$29.99Hunt: Showdown 1896 Every sound betrays you
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is a harsh extraction shooter set in corrupted corners of the American West. You track twisted monsters, grab the bounty, then try to reach an exit while rival hunters close in. Die and your hunter and gear are gone. Get out and you keep everything.
Is Hunt: Showdown 1896 worth it?
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is worth it if…
- you like extraction shooters where loot only counts if you reach the exit alive
- you want slow tracking and listening mixed with fast, high-stakes gunfights
- you like building loadouts and leveling hunters you can permanently lose
- you want tense team play in duos or trios, with solo as an option
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Track the bounty, then hold onto it
You enter one of four large maps with your hunter, weapons and tools picked to fit your plan. You follow clues toward a monster lair, kill the target, then pick up its bounty. That bounty marks you for every other team on the map, and the rest of the match is about keeping it.
Death is permanent for that hunter, along with the loadout you brought. Reaching an exit with the bounty pays out in loot, experience and progression for a surviving hunter. Losing it means walking away with almost nothing, which makes every push, retreat and deal for the prize feel heavy.
Every shot gives you away
Combat uses old-west firearms, improvised hammers and odd tools from Beetles to Tarot Cards. You build the loadout, manage a light inventory, and pick when to ambush or take back the fight. Everyone has a fair chance on damage, so gear helps less than aim and timing.
Sound does half the work. You hear monsters cry out, distant dogs bark when enemy hunters pass, a weapon reload in the next room, floorboards creak and twigs snap underfoot. You hold fire to stay quiet, you step carefully around noise traps, and you learn that one loud shot can turn a quiet monster hunt into a gunfight from every direction.
Rotten backwaters that fight back
The maps run from Mammon's Gulch to Lawson Delta, ravaged landscapes full of risen dead, zombies and stranger corruption. Weather shifts between matches, with heavy rain to hide in and wildfire to outrun, plus seasonal changes that keep the ground unfamiliar.
The dead are hungry and everywhere, but rival players are the deadlier threat. All teams chase the same prize, so fights close in fast, every bullet counts, and small choices about cover, ammo and when to move seal the outcome. It is tense and brutal, with a darkly funny edge when a perfect plan falls apart to one barking dog.
Hunt alone or bring backup
You can go in solo, in a duo or in a trio, and an extra pair of eyes often decides who lives. Team play means shared fights, shared loot and shared blame when the bounty slips away. Solo play trades backup for quiet and freedom.
Between matches you recruit from gunslingers, fanatics and warriors from further afield, arm them, level survivors up, and shape them with hundreds of unlocks and customizations. No two hunters look or fight quite the same, which softens the loss when one does not come home.
Good to know before you hunt?
How does an extraction work here?
You drop in with a hunter and gear, track clues to a monster, kill it and take its bounty. Then you must walk to an exit and leave the map alive. Extracting keeps the bounty, loot and experience and levels your surviving hunter. Dying loses that hunter and everything they carried.
What do you actually fight?
Both. The maps hold zombies, hungry risen dead and large bounty monsters in forgotten western towns and swamps. Rival hunter teams chase the same bounty, and they are the greater danger. Gunshots draw attention, so killing monsters quietly matters as much as winning the later player fight.
How important is sound?
Central. Monsters cry out, crows and dogs react to movement, and other hunters make noise reloading, stepping on broken glass or snapping twigs. Listening tells you where teams are before you see them. Careful players move slowly, hold shots, and use noise to set ambushes or avoid them.
Is it very hard to learn?
Yes, by design. Combat is lethal, mistakes cost a hunter, and maps, monsters and rival teams punish noise and poor positioning. Light inventory management and balanced damage keep fights readable, but expect to lose hunters while you learn the maps, weapons and sound cues.
