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Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
A new adventure awaits you in this second installment of the turn-based RPG series set in the world of Monster Hunter! Become a Rider and form bonds with friendly monsters known as Monsties to fight alongside them as you take part in an epic story.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
61 of the 91 reviews raise this.
“It's the second one. Honestly can't be understated how excited I was when it was first announced. Stories 2 managed to rise to the challenge of middling sales of the original and the Covid 19 pandemic, going on to have…”
“I played this game with my young daughter and I made a Monster Hunter fan out of her with it. It's very fun trying to get eggs and the story is pretty good and I think I even teared up in a few spots.”
“Its like Pokemon, but with Monster Hunter Monsters. Enjoyable and addiciting if you enjoy catching them all. Around 100 total to capture. The story is very childish and not serious at all. Overall an 8/10”
21 of the 91 reviews raise this.
“I played this game with my young daughter and I made a Monster Hunter fan out of her with it. It's very fun trying to get eggs and the story is pretty good and I think I even teared up in a few spots.”
“I personally prefer this over MHS1. Story wise both MHS1 and this are good and enjoyable, and the main thing I like about it is the monsties are finally big. They are not their proper size but it's still a W (MHS3 fixed…”
“I don't recommend anyone waste their time with Stories 2, it suffers from back and forth story quests that feel more like padding and not at all that meaningful towards the actual story most the time which I will also…”
8 of the 91 reviews raise this.
“Its like Pokemon, but with Monster Hunter Monsters. Enjoyable and addiciting if you enjoy catching them all. Around 100 total to capture. The story is very childish and not serious at all. Overall an 8/10”
“I don't recommend anyone waste their time with Stories 2, it suffers from back and forth story quests that feel more like padding and not at all that meaningful towards the actual story most the time which I will also…”
“The gameplay is a large improvement from the first one, without losing the core of how the game is played. The story I feel is a little generic but still enjoyable. The game also has a lot of fun post story content.”
8 of the 91 reviews raise this.
“I think it's a great twist on the MH franchise - which I love. It has more depth to it than I initially expected from the rock paper scissors style combat when it comes to breeding and training monsters, swapping genes…”
“Superb game I loved it towards the end the fights were intense can't wait to play mhs 3”
“Amazing game. Same deal as MHS1, Monster threat that will end the world unless checked by you. Pro's: -Graphics are really nice. Cinematics are smooth. -Gameplay is fun and the post end game is decent if you like badge…”
8 of the 91 reviews raise this.
“As someone who had a blast playing the first one just recently as I wanted to get a better understanding of the story of the characters from the first game, it really goes to show the love and admiration the developers…”
“Amazing game. Same deal as MHS1, Monster threat that will end the world unless checked by you. Pro's: -Graphics are really nice. Cinematics are smooth. -Gameplay is fun and the post end game is decent if you like badge…”
“If you're a monster hunter fan and like pokemon, def try out the game. Compared to the first game the graphics are simply amazing and the game itself is great. Don't worry about performance issues with the game since it…”
21 of the 91 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“I am kind of surprised people seem to like this game. Don't get me wrong it's not horrible and it's a good looking game, but it has one major issue... IT'S SOOO BORING! No joke at around the 30 something hour mark I…”
“Its like Pokemon, but with Monster Hunter Monsters. Enjoyable and addiciting if you enjoy catching them all. Around 100 total to capture. The story is very childish and not serious at all. Overall an 8/10”
“I don't recommend anyone waste their time with Stories 2, it suffers from back and forth story quests that feel more like padding and not at all that meaningful towards the actual story most the time which I will also…”
14 of the 91 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I am kind of surprised people seem to like this game. Don't get me wrong it's not horrible and it's a good looking game, but it has one major issue... IT'S SOOO BORING! No joke at around the 30 something hour mark I…”
“This is a huge downgrade to the first game, other than the music and the gameplay being a better or on par than the last I much more prefer the visuals of the first game and the exploration side of it. The game takes…”
“I don't recommend anyone waste their time with Stories 2, it suffers from back and forth story quests that feel more like padding and not at all that meaningful towards the actual story most the time which I will also…”
5 of the 91 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I am kind of surprised people seem to like this game. Don't get me wrong it's not horrible and it's a good looking game, but it has one major issue... IT'S SOOO BORING! No joke at around the 30 something hour mark I…”
“Combat & skills are fun, slow leveling up but OK in general.. recommended”
“Amazing game. Same deal as MHS1, Monster threat that will end the world unless checked by you. Pro's: -Graphics are really nice. Cinematics are smooth. -Gameplay is fun and the post end game is decent if you like badge…”
4 of the 91 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Despite the return of Naviru, this story seems better written and mechanically the battle system seems much better than the original. My only complaint (besides Naviru) are that it's performance is trash if you aren't…”
“Pretty fun game with more interesting combat than most turn based JRPGs. It really does a pretty good job of translating the Monster Hunter series into such a system while retaining a lot of what makes MH games so good…”
4 of the 91 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This is a huge downgrade to the first game, other than the music and the gameplay being a better or on par than the last I much more prefer the visuals of the first game and the exploration side of it. The game takes…”
“Although I prefer the artstyle and the overall look of Stories 1, Stories 2's combat is better. At least monsters here have clear patterns and doesn't feel like the RNG mess that is in the 1st game. I also appreciate…”
“玩完之后真心觉得物语系统不应该人气那么低，喜欢怪猎这个ip的真可以试试，是卡普空尝试在怪猎这个系列里讲故事的尝试，这次剧情虽然简单还是挺完整的。少年日漫很经典的成长剧情，主角，主角身边的伙伴，一起冒险的羁绊，勇气，责任，相信心与心的力量。…”
Counted across 91 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 82.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“14 hours in and its very fun. Also i hate that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cat, i genuinely hate it and would kill it if i had the chance.”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“A great sequel that improves on everything from the first one. Like the first game its still pokemon but without catching pokemon with pokeballs you invade monsters homes and kidnap their children and raise them as their own. amazing once again.”
— a player, Steam review · 55 hrs played“I've tried to play through this twice, and it's got a lot of good parts, but the bad is just too much for me to get through. That bad stuff is mainly exploration. Our in the field is okay, a little empty and I can deal with no music sometimes, but it's not great. Monster dens…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 10:18 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Adventure · JRPG · Exploration · Creature Collector · Cartoony · 3D · Dragons · Third Person · Fantasy · Loot · Turn-Based (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese * , Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Latin America * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 48 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.monsterhunter.com/stories2/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 (64-BIT Required)/Windows® 11 Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3470 3.20 GHz or AMD FX-6300™ or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA®GeForce® GTX 960 / 2GB VRAM or AMD Radeon RX 560 / 2GB VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 28 GB available space Sound Card: DirectSound compatible (must support DirectX® 9.0c or higher) Additional Notes: This game is expected to run at 1080p/30 FPS. If you don't have enough performance to run the game at your selected graphic quality, you must go to Optio