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theHunter Classic

Expansive Worlds · 2014-06-03

Steam

ActionAdventureFree To PlaySimulationSports

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

Releases: Feb 16, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The most realistic hunting experience awaits. Explore 12 reserves and hunt 45 unique species, ranging from waterfowl to big game. Over 100 weapons from state-of-the art rifles to bows. Customize your load-out with stands, blinds and dogs. Play alone or in multiplayer with up to 7 friends.

theHunter Classic is a 2014 Action, Adventure, Free To Play, and Simulation game with an estimated 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (58% of 44,719 reviews).

128
playing now
58%
positive of 45k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable

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

theHunter is a series of simulation video games developed by Expansive Worlds and published by its parent company, Avalanche Studios. The first game in the series, known as theHunter: Classic, was developed and published by Emote Games, in association with Avalanche Studios, and released in April 2009. Subsequently, Avalanche Studios bought the rights to the franchise and opened Expansive Worlds as a subsidiary that would exclusively focus on theHunter development. A standalone expansion, theHunter: Primal, was developed and published by Expansive Worlds and Avalanche Studios, and released on March 15, 2015. The most recent entry in the series, theHunter: Call of the Wild, was developed by Expansive Worlds and published by Avalanche Studios on February 16, 2017.

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 128 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,366 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~171/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 1.1M–2.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 44,760 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
53253220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 61 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

264722026-09-15 11:00 — 131 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 109 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 99 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 151 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 241 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 110 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 108 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 216 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 128 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 152 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 202 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 131 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 93 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 179 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 180 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 74 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 171 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 164 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 96 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 175 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 253 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 114 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 128 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.5k199Jun 2014Aug 2026Jun 2014 — avg 1,162 · peak 2,648Oct 2014 — avg 909 · peak 2,293Feb 2015 — avg 750 · peak 1,528Jun 2015 — avg 563 · peak 1,083Oct 2015 — avg 676 · peak 1,422Feb 2016 — avg 823 · peak 1,587Jun 2016 — avg 696 · peak 1,912Oct 2016 — avg 796 · peak 1,891Feb 2017 — avg 1,082 · peak 2,201Jun 2017 — avg 624 · peak 1,126Oct 2017 — avg 665 · peak 1,507Feb 2018 — avg 653 · peak 1,291Jun 2018 — avg 400 · peak 758Oct 2018 — avg 416 · peak 1,023Feb 2019 — avg 437 · peak 935Jun 2019 — avg 689 · peak 1,220Oct 2019 — avg 646 · peak 1,440Feb 2020 — avg 843 · peak 1,617Jun 2020 — avg 850 · peak 1,542Oct 2020 — avg 1,000 · peak 2,369Feb 2021 — avg 1,287 · peak 2,382Jun 2021 — avg 799 · peak 1,473Oct 2021 — avg 953 · peak 2,241Feb 2022 — avg 905 · peak 1,750Jun 2022 — avg 697 · peak 1,215Oct 2022 — avg 775 · peak 1,925Feb 2023 — avg 881 · peak 1,750Jun 2023 — avg 631 · peak 1,211Oct 2023 — avg 766 · peak 1,912Feb 2024 — avg 764 · peak 1,582Jun 2024 — avg 522 · peak 945Oct 2024 — avg 609 · peak 1,160Feb 2025 — avg 655 · peak 1,383Jun 2025 — avg 461 · peak 926Oct 2025 — avg 536 · peak 1,447Feb 2026 — avg 597 · peak 1,283Jun 2026 — avg 345 · peak 620Aug 2026 — avg 199 · peak 336
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
14.3%
earned "The First Of Many"
0.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,3960%170

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSCo-opSportsHuntingShooterSurvivalAdventureRealisticOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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