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Huntsman

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66%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
66% User Score Based on 137 reviews

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About Huntsman

Huntsman is a single player survival action adventure game with a horror theme. It was developed by OnTheHouse Studios and was released on November 27, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Trapped inside a spider-infested research facility, Huntsman immerses you in a survival horror experience fueled by arachnophobia. Combining realistic spider behavior with intense tension, Huntsman will test your nerve like never before.

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66%Audience ScoreBased on 137 reviews
story4 positive mentions
stability17 negative mentions
  • The game delivers a truly terrifying and tense atmosphere centered around realistically animated giant spiders, effectively triggering arachnophobia and suspense.
  • The unique focus on survival horror with stealth and resource management mechanics creates a compelling gameplay experience that emphasizes vulnerability over combat.
  • Developers are actively working on fixing bugs and improving the game, showing responsiveness to the community and potential for future updates and expansions.
  • The game suffers from numerous bugs and technical issues including game-breaking softlocks, inventory glitches, progression blockers, and crashes that greatly hinder playability.
  • Performance problems such as low frame rates, severe lag, and long loading times negatively impact the gameplay experience even on high-end systems.
  • The game's short length, sparse story elements, lack of variety in enemies and environments, and limited UI/UX polish make it feel incomplete and reduce replay value.

  • stability

    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    6% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 94% negative mentions

    The game is widely reported to be very buggy, with frequent glitches, AI issues, and occasional game-breaking problems like freezing and terrain errors. While these stability issues persist, ongoing updates show efforts from the developers to address them, and the core experience remains engaging despite the technical flaws.

    • “It was super buggy at launch, and every update seems to be introducing new issues.”
    • “This is a buggy mess with great potential.”
    • “- after finishing the game, I couldn't load any previous saves (game freezes on loading screen).”

  • story

    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    22% positive mentions, 61% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The game's story is generally described as simple and minimal, often conveyed through environmental storytelling and scattered notes that reveal the facility's downfall. While some players find it engaging and fitting for the horror experience, others feel it is underdeveloped and desire a more fleshed-out or extended story mode. Technical issues with checkpoint progression have also impacted narrative continuity for some users.

    • “Neat storyline, very tough, and scary as hell.”
    • “Progression often involves restoring electricity, unlocking new access points, and piecing together the story behind the facility's downfall.”
    • “The environmental storytelling helps flesh out the setting, gradually revealing details about the experiments and mistakes that led to the disaster.”
    • “The main bug I noticed was some storyline moments not being saved when I hit a checkpoint, or when going back to a checkpoint, some things like the security computer didn't work, so I would have to go all the way back to restoring power.”
    • “It's a simple enough concept, virtually no story, minus a few notes you come across.”
    • “Story: next to non-existent.”

  • gameplay

    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 42% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions

    The gameplay offers a unique and suspenseful horror experience centered around diverse spider mechanics and stealth-based exploration, which appeals to fans of tension-driven gameplay. However, players frequently encounter performance issues and bugs that detract from the overall experience, though ongoing updates continue to improve these aspects. The distinct spider behaviors and environmental storytelling are praised for adding depth and atmosphere to the gameplay.

    • “By building its mechanics, environments, and scares around the fear of giant spiders, it creates a unique identity within a crowded genre.”
    • “The combination of exploration, stealth-based survival, environmental storytelling, and relentless tension results in an engaging horror experience that will particularly appeal to players who enjoy suspense-driven gameplay.”
    • “Each new update they push out improves gameplay, in both performance and bugfixes.”
    • “The mechanics are more frustrating than anything.”
    • “If the huntsman isn't meant to be distracted, move the paper informing the player of the distraction mechanic to the stairwell before encountering the orb weavers.”
    • “Performance and gameplay issues/bugs.”

  • atmosphere

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    30% positive mentions, 70% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's atmosphere is widely praised for its intense tension, eerie ambiance, and effective sound design, creating a uniquely unsettling survival horror experience. The creepy spider design and ambient music significantly enhance the mood, making players feel genuinely on edge. Despite some technical issues, the atmosphere remains a standout strength that deeply immerses players.

    • “The atmosphere is another notable achievement.”
    • “In my opinion, graphics are 8/10, the atmosphere and tension is a 12/10, and the spiders are 100% freaky.”
    • “It's really well thought out, has a nice blend of survival horror and puzzle-solving, and the atmosphere and ambiance, along with the simplistic yet effective sound design, make for a really unique experience!”

