The long-awaited Monster Hunter Wilds launched today, February 28, 2025, and has already broken into the top 10 on the list of the games with the most concurrent players on Steam. At the time of writing, 1,086,856 people were playing the game which was also its peak number of players.
The number has placed Monster Hunter Wilds above other highly successful franchises including Cyberpunk 2077 and Elden Ring. With the weekend around the corner, the game would likely add several hundred more players.
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The figures also mean that Monster Hunter Wilds is the most successful entry in the franchise—if the number of concurrent players is your judging metric. The last entry in the franchise, Monster Hunter World, had all-time peak concurrent players of 334,684 while Monster Hunter Rise had 231,360.
On Metacritic, Monster Hunter Wilds also has a solid rating, amassing an average Metascore of 90 on PS5 and Xbox Series X. The only place the rating dropped off is on PC with 88 average Metascore. This is about the same Metascore that Monster Hunter World received.
The trouble with Monster Hunter Wilds on PC
The reason for that drop is now widely echoed by PC players on Steam. At the time of writing, the game’s rating was ‘Mixed’ from over 6,000 reviews. The complain on PC was centered around the optimization.
One player wrote, “Looks like the game is getting confused when it’s forcing full screen on widescreen monitors. the crash report kicks up upon going full screen and then the game starts loading. Unfortunately, the game thinks it crashed and after the crash tool has collected its log the game closes itself even though it is now loading. Hopefully changing out of full screen fixes this.”
Another player added, “How does a game manage to run perfectly fine in the Open Beta AND I receive an Excellent rating score on the benchmark but the actual product that costs ACTUAL MONEY runs like absolute sludge. I have legit never encountered a game that wasn’t at worst playable. I have never seen a game run this poorly while still looking this bad.”
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Capcom will likely release patches or hotfixes to deal with the most pressing problems. Last month the company expressed optimism that they will hit their 12-month forecast of better net profit than the last fiscal year because of Monster Hunter Wilds.
However, for that to happen, they must address the issue reported by players as soon as possible—although it appears some players have reported a better experience compared to the open beta which shows that experiences may vary depending on player settings.
Monster Hunter Wilds’ physical copy requires a 15GB download
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For collectors who may prefer to grab the physical copy of Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom earlier revealed that the game would require an additional download to play—and the size of the day-one update is not small.
“Picking up a physical copy of Monster Hunter Wilds? Heads up, an update to the latest version of approximately 15GB is required to play,” the publisher wrote on X. “If you’ve preordered the digital version, you can download the latest update now.”
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