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With your hunting dog by your side, explore the Texan desert and forests of Colorado and Europe as you track down 33 animal species. Choose your gear from over 160 official weapons, accessories and clothing items (including Browning, Winchester and Bushnell).

Release DateJul 16, 2020
Price$ 39.99  Top 2%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)67.2% (mixed) Bottom 30% / 64.3%  Bottom 25%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)64.5% / 62.2%  Bottom 35%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)466  Top 20% / 638  Top 20%
Curators28 reviews  Top 20%
Median Play Time15.1 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar23 minutes
Followers5.5K  Top 15%
Owners± 39.7K  Top 25%
Copies Sold± 27.3K  Top 20%
Gross Revenue ($)± 703.1K  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Hunting Simulator 2 steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Hunting Simulator 2's Steam rating and reviews between July 2020 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 45.8% (July 2020) to 64.3% (June 2023).

With 638 reviews Top 20%, Hunting Simulator 2 could be an indie success or even a small AAA success. The chart suggests a long tail distribution, which could mean that the game was promoted at laucnch but that there were no more marketing, update or major discounts after that point.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Hunting Simulator 2 and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Hunting Simulator 2's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (50%), followed by French (10%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 24 different languages represented. The game is available in 12 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying Hunting Simulator 2 percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Hunting Simulator 2, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is excellent, with 40 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 4.5 times less than the median for positive reviews. The negative review time is high (median is 5 hours), it can be a sign that Hunting Simulator 2 crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Wide variety of animals
  • Character clothing customization
  • Variety of hunting gear
  • Lodge is useful and well designed
  • Nice addition of having a hunting dog
  • Decent starting variety of weapons and gear
  • Large open maps with multiple versions each
  • Realistic hit or miss in the game
  • Decent gameplay
  • A wide selection of weapons
  • Overpriced for the quality
  • Lack of realism in animal AI, no sense of urgency
  • Graphics are outdated, subpar and off putting
  • No HUD to show direction and level of visibility to the animals
  • No progression, upgrading or skills to earn or obtain
  • Poor visual animations, hitboxes and gunplay
  • Fines for shooting animals too many times or without a license
  • Repetitive gameplay relying too much on tracking dogs
  • Obtaining new licenses is a grind and tedious to manage
  • Environmental sound design is lacking

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's score of 67.2%  Bottom 30% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Hunting Simulator 2's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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