- Primary Subject: Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak & Monster Hunter Wilds (Fiscal Year 2026)
- Key Update: Despite Wilds’ success, Monster Hunter Rise continues to outsell it due to discounts, bundles, and a feature-complete endgame.
- Status: Confirmed
- Last Verified: January 27, 2026
- Quick Answer: Monster Hunter Rise outsold Monster Hunter Wilds in fiscal 2026 because it benefits from sales, bundles, and a complete endgame experience, keeping players engaged.
Earlier this week, Capcom updated its list of best-selling games for its fiscal year 2026, revealing that despite Monster Hunter Wilds’ resounding success since its February 2025 launch, the nearly five-year-old Monster Hunter Rise continues to outsell it.
In Capcom’s recent financial reports as of January 2026, which covers the company’s April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026 sales, Monster Hunter Rise, sold more than Wilds. In more detail, Rise sold about 1.1 million copies, Sunbreak at 1.03 million, and then Wilds with 991,000 for the period.
(Note that the recent Capcom rankings reflect units sold during the fiscal period, not total lifetime sales!)
But before you gather those pitchforks, it’s worth mentioning that this piece is not aimed at Wilds underperforming, as it is far from it. Rather, Rise had clear advantages that contributed to its recent spike in the past few months.
Rise and Sunbreak’s Sales Advantage Over Monster Hunter Wilds
To start, one major reason for its evident gap in sales is that Monster Hunter Rise and Sunbreak are games that came out years ago, which means Capcom has often included them in their seasonal sales, where discounts range from $6 to $10. This invites impulse buyers who want to try the game for themselves. Steam sales are usually part of this market, as the growing number of Monster Hunter players are found on PC.
Over time, Risebreak gained a structural advantage, as it is now “feature complete,” meaning all the upcoming content and endgame activities are already in the game. Sunbreak was a bold expansion that added a plethora of new monsters, providing a varied endgame experience for old and new fans of the series. Elder Dragons like Primordial Malzeno and the Anomaly missions both increased the game’s replayability.
Additionally, Risebreak is now marketed as a “bundle,” so players can simply get both Rise and Sunbreak with a single purchase. Wilds did not have that kind of luxury yet, as it mostly stuck to its $60 - $70 price tag, apart from the occasional 10%-off promos.
Monster Hunter Wilds Still on Track to Be Capcom’s Best-Selling Title
Monster Hunter Wilds, on the other hand, came out exactly a year ago. While it did provide Capcom with record-breaking sales of 11 million copies sold during its first few months, its post-launch momentum slowed down in the months that followed due to a mix of performance issues and a barebones endgame. It wasn’t until Title Update 4, which introduced the Elder Dragon Gogmazios, that Capcom began to lock-in and solidify the endgame experience while also delivering major improvements to the game’s optimization. The previously notorious DLC-related bug is now history.
While Rise benefited greatly from being a 1-year Nintendo Switch exclusive title, Wilds also had a massive reach after launching on multiple consoles (except the Nintendo Switch, sadly). With cross-play already part of Wilds’ base game, there were more reasons to pick it up rather than older entries.
The good news for Monster Hunter Wilds, however, is that it is still on track to be Capcom’s best-selling game ever. Now that its performance issues on PC have dissipated thanks to Capcom’s continued efforts to fix the game, more players are confident to purchase Wilds before its expansion drops.
Monster Hunter Wilds clearly still has life left within it. The upcoming expansion, which should guarantee a spike in Capcom’s profits, will invite more players to its never-ending monster hunting grind, crafting armors and weapons made out of monster parts. The moment Capcom announces Wilds’ expansion, there is a possibility for Wilds to outsell Risebreak by a wide margin.
So long as Capcom continues to optimize its game and provide a hefty amount of content to its hungry playerbase, Wilds is still aiming to be the franchise’s best, despite its issues, which, to be fair, are mostly addressed by now.
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