Monster Hunter: World and its 2022 follow-up, Monster Hunter Rise, both recorded sales greater than 20 million copies. This explosion of player growth didn’t happen by accident.

But while Rise is the most recent Monster Hunter (and a very good game!), it's clear that Monster Hunter Wilds is a direct successor to 2018’s World rather than 2021’s Rise.

Monster Hunter World was one of those games where everybody around me seemed to love it, and I just couldn’t find the hook. I did try. I played for around half a dozen hours at launch before my ...

Monster Hunter World is currently hosting over 16,000 concurrent players. Wilds, in comparison, has around 10,000 concurrent players right now.

Monster Hunter: World (2018) incorporated missions themed around official collaborations with Horizon: Zero Dawn (2017), Assassin’s Creed: Origins (2017), and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015).

Monster Hunter Wilds is the successor that Capcom’s best-selling game deserves. It improves on almost every aspect of World to deliver a tremendous adventure that, if you can make it over the ...

With more than 21 million copies sold, Monster Hunter World is Capcom's best-selling game of all time globally. Wilds is now the No. 1 best-selling game of 2025 so far in the US.

Monster Hunter Wilds' first month sales are substantially higher than Monster Hunter World's from 2018, says a prominent industry analyst. We already have plenty of data we can point to as ...

To this end, Capcom has confirmed that in the upcoming Monster Hunter World Title Update 2 it plans on adding layered weapons. The update is set to do lots to the game, but the addition of layered ...

Monster Hunter World addressed these barriers head-on:. It launched on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC — major platforms with massive global reach.; It introduced streamlined mechanics and open ...

In fact, Monster Hunter: World has a higher concurrent player count than Wilds; 20,638 compared to 12,596 at the time of writing. It's not a good look.

Monster Hunter Wilds Review – The release of a new Monster Hunter game always feels like a landmark moment in Capcom’s catalogue. It’s a new era and a new start for the series that has been ...