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Prop hunt is an online multiplayer video game genre in which a team of one or more players hide in a level while disguised as objects, while another team of players try to find them, similar to Hide-and-seek. The goal for the seekers is to find all hiders, while the hiders' goal is to avoid being found. The seekers are given weapons that are used to catch hiders. The hiders are commonly given little-to-no way of defending themselves, but are made to look like background objects from the level, commonly called props, to help them blend in and evade seekers.^[1]

It was popularized as a game mod for Garry's Mod^[2], and it's mechanics have been adapted into other games as mods like Team Fortress 2^[3] and Rocket League^[3], officially included as game modes in Fortnite^[2], World of Warcraft^[4],Call of Duty: Black Ops III^[5] and Genshin Impact^[6] and made into standalone titles such as Propnight.^[7]

CrateDM, a mod for Quake II released in 14th of April 1998 by Chris "Shatter" Holden.^[8][9] According to the README shipped with the mod, it originated when Chris changed the player model to a crate as a test but "laughed [his] ass off watching it move around the map" and considered making a Deathmatch one-on-one with both players using the player model in a level with many crates, where the player could stop and blend in. The level included in the mod was made in less than 20 minutes after he couldn't find an existing level with as many crates as he would've liked. After playing it with a friend for several hours, he decided to release it.^[8] Versions of the mod were created for other games, such as Half-Life.^[10]

In 15th of September 2007, Andrew "AMT" Theis released the first version of the Prop Hunt gamemode for Garry's Mod, who noted it to being similar to a mod called Hide and Seek from Counter-Strike: Source.^[11] In October 7th 2010, Prop Hunt was added as an official game mode^[12], but was removed before the release of Version 13. The mode became popular among players and YouTubers^[7] and as of March 2026, a version of Prop Hunt is the most subscribed addon on the Steam Workshop of Garry's Mod.^[13]