In February 2025, Monster Hunter Wilds was released and initially received positive feedback from players. However, it quickly became apparent that there was a problem on PC that still persists today and, despite good new content, continues to receive criticism.
What is the problem? Shortly after its release on February 28, 2025, the first reviews appeared on Steam criticizing the game’s performance. As a result, the originally positive reviews dropped significantly, so that by June 2025, the recent reviews for the last 30 days slipped to “very negative” on Steam.
This situation has persisted to this day, around 8 months after release. Although the game still has a “mixed” rating with 284,919 reviews, only about 23% of the recent reviews are positive (Steam, as of October 6, 2025, 10:15 AM). The main problems still include unstable framerates, regular crashes, poor optimization, and issues with textures and system load.
However, although Capcom has repeatedly confirmed that this issue will be addressed with extensive updates, there is still little improvement for many players, and for some, the experience has even worsened. To such an extent that even cool new content, like the new “raid boss” and the classes from the collaboration with Final Fantasy XIV hardly offer consolation.
Negative Reviews, Despite Cool New Content
What are fans criticizing? In the negative reviews, many players express their frustration. For example, user Nishikina writes, despite nearly 200 hours of gameplay, that she would be very excited about the new raid boss and the crossover if she could actually play it:
“Unplayable garbage, even on the lowest graphics settings, 40 fps is a damn miracle […] The FF collaboration would have been great if it hadn’t tried to fry my PC!”
Furthermore, she writes that she is very disappointed and regrets having purchased the game. She does not believe that performance will really improve in the future.
And she is not alone. User Chihiro writes in her review something similar and expresses her annoyance:
“It’s been eight months since the release, and the game is still plagued by severe performance issues that have bothered it since launch, with no major fixes in sight.“
If you look at the many other negative reviews on Steam, a consensus emerges quickly: Generally, the content is well-received, but many players don’t even get the chance to enjoy it due to performance issues.
In December 2025, the next major update TU4 is scheduled. According to the roadmap, there will also be extensive improvements, and the endgame content is to be expanded. Whether the improvements will really be substantial enough this time to improve the reviews remains to be seen. What else awaits you can be seen in the roadmap: Monster Hunter Wilds: Roadmap for Title Update 3 & upcoming content
