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Hunt: Showdown 1896
Developer Crytek
Hunt: Showdown 1896 (formerly known as simply Hunt: Showdown) is a first-person extraction shooter video game by Crytek. It was launched on Steam in early access on 22 February 2018 and for Xbox Game Preview on 29 May 2019. The full release of the game launched on 27 August 2019 for Microsoft Windows, it was also released on Xbox One on 19 September 2019 and PlayStation 4 on 18 February 2020. In the game, the player… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
290 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
57
Mixed
146 positive · 110 negative
95% range 51–63%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 146 | 110 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
34 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
206,115 of 279,666 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Mixed: praised for atmosphere and depth, but criticised for cheaters and matchmaking.
Many players praise the game's unique atmosphere, sound design, and tactical depth, calling it the 'GOAT of extraction shooters' and noting that victories feel earned. However, a significant portion criticise rampant cheating, poor matchmaking, and a steep learning curve that can make the experience unfair for new or casual players. [9][11][22][31][35]
Some long-time players allege that Crytek prioritises monetisation over fixing core issues like netcode and region locking, with one claiming 'cheating is known to be 25%+ of the community'. Others find the game addictive despite its flaws, describing it as 'hard as balls' but rewarding with persistence. [23][24][14][10]
Praised atmosphere and sound design · tactical depth · addictive gameplay
Criticised cheating and ping abuse · poor matchmaking · steep learning curve · monetisation practices
Summary drafted by an AI model from the 36 reactions it cites ([n] links open each post), then checked by code: every paragraph cites real posts and every quote is verbatim. Written Oct 7, 2026. Method
Reactions
60 of 290 · most liked firstHey everyone going WELL TIME TO PLAY MORE FORTNITE TO HUNT DOWN PEOPLE WEARING HARRY POTTER STUFF No. Stop playing Fortnite. They're partnering with Rowling and Harry Potter in 2025, with full knowledge of what that decision means. Stop supporting them. Stop playing the game.
unlabelledView post →Reverse horror hit Carrion slinks its way onto mobile soon as a 'try before you buy' game! Hunt. Consume. Grow. Evolve.
unlabelledView post →Coach Beard’s beanie game 👌 No one dressed better than Brendan Hunt and Jason Sudeikis at Chelsea’s UWCL match against Barcelona on Thursday 💙
unlabelledView post →I love this game so much, but sadly I will now stop playing for the time being after almost 3.8k hours and spending easily over 500–700 euros. Six‑star lobbies in Europe are a complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥… hackers, ping abusers, and so on. In almost every round, enemy players seem to smell you from five miles away. This game has so much potential and so much to offer, but getting demolished every round by extremely suspicious players is no longer bearable. Don’t get me wrong: I’m completely fine with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty crazy stuff if you haven't seen it - a game store owner had a box of Super Mario/Duck Hunt carts that turned out to be - brand new - manufactured in 1993 (!) - an extremely late variant unknown to collectors nintendowire.com/news/2026/07...
unlabelledView post →Crytek and steam refuse to ban cheaters, but will immediately ban you for language on an adult rated game. Pretty wild. Cheating is known to be 25%+ of the community, but hey don't say mean things to them. They buy skins too and we all know that is all that matters!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Gameplay is great, and the last few Events were nice. BUT the newly introduced monetization is straight-up predatory and insulting. Story: The newly introduced story challenge (with one hunter, one charm, one weapon skin and some profile stuff) for Krampus costs 1750 Blood Bonds. After they first removed all story from events and the game itself and only added it to their website after public outcry, which is still not the same as an ingame encyclopedia. They now decided that story should…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You will hate it at the start with the learning curve. Then it clicks and you get addicted and start improving. Then you hit 3/4 star (Mid MMR brackets) and you have genuine fun. Then you get better and better the more you play. Then you hit the high MMR brackets like 5 star and 6 and realise that its all dodgy Russians and Chinese players who will hit you 5 working days after you left the spot they apparently hit you in. The ping abusing in this game is rampant at high MMR, and yes there will…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Serebii Update: The next Pokémon Pokopia event has been announced: Sableye's Gem Hunt. Adds Sableye into the game Runs from 05:00 local time on April 29th through 04:59 local time on May 14th Details @ www.serebii.net
