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ActionCo-opMultiplayerOpen WorldRPGCharacter Customization

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Game description

Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement.

Basic info

DeveloperCAPCOM Co., Ltd.
PublisherCAPCOM Co., Ltd.
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateAug 8, 2018
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4460 / Intel Core i3-9100F / AMD FX-6300 / AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon R7 260x / AMD Radeon RX 560
Storage52 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 400 reviews from the past 1 year

85.6/ 100
Top 30%

Steam rating: Very Positive (89%)

Metacritic: 88 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 13, 2026)

Finally beating its monsters is the kind of satisfaction 137 reviews of Monster Hunter: World enjoy; it scores 85.6 from 520,328 Steam reviews.

👍 Strengths

Content Volume ranks 100th of 1351 and Visuals & Sound 256th of 1249. 137 reviews say they enjoy it, and the most upvoted finally finished the main story after years of persistence. 38 praise playing with friends, some recalling precious memories, and 34 praise the visuals, with the most upvoted calling the art style and soundtrack incredible. Players point to an extremely high skill ceiling with complex movesets, and some call it the best combat system in gaming. Multiplayer ranks 196th of 642, and Tech & Support ranks 265th of 1399.

👎 Where it falls short

Learning it is the main hurdle. 49 reviews describe a very steep learning curve, some saying it requires studying combos and monster patterns, and 35 find some fights too hard, some citing knockdown chains that leave players helpless. 23 found the grind overwhelming at first. Others say the hook is unresponsive and the camera hard to manage, and some report errors in co-op sessions.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“finally completed main story after years of struggle and persistence” · 137 reviews
“playing together with good friends creates precious memories” · 38 reviews
“art style and soundtrack incredible, satisfying combat” · 34 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 70% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Strategy +3.86 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices
Positive “extremely high skill ceiling, complex movesets and synergies” · 33 reviews

Progression 28% · Difficulty 35% · Onboarding 26% · Freedom 5% · Controls & feel 21%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 30% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.75 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “the ecosystem and creature behavior create a living, immersive world” · 9 reviews
Negative “Wilds over-explains everything, reducing immersion and imagination of the world” · 2 reviews

Story 10% · Characters 6%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 36% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +4.05 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “4400 hours total playtime shows massive content value” · 14 reviews
Negative “base game without Iceborne feels short and unfulfilling” · 2 reviews

Variety 14% · Replayability 2%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 31% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.56 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “art style and soundtrack incredible, satisfying combat” · 34 reviews
Negative “exaggerated graphics not as charming as simplicity of World” · 4 reviews

Audio 12%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 36% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +2.65 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “playing together with good friends creates precious memories” · 38 reviews
Negative “erro de cena ao jogar com colega” · 12 reviews

Community 10% · Servers & Connection 2%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 13% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.10 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “Iceborne monsters have excessive health pools making hunts tedious and unfun” · 5 reviews
Positive “World has superior balance in weapon freedom, material gathering difficulty, visibility” · 2 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 6% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 10% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Performance +0.12 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
Positive “runs better than Wilds, superior performance” · 5 reviews
Negative “Wilds is heavy and has poor graphics, cannot enjoy the game” · 4 reviews

Stability 2% · Developer support 2%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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