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MONSTER HUNTER RISE

CAPCOM Co., Ltd. · 2022-01-12

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Action

Franchise: Monster Hunter · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jan 12, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 26, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 20, 2023 (Xbox One), Jan 20, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jan 20, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 20, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

Rise to the challenge and join the hunt! In Monster Hunter Rise, the latest installment in the award-winning and top-selling Monster Hunter series, you’ll become a hunter, explore brand new maps and use a variety of weapons to take down fearsome monsters as part of an all-new storyline.

MONSTER HUNTER RISE is a 2022 Action game priced at $39.99, with an owner estimate of 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 and a Very Positive (83% of 126137 reviews) sentiment.

8,017
playing now
84%
positive of 128k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
91
twitch viewers (latest)
2.8
viewers/channel (concentration)
88/100
critic score (17 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (118 ratings)
3,306
Nexus mods (36M downloads)
4.25★
PlayStation Store rating (19,228 ratings)
87/100
opencritic · mighty · 96% recommend · from 223 critics
60h
to beat · rushed 22h · completionist 100h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

8,017 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Monster Hunter Rise is a 2021 action role-playing game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Switch. It was released worldwide in March 2021, with a Windows port released in January 2022 and ports for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S were released in January 2023. An expansion pack, Sunbreak, was released in June 2022.

Trailer

MONSTER HUNTER RISE trailer thumbnail

Monster Hunter Rise - Announcement Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 8,017 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,458 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~682/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-10-10

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Oct 10), healthy→thriving (Oct 7), unknown→healthy (Aug 27)

Estimated sales: 2.6M–5.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 127,899 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$3.82-90%
Humble Store$3.99-90%
IndieGala$3.99-90%
Steam$3.99-90%
WinGameStore$3.99-90%
GamersGate$4.00-90%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.56 at GameBillet (2026-06-26) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $44.12 · on sale 167 of 195 observed days · $0.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11k11k20222026Week of 2022-01-01: 10,641 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,724 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2,728 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 377 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,465 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 797 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,938 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 387 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2,996 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 541 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4,640 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 943 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,334 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 422 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,059 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,036 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 271 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4,476 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 445 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,405 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,433 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,024 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 264 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,465 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 287 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,046 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 811 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 859 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 211 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,033 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 625 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 745 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 660 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,168 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,109 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,089 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3,301 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 429 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,030 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 321 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 821 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 725 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,022 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 761 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 909 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 683 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 911 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 753 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 612 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 808 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 504 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 654 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 633 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 651 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 742 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 905 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 511 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 588 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 843 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 114 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