unlabelledView post →Hunt: Showdown used to be my absolute favorite game. The atmosphere, the tension, the sound design — it was pure magic. But Crytek has completely driven it into the ground. EU servers are full of ping abusers from Russia or China teleporting around with 150+ ms, landing headshots through desync while you die behind cover. The netcode is terrible, and it’s been like this for years with no fix in sight. The meta never changes — same guns every match (Dolch, Mosin, shotgun spam) — and anyone…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't come to a term that I will leave negative review for this game. It pains me so much that this game got twisted into something that was not meant to be. Game started as hardcore, gothic horror, extraction shooter set in 1895. When I say this I mean a REAL hardcore game. It used to be very hard and very bone chilling to play it. Now is just another casual arcade fast shooter game and only thing that remains of what it used to be is name "Hunt Showdown" in title. Old gold era: There was…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →✨ PALE TIDES IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! ✨ 🔸A brand new folk horror & witchcraft TTRPG. 🔸Become Hexen. War witches. 🔸Hunt monsters. 🔸Fight back against the Church. 🔸An original game system that uses dice & tarot. Get 10% off for the next 24 hours! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pal... #PaleTides
unlabelledView post →loved the game about 2 years ago. now if you are 6 star all the time, most lobbys consist of russian and asian cheaters... and if you find a game without cheaters, it's srill 80% russian or asian people, because in this game you have an advantage if you ping abuse. we need a region lock, NOW!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I joined this game at the tail end of Serpent's Moon, just as the final installment of the Moon trilogy, Devil's Moon, was about to launch. Back then, in 2022, the biggest issue was the Avtomat. The developers had decided to release a 1-slot variant of the Sparks rifle, the Sparks Pistol, which still held the ammo properties of the regular Sparks; 20 bullets spare with the ability to have 2 ammo types to change between. The developers for some reason, didn't think people would bring…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is full of cheaters. Reporting cheaters is useless when there's no real-time check and you see the same guy wrecking lobbies for weeks after reports. We need action, not a placebo report button.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game. I think it's very creative and unique with some of the most fun and best designed gameplay I've ever experienced in a shooter. I recommend it. The reason this review is negative is the matchmaking. I'm okay at this game skillwise. I play it very casually. I'm a four star (out of six). I have just over 600 hours at this time. And every single match, I'm playing against 6 stars, which represent about the top 2% of the game. I'm not going to complain about how annoying and lame…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is running perfectly on Proton, for all fellow Linux users!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As I see it, it boils down to 12 players rushing to kill a monster and take its bounty. But then some players realised that they will let others do the job, kill them and take the bounty. So they wait outside patiently. So I decided to be smart and that I will wait even farther outside, even more patiently. I thought I was going to succeed. But it turns out there is a bunch of players waiting even more patiently even more farther outside!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First look at the 'Paranormal Activity' video game 🎮 • Unique playthroughs every time • Hunt entities • Alter your fate with demonic rituals • Game has multiple endings Coming soon to Steam
unlabelledView post →Hey, Tenno! We'll be making changes to the new Follie's Hunt game mode released with The Shadowgrapher based on player feedback. You can check out the full list of details here: wrfr.me/3PynUFp
unlabelledView post →After more than 2,300 hours, I can no longer recommend Hunt. This game has been in development for over eight years, yet Crytek would rather pump out endless events, Battle Passes, and cosmetic DLCs than fix its rotten foundations. You fall through the ground near certain ledges, move around like you have ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bars of soap strapped to your boots, perfectly placed shots simply fail to register, trades are ridiculous, audio sometimes becomes unreliable, and high-ping players are still…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Complete Edition is $12.49 on XBL buff.ly/3YVlqSi base game on PS+ Extra
unlabelledView post →I really want to like Hunt: Showdown. The setting, atmosphere, and overall world are genuinely interesting, and the gunplay feels unique in a way that’s hard to find elsewhere. That said, I can’t recommend it right now because the experience feels unfair and unbalanced, especially for newer or more casual players. The MMR system (and the way matchmaking seems to use it) is disappointing. It’s not uncommon to run into highly experienced players — max rank, high prestige — even when you’re…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’ve put a lot of time into Hunt: Showdown 1896 and have been in the 6-star MMR lobbies for a while now, so this isn’t coming from a casual player. I genuinely used to enjoy this game—but I can’t recommend it anymore. At high MMR, cheating is out of control. I’m not talking about the occasional suspicious death—I mean repeated encounters with players landing impossible shots, tracking through walls, and wiping teams with zero information. What makes it worse is the lack of response. The game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hunt: Showdown is the only game where you