Short of a catastrophic server meltdown, it was almost inevitable Monster Hunter Wilds would smash its way into the Steam record books. But I didn’t think it would happen this fast.
As of 10:05 pm Pacific on launch day, Wilds has snatched a spot among the most-played games on Steam, surpassing the all-time peak player records of Baldur’s Gate 3 (875,343), Hogwarts Legacy (879,308) and New World (913, 634) to take the #10 spot. As of this writing, 920,464 hunters are online beating up their first Chatacabra (or, more likely, messing around in the character creator).
Update: As of 10:20 pm, Wilds moved up to the #8 spot, passing Elden Ring’s 953,426. Cyberpunk 2077 is up next, but it’s going to take another 100,000 players to pass it.
How much higher will that player count go to go this weekend? We’ll be keeping tabs.
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