Fast, fluid combat with wirebugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The combat feels insanely smooth and intuitive.”
Steam review · 394 h played ↗
MONSTER HUNTER RISE
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 84%Very Positive · 84%CAPCOM Co., Ltd.2022Action RPG · Action · RPG
The verdict
A fast, flashy, arcade-style Monster Hunter with wirebug mobility, great co-op and cheap sales, best with Sunbreak. Skip it if you want World's grounded, immersive feel or hate tutorials and tower-defense Rampages.
Great for
Fans of fast action combat, co-op with friends, newcomers, and low-spec PC or Steam Deck players
Main risk
Expecting World-like immersion and getting a Switch-style arcade game with forced Rampages and heavy tutorials
What players love
Runs well on low-end PCs and Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“play this if your PC is potato but want to play monhun”
Steam review · 201.4 h played ↗
Great co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“with friends, not only do the hunts speed up, but there's conversation, joking, laughter, pranking each other, and just generally a good time”
Steam review · 284.4 h played ↗
Sunbreak adds excellent endgame and content
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Sunbreak made this game so much better. Definitely worth playing.”
Steam review · 3556.4 h played ↗
Good, accessible entry for newcomers
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“It's great for a beginner who never played monster hunter”
Steam review · 64.8 h played ↗
Very cheap on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“Good game it cost Six pounds for this and the expansion what's not to like.”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Switch-port graphics and bland maps
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“It looks and feels like a Switch game, with its wide, empty corridors with subpar textures and minimal environmental detailing.”
Steam review · 22.7 h played ↗
Repetitive grind and spiribird chores
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“the whole spiritbird mechanic (Having to run around the map to fill up your map hp / stamina!) in each fight attempt is why it gets a downvote”
Steam review · 82.3 h played ↗
Overwhelming, unskippable tutorials and menus
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“so many text boxes, like there's a pop-up explaining every new item you get and what it does”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Poor keyboard/mouse controls and rebinding
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“It is basically impossible to play with keyboard / mouse.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
Forced tower-defense Rampage quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“The game is all good and fun until they force you to do their dumb and unfun rampages”
Steam review · 21.7 h played ↗
Retroactive Enigma DRM
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“Stop stealth adding Enigma DRM to your games we already own.”
Steam review · 56.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support36 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 （64-bit）
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3-4130 or Core™ i5-3470 or AMD FX™-6100
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GT 1030 (DDR4) or AMD Radeon™ RX 550
Storage36 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 （64-bit）
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-4460 or AMD FX™-8300
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 (VRAM 3GB) or AMD Radeon™ RX 570 (VRAM 4GB)
Storage36 GB available space
OSWindows 10 （64-bit）
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3-4130 or Core™ i5-3470 or AMD FX™-6100
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GT 1030 (DDR4) or AMD Radeon™ RX 550
Storage36 GB available space
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