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Big Buck Hunter: Marksman

Hunt Deer & Win Cash Prizes!

Ratings

Age

18+

Category

Sports

Languages

English

Step up to the target in Big Buck Hunter: Marksman! This official mobile entry in the legendary franchise focuses on competitive, skill-based hunting. Powered by the Skillz platform, players compete in 1v1 matches to see who can take down the most bucks with the highest accuracy. Featuring realistic environments, challenging weather conditions, and various weapon upgrades, it's the ultimate test of your marksman skills. No luck involved—just pure skill and speed.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

73/100

Big Buck Hunter: Marksman is a solid mobile adaptation of the iconic arcade shooter that emphasizes skill and timing over the more chaotic 'tap-fest' of its competitors. It manages to capture the specific 'Marksman' feel of the cabinet game, requiring you to carefully lead your shots and manage your ammunition. The 1v1 competitive focus via the Skillz platform adds a genuine layer of excitement to what could have been a simple hunting sim.

The environments are well-rendered, and the physics of the shots feel appropriately 'arcadey'—fast and punchy. While it lacks the physical light-gun experience of the arcade, the touch-and-swipe controls are precise enough for competitive play. It’s a great 'skill' game for fans of the franchise who want to compete for high scores (or real-world prizes where available) from their phone.

Dinsun reviewed on: Thu Feb 26 2026

Features

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Official Big Buck Hunter Experience

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Skill-Based 1v1 Multiplayer

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Stunning 3D Hunting Environments

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Compete for Prizes via Skillz

Tips & Walkthrough

Gameplays

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Q&A

This is a virtual arcade-style shooting game and is not a realistic hunting simulator.

Ratings & Reviews

What happened?
Tue May 17 2022 trs80 relic

This was such a good game. I enjoyed plAying and got fairly good when last week or two something happen. the scope goes a little crazy and pulls away early or just aims wrong or shoots where you're not aimed...so that problem got a little better. I noticed, on my birthday you had a ground hog tournament so i finally broke down and added some money. i played the first game and shot 5 bucks yet the scoreboard showed I lost. my entry fee was gone and suddenly every time I go into the game, It says I am offline when anyone can see I am not, except when trying to open and play Big Buck..i can't even get in to verify if my money is still on my acct. Please fix this. Thank you...

Disgrace to the Big Buck Hunter Name
Thu Sep 30 2021 J-ster21

I have always loved big buck hunter. Thats where I always spend my time and change wherever they have one set up. This is trash. You can only play 1 site 1on1, no trecks, no picking where you go, nothing. Even if you pay, you can do matches 1on1 or in brackets but its still just one site at a time at random. If your thinking “at least thats fair to both players” you would be wrong. Your opponent isn't chosen before the match, it looks like they are with a randomizer but after the match it can be different or worse say its atill finding you a match after you have finished. It just matches you later with people who scored higher and keeps your money because whatever bonus cash or deals you get or earn cant be cashed out. So once your down to bonus cash you win and take someone else’s money. Don’t waste your time. Go back to the arcade and play if you want actual buck hunter. I wont even be doing that anymore. Last of my money that will go to Big Buck Hunter in any form.

Strange
Thu May 30 2024 On a warpath

The game is cool but I’m thrown off by a lot of it. I have a hard time believing I’m playing real people most of the time. I will play matches and do pretty well (well at least I think I do) but then my opponents will absolutely put me to shame. The thing is, I know some of the scores they get are unobtainable with the amount of animals in the given level. I’ll play multiple matches like this with the same opponent, but every 3-5 matches I will beat them and they will have an abnormally low score. I could be wrong but I wouldn’t be surprised if this game is mostly controlled by AI to gain profits. This is no accusation by any means, and could just be a sore loser, but as someone who’s worked using AI before this is exactly how someone could use it to make a scam work with none the wiser. Either way, I hope I’m wrong because I like it for the most part.

Bonus for all , bring back elk and larger steaks shootouts
Fri Apr 29 2022 Eric JDanis

Could give a bonus for all elk and buck shot like 100 pts even though it wasn’t all on marksmanship, say you get 3 for marksmanship that’s 250 and ya get rest even by two shots a piece add 100 more that would give 350? I’ve yet to be able to hunt gemsbok in fact they the developers have not updated me my elk hunts have been taken away and all large practices have been taken, meaning all I’ve got left is just 2 winnings of 1 entry fee no more left almost not worth playing unless it’s just me🤷🏼‍♂️ bring back original I don’t want to uninstall and reinstall to see if it’s me and then I lose all winnings and name

Amazing game, but one flaw
Fri Jan 12 2024 give back my family

This game is amazing and you can win AN ENTIRE TRUCK but it takes a really really long time to do that but that makes sense. Anyways, this game is really good, fun, and you can win money. But there is one problem. It’s really hard to win money because not enough people join the tournaments and they just give you your money back and the whole thing is over. Either way, if your just looking for fun, I would definitely recommend but if your just trying to win money than go play PokerStars. Anyways, if you do end up downloading this, please tell other people about it because I can’t win any money 😭

The best arcade style hunting
Mon Jul 19 2021 wyohunts

I love the game. Sometimes the accuracy in my shots is inconsistent but I contribute that to the game being new and I trust that it will be fixed as it progresses. As a guy who has always believed in the patience of hunting I didn’t think I’d like this game but it’s actually a lot of fun and a great way to just pass some time. I wish there was a little more variety in rack shape but being an arcade style shooter I understand how that would be difficult. I would appreciate some other species to hunt though such as elk or maybe even pronghorn. The whitetail look great though. Probably the best looking game graphics wise in the AppStore.

The best games last game I played
Fri Mar 10 2023 Tonyalynn00222

I thoroughly enjoy the majority of the games at Skillz pets out, by myself playing right now about 10 different games therefore I’m never running out of things to do and I don’t get tired of playing this one game or get tired of getting beat multiple times. Hope they continue to put out new updates that make it more challenging for some of us however the only negative thing I have is that a new players do not have the option of cashing out for Cash when they accumulate enough tickets so that they can continue to play.

Game is very fun but
Sun Jul 11 2021 MSUBaseball123

If you ever get good at it and start playing the more high dollar game, it mysteriously crashes before the first shot lands. You don’t even get the opportunity to post a score. This has happened at least 100 times despite my attempt to give the developers every piece of information they have asked for. This has happened on multiple devices across different high grade Internet connections. Their response eludes to the fact that the problem is on the customer rather than trying to reach back out with an actual fix. Below is their response to their canned refund policy. They have responded back to my complaints with a robotic canned response at least 10 times in a row. This is an awful company that cares about nothing but taking peoples money. Below is what they respond with. Hi MSUBaseball123, Thanks for staying in touch, and I do sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. We completely understand your frustrations, while we're not able to provide further detail regarding our excessive refunds policy, we can assure you that it is the same for all Skillz players and is calculated equitably for everyone. Additionally, we strive to provide players with ample notice before their refund rate becomes excessive and necessitates a pause in refunds. Of all the players on our system, only a small fraction becomes ineligible for refunds at any point. When a player does run over their refund limit, we send a message to let them know that we will not be able to refund crashed games until 30 days have elapsed, or until their refund rate returns to below the system-wide average. Again, we have provided all of the information on this policy that we are able to, but if you have questions about other topics, feel free to let us know. Thanks for playing,

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