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Monster Hunter Wilds
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-09.
What reviewers agree on
54 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“There's a lot of really questionable and almost self sabotaging design decisions throughout the game. But when you get down to it I guess it's a pretty fun enough time if you don't really think about the bigger picture.…”
“My experience was completely smooth on the performance side, so I can't speak to the issues others have reported... For me, this game has been nothing but a blast. I did try Monster Hunter World briefly before this, but…”
“Great game, but they never fixed the game crashing all the time especially on AMD GPUs, and crashing ALL THE TIME is sadly one of the most annoying things a game could do to make you not want to play it.”
20 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“There are SO MANY cutscenes and walk-and-talks that are all basically like "Muh-muh-monsters?! This close to the village?! WE HAVE TO STOP THEM!". I've literally spent more time in cutscenes and self-driving chocobo…”
“Im surprised that my laptop can handle this game smoothly (maybe because the new optimization) even tho im still using frame gen. def 10/10 its a monster hunter game after all.”
“My experience was completely smooth on the performance side, so I can't speak to the issues others have reported... For me, this game has been nothing but a blast. I did try Monster Hunter World briefly before this, but…”
19 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“Ignoring the cosmetic microtransaction stuff, this game is 10/10. Innovating and developing on monster hunter's classic controls, laying out a beautiful world to not only explore but to abuse as your arena, simplistic…”
“Game runs like absolute dookie. (See specs) Not a fan of the changes my favorite weapons got from Worlds to Wilds. Some really wonky fights, the zones are beautiful, but the monsters go from one small arena to another.…”
“Assuming you've played a Monster Hunter game before, this is more of the same with a few mechanical differences sprinkled about including mounts, finer precision control and some great looking weather effects. There…”
7 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“I’m someone who, apart from Black Desert, has never played any MMORPGs in my life. I’ve never even managed to finish The Witcher; swords, magic, monsters, and the like have never appealed to me. As someone who prefers…”
“Unlike most Monster Hunter games this one starts off pretty easy, so the beginning ends up being bit slow and boring, but it does pickup as you progress especially after HR 4. Combat is very fun, all the weapons are…”
“One of my favorite games, period. Character creation is really robust, the story is relatively simple but well-written and solid (I actually CARE about these characters and care about solving the mystery), and of course…”
4 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“My experience was completely smooth on the performance side, so I can't speak to the issues others have reported... For me, this game has been nothing but a blast. I did try Monster Hunter World briefly before this, but…”
“I really have a blast, great game from my personal perspective, I like it better than MH World. Now, I get the criticism from previous entries MH fans: the game is easier, has a lot of QOL additions, and the combat has…”
“To start, for me this game runs at a "smooth" 25-30 fps though despite requiring the use of the lowest settings possible I have not found this to impact my playthough. As for the game play the wepons feel more smooth…”
33 of the 105 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“There's a lot of really questionable and almost self sabotaging design decisions throughout the game. But when you get down to it I guess it's a pretty fun enough time if you don't really think about the bigger picture.…”
“How are you going to make a game that's objectively worse than what came before in every facet. Previous titles ran better and looked better than whatever this slopheap has going for it. Entire mechanics have been…”
“Capcom has mastered the art of monster hunting at such a level where they truly cant make a bad monster hunter game even if they tried. That being said, I miss the old monster investigation and tracking mechanics they…”
25 of the 105 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“There's a lot of really questionable and almost self sabotaging design decisions throughout the game. But when you get down to it I guess it's a pretty fun enough time if you don't really think about the bigger picture.…”
“How are you going to make a game that's objectively worse than what came before in every facet. Previous titles ran better and looked better than whatever this slopheap has going for it. Entire mechanics have been…”
“Great game, but they never fixed the game crashing all the time especially on AMD GPUs, and crashing ALL THE TIME is sadly one of the most annoying things a game could do to make you not want to play it.”
17 of the 105 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“There are SO MANY cutscenes and walk-and-talks that are all basically like "Muh-muh-monsters?! This close to the village?! WE HAVE TO STOP THEM!". I've literally spent more time in cutscenes and self-driving chocobo…”
“Go back to World if you want quality content, even Rise is far better. Hope they bring Generations Ultimate (aka Double Cross) to pc someday”
“How are you going to make a game that's objectively worse than what came before in every facet. Previous titles ran better and looked better than whatever this slopheap has going for it. Entire mechanics have been…”
12 of the 105 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“There are SO MANY cutscenes and walk-and-talks that are all basically like "Muh-muh-monsters?! This close to the village?! WE HAVE TO STOP THEM!". I've literally spent more time in cutscenes and self-driving chocobo…”
“Optimization issues have mostly been resolved and the game runs much better now. However this game still has many of the same issues it had on launch even after the final base update. Game genuinely feels like its…”
“Still hard to recommend after a full year. Performance is better now, but overall the game just suffers from trying to be like an mmo with side quests, their prereqs and the copious amount of on-rails pseudo cutscenes…”
11 of the 105 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Don't mind the hyper-negative comments. This is the duality of Monster Hunter. The game starts easy, then gets hard. Its always been the way of things. It starts off for babies, because "what if they're new to our…”
“Optimization issues have mostly been resolved and the game runs much better now. However this game still has many of the same issues it had on launch even after the final base update. Game genuinely feels like its…”
“I loved World and Rise considerably. I did everything there was to do in both those games, postgame and all. Now that the base game content cycle is out I can safely say this is a really poor entry in the series.…”
Counted across 105 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 49.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-09
“Game lag - game bad Game no lag anymore - game quite good Game not perfect but game is fun Game was easy now game hard Game is Monster Hunter, Hunt Monster is fun”
— a player, Steam review · 164 hrs played“The game in itslef is fun, but Capcom's greed over a game they couldn't even optimize properly for so long is egregious. The most expensive MH game to date, with so many paid cosmetic options and they still lock basic customization features behind a paywall.”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played“A step back from Monster Hunter Worlds. Launched so poorly optimized & stayed in such a poor state for so long that it can only be considered disrespect & contempt for the consumer.”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 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 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-09.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | Hunting · Action · Multiplayer · Online Co-Op · Co-op · Dating Sim · Character Customization · Dragons · Open World · Third Person · Action RPG · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Arabic, Spanish - Latin America * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Polish, Russian * , Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese, Japanese * , Korean, Thai * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 50 |
| Official site | https://www.monsterhunter.com/wilds/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows®10 (64-bit Required)/Windows®11 (64-bit Required) Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-10400 or Intel® Core™ i3-12100 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660(VRAM 6GB) or AMD Radeon™ RX 5500 XT(VRAM 8GB) DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 75 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD required. This game is expected to run at 1080p (upscaled from 720 native resolution) / 30 fps under the "Lowest" graphics setting. DirectStorage supported.