Who Made Hood Warfare 2?
Hood Warfare 2 was made and published by Trapstar Games — a small indie studio self-releasing what it calls street-level shooters with no filter. Here’s everything known about the team behind the viral $5.99 Chicago shooter.
Trapstar Games is the developer and publisher of Hood Warfare 2 (October 8, 2026) and its 2023 predecessor Hood Warfare. The studio self-publishes on Steam, runs its own site at trapstar.games, posts trailers on YouTube as @trapstargames, and answers support at [email protected]. Steam posts are signed “Trap$tar.”
Trapstar Games at a glance
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Role | Developer and publisher (fully self-published on Steam) |
| Games | Hood Warfare (Jan 26, 2023) · Hood Warfare 2 (Oct 8, 2026) |
| Style | ”Street-level shooters with no filter” — arcade FPS with dark humor |
| Website | trapstar.games |
| YouTube | @trapstargames (trailers, updates) |
| Support email | [email protected] |
From Hood Warfare to Hood Warfare 2
The original Hood Warfare launched on Steam on January 26, 2023 — a low-budget, high-chaos multiplayer shooter that quietly built a cult following for three years. The sequel took the same formula and rebuilt it in Unreal Engine 5: updated visuals, new weapon animations, a new map set, deeper gun customization, and six game modes.
Hood Warfare 2 launched October 8, 2026 at $5.99, hit a concurrent-player peak of over 15,000 within its first week, and earned a Very Positive Steam rating — a rare trajectory for a self-published indie shooter. Viral clips and “this is better than CoD” videos drove most of the discovery; see our player count page for the launch curve.
What the studio is known for
- Unfiltered tone. The games lean into street slang mode names (Hit A Lick, Chain Snatch), dark humor, and lobby chaos — the brand is the vibe.
- Price-first design. $5.99 for a full multiplayer FPS is the studio’s statement: a party-price game with no microtransaction systems on the store page.
- Fast shipping. Post-launch patches have landed quickly since release (private matches, voice chat fixes, anti-cheat work) — track them on our updates page.
Contacting Trapstar Games
- Support & press: [email protected] — the official support contact on the Steam page.
- Bugs & feedback: the Steam community hub is active, and the studio reads patch feedback there.
- Official channels only: trapstar.games and the @trapstargames YouTube channel are the studio’s own. Everything else — including wikis like this one — is unofficial.
Trapstar Games FAQ
Is Trapstar Games related to the Trapstar clothing brand?
No known affiliation. The London streetwear label Trapstar is a separate company; Trapstar Games is an independent game studio that self-publishes on Steam.
How many people work at Trapstar Games?
The studio hasn’t published team details. Everything about it — self-publishing, a ProtonMail support address, fast indie-paced patches — points to a small team.
What else has Trapstar Games made?
Hood Warfare (2023) and Hood Warfare 2 (2026). The first game remains on Steam and still has its own community.
Is Hood Warfare 2’s content controversial?
The game is a work of fiction about rival gangs in Chicago, rated 14+ (DEJUS) in Brazil and 16 in Germany. The studio and store page carry explicit fiction disclaimers — it’s satirical, arcade-style violence in the same register as the GTA-adjacent humor wave.