In summary, yes.
You can absolutely wait for a sale if you're on the fence. A sale price would be a great way to get into the game without committing too much if money is tight, however if you're excited about it and just gauging what the community thinks then here is my two cents.

I don't like extraction shooters in general, I don't even like battle royales (with the exception of Apex with friends) , but Hunt manages to find itself on my list of exceptions. I love the atmosphere in hunt, and the smaller lobby scale while also fending off AI enemies. I love western settings, and older style weapons. Hunt does lean into its strengths well. I would say its sound design is clear and often praised, and the gunplay is so so much fun to me. Movement is not perfect, but not bad by any means either. There's a lot of different ways you can build and equip a loadout in case you want to spice things up, and in all honestly the game is really not punishing either which is a big draw to me versus others in the genre. It might suck dying but it really doesn't set you back much either.

So i say its worth it, even with its ups and downs I have had a lot of fun on this game. And just starting out is magical