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MONSTER HUNTER RISE

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2022

Should you play it?

Rise to the challenge and join the hunt! In Monster Hunter Rise, the latest installment in the award-winning and top-selling Monster Hunter series, you’ll become a hunter, explore brand new maps and use a variety of weapons to take down fearsome monsters as part of an all-new storyline.

What works

  • Fast, fluid, and rewarding combat system
  • Strong multiplayer cooperation and community
  • Innovative wirebug and companion mechanics
  • Extensive content with expansions and updates
  • Runs well on a variety of hardware including steam deck

Things to keep in mind

  • Graphics are downgraded compared to monster hunter world
  • Story is minimal and not engaging
  • Endgame grind can be repetitive
  • Some ui and tutorial elements are confusing
  • Online player base can be limited or region locked

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Monster Hunter: World

  • Borderlands 2

  • Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Demo

  • Shatterline

  • Granblue Fantasy: Relink

  • RIFT

Less competitive

Games that feels like MONSTER HUNTER RISE but with less competition against others

  • CODE VEIN

  • DRAGON QUEST HEROES™ II

  • Dungeons of Sundaria

  • REMNANT II®

  • Hunted: The Demon’s Forge™

  • Warframe

Less intimate

Games that feels like MONSTER HUNTER RISE but with less focus on close relationships

  • Atlas Fallen: Reign Of Sand

  • RuneScape: Dragonwilds

  • Borderlands 3

  • ELDEN RING

  • Blades of Time

  • STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN

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MONSTER HUNTER RISE: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Status, Competition.

Last update: 21/08/2026