Developer posts and news about this game.
This is the first update of the final 10 updates leading up to the games V1.0 release on 1 February 2027. 1. Inventory Selling A much requested feature - being able to sell inventory items at the shops has now been added to the game! Of course, due to the crumbling economy the sh
Hello! As of today, Poached : Hunt The Hunter has been in development for almost 6 years, and has been for sale on Steam for almost 3 years at the low price of roughly $2.99 - and even lower prices for certain countries based on regional pricing. The game currently sits at 2,016
After many years of slaving over a hot keyboard, the final stretch is finally here. So much has been achieved in the last 5 years and this update is a celebration of that. The last few updates have mostly focused on bug fixes and polishes, and more of that will happen but since t
V0.8.9.9 This update is what I have been calling the last "boring" update before the V0.9+ stretch to final release. It focuses solely on mopping up the remaining tweaks and bugs on my list - clearing the decks so I can get back to more exciting work: new content, missions, and p
This update focuses mainly on animal related things, plus some other important fixes. Animal Updates: 1. New animal: The Kudu - this majestic creature is one of the most requested animals to be added to the game, so I have finally done so. Kudus are typically solitary, but can al
Third update for 2026! Terrain, environment, lighting, and visual polish 1. Improved quality of extremely small rock textures found on terrain for a more natural and realistic brown with less bright white fatiguing pixels. 2. Improved the appearance of the light that comes off yo
The second update for 2026! I won't bore you with the blah blah this time, so lets get straight to it: 1. Driving into bushes with your vehicle now destroys them. 2. Enemies can now fire their weapons while crouched. 3. Made weapon wheel & weapon wheel info text more legible
This is the first update of 2026! It's not the most massive update, but I am currently favoring regular updates every few days as opposed to only one big update per month. The game is leaving Early Access at the end of this year and I have approximately 100+ updates needed to be
This is officially the last update for 2025, and the fifth update for December. I'm happy to say sales and activity have been picking up lately these holidays, so I hope you've all been enjoying the updates and to all the new players - I hope you've been enjoying the game! AI, Co
Very happy to announce my fourth update for December, as collectively the changes from all updates now equals over 100+ crucial game fixes. The game is a lot more polished now, more fun, more challenging and more engaging - with still so much more left to do and so much more to c
This update comes out only a few days after the previous update, but I'm in a good rhythm at the moment so the next update after this will most likely also be out in just a few days! I am mostly covering A.I. improvements, fixes and polish. But looking at adding some new content
This update adds a new stealth system, that makes every single piece of foliage in the entire map an active object the player can hide inside, as opposed to being merely decorative. Alongside the update are many other features based on user feedback. Thank you so much to those wh
Major Additions New bonus mission playable via the radio tower after Mission 2 (plays in 2 parts), including a new realistic (and educational) objective that involves using a helicopter to tranquilize a rhino in order to safely and humanely remove the horn, preventing poachers fr
NOTE: The next major update after this one (V0.9) - is one of the biggest updates planned this year, with over 100+ changes, so please stay tuned for that, there will also be some supplementary V0.8.9.x updates prior to that, in the meantime: New enemy “D.N.A.” system The game us
AI & Combat Behavior Fixed an issue that caused wandering enemies to get stuck during patrol routes. General improvements to enemy A.I. responsiveness and pathing. Optimized internal patrol algorithms for better CPU efficiency. Enemies now react more realistically to sniper k
This update includes some new content for players who have completed the game in the post-game sandbox mode as well as general game improvements. Gameplay: Braai meat now shows the ° degree symbol when showing the temperature of each side of the meat, so that it is less confusing
Gameplay: Added a new timer for Mission 4, when waiting for backup so that the waiting section of the mission will always end after 2 minutes so as not to frustrate the player. (Since the player cannot leave this location until backup arrives.) It is now easier to pull your bakki
Gameplay: Shotgun now keeps the aiming reticle when performing A.D.S. since it doesn't function the same as a classic scope aim, allowing for much more accurate usage of the shotgun. Larger animals such as Rhinos that are hanging out closer to the main reserve will now attempt to
A standard routine update featuring various fixes, improvements and quality of life adjustments. I'll be back again in a few weeks with another content based update (focusing largely on Chapter 2 this time), in the meantime the current update change notes are as follows: Fixed so
Early Access Update V0.8.8.3 Simple update fixing various user reported bugs & more. I am currently busy with a much larger technical update that adds proper spinal and leg animations to wildlife as well as general improved animal behavior, but it's taking a lot longer than e