Last updated on January 2nd, 2026 at 11:52 pm
Way of the Hunter Wild America – Simulation Game Review
Way of the Hunter Wild America is a Simulation/Action game from www.handy-games.com GmbH, first launched in 6th May 2025.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 99+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Way of the Hunter Wild America Stand Out
Enjoy the first entry of the Way of the Hunter mobile series set in the beautiful North American Pacific Northwest.
This authentic hunting experience lets you explore and hunt in large open-world environments in the Nez Perce Valleys, USA. Discover true-to-life animals in beautiful natural habitats and handle various detailed and highly realistic weapons.
Way of the Hunter provides a highly immersive, completely integrated experience amongst stunning wildlife with true-to-live animal group behavior. Witness the changing of complex ecosystems that react and adapt to your input. Learn what it means to be a true hunter and put your skills to the test.
Face the challenges of ethical hunting, supported by a compelling story, or simply enjoy hunting in rich environments freely.
- Dozens of strikingly detailed animal species with realistic behavior models for a genuinely immersive hunting experience
- Hunt like a pro with features that highlight animal signs, blood splatter analysis, and shot review with the rewindable bullet camera
- Use Hunter Sense to highlight important details and information or deactivate it
- Complex Trophy system generates unique antlers and horns based on multiple factors like fitness and age
- Sophisticated natural animal animations and reactions when sensing the player's presence
- 24-hour day/night cycle with changing wind and weather
- Realistic ballistics and bullet physics simulation
- A broad selection of firearms and equipment, including licensed gear from Bushnell, Federal, Leupold, Primos, Remington, and Steyr Arms
- An in-game economy that lets you hunt game and sell the meat to purchase new gear, hunting passes, and taxidermy for your trophy stands
- A compelling story about the struggles of a family hunting business and the rivalry and friendships that surround it
- Intuitive photo mode for capturing and sharing your favorite moments
- Stalk your prey with a gamepad or touch controls
- Optimized mobile controls for comfort and efficiency
WARNING:
Devices with less than 4 GB of RAM are not supported!
You need a device with at least 6 GB of RAM to use the highest graphics settings.
Imprint: http://www.handy-games.com/contact/
© www.handy-games.com GmbH
This Simulation game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Way of the Hunter Wild America is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 21st July 2025
Recent improvements include:
- Made some changes to how the DLC information is fetched from the store to hopefully fix the problem that some users can't purchase the DLCs
- Fixed losing access to DLCs if you start the game with no internet connection
Download & Availability
Way of the Hunter Wild America is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Way of the Hunter Wild America on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone XS / iPhone XS Max / iPhone XR / iPad Pro (3rd Gen, 12.9-inch, Wi-Fi) / iPad Pro (3rd Gen, 11-inch, Wi-Fi) / iPad Pro (3rd Gen, 12.9-inch, Cellular) / iPad Pro (3rd Gen, 11-inch, Cellular) / iPad Mini (5th Gen) / iPad Mini (5th Gen, Cellular) / iPad Air (3rd Gen) or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Will the be a multiplayer mode for this game in the future.
The only thing we can complain about is the colors on lowest graphics setting is very dull, very boring, we were addicted when it came out but now ehhh, and no multiplayer makes it kind of lame.
We think this game is very fun we think that it is very realistic but the car driving in trees lol but other than that it is a very fun game.
We absolutely love this game, however we wish yall would add the dlcs so we could buy them, Im just getting bored of looking at the same thing if you add other maps youd kill it.
The game is really fun and is one of our favorites but Could yall add like duck decoys and deer feeders it would make the game a lot more realistic. Also could you add four wheelers and new reserves like new maps so you could hunt in the swamps of south or you could hunt in the woods and mountains of the north.
You should add multiplayer because you can make friends and you can help track down animals with them and have fun together add servers too.
We love the game, but we need turkeys and more guns and another map.
Hands down us hunters who end up not having anything to do this is a well placed game. Love the structure of it too . Please keep up the good work to you Sir, we like what this came out to be!! Keep this game updated and patched up.
The only complaint we have about the game is the mule deer have a bug where a lot of them spawn with only one antler or none at all but other than that the games is very fun and we have no other complaints about it.
We really like the game alot but we dont like the part where it locks our setings for the video/game graphics when you up youre graphics just add a warning that can cause over heating we dont care if our phone over heats we just want to play with better graphics.
The game is pretty good but all the characters have their own map but theres only one map and we wish it had feeders so that it would be easier to hunt and prolly get yalls first 5 star.
The best hunting game we ever played on mobile would love it if the developers would add turkeys and tree stands to the game.
We really feel like we are on the hunt. This game has even more potential! The backbone is there for so much more and it is already a great game. (we have some ideas if you all are looking) we have a feeling this will be our go to game when we want to relax.
. , Appstore Thanks you very much.
This game is so good we wish there was not a lot of story mode tho but the best game.
Us encanta el juego, deberan de meter ms animales como pumas o leopardos de las montaas o hacer un mapa de frica.
A must have for anyone wanting to play a hunting game but doesnt have access to gaming devices.
Is there a way to change the ammo or arrows.
It shows we have it checked but still cant use the utvs the dlcs are still having issues.
Porque no puedo comprar mas arma.
We have played this game for a while now and we think that is pretty cool but we think that it also would be cool to have servers like africa or something like that please read.
