
Hunt: Showdown 1896
Crytek · 2019-08-27
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Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Releases: Aug 27, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 18, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Sep 19, 2019 (Xbox One), Aug 15, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 15, 2024 (PlayStation 5)
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.
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is an Action game released in 2019, priced at $29.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 276776 reviews) and an owner estimate of 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000.
28,686 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)
Hunt: Showdown 1896 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 assumes the role of a bounty hunter who tries to kill mythical monsters in order to claim their bounties and survive long enough against other bounty hunters to reach an extraction point.
Trailer

Hunt: Showdown 1896 I Official Launch Trailer
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Health check
- · 28,686 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
- · 11,272 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,409/week).
- · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
- · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Review-multiple estimate from 277,522 total reviews — how this is computed.
Current store prices
| lowest across shops (ITAD) | $11.04 | -63% |
| Microsoft Store | $29.99 |
Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.
All-time low: $10.95 at GameBillet (2026-06-12) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal
12-month high $29.99 · on sale 52 of 88 observed days (census price snapshots)
Review momentum
Players online
Chart history
Price history
Attention
Twitch viewers
Completion
- · 69% of players earned Debut
- · 19.1% of players earned Centennial Contractor
- · 2% of players earned Sealed and Secured
Global achievement rates from Steam.
Details
13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean…
Console footprint
| Platform | Players tracked | Completion | Trophies/achievements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam (Steam) | 65,873 | 3% | 36 |
| Xbox Series (Xbox) | 6,161 | 3% | 36 |
| PS5 (PlayStation) | 6,141 | 12% | 37 |
| Windows (Xbox) | 689 | 1% | 36 |
Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.
Where its players are
- English45% · 119k reviews
- Chinese (Simplified)17% · 46k reviews
- Russian17% · 45k reviews
- German6% · 17k reviews
- Portuguese (BR)3% · 8.7k reviews
Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.
Player tags
FPSPvPCo-opHorrorShooterWesternTacticalDifficultOpen WorldAtmospheric
Census log
- 2018-02-01First review activity on record (week of 2018-02-01).
- 2024-08-01Biggest review week on record: 16,000 reviews (week of 2024-08-01).
- 2026-08-06Tracked on Steam's official most-played chart since 2026-08-06 (best rank recorded: #81).
- 2026-08-09Highest concurrent player count the census has recorded: 30,779 (2026-08-09).
Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.
Recent updates
- 2026-08-19Gamescom 2026 - Schedule
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