With the announcement of Monster Hunter Wilds at The Game Awards and Capcom running an event encouraging players to return to Monster Hunter World, what many would call the best game in the series is seeing the highest Steam player count in over three years. Tens of thousands are coming back to the game, with that number likely to exceed six figures at once anytime now.

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