Hunt: Showdown 1896 similar games & best alternatives

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Hunt: Showdown 1896

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One • 2019

Should you play it?

Hunt: Showdown 1896 is a new era of the addictively unforgiving extraction shooter. In corrupted backwaters lost to history, fight back alone – or with friends – against timeless evil. Twisted monsters and other ruthless Hunters stand between you and your Bounty. Risk everything as Hunt consumes you

What works

  • Unique and intense pvpve gameplay
  • High skill ceiling and rewarding gunplay
  • Immersive sound design and atmosphere
  • Free major updates with new maps and content
  • Strong community and team play options

Things to keep in mind

  • New ui is widely criticized and unintuitive
  • Performance issues on some hardware
  • Steep learning curve may deter new players
  • Toxic community elements reported
  • Some bugs and optimization problems remain

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • STALZONE

  • ARC Raiders

  • DARK SOULS™ III

  • Battlefield 4™

  • Chivalry 2

  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Less competitive

Games that feels like Hunt: Showdown 1896 but with less competition against others

  • Witchfire

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

  • REMNANT II®

  • Starship Troopers: Extermination

  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

  • Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Hunt: Showdown 1896 but with less imaginative fiction

  • Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm

  • Isonzo

  • Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45

  • Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

  • Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

  • Battlefield™ 1

Less dominating

Games that feels like Hunt: Showdown 1896 but with less domination over others

  • Killing Floor 2

  • Borderlands 2

  • Shatterline

  • Enlisted

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

  • Resident Evil 5

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Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Hunt: Showdown 1896: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Intimacy, Exploration.

Last update: 04/08/2026