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79/100
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74/100
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68/100
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75% positive424,579 reviews
Steam Deck
Playable
Runs on
Windows
Price
Free

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2024 · NetEase Games · Adventure · Hero shooter

Marvel Rivals

Marvel Rivals is a super hero team-based PvP shooter developed by NetEase Games! 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!

Released
6 December 2024
Platforms
Nintendo Switch 2PlayStation 4PlayStation 5WindowsXbox Series X/SmacOS
Genres
AdventureHero shooterRacingRole-playingShooterStrategyThird-person shooter
Developers
NetEase Games
Publishers
NetEase Games
Modes
Co-opMultiplayer
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Action
Country
People's Republic of China
Age ratings
USK 12ACB MPEGI 12ESRB TGRAC ALLCLASS_IND 12
Languages
Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, English (UK), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil) and 7 more
Time to beat
20hmain story128hcompletionist

About

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 54 playable characters from Marvel Comics, and features cross-play across all supported platforms. As of September 2026, ten seasons of playable storylines have been released to the game, based on the comic book series and events "Blood Hunt", "Hellfire Gala", "King in Black", The Immortal Iron Fist, Mr.

& Mrs. X, Deadpool, and "Devil's Reign".

›Story

The merciless clash between tyrannical dictator Doctor Doom and his future counterpart from the year 2099 has forced countless universes to collide in the Timestream Entanglement, creating new worlds and crises unknown.

Now, Super Heroes and Villains from across the multiverse must fight together and against one another as disparate groups each seek to best both Dooms before one achieves domination of these realities. Familiar faces become newfound foes while former enemies become the greatest of allies in Marvel Rivals!

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Gameplay

Marvel Rivals is a 6v6 third-person hero shooter title. The game features destructible environments, allowing players to alter the battlefield (which is overseen by Galacta). As of July 2026, there are 23 unique maps active in the game.

The game has eight modes:

Story

The story follows a hostile meeting between Doctor Doom and his heroic 2099 counterpart, which causes a "timestream entanglement" that leads to new worlds being created and heroes and villains from across the multiverse fighting one another to defeat both Doom variants before one claims victory over the new worlds.

Development

Marvel Games partnered with NetEase Games to develop a team-based PvP hero shooter game. NetEase Games is mainly responsible for the design and development of gameplay content, while Marvel Games has a supervisory role ensuring the content conforms to the tone of the Marvel brand and intellectual property. NetEase Games' development team for Marvel Rivals, based in Guangzhou, is led by lead producer Weicong Wu and creative director Guangyun Chen.

The game is built on Unreal Engine 5. Marvel Games senior producer Danny Koo characterized Marvel Rivals visually as a blend of Eastern and Western art styles.

Reception

Marvel Rivals received "mixed or average" reviews for the PC version and "generally favorable" reviews for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions, according to the review aggregator website Metacritic.

Marvel Rivals has been praised for its monetization model, which does not involve pay-to-win elements (all gameplay elements such as heroes are free) and time limits on purchased battle passes.

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Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows6 December 2024Worldwide
PlayStation 56 December 2024Worldwide
Xbox Series X/S6 December 2024Worldwide
PlayStation 412 September 2025Worldwide
Nintendo Switch 2Unreleased

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