Awesome RPG Monster Hunter Stories is coming to Apple Arcade

Monster Hunter Stories Screenshot (Image credit: CAPCOM)

What you need to know

Monster Hunter Stories is coming to Apple Arcade soon.
The highly-rated RPG won't have ads or in-app purchases and will be free to Apple Arcade subscribers.

Apple has confirmed that the popular RPG Monster Hunter Stories is coming to Apple Arcade soon, with the game being free of all ads and in-app purchases. It'll be free to everyone who has an Apple Arcade subscription, of course.

Monster Hunter Stories is already available as a $20 purchase, but its move to Apple Arcade will enable more people than ever to enjoy a game that has an enviable App Store rating.

Monster Hunter Stories Screenshot Dailog (Image credit: CAPCOM)

A highly-rated RPG where players enter a world filled with large monsters that roam the land, and people everywhere make a living hunting them. But there's a remote village that follow a different set of customs called the Monster Riders, who don't hunt but instead form bonds with monsters. The monsters that form kinships with Riders, known as "Monsties," possess incredible powers. By becoming a Rider, players can befriend countless Monsties and embark on new adventures, riding the Monsties as they explore a vast, exciting world to uncover monster dens, and bring back the eggs they find to hatch new Monsties.

Monster Hunter Stories+, as the Apple Arcade version of the game will be known, is available for pre-registration in the App Store now. There are some lengthy "Important Notes" in that App Store entry, so maybe give those a read while you wait for the big release.

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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too.

Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.