Monster Hunter Wilds Beta Is Now Live, Draws Over 250K Concurrent Players

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Monster Hunter Wilds‘ second open beta has already hit a major milestone. Ahead of its launch on February 28, 2025, Monster Hunter Wilds has held two open beta testing periods, the first in October and the second beginning just yesterday, on February 6. Although mainly used to test the game’s performance and online stability ahead of its full release, the beta tests have served as excellent advertisements for Monster Hunter Wilds, getting players talking about the many changes it makes to the Monster Hunter formula.

And players have turned out in numbers for the second beta test: as noticed by @Okami13_ on X (formerly Twitter), the second Monster Hunter Wilds beta had a Steam player count of over 225,000 players in its first 24 hours of launch. At the time of writing, it’s soared even higher, with a whopping peak player count of 258,737, according to SteamDB. And that’s just Steam: add PS5 and Xbox hunters to the mix, and there’s no knowing how high that number might go.

That’d put it in the number five spot on Steam‘s most-played charts for the day, knocking Rust down a peg and settling into place just below Marvel Rivals. And frankly, that’s nothing compared to the first beta’s peak player counts, which were well over 450,000 at their peak on November 1. Monster Hunter Wilds is still a ways away from launch, but it’s already proven very popular.

Sources: @Okami13_/X, SteamDB, Steam