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theHunter: Call of the Wild™ cover art

theHunter: Call of the Wild™

Expansive Worlds · Avalanche Studios · 2017-02-16

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AdventureSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 16, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 02, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Oct 02, 2017 (Xbox One), Dec 06, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Dec 06, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Discover an atmospheric hunting game like no other in this realistic, stunning open world – regularly updated in collaboration with the community. Immerse yourself in the single player campaign, or share the ultimate hunting experience with friends.

theHunter: Call of the Wild™ is an Adventure, Simulation, Sports game released in 2017, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (89% of 202918 reviews) sentiment.

3,233
playing now
89%
positive of 204k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
7,061
twitch viewers (latest)
641.9
viewers/channel (concentration)
74/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (66 ratings)
516
Nexus mods (2.2M downloads)
4.30★
PlayStation Store rating (43,192 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

3,233 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

theHunter: Call of the Wild™ trailer thumbnail

theHunter: Call of the Wild™ | Open World Hunting Game | 2024 Trailer

≈44,784 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3,233 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13,064 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,633/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.1M–12M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 204,144 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-90%
GreenManGaming$2.00-90%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.59 at AllYouPlay (2026-02-10) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 116 of 121 observed days · $28.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.3k5.3k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 975 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,375 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,439 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,228 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,528 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 291 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,731 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,339 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3,353 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 726 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2,327 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,316 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4,668 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 857 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3,760 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 521 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,296 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,007 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,299 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4,806 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 516 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3,640 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 394 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3,046 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 309 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,932 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3,057 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 337 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,902 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,361 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4,148 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 806 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2,986 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 784 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,401 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,041 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,448 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3,663 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 415 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5,253 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 677 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,856 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 304 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2,503 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 266 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,564 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,668 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,134 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,997 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,900 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,227 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,780 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 238 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,538 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,150 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4,041 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 553 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2,249 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 221 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,574 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,857 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,101 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,253 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2,690 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 361 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,822 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 306 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,257 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 990 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,411 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,732 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 269 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3,869 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 513 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,361 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,486 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,625 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,226 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 978 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,414 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,504 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 344 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,108 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,190 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,021 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,007 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4,357 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 558 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,723 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,332 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,364 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,038 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 824 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,712 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 238 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,505 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 938 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,101 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,709 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,108 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3,135 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 400 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,156 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 229 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,792 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,370 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,688 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 847 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,761 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,610 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,250 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,264 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 97 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7.6k2.3k2026-09-15 11:00 — 2,682 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 4,317 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 2,806 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 5,060 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 6,447 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3,199 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 2,929 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 4,659 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 2,840 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 4,003 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 4,626 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 2,591 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 2,629 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 5,318 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 4,084 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 3,552 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 5,864 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 3,489 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 2,882 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 5,434 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 5,081 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 2,804 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 3,233 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10k4Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 16 · peak 203Mar 2017 — avg 1,495 · peak 4,267Jun 2017 — avg 815 · peak 3,357Sep 2017 — avg 998 · peak 2,122Dec 2017 — avg 2,133 · peak 4,344Mar 2018 — avg 1,138 · peak 2,423Jun 2018 — avg 1,037 · peak 2,005Sep 2018 — avg 1,314 · peak 3,028Dec 2018 — avg 1,465 · peak 3,001Mar 2019 — avg 1,346 · peak 2,955Jun 2019 — avg 1,930 · peak 5,288Sep 2019 — avg 1,399 · peak 2,817Dec 2019 — avg 2,666 · peak 5,633Mar 2020 — avg 3,789 · peak 17,965Jun 2020 — avg 5,325 · peak 17,809Sep 2020 — avg 2,186 · peak 3,815Dec 2020 — avg 5,444 · peak 10,157Mar 2021 — avg 4,106 · peak 11,253Jun 2021 — avg 5,447 · peak 15,953Sep 2021 — avg 2,408 · peak 4,359Dec 2021 — avg 9,916 · peak 23,480Mar 2022 — avg 4,567 · peak 9,119Jun 2022 — avg 4,173 · peak 10,756Sep 2022 — avg 4,168 · peak 12,922Dec 2022 — avg 7,889 · peak 16,444Mar 2023 — avg 3,854 · peak 8,405Jun 2023 — avg 5,990 · peak 21,219Sep 2023 — avg 2,822 · peak 5,360Dec 2023 — avg 8,222 · peak 20,227Mar 2024 — avg 3,947 · peak 9,081Jun 2024 — avg 6,184 · peak 20,490Sep 2024 — avg 3,158 · peak 7,459Dec 2024 — avg 10,131 · peak 24,953Mar 2025 — avg 3,656 · peak 7,443Jun 2025 — avg 4,773 · peak 12,944Sep 2025 — avg 3,581 · peak 7,955Dec 2025 — avg 8,399 · peak 16,480Mar 2026 — avg 4,218 · peak 8,771Jun 2026 — avg 5,329 · peak 15,206Aug 2026 — avg 3,916 · peak 7,579
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
2502502026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 250 new positive2026-09-21: 28 new negative2026-09-22: 39 new positive2026-09-22: 7 new negative2026-09-23: 35 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 30 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 24 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-26: 31 new positive2026-09-26: 13 new negative2026-09-27: 34 new positive2026-09-27: 6 new negative2026-09-28: 27 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 24 new positive2026-09-30: 20 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 30 new positive2026-10-01: 10 new negative2026-10-02: 79 new positive2026-10-02: 15 new negative2026-10-03: 32 new positive2026-10-03: 9 new negative2026-10-04: 49 new positive2026-10-04: 11 new negative2026-10-05: 47 new positive2026-10-05: 11 new negative2026-10-06: 36 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 36 new positive2026-10-07: 9 new negative2026-10-08: 33 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new negative2026-10-09: 26 new positive2026-10-09: 5 new negative2026-10-10: 44 new positive2026-10-10: 5 new negative2026-10-11: 39 new positive2026-10-11: 11 new negative2026-10-12: 45 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 28 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 18 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$34.99$0.002017-02-162026-10-142017-02-16 — best price $27.112017-08-16 — best price $26.992017-11-30 — best price $29.992018-05-04 — best price $20.092018-08-16 — best price $34.992018-11-21 — best price $9.992019-02-05 — best price $20.992019-05-23 — best price $24.992019-10-14 — best price $24.992020-01-14 — best price $16.662021-02-11 — best price $7.992021-12-02 — best price $5.392022-02-16 — best price $7.992022-05-24 — best price $4.792022-08-10 — best price $16.992022-10-01 — best price $17.032022-10-26 — best price $4.212022-12-26 — best price $5.402023-03-28 — best price $16.972023-06-16 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $3.992024-02-19 — best price $19.992024-05-04 — best price $19.992024-07-13 — best price $16.932024-10-02 — best price $19.992024-12-13 — best price $4.002025-06-24 — best price $3.992025-09-25 — best price $3.992025-11-27 — best price $2.392026-02-19 — best price $19.992026-05-19 — best price $3.002026-07-30 — best price $19.992026-10-05 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

11k42026-09-30 21:34 — 110 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 3,090 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 120 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 175 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 99 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 176 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 138 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 89 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 74 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 123 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 135 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 94 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 193 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 128 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 95 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 3,202 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 156 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 85 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 3,607 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 168 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 2,229 viewers2026-10-14 21:12 — 3,480 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
86.5%
earned "The Mile"
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudFamily Sharing60 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 60 DLC released, first 2017-04-27, latest 2026-06-16 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSCo-opNatureAmericaHuntingSandboxStealthRelaxingSurvivalRealistic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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