Monster Hunter Wilds looks like it’s going to have a crack at being the biggest game of the year.

Within hours of releasing, the latest in Capcom’s uber-popular property attracted almost one million concurrent players on Steam. That’s the eighth highest concurrent count in the PC storefront’s history, with the title guaranteed to go much higher over the weekend.

While concurrent players aren’t to be confused with sales numbers, they usually go hand-in-hand, as you can typically assume a release with lots of people logged in has moved a lot of copies.

To put things into perspective, predecessor Monster Hunter: World peaked with 334k concurrents on Steam, although the franchise has gotten more popular since then.

While we can’t see similar data for the PS5, we do know it’s towards the top of the PS Store sales charts in virtually all countries, although evergreens like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Fortnite are still above it in key western territories like the US and UK.

Either way, this seems poised to be a gargantuan hit. It’s worth mentioning that Monster Hunter: World is Capcom’s best-selling game of all-time, with cumulative sales of 28.1 million units.

If you’re just picking up the game today and need a little help, be sure to refer to our Monster Hunter Wilds guide, where we have tips on all monsters and how to beat them as well as a full breakdown of all armor sets and skills.