Monster Hunter Wilds Beta Begins With Nearly 500,000 Concurrent Players on Steam

Let’s talk about the successful start of beta testing for Monster Hunter Wilds. Just hours after release, the adventure game’s early test reached over 460,000 concurrent players on Steam. Keep in mind that these numbers don’t even take into account people using the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

On SteamDBThe Monster Hunters Wild beta peaked at 463,798 players roughly a few hours after it began last night at 8:00 pm PT/11:00 pm ET on October 31st. open beta will be open until 6:59 pm PT/9:59 pm ET this Sunday, November 3rd. So it’s possible that the number of concurrent players will reach an even higher number by the start of the weekend. (At the time of publication, it had been reviewed by approximately 430,000 people on Steam.) Overall, it was a year of big numbers on Steamhowever, the user numbers are damaged.

This is a beta version of Monster Hunter Wilds, and GamesRadar noticed that players are encountering comical graphical errors in the game. For example, one post on Reddit shows the monster transforming into something similar to the original PlayStation polygonal creature. Official Monster Hunter account. by X stated that he is currently aware of some problems with the game.

One recent beta discovery involves an accessibility feature. Looks like Monster Hunter Wilds will offer help for arachnophobiawhich turns any spider-like creatures in the game into slime-like enemies.

Monster Hunter Wilds releases February 28, 2025.and in Japan it will be ridiculously expensive collector’s edition with bicycle. Pre-order Monster Hunter Wilds can save up to $20 on PC and sister site GameSpot. Fanatical offers the adventure game for $57. (instead of $70) before release.