can spend 25 minutes playing like a tactical genius, outsmart two teams, banish the boss, carefully scan every window... and then get instantly headshot by a guy hiding in a bush whose heart rate never exceeded 40 BPM. Was I mad? Absolutely. Was it my fault? Also absolutely The PvE monsters exist purely to announce your terrible decisions to every human within a three-mile radius. Crows are government spies. Horses are paid actors. Ducks have a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Been playing for 3,000 hours at this point. And at a very high level for at least the last 1,500 of those hours. I don't think there has ever been a better time for a new player to get into Hunt. The game is the most balanced it's ever been. The game is the deepest in terms of knowledge and tactics that its ever been, too. I see lots of comments here about how much better hunt "used" to be, but to me they just read as hopeless nostalgia from a time when the reviewer was new at the game and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Almost 30 hours in and i still havent killed anyone ever. Super steep learning curve. I love the game, the vibe, everything, but it just feels like you are starting boxing and only opponents you get are Mike Tysons in their prime. 99% of the time i die and i dont even see who killed me. Watched hours of guides, used AI to help me come up with plans, nothing works. At some point, sadly, i just had to ask myself - why do i continue, and i have no answer. I havent killed any hunter since the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game. The matchmaking is complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, you will be consistent matched against teams of higher rank. Team with a 4 star average (5, 4, 3) going against teams of 6, 5, 5, or 6, 6, 5, or 5, 5, 5.. Crytek desperately needs to fix the matchmaking if they want to be able to hold onto newer players, or people that dont want to deal with the ultra sweaty/toxic af troglodytes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →CONFIRMED: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered is free if you own the game digital OR PHYSICAL as confirmed by CDPR CEO
unlabelledView post →This is one of my favourite games of all time. I have lots of positive things to say about the core gameplay. The issue is that you can't and won't enjoy it because the game is completely plagued by cheaters. Whole clans who blatantly admit to cheating in game and on their steam profiles run rampant in high MMR matches. They display KDA's and headshot stats that are obviously obtained through cheating. I have played long enough to make these accusations. Whether it's soft cheating (through wall…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i cannot play the game, this ♥♥♥♥ just closes when i open it, with no crash report.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love the concept of the game. But with the focus on pumping out stupid events, they can't fix simple bugs that have been in the game for years. They can't control cheaters, they can't control the ping abusing. After about the 50th time seeing someone spin, flick, and shoot through walls and spectating them to see them locking onto people that aren't visible, i've decided to leave a review. The game is cool, the gunplay is great. But crytek would rather keep charging $10 for battlepasses…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game, despite it's bugs, glitches and sometimes abysmal server performance, is one of the best games I ever played. Sadly until it gets a hard region lock I'll stick with a negative review.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you love to play on europe server with chinese ping abusers and germany push campers and russian cheaters, Hunt is right game for you ! <3
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hunt showdown is such a good fun game that I wish I could recommend. The only problem is the MMR system. They don't have enough players to fully implement so those who aren't used to the game have to suffer. It doesn't matter if you're ranked as a 2star you WILL be matched with a 6star lobby if they determine there aren't enough players (which there usually isn't). Once the MMR system is fixed or they find a proper way to onboard new players, the game will be a blast. Until then, prepare to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought the game today and every single person i died to had played this game for thousands of hours when I'm just trying to learn. Prestige 50 hiding in a tent boom one shot. You want to learn? 45 unemployed max level losers in bushes and tents waiting for you. Game needs better matchmaking I cant compete with thousands of hours when I don't have time to learn anything about the game because I'm put against 30 year old bald sweaty losers in their mothers basements.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This review is a sad one. Before 2.0 this was hands down top 5 games on my list, the atmosphere, gun play, tension it was just amazing. However now, the gunplay tweak's, the shift in design with character skins, performance issues still. ( On a GTX 4070). This game is just not the same game anymore. I wish 2.0 was a sequel so we didn't lose 1.0 *Edit* I come back to add to my review to see they have added a limited FOMO quest line for 1750bb when a standard battle pass is 1000bb is insane…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rep Hunt, if I determine in my mind that you are a bad guy, does that make you fair game?
