Simply in case there was any doubt that Monster Hunter Wilds goes to be certainly one of 2025’s greatest releases, alongside comes Steam to show that PC gamers can be among the many first to leap into the highly-anticipated sequel come February.
The Wilds beta, which kicked off in a single day, is already certainly one of Steam’s most performed video games.
Very quickly after it went dwell, the Monster Hunter Wilds beta shot up the Steam charts. The sport achieved a peak of 463,798 gamers (through SteamDB), a determine that’ll little doubt rise over the weekend. Practically half-a-million concurrent gamers was sufficient to land it in Steam’s high 5 most performed video games.
Because the launch of Monster Hunter World again in 2018, Steam has changed into one of many greatest platforms for Monster Hunter. Whereas Monster Hunter Rise didn’t entice wherever close to that enormous of an viewers when it got here to PC, Capcom was doubtless banking on Wilds, being the subsequent full-fat sequel, reinvigorating curiosity within the collection.
And it appears to be like just like the writer had the proper thought. The Wilds beta concurrent participant figures are already a lot greater than World’s all-time peak, which hit 334,684 concurrent gamers on the sport’s launch. Whereas evaluating a free beta with a full-price sport is hardly honest, there’s no denying that it demonstrates the starvation for a brand new mainline Monster Hunter. It’s a bit more durable to guess whether or not Wilds will match, or overtake, World’s Steam numbers, however all indicators up to now are constructive.
The Monster Hunter Wilds open beta is offered till Sunday, November 3. To get entangled, merely head to the sport’s Steam web page and click on the ‘Request Entry’ button. You’ll be granted entry instantly, and you’ll start the obtain. The beta helps cross-play with PlayStation and Xbox, and also you’ll even get a few rewards within the full sport simply by taking part in it.
