Checked 2026-10-30

Best hunting games of 2026

Two hunting sims actually launched into this conversation in the last two months: Way of the Hunter 2 on 29 September 2026 and Hunting Simulator 3 on 29 October 2026. The older Call of the Wild and Hunting Simulator 2 are still on sale. I am not padding the list with games I have not opened.

Table-source note, checked 30 October 2026: rival-game prices, region counts, achievements and PC free-storage requirements come from each linked Steam store and API only. They are single-source store specifications, not measured download sizes. Call of the Wild's 18 reserves include paid content across its catalog.

The 2026 pair

Way of the Hunter 2 is the one to open if co-op is non-negotiable. Three regions, multiplayer already on the store categories, $39.99, 38 GB, 16 GB RAM minimum. Hunting Simulator 3 is the one to open if you want Nacon's new Colorado and Texas, licensed brands, and a dog, and you accept single-player until the published 2027 plan. Same $39.99 list, a launch discount to $31.99 through 12 November 2026 on Steam only, 25 GB, 8 GB RAM minimum.

The ones that did not ship in 2026 and still matter

theHunter: Call of the Wild (2017, $19.99, 18 reserves, eight-player co-op, 140 GB) is the library game. Hunting Simulator 2 (2020, $19.99, three maps including Eastern Europe, 17 GB) is the lighter Nacon game if your GPU is older than an RTX 2060. I link the full grids from the compare hub rather than repeating every cell.

What I will not call a hunting game of 2026

Browser hunting minigames that rank for the bare phrase hunting games are different products. They are not Hunting Simulator 3, and this site does not embed them. PS4, Switch and phone builds of HS3 are not listed. If your question is really 'what can I play on this console tonight', start at platforms for HS3 and then check the other three Steam pages for their own console rows, which I have not re-copied here.

This list will go stale. The year is in the title on purpose. When a new reserve DLC or a fourth major sim ships with a store page, the page should change. Until then, four games with dates beat a top ten of names I cannot price.