Sir, You Are Being Hunted
Released May 2014
Sir, You Are Being Hunted is a freedom sandbox stealth experience, where each playthrough is unique, thanks to our British Countryside Generator. Escape from these robot-infested islands with violence, trickery and stealth. This brutally funny game is available for Windows, OSX, and Linux.
77% positive · 3,906 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $19.99
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Evaluation
Sir, You Are Being Hunted launched in full on May 2, 2014, graduating from Early Access. The developer, Big Robot Ltd, then completed the game's originally promised feature set — most notably the multiplayer component — with its Multiplayer V1.0 release on October 7, 2015. In that announcement, Big Robot explicitly stated: "Sir, You Are Being Hunted is feature complete." All Kickstarter stretch goals were confirmed as fulfilled at that time.
After several years of silence, partner studio Den of Thieves Games took over the codebase in 2021 and delivered a substantial technical update (patch 1.5) in September 2021, restoring multiplayer servers, adding 64-bit Mac support, and fixing long-standing bugs. In that same announcement, Big Robot and Den of Thieves announced a separate standalone product — the "Reinvented Edition" — targeting a February 2022 release on a new Steam page (App ID 1743730). This is a distinct game, not additional content for the classic edition.
The developer communications in September–October 2021 are clear that the Classic Edition's role going forward is to be kept in a stable, playable state, not to receive new gameplay content. Den of Thieves explicitly stated their goal was "an up-to-date, bug-free and improved version of the 2013 original" without changing gameplay or balancing. The last update to the Classic Edition was patch 1.5.2 on October 15, 2021, focused on bug fixes. There have been no further developer communications about new content for the Classic Edition since that date.
The Reinvented Edition is a separate product on a separate store page and does not constitute unannounced content for this game. The Classic Edition stands as a complete, finished product.
Evidence
Den of Thieves Games (the studio working on the Sir IP) stated that the Classic Edition's goal is to remain a stable, bug-free version of the original, with no plans to change gameplay or balancing. New content development is focused entirely on the separate Reinvented Edition product.
Multiplayer V1.0 released; developer explicitly stated 'Sir, You Are Being Hunted is feature complete' and confirmed all Kickstarter stretch goals had been met.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Big Robot Ltd
Achievements
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Platform
Windows, Linux
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer
About this game
Sir, You Are Being Hunted is a procedurally-generated British horror in which tweed-wearing robots hunt you for sport. Roam the landscape, scavenge for food, hide breathlessly in the undergrowth, flee in terror, and even fight back with stolen weapons.
Sir is a stealth and survival game unlike any other.
Sir is a stealth and survival game unlike any other.
Key Features
- First-person stealth and survival.
- Procedurally-generated British landscape.
- Five biomes to explore: castle, industrial, rural, mountainous, and fenland.
- Infinite replayability in a sandbox world.
- Powerful, brutal AI that becomes tougher as you play.
- Tea and biscuits.
- Foliage-based stealth system.
- Scavenge to survive.
- Play as Sir or Madam.
- Relentless Britishness.
Every Game Unique!
Sir, You Are Being Hunted is set on a mysterious archipelago generated procedurally by you, and therefore unique to each game you play. You can define your own islands, each one created in moments by our rather clever British Countryside Generator. These islands are then populated by a raving aristocracy of murderous robots, their robot hounds, and worse. You job is simply to survive, and get home.
You're not entirely alone, though: The disembodied voice of Walters, your butler, will help you and offer advice.Ultimate AI Threat
Sir's AI is one of the toughest in stealth, and as an open-world game, it's unique in its field. The robots are some of the most aggressive and intelligent game enemies you will ever experience, and will pursue you even after losing sight of you. Expect to be hunted!The Most British Of Games
Sir, You Are Being Hunted is set in a parallel Britain, complete with bleak villages, rocky highlands, bramble-filled woodland, decrepit farms, and crumbling post-industrial landscapes. Made with the remarkable power of our British Landscape Generator, these landscapes are enormously evocative and teeming with detail. Take time to explore, and find that vital hidden flask of tea!
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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