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Marvel Rivals cover art

Marvel Rivals

NetEase Games · 2024-12-05

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ActionFree To Play

Franchise: Marvel · Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative

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).

67,330
playing now
76%
positive of 412k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
11,068
twitch viewers (latest)
79/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (349 ratings)
78/100
opencritic · strong · 84% recommend
14h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 4.7h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

67,330 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 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
  • · 67,330 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 14,941 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,868/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (60,341 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 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: 1,121 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 616 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

145k37k2026-08-06 16:00 — 70,931 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 60,391 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 129,073 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 71,150 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 130,525 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 123,492 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 48,168 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 123,136 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 78,055 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 59,162 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 97,985 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 63,411 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 110,178 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 97,437 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 53,850 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 114,716 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 90,676 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 60,376 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 99,181 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 54,201 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 94,869 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 85,711 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 38,318 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 102,567 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 73,461 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 67,962 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 103,993 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 59,418 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 88,037 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 80,385 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 38,249 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 97,302 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 61,614 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 39,594 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 83,093 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 56,594 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 86,473 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 93,358 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 45,025 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 67,330 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#7#162026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #162026-08-07 — #162026-08-08 — #162026-08-09 — #162026-08-10 — #162026-08-11 — #162026-08-12 — #72026-08-13 — #72026-08-14 — #92026-08-15 — #92026-08-16 — #92026-08-17 — #92026-08-18 — #92026-08-19 — #92026-08-20 — #82026-08-21 — #72026-08-22 — #72026-08-23 — #82026-08-24 — #82026-08-25 — #92026-08-26 — #112026-08-27 — #112026-08-28 — #112026-08-29 — #112026-08-30 — #11
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
3333332026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 321 new positive2026-08-07: 95 new negative2026-08-08: 333 new positive2026-08-08: 118 new negative2026-08-09: 232 new positive2026-08-09: 122 new negative2026-08-10: 193 new positive2026-08-10: 102 new negative2026-08-11: 194 new positive2026-08-11: 108 new negative2026-08-13: 157 new positive2026-08-13: 100 new negative2026-08-14: 225 new positive2026-08-14: 120 new negative2026-08-15: 183 new positive2026-08-15: 111 new negative2026-08-16: 237 new positive2026-08-16: 94 new negative2026-08-17: 184 new positive2026-08-17: 108 new negative2026-08-18: 163 new positive2026-08-18: 125 new negative2026-08-19: 163 new positive2026-08-19: 70 new negative2026-08-20: 156 new positive2026-08-20: 98 new negative2026-08-21: 231 new positive2026-08-21: 104 new negative2026-08-22: 168 new positive2026-08-22: 96 new negative2026-08-23: 175 new positive2026-08-23: 95 new negative2026-08-24: 157 new positive2026-08-24: 86 new negative2026-08-25: 132 new positive2026-08-25: 106 new negative2026-08-26: 140 new positive2026-08-26: 71 new negative2026-08-27: 164 new positive2026-08-27: 88 new negative2026-08-28: 140 new positive2026-08-28: 84 new negative2026-08-29: 161 new positive2026-08-29: 82 new negative2026-08-30: 161 new positive2026-08-30: 89 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

2.1k7632026-05-13 — 1,555 pageviews2026-05-16 — 1,119 pageviews2026-05-19 — 1,039 pageviews2026-05-22 — 867 pageviews2026-05-25 — 845 pageviews2026-05-28 — 935 pageviews2026-05-31 — 791 pageviews2026-06-03 — 868 pageviews2026-06-06 — 831 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1,190 pageviews2026-06-12 — 1,152 pageviews2026-06-15 — 851 pageviews2026-06-18 — 944 pageviews2026-06-21 — 834 pageviews2026-06-24 — 904 pageviews2026-06-27 — 841 pageviews2026-06-30 — 875 pageviews2026-07-03 — 1,122 pageviews2026-07-06 — 1,118 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1,559 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1,480 pageviews2026-07-15 — 1,129 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1,072 pageviews2026-07-21 — 1,049 pageviews2026-07-24 — 1,099 pageviews2026-07-27 — 1,149 pageviews2026-07-30 — 1,089 pageviews2026-08-02 — 1,172 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1,494 pageviews2026-08-08 — 1,292 pageviews2026-08-11 — 1,330 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1,286 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,294 pageviews2026-08-20 — 1,175 pageviews2026-08-23 — 1,248 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1,170 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

25k2.7k2026-08-16 16:12 — 6,945 viewers2026-08-17 05:12 — 10,444 viewers2026-08-17 17:12 — 4,360 viewers2026-08-18 05:12 — 7,562 viewers2026-08-18 17:12 — 12,085 viewers2026-08-19 05:12 — 24,963 viewers2026-08-19 17:12 — 4,577 viewers2026-08-20 05:12 — 6,734 viewers2026-08-20 18:12 — 5,973 viewers2026-08-21 06:12 — 7,482 viewers2026-08-21 21:12 — 4,035 viewers2026-08-22 09:12 — 4,409 viewers2026-08-23 09:12 — 3,363 viewers2026-08-23 21:12 — 9,198 viewers2026-08-24 09:12 — 3,348 viewers2026-08-24 22:12 — 4,256 viewers2026-08-25 16:12 — 3,452 viewers2026-08-26 05:12 — 10,164 viewers2026-08-26 19:15 — 18,831 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 18,431 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 10,134 viewers2026-08-27 18:12 — 6,111 viewers2026-08-28 01:12 — 8,274 viewers2026-08-28 07:12 — 4,737 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 12,431 viewers2026-08-29 00:12 — 4,425 viewers2026-08-29 06:12 — 4,797 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 8,934 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 17,151 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 17,574 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 8,441 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 11,068 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…

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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