Monster Hunter Wilds Surges Past 1 Million Players on Steam

Update at 15:10 MSK. The wait wasn’t long—just a few hours in, the peak online for Wilds reached an impressive 1,086,856 concurrent players. The game has surpassed «Cyberpunk» and is closely chasing Dota 2. The headline has been updated.

Original News. Today marks the release of Monster Hunter Wilds, the latest entry in the iconic series by Capcom. During open testing, the impressive online figures hinted at a promising future, but the launch has proven to be even more spectacular.

According to SteamDB, the maximum number of concurrent players for Monster Hunter Wilds on the Valve platform reached 987,482. And this was on a normal weekday! Thus, we can confidently expect a new peak record in the coming days.

As a result, Monster Hunter Wilds has entered the top-10 Steam titles for maximum online players. Currently, the action game occupies the eighth spot—right below Cyberpunk 2077 (1,054,388 players) and above Elden Ring (953,426 players). Moreover, Wilds has outpaced Hogwarts Legacy (879,308 players), Baldur’s Gate III (875,343 players), and Marvel Rivals (644,269 players).

Here are a few more interesting facts related to the soaring online numbers of Monster Hunter Wilds:

However, it’s not all rosy regarding user reviews for Monster Hunter Wilds. At the time of writing, only 40% of the reviews are positive. Many players are expressing concerns about poor optimization, frequent crashes, gray bars appearing on the sides at certain resolutions, and more. “It feels like the game is mining Ethereum on my graphics card. No idea where all the resources are going,” commented one Steam user on the platform.

Monster Hunter Wilds is available on PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series. Official purchases in Russia are currently unavailable, but the game does offer a complete Russian localization.