Capcom announced on Tuesday that Monster Hunter Wilds has sold more than 8 million copies across all platforms in just three days since its release. The action role-playing game is now the fastest-selling game in the company’s history. Monster Hunter: Wildlands has been a staggering success upon launch, breaking records on the Steam PC game store and looks set to become one of the best-selling games of 2025. The game gained over 1 million concurrent players on the platform on launch day and became one of the most played games of all time on Steam.
Monster Hunter: Wild has sold more than 8 million copies
Capcom announced on Tuesday that its global initiatives helped the game reach sales milestones at such an impressive pace, setting a company record in the process.
“After the game’s launch, Capcom promoted the appeal of Monster Hunter: Wildlands to a broad global audience, showcasing the game at global video game events and hosting online open betas to give many players the opportunity to try the game, while also providing game updates through online events such as the Monster Hunter: Wildlands Showcase,” the company said in a press release. “As a result of these ongoing global initiatives, Monster Hunter: Wildlands has created a huge buzz and achieved sales of 8 million units in 3 days, a feat Capcom The fastest game in history.”
“Capcom remains deeply committed to leveraging its industry-leading game development capabilities to meet the expectations of all users to create highly entertaining gaming experiences,” the developer said.
Monster Hunter: Wildlands’ early commercial performance convincingly beat its predecessor, Monster Hunter: World. The game launched in January 2018 and shipped 5 million copies in the first three days. “Monster Hunter: World” remains the best-selling game in Capcom’s history, with more than 21.3 million copies sold across platforms.
The release of Monster Hunter: Wild set a record-breaking record, with the number of concurrent players on Steam peaking at over 1 million on launch day. The game has more Steam players than popular games such as “Cyberpunk 2077,” “Elden Ring” and “Baldur’s Gate 3.” It currently has the fifth highest number of concurrent players in the platform’s history, with 13,84,608 players. The game is playable on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X.