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Hunt the Night

Moonlight Games · DANGEN Entertainment · 2023-04-13

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 13, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Q1 2026 (PlayStation 5), Q1 2026 (Xbox Series X|S), Q1 2026 (Nintendo Switch)

Hunt the Night is a retro-style action-RPG that blends fast, skillful combat with dark fantasy lore. Play as Vesper, a member of the Stalkers, and traverse the ruined world of Medhram on a mission to save humanity from a deadly cycle of annihilation.

78%
positive of 514 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

It is the 9th Age of humanity. The cycle of day is ruled by humans, the night one by horrid creatures. Despite its efforts, humanity is annihilated with every arrival of the Night. A group of humans, calling themselves 'The Stalkers,’ discovered how to use the power of darkness to their advantage and fought the Night. However, it was not enough, and with every new dawn humanity rose again knowing that, with darkness, comes extinction. Humanity found the ‘Seal of Night,’ an artifact that allowed them to stop the cycle in an everlasting day. In exchange for a blood oath that The Stalkers were (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 92% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (188 reviews).
  • · Top 44% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 10k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 514 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$15.08-10%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.99 at IndieGala Store (2026-06-30) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 74 of 113 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12812820232026Week of 2023-04-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$6.992023-04-132026-08-302023-04-13 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $15.992023-08-25 — best price $19.992023-10-27 — best price $15.792023-11-25 — best price $12.392023-12-21 — best price $12.992024-01-21 — best price $19.992024-02-12 — best price $15.082024-02-29 — best price $19.992024-03-23 — best price $19.992024-04-18 — best price $15.992024-05-08 — best price $19.992024-06-04 — best price $17.402024-06-27 — best price $11.592024-07-31 — best price $19.992024-08-26 — best price $13.992024-09-25 — best price $13.792024-10-28 — best price $9.872024-11-27 — best price $13.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-02-16 — best price $19.992025-03-14 — best price $19.992025-04-09 — best price $19.992025-05-08 — best price $13.992025-05-31 — best price $17.882025-07-03 — best price $12.992025-08-06 — best price $11.992025-10-01 — best price $11.992025-11-06 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $9.192026-01-16 — best price $7.892026-02-10 — best price $11.992026-03-16 — best price $19.992026-04-28 — best price $15.322026-05-30 — best price $15.612026-06-30 — best price $6.992026-08-04 — best price $9.992026-08-20 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
68.4%
earned "Child of the Night"
15.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, French, German, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)32415%22
PS5 (PlayStation)6235%22
Xbox One (Xbox)729%22
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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