Hood Warfare 2 lets you build matches against bots. Choose the map, mode and match settings, then fill both teams with AI to practice alone.
Hood Warfare 2 Bot Mode: How to Set Up Solo Matches
Hood Warfare 2 lets you build a match against bots and fill both sides with AI, so you get a complete round even when nobody else is around. Trapstar Games confirms the whole setup in one line of the store description: choose your map, mode and match settings, then add bots to fill out the teams. What follows separates what the studio has actually published from the details it has not — current as of 2026-10-12, four days after launch.
"Play online with friends and other players, or set up a match against bots. Choose your map, mode, and match settings, and add bots to fill out the teams." — Hood Warfare 2 on Steam
How to Set Up a Bot Match
The store description presents the setup as a chain of choices you make before the round starts:
- Choose your map. Four maps ship with the game (table below).
- Choose your mode. Six modes ship with the game (table below).
- Choose your match settings. The description confirms a settings step exists but never lists its contents.
- Add bots to fill out the teams. This is the step that turns a private game into a solo session — AI players go onto the rosters so both sides are populated.
- Start the match and play.
No official menu walkthrough exists, so the exact wording of the buttons and the screen order are undocumented. Work from the five choices above rather than hunting for one label.
The Four Maps You Can Load Into
| Map | What the studio has published |
|---|---|
| Downtown | In the launch lineup; downtown streets, "hold down the streets" |
| Suburbs | In the launch lineup; residential blocks and detached houses |
| The Trenches | Named only — no gameplay description, no screenshots |
| Chicago Mall | In the launch lineup; the indoor option, "take the fight indoors" |
The official line is "Fight through downtown, the suburbs, The Trenches, and Chicago Mall," with "different routes and positions to learn on each map." A bot match is the cheapest way to walk those routes before live players punish you for learning them in the open. Breakdowns: Downtown, Suburbs, Chicago Mall, The Trenches.
The Six Modes You Can Load Into
| Mode | Official description | Classic equivalent (media comparison) |
|---|---|---|
| Turf War | Gangs fight over zones and push the other side off them | Domination |
| GangBang | Two gangs in a straight firefight, most kills wins | Team Deathmatch |
| Chaos | Everyone for themselves, no gang loyalty, most kills wins | Free-for-all |
| Hit A Lick | Take the enemy's package home while defending your own | Capture the Flag |
| Destroy The Block | One side plants, the other defuses; one life per round | Search and Destroy |
| Chain Snatch | Kills are the start — steal the chain an enemy drops, recover your teammates' | Kill Confirmed |
The first two columns are the studio's own wording; the third is a comparison drawn by coverage of the game, not a label Trapstar Games uses. Game modes explains each objective properly.
Bots are confirmed for "the teams" in general, but nothing says which of the six modes accept them, or how AI handles objective work like planting, defusing or carrying a package. Chaos is the odd one out — no teams at all — so how "fill out the teams" applies to a free-for-all is unannounced too.
Confirmed Versus Not Published
| Bot-mode detail | Status as of 2026-10-12 |
|---|---|
| You can set up a match against bots | Confirmed — store description |
| You choose the map | Confirmed — store description |
| You choose the mode | Confirmed — store description |
| You choose match settings | Confirmed as a step; its contents are not published |
| Bots fill out both teams | Confirmed — store description |
| Store carries a Single-player category | Confirmed — store categories |
| Bot difficulty or skill tiers | Not published |
| Whether bot matches grant Reputation or XP | Not published |
| Maximum number of bots in one match | Not published |
| Which of the six modes accept bots | Not published |
| Whether a bot match needs a connection | Not published (broadband is a system requirement) |
| PS5 / Xbox version | Not announced — Windows PC only |
Two independent signals back the feature beyond that one sentence. The store files the game under Single-player alongside Online PvP, and bots are a series feature rather than a new experiment: the studio's own Trapstar Games channel frames the original game's play "Online and with Bots," and that predecessor's store entry is still live.
Does a Bot Match Progress Your Reputation?
Progression is described by its trigger, not its source: "Build your reputation by playing matches and leveling up to unlock more weapons and equipment."
| Progression track | What is published | Counts in bot matches? |
|---|---|---|
| Reputation levels | Play matches, level up, unlock weapons and equipment | Not published |
| Weapon challenges | Complete challenges on a gun to earn attachments | Not published |
| Gun kills | Kills with each gun unlock that gun's skins | Not published |
Nobody outside Trapstar Games can tell you yet whether an evening in bot matches moves your account forward. See Reputation, XP and leveling for what is known, and watch the official news feed: as of 2026-10-12 no patch notes have been posted.
What to Practice in Bot Matches
- Map routes. Each map has "different routes and positions to learn," and bots let you learn them without two gangs shooting you for it.
- Mode objectives. Run Destroy The Block to see where the plant sites sit, or Hit A Lick to see where the package spawns.
- Loadout changes. Swap attachments and perks between rounds and feel the difference against moving targets rather than a wall — see the loadout guide and the weapons list.
- Spawns and positioning. Early reviews flag spawn behaviour as a rough edge of the launch build; a bot match is the lowest-stakes place to watch where you come back in. Tips and tricks and controls and keybinds cover the rest.
Aim, recoil control and map knowledge all carry over between a bot match and a live one. Two or three bot rounds first is a cheap way to stop learning a map at the expense of a team that is already losing.
Bot Mode Next to the Rest of the Game
Bot matches do not depend on finding other players, which matters in a fast-moving launch window: coverage recorded an all-time peak of 2,686 concurrent players on 2026-10-11 and 4,491 on 2026-10-12, two snapshots of a number that keeps moving. Live figures: Steam charts, player count.
As of 2026-10-12, Hood Warfare 2 is a Windows PC release on Steam with no PS5 or Xbox announcement, so bot mode is a PC feature today and there is no crossplay to account for while the game exists on one platform. Reasoning: PS5 status, Xbox status, crossplay; the buying guide covers price — $5.99 at the 2026-10-08 launch. New players can follow the beginner guide through a first session, and a bot match is where you run it without an audience.
FAQ
Can you play Hood Warfare 2 by yourself? Yes. The store description says you can "set up a match against bots" and "add bots to fill out the teams," and the Steam store files the game under a Single-player category.
How do I set up a bot match? Choose your map, choose your mode, choose your match settings, add bots to fill both teams, then start the match.
Can I choose which map and mode the bots play on? Yes. Map and mode are both explicit choices in the official description, alongside match settings.
How many bots can I add, and is there a difficulty setting? Not published on either count. Trapstar Games has stated no per-match maximum and no bot difficulty tiers.
Do bot matches give XP or Reputation? Not published. The studio says Reputation comes from "playing matches" without specifying whether bot matches count toward it.
Does bot mode work on PS5 or Xbox? There is no console version to run it on. As of 2026-10-12 the game is Windows PC only and no console release has been announced.
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