Monster Hunter Games Aren’t Guaranteed To Work With Windows 10 In Future, Capcom Says

Monster Hunter Wilds^[1] got off to a hot start earlier in 2025 with 10 million copies sold in its first month before suffering a dramatic decline in sales^[2] as well as lingering performance issues on PC. Now, Capcom is warning players that the impending conclusion of support for Windows 10 means that three of the most recent Monster Hunter games will no longer be guaranteed to work on that operating system.

Capcom shared a message on Steam^[3] that reminded players that Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10^[4] on October 14. Consequently, the publisher states, “we will no longer guarantee that Monster Hunter: World^[5], Monster Hunter Rise^[6], and Monster Hunter Wilds will run on Windows 10 systems.”

The publisher went on to say that the games will still be playable on that operating system after that date. But any future game updates for those titles may render them incompatible with Windows 10 machines.

A Capcom executive recently blamed Monster Hunter Wilds’ drop in sales on the high price of PS5^[7] consoles. Capcom acknowledged the game’s problems on PC^[8] in June, and Wilds saw a surge in players^[9] after a subsequent update. Capcom dropped another new patch for Monster Hunter Wilds^[10] last month, but the game’s larger PC issues won’t be directly addressed until an update coming this winter^[11].

In the meantime, Capcom debuted a crossover collaboration between Monster Hunter Wilds and Final Fantasy 14^[12], which was released earlier this week. The publisher also teased the return of the elder dragon Gogmazios in December’s Free Title Update 4.