Monster Hunter Rise

Monster Hunter Rise is an action role-playing game in Capcom’s Monster Hunter series, built on the RE Engine and both developed and published by Capcom. It first came out on Nintendo Switch on March 26, 2021, followed by Windows on January 12, 2022, and PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on January 20, 2023. Versions for iOS and Android were soft-launched on October 7, 2026, and needed a Netflix subscription.

The story is set around Kamura Village, where the player’s character has just been made a Hunter by the Guild. The village is bracing for the return of the Rampage, a disaster from fifty years earlier in which a mass of enraged monsters stormed Kamura. The Hunter gets ready by taking on quests, faces the fanged wyvern Magnamalo, and later learns that the Elder Dragons Ibushi and Narwa lie behind the Rampage.

As in earlier entries, the player hunts or captures large monsters and turns the parts they earn into new weapons and armor, with fourteen weapon types to choose from. Maps are seamless and built around vertical movement. The Wirebug lets Hunters swing across gaps, climb higher, add moves to each weapon, and mount certain monsters through Wyvern Riding. Dog-like Palamutes can be ridden around the map without using stamina, and they fight next to the returning cat-like Palicoes.

Up to four Hunters can team up through local or online multiplayer, and players hunting alone can bring two companions. A new tower defense mode called Rampage has players guard the village against waves of monsters using siege weapons and non-player characters. A paid expansion, Sunbreak, launched on Switch and PC on June 30, 2022, and on PlayStation and Xbox on April 28, 2023, adding Master Rank hunts, new monsters, new areas, a new hub, and a story centered on the Elder Dragon Malzeno.

Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto said the title was picked to reflect the game’s focus on verticality, and director Yasunori Ichinose shaped Kamura Village after the Japanese-style hub from Monster Hunter Portable 3rd. Critics gave the game generally favorable reviews, praising the Wirebug and how it built on the mechanics of Monster Hunter: World. It was nominated for Best Role Playing Game and Best Multiplayer Game at The Game Awards 2021, Sunbreak won the Grand Award at the 2023 Japan Game Awards, and Rise had sold twenty million copies by October 2026.