Monster Hunter Wilds Crosses 1 Million Concurrent Players on Steam on Launch Day j5i5a Technology News

Capcom's action-RPG has sured all-time peak player counts of popular games like Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, and Hogwarts Legacy. 5q33s

Written by Manas Mitul | Updated: 28 February 2025 19:35 IST

Monster Hunter Wilds Crosses 1 Million Concurrent Players on Steam on Launch Day

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Monster Hunter Wilds was revealed at the 2023 Game Awards

Highlights

Monster Hunter Wilds is now out on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X
It is now the seventh most played game in Steam history
Monster Hunter Wilds is facing performance issues on PC

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Steam, suring the all-time peak player counts of popular games like Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, and Hogwarts Legacy.

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According to SteamDB charts, Monster Hunter Wilds has reached 11,87,077 peak concurrent players on Steam on the day of its release at the time of writing. The game is now seventh most played game of all time on Valve's platform, rushing past the likes of Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, Hogwarts Legacy, and Baldur's Gate 3.

While developer PS5 and Xbox Series S/X is not known.

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Capcom's newest action-RPG has also easily sured its predecessor, Monster Hunter World. The action-RPG from 2018 peaked out at 3,34,684 players on Steam.

Hunters! If you're experiencing any initial issues with Monster Hunter Wilds on Steam, please try updating your graphics driver, turning off compatibility mode, and then readjust your settings.

Thank you all for your patience and !

More details:https://t.co/v6g7UwFXpj
— Monster Hunter Status (@MHStatusUpdates) February 28, 2025

Monster Hunter Wilds currently sits at an overall ‘Mixed' review rating on Steam as PC players have complained about technical and performance issues. Capcom has acknowledged the game's issues on PC, as well.

“Hunters! If you're experiencing any initial issues with Monster Hunter Wilds on Steam, please try updating your graphics driver, turning off compatibility mode, and then readjust your settings. Thank you all for your patience and !,” the Monster Hunter X said in a post Friday.

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Monster Hunter Wilds is out now across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X.

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Genre RPG

Platform PlayStation 5 (PS5), Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows

Modes Single-player, Multiplayer

Series Monster Hunter

PEGI Rating 16+

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