Monster Hunter Wilds is a smash hit across the globe, with an incredible 8 million copies sold in just three days. In the U.S., Capcom’s action game is the best-selling game of 2025 so far, and it’s PC in particular that’s dominating.
According to Circana, not only was Monster Hunter Wilds the best-selling game of February, but launch month dollar sales more than doubled the total Monster Hunter: Rise achieved during its March 2021 debut.
As you’d expect, Monster Hunter Wilds was the best-selling game of February across PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam. But here’s the interesting stat: Steam accounted for more than half of Monster Hunter Wilds’ total dollar sales. That’s despite some high-profile performance issues on PC that have led to a ‘mixed’ user review rating for Monster Hunter Wilds on Steam.
Perhaps Monster Hunter Wilds’ PC success shouldn’t come as a surprise, given PC has become increasingly important for multiplatform releases. Speaking to IGN in a recent interview, Strauss Zelnick, boss of Rockstar parent company Take-Two, said the PC version of a multiplatform game can generate 40% of overall sales, or even more with certain games.
That stat came as part of a discussion about the current console generation. In the U.S., February video game hardware spending fell by 25% when compared to a year ago, to $256 million. That’s the lowest February total for video game hardware spending since the $184 million reached in February 2020.
Zelnick pointed to the PC platform as growing in importance while publishers wait for Sony and Microsoft’s next moves and with the Nintendo Switch 2 waiting in the wings.
“We have seen PC become a much more and more important part of what used to be a console business, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see that trend continue,” he said. “Of course, there will be a new console generation.”
Monster Hunter Wilds is evidence of the trend, then. But it wasn’t the only new release in February to do well. In fact, according to Circana’s data, the top four best-selling games of February 2025 were new releases, with Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Sid Meier’s Civilization VII, and PGA Tour 2K25 joining Monster Hunter Wilds. Other new releases appearing among the month’s top 10 best-sellers included Obsidian’s Avowed, which also launched day-one into Game Pass, and Sega’s Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.
Circana said the launch month dollar sales total Kingdom Come: Deliverance II reached in February 2025 was more than five times higher than the original Kingdom Come: Deliverance achieved during its February 2018 debut. Embracer Group, parent company of Kingdom Come: Deliverance developer Warhorse Studios, has already hailed the sequel’s sales success.
February 2025 U.S. Top 20 Best-Selling Games:
NEW Monster Hunter: Wilds – Capcom USANEW Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – PlaionNEW Civilization VII – Take-Two InteractiveNEW PGA Tour 2K25 – Take-Two InteractiveNBA 2K25 – Take-Two InteractiveCall of Duty: Black Ops 6 – Microsoft (Corp)NEW Avowed – Microsoft (Corp)Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii – SegaGrand Theft Auto V – Take-Two InteractiveMadden NFL 25 – Electronic ArtsMinecraft – Multiple Video Game ManufacturersEA Sports FC 25 – Electronic ArtsMarvel’s Spider-Man 2 – Sony (Corp)Red Dead Redemption II – Take-Two InteractiveHogwarts Legacy – Warner Bros. GamesEA Sports College Football 25 – Electronic ArtsHelldivers II – Sony (Corp)Elden Ring – Bandai Namco EntertainmentDragon Ball: Sparking! Zero – Bandai Namco EntertainmentAstro Bot – Sony (Corp)
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
