Monster Hunter Now

Niantic, Inc.

In-app purchases

About this game

The thrill of the hunt is calling. Begin your hunting adventure now!

🌎 Hunt monsters in the real world:
Embark on a global quest to track down and hunt some of the most formidable monsters from the Monster Hunter universe as they appear in our world. Forge powerful weapons and team up with fellow hunters to track down larger-than-life monsters and take them head-on.

⚔️ Authentic hunting action carefully adapted to mobile:
Discover a variety of monsters depending on the habitat around you – Forest, Desert or Swamp – and engage in thrilling hunts solo, or band together with fellow hunters to take on these large monsters. The simplified tap-based controls and high-fidelity graphics enable you to engage in enjoyable hunting action wherever you go.

📷 See monsters around you with the AR Camera:
Experience what it’s like to have these iconic monsters appear in the real world with exclusive AR Camera features.

⏱️ Master the hunt in 75 seconds:
Can you complete the hunt within 75 seconds? Master the weapons, craft armor sets and hone your skills – exploit weaknesses and utilize every element at your disposal to take on the hunt.

🔴 Mark monsters even with your phone in the pocket:
With Adventure Sync, you can use a Paintball to track monsters while you explore your town and bring the hunt to your doorstep afterwards. As you explore, your Palico can mark passing monsters with Palico Paintballs, even while you aren’t actively playing, allowing you to return to them later, ensuring that the action never stops.

Ratings and reviews

Gameplay loop is too repetitive with drop chances of the higher tier loot being too small and to top that off they lock event-exclusive cosmetics behind the highest tier monsters that need t10 weapons to have a chance to defeat, which I remind you that you need that stupidly rare loot to craft. All around frustrating to play. Edit: And now they're pulling holiday-exclusive items from the store incredibly early while letting players who already purchased them keep them. Honestly, wth?????

The combat itself is good, but the dodging feels delayed and unresponsive. It was great at the start because they gave 10 first aid meds a day instead of 5 which just isn't enough. Potions should just be creatable but instead they're like $1 each for some reason? The microtransactions have gotten much more egregious in the past 2 years. It went from a layered armor to special quests, materials and even a battle pass which costs $20. Only buy the pass when you've gotten the tier of what you want.

Pro: Visuals, monsters and weapon design are great. Frequent high quality updates. No ads Cons: Monetization is all over the show. No way to earn premium currency, and levels are pointless after the first dozen or so. Time limit for hunts is tiny. The game itself still is running better lately but connection is still very problematic. The slightest deviation from perfect connection and the game says nope, even at the complete screen, which is abysmal for a walking/gps based game

What’s new

Thank you for playing Monster Hunter Now.

Key Updates:
・Event Quest button added to the equipment screen that allows you to filter for specific equipment that are required to be used in certain quests.
・The status screen and guild card now display the phial type for switch axes and the melody effects for hunting horns.