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Marvel Rivals cover art

Marvel Rivals

NetEase Games · 2024-12-05

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionFree To Play

Franchise: Marvel · Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 06, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 06, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Dec 06, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 12, 2025 (PlayStation 4), TBD (Nintendo Switch 2)

Marvel Rivals is a Super Hero Team-Based PVP Shooter! Assemble an all-star Marvel squad, devise countless strategies by combining powers to form unique Team-Up skills and fight in destructible, ever-changing battlefields across the continually evolving Marvel universe!

Marvel Rivals is an Action, Free To Play game released in 2024, free-to-play, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 407674 reviews).

54,256
playing now
75%
positive of 422k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
13,840
twitch viewers (latest)
46.9
viewers/channel (concentration)
79/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (349 ratings)
9,618
Nexus mods (41M downloads)
4.14★
PlayStation Store rating (188,054 ratings)
78/100
opencritic · strong · 84% recommend · from 61 critics
14h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 4.7h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

54,256 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Marvel Rivals is a free-to-play hero shooter video game developed and published by NetEase Games in collaboration with Marvel Games. The game was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on December 6, 2024, with a PlayStation 4 version released on September 12, 2025 and a Nintendo Switch 2 version currently in development. The game is free-to-play with a current lineup of 53 playable characters from Marvel Comics, and features cross-play across all supported platforms.

Trailer

Marvel Rivals trailer thumbnail

Marvel Rivals | Official Announcement Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 54,256 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 14,399 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,800/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (60,341 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,606 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: healthy→thriving (Sep 17), thriving→healthy (Sep 16), healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 16)

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 8 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Featured in Valve's Top Releases of December 2024 (#16)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
47k47k20242026Week of 2024-12-06: 47,473 positiveWeek of 2024-12-06: 12,868 negativeWeek of 2024-12-13: 23,236 positiveWeek of 2024-12-13: 5,071 negativeWeek of 2024-12-20: 16,813 positiveWeek of 2024-12-20: 3,757 negativeWeek of 2024-12-27: 14,230 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 3,827 negativeWeek of 2025-01-03: 14,398 positiveWeek of 2025-01-03: 3,500 negativeWeek of 2025-01-10: 20,212 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 4,131 negativeWeek of 2025-01-17: 12,439 positiveWeek of 2025-01-17: 3,002 negativeWeek of 2025-01-24: 8,759 positiveWeek of 2025-01-24: 2,336 negativeWeek of 2025-01-31: 7,807 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 2,130 negativeWeek of 2025-02-07: 6,284 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 1,935 negativeWeek of 2025-02-14: 6,263 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 2,673 negativeWeek of 2025-02-21: 9,622 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 2,461 negativeWeek of 2025-02-28: 5,391 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 1,705 negativeWeek of 2025-03-07: 5,584 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 1,497 negativeWeek of 2025-03-14: 3,693 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 1,148 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 3,134 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 1,000 negativeWeek of 2025-03-28: 2,887 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 910 negativeWeek of 2025-04-04: 3,103 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 855 negativeWeek of 2025-04-11: 5,898 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 1,396 negativeWeek of 2025-04-18: 3,055 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 1,067 negativeWeek of 2025-04-25: 2,375 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 877 negativeWeek of 2025-05-02: 1,984 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 767 negativeWeek of 2025-05-09: 1,743 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 852 negativeWeek of 2025-05-16: 1,695 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 842 negativeWeek of 2025-05-23: 1,813 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 1,117 negativeWeek of 2025-05-30: 2,506 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 1,433 negativeWeek of 2025-06-06: 1,531 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 889 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 1,421 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 819 negativeWeek of 2025-06-20: 1,236 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 748 negativeWeek of 2025-06-27: 1,168 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 693 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 1,278 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 650 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 1,970 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 1,001 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 1,601 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 874 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 1,416 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 1,215 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,300 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,159 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 1,838 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 1,407 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 1,285 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 934 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 1,086 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 776 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 949 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 684 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 992 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 608 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 1,309 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 671 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 839 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 518 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 824 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 543 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 869 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 552 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 1,211 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 655 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 859 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 526 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 865 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 459 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 758 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 415 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 706 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 402 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 1,828 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 903 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 10,273 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 1,227 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 5,848 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 823 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 1,214 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 424 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 1,690 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 599 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 1,292 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 531 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 1,429 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 527 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 1,351 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 539 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 1,315 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 477 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 2,429 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 797 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 2,160 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 759 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 1,732 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 663 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 1,461 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 590 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 1,949 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 749 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 1,245 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 601 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 1,055 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 526 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 1,025 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 527 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 1,007 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 631 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 1,590 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 705 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 1,035 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 534 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 951 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 551 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 892 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 555 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 1,273 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 763 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 1,033 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 478 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 886 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 484 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 807 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 573 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 1,452 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 725 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 1,009 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 589 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 952 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 521 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 839 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 513 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 1,231 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 686 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 1,051 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 582 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 1,019 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 549 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 1,172 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 620 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 1,822 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 1,073 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 1,247 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 661 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 1,259 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 617 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 1,182 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 643 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 1,732 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 808 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 1,457 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 713 negativeWeek of 2026-08-21: 1,271 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 632 negativeWeek of 2026-08-28: 1,133 positiveWeek of 2026-08-28: 615 negativeWeek of 2026-09-04: 1,046 positiveWeek of 2026-09-04: 583 negativeWeek of 2026-09-11: 1,470 positiveWeek of 2026-09-11: 731 negativeWeek of 2026-09-18: 1,027 positiveWeek of 2026-09-18: 785 negativeWeek of 2026-09-25: 847 positiveWeek of 2026-09-25: 746 negativeWeek of 2026-10-02: 775 positiveWeek of 2026-10-02: 568 negativeWeek of 2026-10-09: 498 positiveWeek of 2026-10-09: 301 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

