Monster Hunter Wilds cracks Steam's all-time top 10 within hours of launch

In brief: Monster Hunter, a franchise that once struggled to spread beyond its core Japanese audience on the PSP, is now Capcom's most successful IP. Latest release Monster Hunter Wilds has broken records on Steam and for the company as a whole within 24 hours of launch. Its peak player count almost quadruples the franchise's previous mainline entry. Monster Hunter Wilds peaked at around 1.3 million concurrent players on Steam approximately 12 hours after its release, becoming the first Capcom title to exceed one million, according to SteamDB. The game immediately left the company's previous releases in the dust, like Capcom Arcade Stadium with 488,791 players and Monster Hunter: World with 334,684. In Steam's all-time peak player count ranking, Monster Hunter Wilds has already beaten hits like Dota 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, and Marvel Rivals. Most notably, Capcom's multiplayer survival action game already has over 40 mods, totaling over 10,000 downloads. Its success on Steam i ... Read full article.