  • optimization

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    30% positive mentions, 30% neutral mentions, 40% negative mentions

    Optimization has been a major issue, with initial performance being poor and bugs causing freezing and lag, especially in later game sections. However, recent updates have significantly improved both performance and bugfixes, enhancing the overall gameplay experience. Despite early struggles, ongoing patches have made the game much more playable.

    • “Each new update they push out improves gameplay, in both performance and bugfixes.”
    • “The bugs (for the most part) and performance issues are now fixed and the game is great!”
    • “Performance and gameplay issues/bugs.”
    • “Huntsman has a really interesting atmosphere and the spiders are pretty scary; however, the entire back half of this game past the terrarium section was almost unplayable. Notes wouldn't appear, the game would freeze and move one frame every hour despite me turning everything to the lowest and highest performance settings.”
    • “I'll start off by saying the performance is quite frankly awful.”
    • “This game has a lot of potential, a genuinely tense horror experience unfortunately ruined by bugs and performance issues.”

  • graphics

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    30% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 30% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally considered average to good, providing a fitting atmosphere and tension for the game. However, some users experienced performance issues and lag that may stem from CPU overload rather than graphical demands. Overall, the visuals are effective for the game's size and mood, though some find them outdated compared to modern standards.

    • “In my opinion graphics are 8/10, the atmosphere and tension is a 12/10, and the spiders are 100% freaky.”
    • “Super scary, great graphics for a game of this size and fun storyline - highly recommend!”
    • “Not a bad game; the graphics are good and the game is just plain fun.”
    • “If I hadn't read the Steam reviews and saw all the complaints about the graphics and lag first, I wouldn't have been ready for these issues and might have immediately uninstalled.”
    • “That is just frankly unacceptable for a game that looks like a Unity game from 15 years ago in terms of visuals and doesn't have ray-tracing.”
    • “Meaning you can barely get playable frame rates on a game with visuals as outdated as this.”

  • music

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game largely lacks music and ambient sounds, resulting in a mostly silent experience with minimal audio cues. Some users noted faint or eerie ambient sounds that contribute to the atmosphere, but overall the audio is sparse or absent.

    • “Some freaky, ambient music helps hold the atmosphere together, along with better sound effects.”
    • “There isn’t any ambient music, but I kind of liked that, having to listen very hard to hear doors open.”
    • “Update: apparently there's music?”
    • “I also don't know if there was supposed to be music or voice acting in the game because there are sliders for them but I never heard anything.”
    • “Music: none.”
    • “Hefty price for a very short and fairly basic game that comes with occasionally bugged UI elements and for the most part is completely silent with no music, ambient sounds, or anything, and has the visual map complexity close to a late 90's game, just with modern default UE5 lighting.”

  • grinding

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    The game features achievements that are easily earned through natural progression without requiring grinding, which some players appreciate. However, others find the lack of difficulty and the inclusion of repetitive, tedious tasks dull and unenjoyable. Overall, grinding is minimal but certain repetitive elements may feel monotonous to some.

    • “No way you can debate to me that isn't cheap in any way, shape, or form. Difficulty being achieved via having to repeat a tedious task is not fun. The types of people that think that's fun also like permadeath and only achieve satisfaction after extreme self-punishment.”
    • “It's not hard to get back, but it's just tedious.”

  • emotional

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game delivers a deeply emotional experience, especially through its lore revealed in scattered notes, which resonates strongly with players and inspires high praise. While the core gameplay may seem straightforward, the emotional impact of the story elements elevates the overall experience.

    • “I cried, peak game, 10/10”
    • “Ultimately, if you don't read the notes around the map, it's a pretty cut and dry avoid-the-monster game, but the lore tied to those scraps of paper is a big bit of interest to me and makes me interested to see if they do something further touching on that with another game.”

  • humor

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is subtle and comes mainly from unintended moments, such as glitches or character animations, which some players find amusing despite personal discomfort with certain elements.

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Play Times

2h Median play time
2h Average play time
2-2h Spent by most gamers
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Huntsman is a survival action adventure game with horror theme. Common tags for Huntsman include first-person, 3D, realistic, indie, psychological and others.

Huntsman is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 2 hours playing Huntsman.

Huntsman was released on November 27, 2025.

Huntsman was developed by OnTheHouse Studios.

Huntsman has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Huntsman for its story but disliked it for its stability.

Huntsman is a single player game.