TheHunter Classic
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TheHunter Classic (2014)

by Avalanche Studios, Expansive Worlds
Platforms:
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Genres:Adventure, Sport, Shooter, Simulator
Themes:Action
Game modes:Single player, Co-operative, Multiplayer
Story:
The most realistic online hunting game ever produced. Experience the thrill of the hunt in huge realistic environments using everything from crossbows to state of the art bolt action rifles.
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This is a real hunting simulator, not COTW, where the whole gameplay is going to the animals 'watering hole and shooting them with an M4. This game gave me my childhood.Evgen89123
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This is a real hunting simulator, not COTW, where the whole gameplay is going to the animals 'watering hole and shooting them with an M4. This game gave me my childhood.
This game has better animal AI and tracking and progression than anything else out there, it actually feels rewarding but not *too* easy, and a big part of that experience is the Animal AI that actually has animals move around and not stand in one place like COTW
We can’t let this die. Great news of a backend update only to be told the game is not only not getting an update, but it’s shutting down? That’s just not right. GOG, it would mean the world to us if you could pick up the development of this game to at least keep it and make it offline single player at the least. Peer to peer would be great if possible, but please keep the game running. Over 15 years can’t die like this. We really want to see the backend update and new content devs worked so hard on.
Going to follow the guide on the right. What made this game unforgettable? The game has been around for 17 years, 18 years if you include the beta period. You're rewarded for patience since you can't directly influence trophies, only indirectly if you so wish and requiring in-game currency to get the necesarry supplies. What made it fun or challenging? The animals have actual senses compared to the newer generation of this game. Why do you want this game on GOG? To see the game be preserved and hopefully to see a method to turn it into a single player game, with multiplayer by self-hosting.
I've met countless people in this game from all countries and all walks of life. You could scroll down the multiplayer list and see people from literally almost every county in the world. I started playing this game back in 2018. I've played it semi consistently ever since, racking up a trophy lodge of not just animals, but memories. The 372-inch albino Roosevelt elk that I just about saw in the middle of a drive, the 611 reindeer I harvested that won me my first ever competition, the stories go on and on. This was the game I went to when I had amazing days at work, and the less than amazing ones. It was my comfort game, and I dreaded the day that they would shut the game down, but I was hoping we had just a few more years left. I genuinely cried when I heard they were shutting the game down. It was just so much different than everything on the market and was such a big part of my life growing up. So many people I've talked to about it are not only going to not be playing any other hunting games but quitting videogames entirely. Its a devastating blow to our corner of the gaming world.
I started since 2015 and a shamed I didnt play sooner , I played thehunter to keep my mind off my decreasing health ( brain tumor and heart problems). I meet many friends some even feel like family, loads of memories from my first albino to biggest animals , notable one is a 160 WT non tip took around 5 or 7 hrs to hunt down due to it fleeing, huge whitetail non tip my friend let me have , and first Halloween with my friends , and even 1 event I went to the ER due to me trying to finish it before it closes😅. I would love to keep this game going #savethehunter
It is one of the best hunting games ever made. It doesn't place animals right in front of you just so you can shoot them. Instead, it tests your patience and your ability to track animals and earn great trophies. It also has an amazing community. Many of us have met wonderful people here, and we'd love to keep sharing great hunts together for many more years.
I've been playing this game since I was 12 years old, and it's always the game I go back to when I need to relax and feel like a kid again. Without TheHunter Classic, a piece of that kid will die forever.
user avatar@JDziobakuser avatar@JDziobak
July 09, 2026
One of the first games I ever played and my first hunting game. Still the best hunting simulator ever made. It's a shame to see it disappear like this. One of best games that i played
I found out about this game from my brother in 2015, i was 8 back then and moment i joined random multiplayer server i knew, i like it! And maybe back then it was pay to play game i still liked roam on reservers with other hunters. In 2019 game got free to play update, no more licences or items for donate currency only, and that was time when i finally could hunt and progress further. Maybe im not playing it too much recently its still so sad to see the game is closing. i tried playing different hunting games such as COTW or WOTH and other hunting games but Classic feels so much better for me. If only there was a chance for at least offline mode for this game like in other hunting games...
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