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Hunt: Showdown 1896

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.

Mostly Positive · 75%2019

The verdict

A tense, slow, tactical western-horror extraction PvPvE shooter with superb sound and atmosphere. Skip it if you hate dying a lot, steep learning curves, or cheaters and uneven matchmaking.

Great for

Patient players who like tense, methodical PvP gunfights, hard-earned wins and squad play with friends

Main risk

Getting stomped by veterans or cheaters, with matchmaking and ping abuse spoiling the fun

What changed in the last 30 days

Recent negative reviews blame the new Blood Moon event: eye-straining red lighting, no daytime maps, loud zombies drowning out footsteps, removed Fortresses, and more crashes. Fairly confident.

165 recent reviews

What players love

Dark, immersive western-horror atmosphere

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“It drops you into the creepy swamps of Louisiana (bayou), hunting down monsters while knowing other players are out there hunting you too.”

Steam review · 1664.3 h played  ↗

Slow, deliberate, satisfying gunplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“The fact that the gunplay is more aimed towards actually aiming instead of just spraying makes it quite fun”

Steam review · 1390 h played  ↗

What players complain about

System requirements

Steam Deck: Playable
OSWindows 10 64 bit
ProcessorIntel CPU 7th Gen 7700 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 1650 Super or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, with a minimum of 4GB of VRAM
Storage75 GB available space

Analyzed Oct 5, 2026  ·  300 reviews

150 positive, 150 negative

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