Capcom has introduced that Monster Hunter Wilds has offered 8 million copies in three days, a brand new report for the corporate. That is the fastest-selling sport in Capcom’s historical past, surpassing the earlier record-holder Monster Hunter World by a large margin. When it first launched a number of years in the past, Monster Hunter World reached 5 million gross sales in three days and has so far reached 25 million lifetime sales. Monster Hunter Wilds nonetheless has some method to go to succeed in and presumably surpass that quantity, however with intensive post-launch plans in place, it has a combating probability to take action.
(*3*), a number of open betas, an enormous advertising and marketing push, and the broad attraction of Monster Hunter Wilds have helped it attain this milestone, and the corporate stays “firmly dedicated to satisfying the expectations” of gamers. On Steam, Monster Hunter Wilds has set a report on that PC platform by reaching the highest 5 for concurrent gamers, with 1.3 million folks on March 1, 2025. The opposite high 4 forward of Monster Hunter Wilds are PUBG, Black Fantasy: Wukong, Palworld, and Counter-Strike 2.
Total, the Monster Hunter franchise is the second-best-selling Capcom franchise of all time, with Resident Evil nonetheless holding the highest spot. Even with Wilds including 8 million extra sales–and counting–to the franchise, Resident Evil holds a major lead with 176 million gross sales in complete for the franchise. It isn’t too stunning, on condition that the franchise launched a number of years earlier than Monster Hunter and it has extra video games in its library.
“There are just a few missteps alongside the way–of each a creative and technical variety–but Wilds is one other wonderful entry in Capcom’s beloved sequence,” Richard Wakeling wrote in GameSpot’s Monster Hunter Wilds overview. For those who’ve simply gotten began on the sport, you can too try GameSpot’s Monster Hunter Wilds guides hub for a number of useful options and PSAs on party-crashing beasts.