Hunt: Showdown 1896 has reached 10 million players, the developer announced on the game’s Steam news post. The short message thanks the community and pairs the milestone with an in-game image that leans into the bayou setting.
The bayou has never been so alive, and its all thanks to you!
From those first steps into the mud to every fight and heart-pounding extract that followed, 10 million Hunters have faced the horrors and carved their own legend.
Thank you, each and every one of you, for your incredible support.
The Steam post frames the figure as a cumulative player count rather than a single-day concurrent peak, which matters when you compare it to other recent achievements across the industry. For context, that total sits just under the number of players tied to Epic’s recent live moment, where the Fortnite Zero Hour event drew 10.5 million players, though that Fortnite figure described in-game participants for a single live event rather than lifetime players.
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is an FPS that trades big multiplayer trimmings for tense, extraction-focused rounds, so a 10 million player base speaks to a steady long-term audience rather than a single viral moment. The developer singled out community support and used that message to celebrate the milestone without publishing additional breakdowns. Expectations for follow-up numbers usually hinge on whether the studio shares more detailed stats like monthly active users or concurrent peaks, but for now the announcement is the clearest confirmation of the total reach.
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Hunt: Showdown 1896
Developed by Crytek Frankfurt
Hunt the corrupted in backwaters lost to history. Fight back against a timeless evil that pits you against twisted monsters and other desperate Hunters – solo or in a group – in a high-stakes, tactical, PvPvE, first person shooter. There are no heroes here. Risk everything as Hunt consumes you.
- Genre: Shooter, Simulator
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
- Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Release: 2019-08-27
- Publisher: Crytek
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Age Rating:
CLASS_IND 18 / ACB MA 15+ / GRAC 15+ / ESRB M / PEGI 18
- IGDB Rating: 74.6/100
