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Game profile
Monster Hunter: World
Hunters take down massive monsters in a living ecology to craft ever stronger armor and weapons from their remains. It's the series' entry point for the West, with an enormous long-term grind appeal.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Action / RPG, set in a fantasy world. Visually it is going for realism, and the overall tone stays somewhere between light and heavy. The world is open, so wandering off and ignoring the main path is part of the deal. It rewards long uninterrupted stretches more than quick check-ins.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. Story exists mostly as background texture rather than a reason to keep going. Co-op is supported, so you can bring someone along. It runs on 3 platforms. It sits in the mid price bracket.
What stands out
- Huge weapon crafting system
- Living monster ecology
- Endless co-op grind
This fits you if
- levelling, looting and optimising a build is your kind of loop
- you are after a proper adrenaline rush
- you can sit down for a proper long stretch without interruptions
- you like getting lost and ignoring the main objective for hours
- you have someone to play with
Look elsewhere if
- you do not have 60 hours to give a single game
- you only ever get short bursts of play time
- you prefer a stylised look over realism
- you want either a pure challenge or pure relaxation, not the middle
What it costs you in time
About 60 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 10 weeks, or 30 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 93 out of 100, which puts it above 95 percent of the 1206 games here and at rank 46 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, Action averages 83 points across the database, so this one sits 10 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 589 collected ratings.
Released in 2018, so it has 8 years behind it. Usually cheap by now and the rough edges are long fixed.
The facts
- Release year
- 2018
- Genres
- Action, RPG
- Playtime
- approx. 60 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- Background flavour
- Play with
- Solo, Co-op
- Setting
- Fantasy
- Visual style
- Realistic
- Price bracket
- Mid price
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Xbox
- Critic rating
- 93 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monster Hunter: World | 2018 | approx. 60 hrs. | 93 | Mid price |
| Monster Hunter Wilds | 2025 | approx. 55 hrs. | 87 | Full price |
| Nioh 2 | 2020 | approx. 45 hrs. | 84 | Mid price |
| Diablo II: Resurrected | 2021 | approx. 35 hrs. | 80 | Mid price |
If you liked this, try these
- Monster Hunter Wilds Shared: Action, RPG, Fantasy
- Nioh 2 Shared: Action, RPG, Fantasy
- Diablo II: Resurrected Shared: Action, RPG, Fantasy, shorter
- The First Descendant Shared: Action, RPG
- Absolum Shared: Action, RPG, Fantasy, shorter
- Dragon's Dogma 2 Shared: Action, RPG, Fantasy