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Monster Hunter Wilds

CAPCOM Co., Ltd. · 2025-02-27

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureRPG

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

Releases: Oct 31, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 31, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 31, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), TBD (Nintendo Switch 2)

The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.

Monster Hunter Wilds is an Action, Adventure, RPG game released in 2025, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 20,000,000 .. 50,000,000 owners and a Mixed (49% of 327513 reviews) sentiment.

22,322
playing now
49%
positive of 329k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,121
twitch viewers (latest)
87/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (67 ratings)
89/100
opencritic · mighty · 95% recommend
25h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 60h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

22,322 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Monster Hunter Wilds is a 2025 action role-playing game developed and published by Capcom. A successor to Monster Hunter: World (2018), the game was released worldwide for PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S, with support for cross-platform play, on February 28, 2025. A Nintendo Switch 2 version is currently in development.

Trailer

Monster Hunter Wilds trailer thumbnail

Monster Hunter Wilds - 1st Trailer | PS5 Games

≈941,575 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 22,322 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 4,743 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~593/week).
  • · Review velocity up 92% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (78,373 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 6.6M–15M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 328,762 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$35.25-12%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $24.49 at Fanatical (2026-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 137 of 177 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
47k47k20252026Week of 2025-02-28: 46,587 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 31,786 negativeWeek of 2025-03-07: 14,004 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 6,147 negativeWeek of 2025-03-14: 6,614 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 3,234 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 4,338 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 2,824 negativeWeek of 2025-03-28: 2,815 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 1,229 negativeWeek of 2025-04-04: 3,033 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 1,958 negativeWeek of 2025-04-11: 1,558 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 804 negativeWeek of 2025-04-18: 1,158 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 624 negativeWeek of 2025-04-25: 884 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 629 negativeWeek of 2025-05-02: 655 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 590 negativeWeek of 2025-05-09: 488 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 434 negativeWeek of 2025-05-16: 359 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 550 negativeWeek of 2025-05-23: 471 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 949 negativeWeek of 2025-05-30: 376 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 1,209 negativeWeek of 2025-06-06: 353 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 1,926 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 305 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 2,358 negativeWeek of 2025-06-20: 636 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 4,960 negativeWeek of 2025-06-27: 926 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 6,775 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 644 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 4,517 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 421 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 2,873 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 375 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 1,319 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 343 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 1,116 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 758 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 344 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 1,149 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 532 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 1,137 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 348 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 666 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 236 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 353 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 298 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 251 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 295 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 471 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 2,291 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 522 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 1,382 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 307 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 544 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 208 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 428 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 244 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 361 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 207 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 327 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 215 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 289 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 204 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 237 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 1,311 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 403 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 894 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 302 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 214 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 483 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 858 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 597 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 677 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 545 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 499 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 530 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 361 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 321 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 309 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 202 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 226 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 445 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 175 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 429 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 151 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 238 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 121 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 714 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 249 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 888 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 384 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 515 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 211 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 398 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 171 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 288 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 147 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 263 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 134 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 196 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 99 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 387 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 157 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 308 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 155 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 221 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 157 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 160 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 108 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 139 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 85 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 71 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 520 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 261 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 531 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 283 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 315 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 196 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 436 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 221 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 456 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 208 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 362 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 178 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 267 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 109 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 307 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 149 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 404 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 321 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 115 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

