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 copies sold with only 149 refunds (7.3% of sales) which I am both very proud of as well as extremely grateful, not only for the support but for all the feedback and help in development.
When I first launched the game, I deliberately kept the price low for players who were willing to support the game during development. That price has not changed since 2023, despite the game growing massively in size, scope, stability, and content.
Poached is now in a very strong state, with many hours of gameplay, a large detailed world, over 30 species of animals, collectibles, secrets, side quests, bonus missions, mini games, more than 90 achievements, and a fully human voice-acted campaign with lip-synced characters, facial expression animation, full-body dialogue gestures and multiple radio stations featuring real music spanning multiple hours of playtime.
Because of that, the game will be receiving a price increase in the next few weeks.
The game will be increased to roughly $9.99, with lower prices for certain countries based on regional pricing. The price increase will also be met with a 25% Steam discount for the first few weeks to ease the transition. Once the game fully leaves Early Access next year, there will be an additional increase alongside a launch discount.
If you haven't bought the game yet and want to still obtain it at the current $2.99, now is the time. I will make sure this announcement is visible for a week or so before the increase takes effect.
If you have any thoughts or questions, please let me know - I have always valued the opinions of this community during development, and now is no different.
On that note, the FINAL official release date has been decided. Poached will leave Early Access as a finished product on 1 February 2027, giving me 35 weeks to add that final layer of polish to an already well-cooked indie game - including the December stretch where I typically put in some of my heaviest development hours of the year.
Thank you again to everyone who has supported Poached, whether you bought it early, gave feedback, reported bugs, followed the updates, or simply believed in the project.
- Rob [Ingozi Games]