- Monster Hunter Wilds has become one of Steam’s best-selling titles in 2025.
- The game has sold like hotcakes despite having poor PC optimization and visual anomalies.
- The subsequent updates improved performance but failed to make a massive enough difference.
Monster Hunter Wilds is among those titles that run terribly but otherwise feature industry-standard gameplay. However, it’s been incredibly popular for Capcom, even with all the criticism and controversies mixed with its sales milestones.
The game has continued to roll over copies since its early 2025 launch, becoming one of Steam’s best-selling titles this year. It sold over 10 million copies during its first month, continuing a steady trajectory over the rest of the year.
Why it matters: Monster Hunter Wilds being one of the best Steam sellers in 2025 confirms that the gameplay was impressive enough for many gamers to ignore the glaring optimization woes on PC, many of which still persist to this day.
Monster Hunter Wilds is included in the premium tier of Steam’s ‘Top 100 products released in 2025, by revenue’ list, which includes 12 games sorted in a random order. The list is as follows:
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- Elden Ring Nightreign
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
- EA Sports FC 26
- Borderlands 4
- Schedule I
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Civilization VII
- Battlefield 6
- Dune Awakening
- Arc Raiders
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
For those not in the know, Monster Hunter Wilds sold the most on PC despite having massive performance issues. Capcom even admitted that the team polished the game as much as possible before its launch in a statement following uproar by the community.
Detailed analysis of Wilds’ PC performance revealed that its visuals were choppy and full of anomalies, resembling those of PlayStation 3. The game struggled on high-end GPUs and ran quite poorly on mid-range ones, which is what most Steam users use anyway.
Regardless, the game was praised for its streamlined gameplay with many enjoyable elements for gamers experiencing the IP for the first time. It is still regarded as one of the best titles in the franchise, and its post-launch sales have further cemented that.
Do you think the game being a Steam best-seller this year is surprising? Will this milestone encourage poor PC optimization in the long run? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, or join the discussion on the Tech4Gamers forum.
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Shameer Sarfaraz has previously worked for eXputer as a Senior News Writer for several years. Now with Tech4Gamers, he loves to devoutly keep up with the latest gaming and entertainment industries. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and years of experience reporting on games. Besides his passion for breaking news stories, Shahmeer loves spending his leisure time farming away in Stardew Valley. VGC, IGN, GameSpot, Game Rant, TheGamer, GamingBolt, The Verge, NME, Metro, Dot Esports, GameByte, Kotaku Australia, PC Gamer, and more have cited his articles.
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