Monster Hunter Wilds launched in February and bought greater than 8 million copies over its first three days, turning into Capcom’s fastest-selling sport ever. However how is it promoting within the US? Additionally very nicely, it appears.
Circana’s Mat Piscatella confirmed that gross sales of the the RPG by way of greenback gross sales within the first month within the US have been greater than 40% greater than these of Monster Hunter: World in January 2018. With greater than 21 million copies bought, Monster Hunter World is Capcom’s best-selling game of all time globally.
Wilds is now the No. 1 best-selling sport of 2025 to this point within the US. One other key truth is that launch-month greenback gross sales of Wilds within the US more than doubled the whole of Monster Hunter: Rise for its March 2021 debut. Of be aware, Rise was initially solely obtainable on Swap earlier than coming to PC and console.
Wilds is performing notably nicely within the US on Steam, which accounts for greater than half of the sport’s complete greenback gross sales to this point, Circana stated. Wilds reached greater than 1.3 million concurrent gamers on Steam at launch, turning into the No. 5 hottest Steam sport of all time.
Total, the Monster Hunter franchise is the second-best-selling Capcom franchise of all time, with Resident Evil nonetheless holding the highest spot.
“There are a number of missteps alongside the way–of each an inventive and technical variety–but Wilds is one other glorious entry in Capcom’s beloved collection,” Richard Wakeling wrote in GameSpot’s Monster Hunter Wilds overview. Should you’ve simply gotten began on the sport, you may as well take a look at GameSpot’s Monster Hunter Wilds guides hub for a number of useful options and PSAs on party-crashing beasts.