unlabelledView post →no interest anymore to fight chinese or russian ppl who use aimbot or wallhack so obvious and nothing happens, Start with the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ region lock this game is unplayble right now
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game could actually be really good if it wasn t completely infested with cheaters. The developers clearly don t give a damn about the issue and seem to do absolutely nothing to address it. It completely ruins the experience and turns what could be a great game into an absolute piece of garbage.On top of that, they don t even care when you report someone with video evidence. I uploaded an unlisted video to YouTube showing clear proof that the player was cheating, and the video didn t get a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best games I've ever played. The atmosphere is amazing. The game mechanics and overall feel are great. I stopped playing because of the cheaters. The developer doesn't seem to be interested in addressing this at all. It's a skill based shooter with a lot of cheaters that ruin everything that's great about the game. It's a shame and sad that the developer is more focused on monetizing skins instead of taking care of cheaters. Unless the situation regarding cheaters changes, I can't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →your anticheat is absolutely ♥♥♥♥, full of chinese and russian cheaters in EVERY server
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it game, i shoot in game, i hit man in head, it no say i hit head, i die from gun through wall, check mans profile, man from russia, me live in no russia, me live in merica, me sad..... 10/10 would recommend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New! HUNT(er/ed) is a 2 player game of pursuit, determination, and what it truly means to be a monster, with optional solo rules. www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/HUNT-e...
unlabelledView post →-Start a game. -Hear a branch crack somewhere nearby. -Get more stressed than during my final exam. -Hide in a bush. -Wait. -Wait. -Wait. -Nothing happens. -Somehow, 20 minutes have passed. -Realize I might be the only player left in the game… with a bounty that nobody even bothered to take. -Take the bounty and leave -Get rewarded for being a coward for the first time in my life. -Best gaming experience of my life. 10/10. Would hide in a bush again.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PVP in this game is truly top-tier & addicting. The level of dopamine released in the ventral striatum when succeeding a team wipe is comparable to psychostimulant drugs. The difficulty of the game is like anal. Hard and painful, but you'll get used to it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The number of likes under this review will be converted into the number of eggplants in developers' asses. P.S. Fix your servers and start dealing with cheaters Crytec.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Smurfs and other trash tier human rejects ruin the game for new players as a level 11 i should have exactly zero chances of playing against a basement dweller with 2000 hours in the game. really cool concept and game ruined by its own community.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As of writing this I have 257 weapon skins and 76 legendary hunter skins. After counting just those two categories of skins I gave up on counting the skins I have for tools and consumables. I've been playing this game for a long time and its currently the game I have the most hours in on steam. I don't need more skins. Hell I don't need any skins. What I want is new content. Not some gimmick for an event or another scarce weapon, one's found only when in a match, that I can't buy and get a hand…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Video game facts that keeps me up at night #1 SEGA made a game called Duck Hunt in 1968 over a decade before Nintendo would create their own Duck Hunt game for NES in 1984. Featuring: -Animated moving ducks 🦆 -Trees in the foreground 🌲 -A dog hiding in the grass🐶
unlabelledView post →Headlong Hunt: A puzzle game about cleverly catching a creature. toombler.itch.io/headlong
unlabelledView post →So i have more then 1000 hours on this game so i probably can give a better review then the 50 hour down voters or even the couple hundred. First yeah the game has changed since the launch, sweet? no more constant solo revives? awesome. no longer quick switch double tap? sweet. The developers try i believe it has gotten better, most complain that its twitch and to fast paced now. i highly disagree, most people nowadays just want a game tailored to there whiny selves. without even attempting…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Beautiful game
unlabelledView post →I won at Nut Hunt last night (and Chai) but clearly Nut Hunt felt more on brand. I also love our board game restaurant Queen & Rook
unlabelledView post →Once it gets its hook in you, it's hard to pull away. Huge learning curve, but just know some days the hunt taketh, and others the hunt giveth. Even after 1000+ hours, you're still gonna die alot.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GOAT of extraction shooters. Atmosphere 5/5, Soundtrack 5/5, Immersion 5/5, Gameplay 5/5. Only downside: you’ll run into the occasional cheater or smurf or crash in midgame sometimes, otherwise perfection.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Hunt for Red October: this silent drive will change the game US sub: *pings Reddit*
unlabelledView post →VERY FUN GAME, but the netcode/networking needs a lot of work. Very buggy when inviting people or being invited. Whenever i launch the game it 80% of the time tells me it cant connect to cryteks api or something, and i need to click reconnect multiple times and sometimes relaunch the game multiple times just to get to the main menu. The worst thing I've experienced though happened just before writing this review. I got disconnected, and it took over 2 minutes to try to reconnect (every other…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The smuggest canine in video game history? 🐶 📺: Duck Hunt, Nintendo, 1984
unlabelledView post →This game rewards patience, strategy, and teamwork. Every victory feels truly earned. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a unique experience in the FPS genre.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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