Summary
TheMonster Hunterseries is becoming a behemoth. While the game had its fanbase,Monster Hunter: Worldpropelled the series into the mainstream, becoming Capcom’stop-selling game of all time, ahead of anything in theResident Evilfranchise. 2021’sMonster Hunter Rise, incidentally, isCapcom’ssecond best seller. So, naturally, anticipation was high ahead ofMonster Hunter Wilds’open beta.
The beta went live yesterday, and while a high player count was expected, nobody quite expected it to be as… wild as it has been.
Monster Hunter Wilds Is Steam’s Third-Highest Played New Game Of 2024
According toSteamDB, Monster Hunter Wilds Beta test hit a staggering peak of 463,798 on the Valve-owned platform, making it the third-highest concurrent player count for a new title this year, behindBlack Myth: WukongandPalworld.
This means the Wilds Beta,which launched three days early on PS Plus, has beatenCall of Duty: Black Ops 6, whichMicrosoft said was the series' biggest release ever,Helldivers 2, and Amazon’s immensely popular new MMO,Throne and Liberty—no mean feat for a beta.
Monster Hunter Wilds beta is, in fact, one of the most played games of all time, coming in at 22nd place overall.
The beta for Wilds hasn’t just eclipsed almost everything else that’s come out this year, though, as it’s also now the most-played Monster Hunter game ever onSteam, beating Worlds' peak high of 334,684 players.
This concurrent player count doesn’t just mean that the beta is one of the most-played games of 2024, either. It is, in fact, one of the highest of all time, coming in at 22nd place, ahead ofStarfield,Destiny 2, andThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Numbers like this, of course, mean that Monster Hunter Wilds sits comfortably atop Steam’s top wishlists chart, withDeadlock,Hollow Knight: Silksong, andDelta Forcein second, third, and fourth, respectively.
I’m sure Capcom was anticipating a good response to this beta, but you have to imagine it’s blown the company’s wildest estimations out of the water.
Monster Hunter Wilds
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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.Fulfill your duty as a Hunter by tracking and defeating powerful monsters and forging strong new weapons and armor from the materials you harvest from your hunt as you uncover the connection between the people of the Forbidden Lands and the locales they inhabit.The ultimate hunting experience awaits you in Monster Hunter Wilds.