28k3.1k2026-09-16 04:00 — 5,414 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 5,840 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 7,645 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 5,883 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 4,538 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 4,405 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 4,063 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 3,088 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 3,493 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 6,917 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 6,058 players2026-10-07 02:00 — 9,620 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 12,169 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 14,819 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 15,509 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 25,472 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 12,150 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 7,165 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 6,048 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 9,084 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 11,457 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 11,873 players2026-10-08 11:00 — 15,055 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 27,715 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 12,922 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 7,744 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 6,357 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 9,559 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 12,121 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 13,080 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 15,899 players2026-10-09 14:00 — 27,982 players2026-10-09 17:00 — 14,279 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 8,173 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 6,740 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 19,202 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 15,458 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 11,203 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 8,017 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
87k3.4kJan 2022Aug 2026Jan 2022 — avg 74,801 · peak 133,629Mar 2022 — avg 9,979 · peak 27,679May 2022 — avg 15,056 · peak 31,601Jul 2022 — avg 86,887 · peak 230,942Sep 2022 — avg 19,502 · peak 62,833Nov 2022 — avg 15,210 · peak 54,188Jan 2023 — avg 17,399 · peak 35,760Mar 2023 — avg 17,899 · peak 39,679May 2023 — avg 16,835 · peak 45,741Jul 2023 — avg 10,891 · peak 22,905Sep 2023 — avg 8,278 · peak 22,450Nov 2023 — avg 9,858 · peak 21,414Jan 2024 — avg 13,208 · peak 30,765Mar 2024 — avg 11,941 · peak 29,165May 2024 — avg 9,749 · peak 26,988Jul 2024 — avg 7,869 · peak 17,387Sep 2024 — avg 8,734 · peak 19,305Nov 2024 — avg 10,768 · peak 25,979Jan 2025 — avg 7,028 · peak 14,911Mar 2025 — avg 7,428 · peak 15,690May 2025 — avg 5,305 · peak 13,276Jul 2025 — avg 4,187 · peak 9,201Sep 2025 — avg 3,412 · peak 8,554Nov 2025 — avg 4,666 · peak 11,239Jan 2026 — avg 7,069 · peak 17,220Mar 2026 — avg 5,269 · peak 13,062May 2026 — avg 5,223 · peak 12,457Jul 2026 — avg 7,650 · peak 19,932Aug 2026 — avg 6,022 · peak 14,168
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#97#1002026-10-072026-10-102026-10-07 — #1002026-10-08 — #972026-10-09 — #972026-10-10 — #98
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1711712026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 40 new positive2026-09-21: 4 new negative2026-09-23: 21 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 15 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 28 new positive2026-09-25: 5 new negative2026-09-26: 31 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 30 new positive2026-09-27: 6 new negative2026-09-28: 26 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 30 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 23 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 30 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 72 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 75 new positive2026-10-04: 10 new negative2026-10-05: 74 new positive2026-10-05: 7 new negative2026-10-06: 71 new positive2026-10-06: 5 new negative2026-10-07: 171 new positive2026-10-07: 13 new negative2026-10-08: 100 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new negative2026-10-09: 69 new positive2026-10-09: 9 new negative2026-10-10: 78 new positive2026-10-10: 15 new negative2026-10-11: 78 new positive2026-10-11: 9 new negative2026-10-12: 72 new positive2026-10-12: 7 new negative2026-10-13: 35 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 52 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new negative2026-10-15: 44 new positive2026-10-15: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$3.822021-03-122026-10-152021-03-12 — best price $59.992021-12-07 — best price $52.792022-03-01 — best price $47.932022-04-26 — best price $29.992022-06-01 — best price $29.952022-07-18 — best price $23.972022-09-02 — best price $26.952022-10-11 — best price $59.992022-11-16 — best price $17.992022-12-31 — best price $39.992023-02-21 — best price $39.992023-04-13 — best price $20.002023-05-30 — best price $19.952023-07-16 — best price $20.002023-08-23 — best price $13.922023-09-29 — best price $33.992023-11-12 — best price $34.792023-12-24 — best price $13.992024-02-11 — best price $27.992024-04-10 — best price $36.862024-05-25 — best price $8.702024-07-13 — best price $39.992024-08-21 — best price $7.372024-09-28 — best price $10.002024-11-23 — best price $7.492024-12-25 — best price $7.752025-01-30 — best price $8.592025-04-14 — best price $8.592025-06-05 — best price $9.992025-08-11 — best price $9.992025-09-23 — best price $9.992025-11-18 — best price $36.802026-01-13 — best price $7.202026-03-20 — best price $39.592026-05-24 — best price $7.182026-07-10 — best price $33.172026-08-21 — best price $7.442026-09-15 — best price $6.992026-10-11 — best price $3.992026-10-15 — best price $3.82
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8392022026-05-29 — 215 pageviews2026-06-02 — 255 pageviews2026-06-06 — 777 pageviews2026-06-10 — 420 pageviews2026-06-14 — 365 pageviews2026-06-18 — 341 pageviews2026-06-22 — 245 pageviews2026-06-26 — 331 pageviews2026-06-30 — 228 pageviews2026-07-04 — 231 pageviews2026-07-08 — 260 pageviews2026-07-12 — 202 pageviews2026-07-16 — 209 pageviews2026-07-20 — 223 pageviews2026-07-24 — 216 pageviews2026-07-28 — 291 pageviews2026-08-01 — 292 pageviews2026-08-05 — 255 pageviews2026-08-09 — 270 pageviews2026-08-13 — 213 pageviews2026-08-17 — 244 pageviews2026-08-21 — 232 pageviews2026-08-25 — 205 pageviews2026-08-29 — 263 pageviews2026-09-02 — 266 pageviews2026-09-06 — 313 pageviews2026-09-10 — 426 pageviews2026-09-14 — 302 pageviews2026-09-18 — 299 pageviews2026-09-22 — 347 pageviews2026-09-26 — 412 pageviews2026-09-30 — 263 pageviews2026-10-04 — 556 pageviews2026-10-07 — 839 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

755192026-10-01 21:34 — 122 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 107 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 137 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 186 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 131 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 93 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 112 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 161 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 98 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 110 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 116 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 96 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 171 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 127 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 141 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 131 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 256 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 94 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 755 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 125 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 151 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 381 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 135 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 100 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 134 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 90 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 91 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 173 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 115 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-15 18:34 — 95 viewers2026-10-15 20:34 — 91 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
87.4%
earned "Kamura Amulet"
20.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudHDR availableFamily Sharing252 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Post-launch support: 100 DLC released, first 2022-01-12, latest 2023-04-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)53,2072%100
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)28,2191%100
PS5 (PlayStation)22,6775%100
PS4 (PlayStation)10,8346%100
Switch (Nintendo)3,6070%0
Switch (Nintendo)6990%0
Switch (Nintendo)4040%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvERPGJRPGAnimeCo-opActionDragonsFantasyHuntingAction RPG

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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