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Monster Hunter Wilds

CAPCOM Co., Ltd. · 2025-02-27

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ActionAdventureRPG

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

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.

19,702
playing now
50%
positive of 333k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,770
twitch viewers (latest)
10.6
viewers/channel (concentration)
87/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (67 ratings)
3,881
Nexus mods (44M downloads)
4.10★
PlayStation Store rating (89,010 ratings)
89/100
opencritic · mighty · 95% recommend · from 206 critics
25h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 60h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

19,702 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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
  • · 19,702 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 3,855 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~482/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (78,373 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Tier history: healthy→thriving (Aug 30), thriving→healthy (Aug 28)

Estimated sales: 6.7M–15M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 333,389 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $16.60 at JoyBuggy (2026-08-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 124 of 160 observed days · $23.39 above the all-time low (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: 312 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 243 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 249 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 131 negativeWeek of 2026-08-21: 166 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 126 negativeWeek of 2026-08-28: 206 positiveWeek of 2026-08-28: 121 negativeWeek of 2026-09-04: 320 positiveWeek of 2026-09-04: 143 negativeWeek of 2026-09-11: 484 positiveWeek of 2026-09-11: 196 negativeWeek of 2026-09-18: 438 positiveWeek of 2026-09-18: 182 negativeWeek of 2026-09-25: 403 positiveWeek of 2026-09-25: 121 negativeWeek of 2026-10-02: 409 positiveWeek of 2026-10-02: 160 negativeWeek of 2026-10-09: 176 positiveWeek of 2026-10-09: 73 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

51k13k2026-09-14 18:00 — 21,999 players2026-09-15 18:00 — 23,114 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 24,114 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 23,705 players2026-09-18 18:00 — 29,908 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 35,964 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 36,425 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 29,319 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 29,558 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 25,687 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 26,844 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 29,958 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 34,618 players2026-09-27 18:00 — 30,952 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 23,926 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 23,079 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 22,081 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 21,749 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 25,917 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 30,722 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 28,806 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 22,199 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 21,257 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 19,700 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 20,206 players2026-10-09 18:00 — 22,325 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 27,350 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 25,718 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 20,696 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 17,277 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 19,702 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
318k9.7kMar 2025Aug 2026Mar 2025 — avg 318,011 · peak 1,179,869Apr 2025 — avg 111,018 · peak 548,047May 2025 — avg 34,942 · peak 149,903Jun 2025 — avg 13,497 · peak 130,584Jul 2025 — avg 22,719 · peak 87,385Aug 2025 — avg 20,467 · peak 71,409Sep 2025 — avg 14,986 · peak 127,322Oct 2025 — avg 34,976 · peak 109,347Nov 2025 — avg 16,999 · peak 45,015Dec 2025 — avg 32,271 · peak 122,339Jan 2026 — avg 26,035 · peak 65,231Feb 2026 — avg 28,874 · peak 85,505Mar 2026 — avg 26,064 · peak 71,918Apr 2026 — avg 14,297 · peak 32,043May 2026 — avg 9,676 · peak 20,330Jun 2026 — avg 19,630 · peak 47,144Jul 2026 — avg 16,753 · peak 37,439Aug 2026 — avg 14,138 · peak 26,984
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#1#632026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #522026-09-15 — #12026-09-16 — #12026-09-17 — #12026-09-18 — #442026-09-19 — #442026-09-20 — #422026-09-21 — #392026-09-22 — #372026-09-23 — #372026-09-24 — #372026-09-25 — #372026-09-26 — #422026-09-27 — #442026-09-28 — #432026-09-29 — #432026-09-30 — #452026-10-01 — #492026-10-02 — #512026-10-03 — #532026-10-04 — #552026-10-05 — #552026-10-06 — #552026-10-07 — #562026-10-08 — #562026-10-09 — #592026-10-10 — #592026-10-11 — #622026-10-12 — #622026-10-13 — #632026-10-14 — #63
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1801802026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 98 new positive2026-09-15: 10 new negative2026-09-16: 98 new positive2026-09-16: 12 new negative2026-09-17: 102 new positive2026-09-17: 27 new negative2026-09-18: 97 new positive2026-09-19: 117 new positive2026-09-19: 3 new negative2026-09-20: 131 new positive2026-09-20: 4 new negative2026-09-21: 125 new positive2026-09-21: 14 new negative2026-09-22: 108 new positive2026-09-22: 17 new negative2026-09-23: 77 new positive2026-09-23: 7 new negative2026-09-25: 180 new positive2026-09-25: 24 new negative2026-09-26: 96 new positive2026-09-26: 8 new negative2026-09-30: 73 new positive2026-09-30: 5 new negative2026-10-01: 95 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 90 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new negative2026-10-04: 87 new positive2026-10-04: 14 new negative2026-10-05: 113 new positive2026-10-05: 13 new negative2026-10-06: 79 new positive2026-10-06: 25 new negative2026-10-07: 75 new positive2026-10-07: 27 new negative2026-10-08: 170 new positive2026-10-08: 15 new negative2026-10-09: 78 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 76 new positive2026-10-10: 19 new negative2026-10-11: 74 new positive2026-10-11: 20 new negative2026-10-12: 85 new positive2026-10-12: 7 new negative2026-10-13: 91 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 54 new positive2026-10-14: 9 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$69.99$22.952024-09-252026-10-142024-09-25 — 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 $39.992026-10-14 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.1k3182026-05-29 — 415 pageviews2026-06-02 — 470 pageviews2026-06-06 — 2,096 pageviews2026-06-10 — 682 pageviews2026-06-14 — 550 pageviews2026-06-18 — 395 pageviews2026-06-22 — 395 pageviews2026-06-26 — 502 pageviews2026-06-30 — 401 pageviews2026-07-04 — 436 pageviews2026-07-08 — 509 pageviews2026-07-12 — 415 pageviews2026-07-16 — 349 pageviews2026-07-20 — 448 pageviews2026-07-24 — 361 pageviews2026-07-28 — 487 pageviews2026-08-01 — 369 pageviews2026-08-05 — 528 pageviews2026-08-09 — 406 pageviews2026-08-13 — 366 pageviews2026-08-17 — 361 pageviews2026-08-21 — 318 pageviews2026-08-25 — 640 pageviews2026-08-29 — 412 pageviews2026-09-02 — 542 pageviews2026-09-06 — 626 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1,246 pageviews2026-09-14 — 660 pageviews2026-09-18 — 655 pageviews2026-09-22 — 605 pageviews2026-09-26 — 488 pageviews2026-09-30 — 440 pageviews2026-10-04 — 522 pageviews2026-10-07 — 524 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.4k7272026-09-30 18:34 — 1,441 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 1,317 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 1,742 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 1,147 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 923 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 2,003 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 1,833 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 1,918 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 1,699 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 2,744 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 1,493 viewers2026-10-04 20:34 — 1,477 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 1,021 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 1,772 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 1,114 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 727 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 1,452 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 1,781 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 1,201 viewers2026-10-07 20:34 — 1,173 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 1,351 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 3,030 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 942 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 1,206 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 2,856 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 1,133 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 1,536 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 1,638 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 1,324 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 2,203 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 1,144 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 1,155 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 1,585 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 1,472 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 744 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 1,093 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 1,103 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 1,482 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 1,770 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…

Post-launch support: 100 DLC released, first 2025-02-28, latest 2027-12-31 (Steam store data)

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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