Overview

• Steel Hunters combines elements of extraction shooter, battle royale, and hero shooter genres, offering 2v2 team-based gameplay with sentient mechs called Hunters.
• The game launches in early access on April 2, 2025, as a free-to-play title with no monetization at launch and progress retention for players.
• Players can choose from seven unique Hunters, each with distinct abilities and roles, across three large, destructible maps designed to emphasize scale and strategy.
• Wargaming has incorporated player feedback from closed alpha tests, refining gameplay mechanics and accessibility features, with plans for regular updates post-launch.
• Set on a post-cataclysmic Earth, the game’s immersive lore centers on Hunters extracting the alien resource Starfall in a corporate-driven conflict.