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Become the new owner of a hunting lodge nestled among gorgeous habitats and rich animal populations. Explore vast open world environments and hunt with a premium selection of firearms. Enjoy the perfect hunt on your own or with friends in co-op.

Release DateAug 16, 2022
Price$ 39.99  Top 2%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)78.4% (mostly positive) / 76.5%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)76.2% Top 30% / 74.6%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)4.9K  Top 5% / 6.7K  Top 4%
Curators49 reviews  Top 15%
Median Play Time29.3 hours  Top 4%
Play Time per Dollar44 minutes
Followers30.8K  Top 4%
Owners± 236.8K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 200.6K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 5.7M  Top 3%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Way of the Hunter steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Way of the Hunter's Steam rating and reviews between August 2022 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 69.8% (August 2022) to 76.5% (December 2023).

Way of the Hunter is an AAA level success, with 6.7K reviews Top 4%. The chart looks like a long tail distribution, which sometimes means that the marketing was concentrated on the game launch and then stopped, and that no major update or discounts followed.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Way of the Hunter and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Way of the Hunter's review languages. The most popular language is English (55%), followed by German (13%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 28 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 16 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying Way of the Hunter percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Way of the Hunter depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is great, reaching 80 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 3.4 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (39 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of Way of the Hunter's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • The sim offers realistic prices for Weapons & Accessories
  • Better Animal Behavior
  • Firearms Mechanics & Weather Dynamics
  • The graphics are a notch better
  • The Photo Mode is fully editable
  • It looks stunning & it is massive
  • EVERYTHING UNLOCKS once you have completed the tutorial
  • Audio is really very good, almost fully immersive
  • The main building is IMPRESSIVE
  • The animal modelling is really high
  • Tracking is SUPER HARD
  • No Pistols, No Bow & Arrows & 1 scope purchase works for ALL weapons???
  • When tracking the 'e' button often doesn't work very well
  • The Diorama Display area IMHO is too small, and yet downstairs is WASTED?
  • Info in bottom left vanishes too quickly sometimes
  • Disappearing animals and blood
  • No FOV slider
  • No key rebinds
  • Lots of gaps in the ladders and the main building
  • Too many distractions when focusing on single blood trail

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 78.4% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Way of the Hunter's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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