25k8.0k2026-08-06 21:00 — 10,189 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 13,079 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 10,564 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 12,890 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 9,311 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 12,040 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 9,438 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 12,635 players2026-08-14 21:00 — 10,331 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 16,460 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 12,193 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 18,887 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 12,040 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 11,919 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 9,520 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 11,056 players2026-08-18 21:00 — 9,417 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 11,116 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 9,358 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 10,371 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 9,041 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 10,740 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 10,108 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 15,982 players2026-08-22 21:00 — 11,935 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 17,891 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 11,388 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 10,547 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 8,836 players2026-08-25 09:00 — 10,522 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 8,772 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 10,147 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 8,050 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 10,283 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 8,028 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 17,624 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 22,322 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#89#972026-08-122026-08-302026-08-12 — #892026-08-13 — #892026-08-14 — #922026-08-15 — #922026-08-16 — #902026-08-17 — #902026-08-18 — #912026-08-19 — #912026-08-20 — #912026-08-21 — #932026-08-22 — #962026-08-23 — #932026-08-24 — #932026-08-25 — #952026-08-26 — #962026-08-27 — #962026-08-28 — #972026-08-30 — #96
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1721722026-08-122026-08-292026-08-12: 172 new positive2026-08-12: 132 new negative2026-08-13: 71 new positive2026-08-13: 16 new negative2026-08-14: 67 new positive2026-08-14: 32 new negative2026-08-15: 62 new positive2026-08-15: 27 new negative2026-08-16: 72 new positive2026-08-16: 34 new negative2026-08-17: 58 new positive2026-08-17: 28 new negative2026-08-18: 50 new positive2026-08-18: 21 new negative2026-08-19: 47 new positive2026-08-19: 9 new negative2026-08-20: 42 new positive2026-08-20: 12 new negative2026-08-21: 59 new positive2026-08-21: 15 new negative2026-08-22: 45 new positive2026-08-22: 8 new negative2026-08-23: 65 new positive2026-08-23: 20 new negative2026-08-24: 38 new positive2026-08-24: 29 new negative2026-08-25: 48 new positive2026-08-25: 19 new negative2026-08-26: 38 new positive2026-08-26: 21 new negative2026-08-27: 44 new positive2026-08-27: 10 new negative2026-08-28: 37 new positive2026-08-28: 16 new negative2026-08-29: 52 new positive2026-08-29: 37 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$69.99$22.952024-09-252026-08-262024-09-25 — best price $59.492024-10-07 — best price $69.992024-10-17 — best price $59.992024-11-12 — best price $69.992025-01-09 — best price $61.992025-02-11 — best price $53.992025-02-26 — best price $62.752025-03-07 — best price $55.192025-03-21 — best price $56.342025-04-28 — best price $55.992025-06-08 — best price $56.492025-07-01 — best price $45.342025-07-13 — best price $66.492025-08-04 — best price $46.892025-08-18 — best price $42.852025-08-31 — best price $58.272025-09-12 — best price $55.642025-09-30 — best price $41.582025-10-19 — best price $56.582025-11-03 — best price $40.592025-11-21 — best price $39.302025-12-11 — best price $38.492025-12-23 — best price $31.122026-01-15 — best price $38.492026-01-29 — best price $34.642026-02-12 — best price $38.492026-03-03 — best price $62.892026-03-27 — best price $59.392026-04-13 — best price $32.192026-04-27 — best price $33.952026-05-11 — best price $53.992026-05-28 — best price $59.722026-06-13 — best price $62.892026-06-24 — best price $57.102026-07-08 — best price $22.952026-07-21 — best price $69.992026-08-07 — best price $25.892026-08-26 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.1k3182026-05-29 — 415 pageviews2026-06-01 — 375 pageviews2026-06-04 — 400 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,045 pageviews2026-06-10 — 682 pageviews2026-06-13 — 512 pageviews2026-06-16 — 529 pageviews2026-06-19 — 392 pageviews2026-06-22 — 395 pageviews2026-06-25 — 427 pageviews2026-06-28 — 516 pageviews2026-07-01 — 413 pageviews2026-07-04 — 436 pageviews2026-07-07 — 394 pageviews2026-07-10 — 363 pageviews2026-07-13 — 395 pageviews2026-07-16 — 349 pageviews2026-07-19 — 406 pageviews2026-07-22 — 401 pageviews2026-07-25 — 433 pageviews2026-07-28 — 487 pageviews2026-07-31 — 342 pageviews2026-08-03 — 367 pageviews2026-08-06 — 389 pageviews2026-08-09 — 406 pageviews2026-08-12 — 391 pageviews2026-08-15 — 356 pageviews2026-08-18 — 360 pageviews2026-08-21 — 318 pageviews2026-08-24 — 339 pageviews2026-08-25 — 640 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

18k4052026-08-17 10:12 — 1,851 viewers2026-08-17 13:12 — 16,737 viewers2026-08-26 19:15 — 828 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 602 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 1,191 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 1,203 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 815 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 405 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 810 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 932 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 752 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 705 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 884 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 556 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 550 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 504 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 1,101 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 859 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 820 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 695 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 924 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 1,133 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 901 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 932 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 1,016 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 990 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 764 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 869 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 921 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 1,092 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 842 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 1,098 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1,121 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
95.3%
earned "Windward Lands"
50.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera Comfort201 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)50,3268%50
PS5 (PlayStation)37,53419%50
Xbox Series (Xbox)9,3467%50

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

RPGCuteCo-opActionDragonsFantasyHuntingAdventureAction RPGDating Sim

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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