The comparison
Monster Hunter Now alternatives, honestly
Monster Hunter Now is an action game laid over your real map: you walk, find a large monster, and fight it in a hunt that lasts 75 seconds, alone or with other hunters. People looking past it usually want one of two things — more hunting, or something on the map that can actually be won and lost. Only one of those is us.
If you want more hunting
We are not that. BloodRivals has no real-time combat: no weapons to master, nothing to dodge, no weak points. A battle is decided by numbers — your attacking fighters against the defenders, the bigger side wins, and a tie holds for the defender. That is a strategy game, and to someone who loves the hunt it will feel like a spreadsheet.
If the fight is the point, stay with Monster Hunter Now. Saying that costs us an install and saves you an evening.
If the map feels like nobody's
In Monster Hunter Now the opponents are monsters. Other hunters fight beside you, not against you, and the street you hunted on belongs to no one when you leave it. What you forge is yours; nothing you do there can be taken away by another person. For a lot of players that is exactly right.
BloodRivals turns that around. You claim real street addresses by standing at them, build them up, and they earn in-game income while you hold them. Other players can take them — on foot if you left one undefended, with fighters if you did not. The opponent is always a person, and nothing you hold is permanent.
The part where the trade is real
Monster Hunter Now puts monsters on everybody's map, wherever they live. We cannot: our map is populated only by what other players have claimed. The thing that makes a contested map worth playing is people near you, and ours are few — concentrated in Norway, mainly Trondheim and Oslo. Anywhere else you would be starting a board rather than joining one.
The honest comparison
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| Monster Hunter Now | BloodRivals | |
|---|---|---|
| Who you fight | Large monsters | Other players |
| How a fight plays | Tap-based action, 75 seconds | Numbers: the bigger side wins |
| Other players | Hunt alongside you | Against you, or on your team |
| Can a player take what you have? | No | Yes — that's the point |
| AR | Optional AR camera | None |
| Where the players are | Worldwide | Few, mostly Norway |
The board, right now
On population we would rather show you than tell you. The board currently has 269 registered players holding 60,493 properties. (as published 2026-10-27 — the app shows the live count)
Free on iOS and Android. No ads. Optional in-app purchases.
Common questions
- Is BloodRivals an action game like Monster Hunter Now?
- No. There is no real-time combat and nothing to dodge. A battle is decided by numbers: your attacking fighters against the house's defenders, the bigger side wins, and a tie holds for the defender. If the hunt itself is what you love, nothing here replaces it.
- So what does BloodRivals offer a Monster Hunter Now player?
- Opponents who are people, and ground that can be lost. You claim real street addresses by standing at them, build them up so they earn while you hold them, and other players can take them off you — walked up to if you left one undefended, attacked with fighters if you garrisoned it.
- Can you hunt with friends, like in Monster Hunter Now?
- Differently. There are teams: attacks that land on one house at the same time pool into one battle, and teammates can defend each other's houses. But the opponents are other players, not monsters, so teaming up means against someone.
- Can you buy your way up the BloodRivals leaderboard?
- We are not a no-pay-to-win game. BloodRivals sells BloodCoins, and those can be exchanged into in-game coins that count toward net worth — which is what rank is. A lock stops players inside the top slice of the leaderboard from exchanging, but it covers that one exchange and nothing else, so the board is not purchase-proof and coins bought on the way up stay counted. There are no ads, loot boxes or gacha.
- Will there be other players near me?
- Probably not, unless you are in Norway. The live player base is small and concentrated there, mainly in Trondheim and Oslo. Monster Hunter Now puts monsters on everyone's map; we only have what other players have claimed, so elsewhere you would be starting a board rather than joining one.
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