Its a good game, but these are our critiques. The massive map needs more fast travel options, like echo points and areas. There is very little to interact with beyond animal signs and hunting stands. Animal animations are outstanding. Bullet cam is great, especially for those trying to learn real animal anatomy. Very helpful. The perks are good too. We wish bullet selection was a mechanic (soft points, varmint rounds, SCHP etc.) the calling mechanics are okay but you should be able to call whatever you want without working up to it. Wildlife management mechanics are good. Gun selection is limited and repetitive. Silencers should be an accessory. Optics have little meaningful differences beyond zoom. 100yds in-game looks a lot more like 300yds irl. Distances are crazy out-of-sync with the real world. Trophy/taxidermy system is cool. Now the story itself.. Very weird. Like, what? So our estranged childhood friends come back, one of them is a psycho thats harming wildlife and his sister is some kind of GirlBoss scientist. And out of nowhere Im dealing with some bratty kid in a treehouse? Like What? Oh, and the mother that died giving birth to our character is evil because she managed the wildlife on another continent? We get that the story is trying to reinforce things like ethical hunting and whatever, but that whole arc just made us uncomfortable. Strange too, because you cant just go hunting animals in the Pacific Northwest to fill restaurant orders. Just super weird. Oh, and the neighbors have the weirdest most unrealistic backstories. All of them super weird. Worth playing even with problematic mechanics, its just that the story is.. Weird.
We think it would make it much better if more maps were added to mobile like PC and XBOX have.
The game is great and complete, but the battery drains at an absolutely unreasonable rate while playing on an A16 iPad, even with the graphics set to the lowest possible level. Everything is on low settings, and the iPad's brightness is less than a quarter, yet 40 percentage points of the battery were depleted in just one hour. This is completely illogical.
Need more maps getting pretty boring hunting the same animals over again.
If you are thinking of purchasing this game thinking it will look anywhere close to what it looks like on a pc or console, dont be fooled. This game looks like its being run on a ps3. (Im using iPhone 16) we would advise waiting until they make this game look a little less nauseu inducing before spending your hard earned cash.
The is absolutely awesome only prime is it says the dlc is currently unavailable! Please make it available so we can buy.
We love the game on our Ps5 but Im happy its on IOS but when we first get on the map it crashes pls fix this. Pls.
Best mobile hunting game we have played by far! It is challenging and requires some patience but pretty realistic and really fun.
Hope the developers will add more animal species, with greater variety, to make the game more exciting and intense.".
For context we have played the original game. And we absolutely love this mobile port, its so much fun. Despite hearing negative reviews here and on the Reddit sub, Ive been playing it for HOURS!! Its such a blast, and the port and controls are really good. Our iPad is a beefier model and can handle the game so we really dont run into any issues with it. We love that you can adjust the graphics, and we are enjoying how theyve balanced this game for mobile. Honestly ammo management is so much easier we kinda wish the OG game was more like that. We hope one day we get more maps! Ive been playing hunting games on mobile and PC since 2000 and this game is a dream, cream of the crop. A younger us would be so psyched to be playing this, its still surreal that such an expansive game can be played on our iPad.
It was amazing we would like to see more maps like the real game but overall it was amazing.
No more arcade shooting, this open world hunting game mirrors the PC/Console version one-for-one. Mobile has a new king of hunting games and its from Way of The Hunter.
Los juegos de caza son mis favoritos. Espero que este juego nunca muera ya que no hay juegos de caza para telfonos. Ojal y aadan ms armas y ms contenidos y eventos o un pase de batalla donde puedas desbloquear cosas mientras subas de level. Amo este juego.
When we get at the lodge it crashes.
Love the game but cannot purchase the DLCs.
We love the game we have been playing a good bit. But, the one issue is that we cant buy dlcs.
Our iPad has 10GB of ram but it kicks us out for no reason.
Ive seen people talk about how the game would crash and not load, which we were one of those people, turns out its because our device did not have a 4+ GB ram, now the game works just fine as Im playing on a newer device with higher ram, make sure to read the game description before buying, it lists that the game doesnt support devices with less than 4 GB ram.
Edit: havent had any crashes so far after this recent patch. Giving 5 stars because the game itself is incredible and Ive put many hours into it on PC and we hope more people give it a chance. That being said, we have a 3rd gen iPhone SE and the game crashes frequently even on the lowest settings. Hope this gets fixed in future patches.
Some male deer didnt have antlers.
Thank You and running great on a 2018 iPad Pro.
We like this game a lot but its so expansive but its worth it. Even though all we have killed is 2 pheasants and a deer its like real life and we like it. Best mobile hunting game by far.
We love it but everytime we try to fast travel it closes out the app and its annoying. Please fix it.
We are enjoying the game so far, we started playing on our iPhone and picked it up a few hours later on our iPad. The game save synced flawlessly but our iaps did not as the game wants us to purchase them again on our iPad. Please fix this issue. Thank you Dev is responsive and plans to fix it!! Thank you "Hi, thanks for your feedback! The iaps won't sync, but we will add a "restore purchases" button with one of the next updates. For now, you have to try to buy the DLC on the other device. You won't be charged again if you use the same account. Thank you for your understanding!".
We have 9+ free GB space on our device and the game keeps crashing, it doesnt even let us spawn on the game, once we press start game it just crashes, please help us.
This game has sm potential but cant even play it without it crashing needs to be fixed just payed for it im on iPhone 12 and it still crashing with the lowest settings please fix immediately.
This is the best hunting game on mobile by a long shot. This is the best model rather just buy the game out right and dont have to deal with adds or anything else. We did buy a rifle pack and it didnt get added to our account.
We just bought this game today and it crashes on us we load in and get to play for 3or4 minutes.
The game crashes every 2 minutes if that can be fixed we think it would be a great game.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.7
- Size: 1,113.87 MB
- iOS: 15.0 or later
- Languages: AR, CS, EN, FR, DE, HI, ID, IT, JA, PL, RU, ZH, SK, ES, ZH, TR
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
- Developer: www.handy-games.com GmbH
Last updated: 21st July 2025 | Genre: Simulation, Action | Developer: www.handy-games.com GmbH