cheaters, the most upvoted seeing them in almost every round, and 54 criticize matchmaking, the most upvoted saying it pairs casual players with the very best. 27 call server performance abysmal. Tech & Support ranks 1163rd of 1399. Others describe a punishing learning curve, and some find it too stressful to enjoy.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“addictive, better than expected, plays daily” · 92 reviews
“exceptional sound design with distinct audio cues for threats and environments” · 27 reviews
“enjoyed playing with foreign players on EU servers without pressure” · 13 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 58% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Strategy +3.34 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices
Positive “deep tactical gameplay rewarding patience, positioning and character over loot” · 11 reviews

Progression 8% · Difficulty 26% · Onboarding 24% · Freedom 4% · Controls & feel 17%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 39% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.96 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Negative “希望游戏更多倾向恐怖元素” · 1 review

Story 1% · Characters 1%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 14% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +2.50 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price

Variety 9% · Replayability 1%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 30% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Audio +4.53 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting
Positive “exceptional sound design with distinct audio cues for threats and environments” · 27 reviews

Visuals 16%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 43% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +2.79 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “enjoyed playing with foreign players on EU servers without pressure” · 13 reviews
Negative “teammate burns out after 2-3 raids, forcing them to play other games” · 2 reviews

Community 14% · Servers & Connection 16%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 50% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Matchmaking -0.75 · Skill gaps, team balance, and queue times
Negative “matchmaking pairs casual players against top 2% consistently” · 54 reviews
Positive “балансирует соло и групповую игру естественным образом” · 1 review

Anti-cheat 26% · Pricing 11% · Balance 15%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 33% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.48 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “devs ignore balance and content updates, only release skins and cosmetics” · 13 reviews
Positive “devs maintaining the game alive with major updates” · 1 review

Stability 9% · Performance 7%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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