106k6.4k2026-09-14 20:00 — 88,307 players2026-09-15 20:00 — 83,121 players2026-09-17 10:00 — 37,752 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 40,017 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 48,797 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 48,837 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 34,771 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 32,850 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 31,408 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 31,398 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 34,602 players2026-09-26 10:00 — 42,533 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 43,173 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 30,627 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 29,033 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 28,056 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 27,877 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 30,634 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 37,103 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 37,067 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 27,655 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 25,391 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 26,081 players2026-10-08 10:00 — 26,079 players2026-10-09 10:00 — 6,379 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 40,299 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 39,379 players2026-10-12 10:00 — 28,109 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 25,635 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 25,067 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 54,256 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
306k64kDec 2024Aug 2026Dec 2024 — avg 279,402 · peak 418,832Jan 2025 — avg 306,066 · peak 642,333Feb 2025 — avg 228,000 · peak 437,272Mar 2025 — avg 144,302 · peak 307,057Apr 2025 — avg 134,118 · peak 315,153May 2025 — avg 102,116 · peak 189,945Jun 2025 — avg 79,806 · peak 158,539Jul 2025 — avg 82,825 · peak 162,931Aug 2025 — avg 77,502 · peak 149,457Sep 2025 — avg 64,418 · peak 131,528Oct 2025 — avg 63,716 · peak 127,557Nov 2025 — avg 65,301 · peak 124,050Dec 2025 — avg 75,492 · peak 152,267Jan 2026 — avg 88,790 · peak 199,788Feb 2026 — avg 81,368 · peak 152,784Mar 2026 — avg 65,150 · peak 141,041Apr 2026 — avg 70,116 · peak 140,505May 2026 — avg 67,588 · peak 131,986Jun 2026 — avg 69,738 · peak 129,219Jul 2026 — avg 84,281 · peak 196,974Aug 2026 — avg 80,129 · peak 144,922
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#8#212026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #92026-09-15 — #92026-09-16 — #92026-09-17 — #92026-09-18 — #82026-09-19 — #82026-09-20 — #92026-09-21 — #92026-09-22 — #92026-09-23 — #122026-09-24 — #132026-09-25 — #122026-09-26 — #122026-09-27 — #122026-09-28 — #132026-09-29 — #142026-09-30 — #142026-10-01 — #162026-10-02 — #182026-10-03 — #172026-10-04 — #162026-10-05 — #162026-10-06 — #172026-10-07 — #192026-10-08 — #212026-10-09 — #212026-10-10 — #212026-10-11 — #192026-10-12 — #192026-10-13 — #192026-10-14 — #19
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
2292292026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 126 new positive2026-09-15: 42 new negative2026-09-16: 124 new positive2026-09-16: 82 new negative2026-09-17: 126 new positive2026-09-17: 92 new negative2026-09-18: 152 new positive2026-09-18: 100 new negative2026-09-19: 118 new positive2026-09-19: 114 new negative2026-09-20: 136 new positive2026-09-20: 92 new negative2026-09-21: 152 new positive2026-09-21: 90 new negative2026-09-22: 84 new positive2026-09-22: 92 new negative2026-09-23: 133 new positive2026-09-23: 229 new negative2026-09-24: 108 new positive2026-09-24: 156 new negative2026-09-25: 90 new positive2026-09-25: 153 new negative2026-09-26: 70 new positive2026-09-26: 145 new negative2026-09-27: 77 new positive2026-09-27: 98 new negative2026-09-28: 89 new positive2026-09-28: 108 new negative2026-09-29: 84 new positive2026-09-29: 95 new negative2026-09-30: 50 new positive2026-09-30: 90 new negative2026-10-01: 76 new positive2026-10-01: 92 new negative2026-10-02: 96 new positive2026-10-02: 87 new negative2026-10-03: 91 new positive2026-10-03: 82 new negative2026-10-04: 83 new positive2026-10-04: 87 new negative2026-10-05: 65 new positive2026-10-05: 85 new negative2026-10-06: 130 new positive2026-10-06: 152 new negative2026-10-07: 67 new positive2026-10-07: 77 new negative2026-10-08: 44 new positive2026-10-08: 70 new negative2026-10-09: 117 new positive2026-10-09: 109 new negative2026-10-10: 136 new positive2026-10-10: 92 new negative2026-10-11: 76 new positive2026-10-11: 106 new negative2026-10-12: 79 new positive2026-10-12: 91 new negative2026-10-13: 62 new positive2026-10-13: 64 new negative2026-10-14: 51 new positive2026-10-14: 87 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.00$0.002024-12-062026-10-142024-12-06 — best price $0.002026-08-26 — best price $0.002026-09-02 — best price $0.002026-09-09 — best price $0.002026-09-16 — best price $0.002026-09-23 — best price $0.002026-09-30 — best price $0.002026-10-07 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.1k6632026-05-13 — 1,555 pageviews2026-05-17 — 1,078 pageviews2026-05-21 — 878 pageviews2026-05-25 — 845 pageviews2026-05-29 — 973 pageviews2026-06-02 — 824 pageviews2026-06-06 — 831 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,160 pageviews2026-06-14 — 962 pageviews2026-06-18 — 944 pageviews2026-06-22 — 934 pageviews2026-06-26 — 850 pageviews2026-06-30 — 875 pageviews2026-07-04 — 1,449 pageviews2026-07-08 — 2,086 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1,480 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1,321 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1,050 pageviews2026-07-24 — 1,099 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1,063 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1,082 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1,494 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,547 pageviews2026-08-13 — 1,369 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,294 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1,195 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1,182 pageviews2026-08-29 — 958 pageviews2026-09-02 — 940 pageviews2026-09-06 — 928 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1,323 pageviews2026-09-14 — 1,213 pageviews2026-09-18 — 966 pageviews2026-09-22 — 875 pageviews2026-09-26 — 868 pageviews2026-09-30 — 783 pageviews2026-10-04 — 701 pageviews2026-10-08 — 1,121 pageviews2026-10-12 — 726 pageviews2026-10-13 — 713 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

