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52 Great Games Like Monster Hunter

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Monster Hunter is a series of action role-playing games where you hunt, kill and trap large monsters through wide-ranging landscapes. Each successful hunt rewards you with materials that accrue to slowly upgrade equipment that in turn enables you to face more powerful monsters. The vast landscape, huge range of weapons and tactics make this a unique experience.

Unfortunately, Monster Hunter is not available on Android, Mac, PC or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:

Monster Hunter

Game Details

Release Date: 26/03/2021

Platforms: 3DS and 2DS, PS2, PS4, PSP, Switch, Wii, Wii U and Xbox One

Content Rating: PEGI 12

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Players: 1 (4 online)

Genres: Adventure, Fighting (Action, Collecting and Role-Play)

Accessibility: 20 features

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night and Open World

Developer: Capcom USA (@CapcomUSA_)

Costs: Purchase cost, In-Game Purchases and In-Game Pass

6 Similar Games Short List

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Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

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Gotham Knights

Release Date: 25/10/2022

Platforms: PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

Gotham Knights is an action-adventure game where you fight criminals and bring vigilante justice to the streets of Gotham City. Playing as one of the four Knights, you travel the city by land and air, finding criminal gangs and supervillains, using...

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars

Release Date: 11/10/2022

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars is a fighting adventure game where you explore and fight the monsters on a quest to find your father. Like Elden Ring, precise parries, dodges, and rolls are important but with more forgiving...

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Release Date: 19/05/2015

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

In this game you play monster-hunter Geralt in a vast open world as he searches for his missing adopted daughter. The game responds to your actions and has dynamic environments, weather and day–night cycles that affect the creatures you hunt. It’s a...

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

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Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Release Date: 28/01/2022

Platforms: Switch

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

Pokémon Legends: Arceus is the latest game in the longstanding Pokémon series of role-playing games where you collect and battle Pokémon. Like those previous games, you compete in turn-based battles and try and collect as many...

The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

Release Date: 03/03/2017

Platforms: Switch and Wii U

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild departs from the previous Zelda formula with the scale and depth of its world. You walk, fly, ride and climb your way through a landscape that varies in climate, terrain, inhabitants and vegetation. Weather and...

33 Similar Games Long List

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Hello Neighbor

Hello Neighbor (Series)

Release Date: 08/12/2017

Platforms: Amazon Fire, Android, Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person

Hello Neighbor is a stealth survival game with a horror feel. You try and sneak into the basement of their neighbour’s house to uncover a "horrible secret". The game responds to your strategy by setting traps along paths the player followed in...

Immortals Fenyx Rising

Release Date: 03/12/2020

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

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The Last Guardian

Release Date: 28/10/2016

Platforms: PS4

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

The Last Guardian is a running, jumping and exploring adventure about a boy who befriends a giant half-bird, half-mammal creature, Trico. You work together to navigate the world, solve puzzles and reach new heights. Unusually, you have to build trust...

Legend Of The Skyfish

Legend Of The Skyfish (Series)

Release Date: 24/02/2017, updated in 2020

Platforms: Android, Apple TV, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead, Cartoon and Hand-Made

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Returnal

Release Date: 30/04/2021, updated in 2023

Platforms: PC and PS5

Skill Rating: 13+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Returnal is a sci-fi shooting game played in repeating rounds that slowly change the world and your character. You are a pilot stranded on a mysterious planet and must investigate and fight through the world to both survive and solve the repeating...

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Risk of Rain 2 (Series)

Release Date: 30/08/2019

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Components: 3D First-Person and Cartoon

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Smalland

Release Date: 29/03/2023

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Open World and Weather

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Genshin Impact

Release Date: 27/09/2020

Platforms: Android, PC, PS4 and iOS

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon and Open World

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Hogwarts Legacy

Release Date: 08/02/2023

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

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Release Date: 02/02/2021

Platforms: PC

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

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Release Date: 18/10/2005

Platforms: PS2, PS3 and PS4

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

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Release Date: 12/11/2020, updated in 2023

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Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

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Outward

Release Date: 26/03/2019

Platforms: PC, PS4 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

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The Elder Scrolls

The Elder Scrolls (Series)

Release Date: 11/11/2011, updated in 2017

Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night and Open World

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Release Date: 21/05/2019

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Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon and Open World

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Release Date: 14/11/2013

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Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead

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Release Date: 01/01/2010

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Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon, Day and Night and Open World

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Release Date: 07/08/2015, updated in 2019

Platforms: Web

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

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Components: 3D Third-Person

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Components: 3D First-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

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Components: 3D Third-Person

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6 Younger Content Rating than Monster Hunter

If Monster Hunter is not age appropriate for your child, here are similar games ordered by age rating so you can find an age-appropriate alternative that’s also a game they will love.

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Oceanhorn

21 Easier Skill Rating than Monster Hunter

If you like the sound of Monster Hunter but find it too complex or challenging, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with a lower Skill Rating.

Oceanhorn

Legend Of The Skyfish

The Adventure Pals

The Last Guardian

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars

Digital Compass

Smalland

The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

Naraka: Bladepoint

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Hogwarts Legacy

Immortals Fenyx Rising

Genshin Impact

Xenoblade Chronicles

The Elder Scrolls

Shadow Of The Colossus

Recore

Dauntless

Hello Neighbor

Nobody Saves The World

Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon

16 Video Games Like Monster Hunter Based on Genre

These are games of a similar genre mix to Monster Hunter. This includes games from the Role-Play, Fighting, Action, Adventure and Collecting genres. We pick out games of a similar PEGI rating to further hone these generated suggestions.

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Batman: Arkham Asylum

Batman: Arkham Origins

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

Skylanders

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Mortal Shell

Thirsty Suitors

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars

Neverwinter Nights

Knack 2

10 Video Games With More Documented Accessibility Features than Monster Hunter

If you like the sound of Monster Hunter but it doesn’t offer the accessibility you require, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with more Accessibility Features. You can view a full breakdown in our Monster Hunter Accessibility Report.

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Hogwarts Legacy

Boyfriend Dungeon

Smalland

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Black Desert

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars

Warframe

Nobody Saves The World

Returnal

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