148k1.6k2026-09-30 20:34 — 13,774 viewers2026-10-01 04:12 — 4,258 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 9,738 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 12,687 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 11,334 viewers2026-10-02 20:12 — 8,184 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 15,325 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 8,702 viewers2026-10-03 19:12 — 7,352 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 14,634 viewers2026-10-04 10:12 — 5,431 viewers2026-10-04 20:12 — 5,126 viewers2026-10-05 03:34 — 17,612 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 7,039 viewers2026-10-06 00:12 — 5,467 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 10,324 viewers2026-10-06 15:12 — 7,420 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 18,684 viewers2026-10-07 07:12 — 1,604 viewers2026-10-07 20:12 — 7,676 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 15,522 viewers2026-10-08 11:12 — 6,123 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 15,956 viewers2026-10-09 04:12 — 4,653 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 13,314 viewers2026-10-09 19:12 — 11,754 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 25,758 viewers2026-10-10 10:12 — 10,203 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 17,256 viewers2026-10-11 01:12 — 6,970 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 10,354 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 11,987 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 15,042 viewers2026-10-12 10:12 — 1,948 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 16,018 viewers2026-10-13 06:12 — 4,860 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 10,439 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 17,350 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 6,723 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 13,840 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
63.8%
earned "Onslaught!"
12%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Turkish, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Korean…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-05-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)124,7971%49
PS5 (PlayStation)113,0685%41
Xbox Series (Xbox)41,2290%57
PS4 (PlayStation)12,6519%41
Xbox Series (Xbox)20%25

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DPvPCo-opActionShooterStrategySuperheroTeam-BasedCompetitiveMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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