Key things
- Marvel Rivals surpassed 10 million players just 72 hours after its full launch on December 6th.
- In addition to its impressive player count, Marvel Rivals is receiving positive reviews from players across Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox.
- Developer NetEase Games will expand Marvel Rivals with new characters in the future and plans to release Season 1 in January 2025.
Marvel Rivals has officially crossed a whopping 10 million players across all platforms. After the official opening on December 6 Marvel Rivals has exploded in popularity on Steam, and the heroic shooter seems to be quickly reaping major player milestones on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
Developed and published by NetEase Games, Marvel Rivals is the latest live action hero shooter to hit the market. As the name suggests, one of the main draws Marvel Rivals is his 33-strong roster of Marvel heroes and villains such as Moon Knight, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Captain America, Wolverine and many more. Recent leaks have also revealed this Marvel Rivals will expand this line with other popular Marvel characters.
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While the closed beta version for Marvel Rivals the game started earlier this year and fully launched in Season 0 on December 6th. Marvel Rivals It proved to be a huge hit on Steam on its first day of release, peaking at over 444,000 concurrent players, and now that three days have passed, the game continues to build its fan base at an impressive pace. Official Twitter account for Marvel Rivals confirmed very recently that the hero shooter surpassed 10 million players worldwide on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S just 72 hours after launch.
Marvel Rivals has reached an incredible number of players in 72 hours
- 10 million players on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC
Growing popularity Marvel Rivals is accompanied by strong player approval, as the game has “Mostly Positive” reviews on Steam, a rating of 4.68 (out of 5) on the PlayStation Store, and 4 (out of 5) stars on the Xbox Store at the time of writing. . NetEase Games apparently has a huge hit Marvel Rivalswith the hero shooter binding Apex LegendsThe record of 10 million players in three days and even surpassed Fortniteinitial pace of 10 million players in two weeks. Marvel RivalsThe player trajectory seems incredibly strong and it should be interesting to see how the game develops in the coming weeks and months.
NetEase Games has also gained community favor with its battle pass and monetization system for Marvel Rivals it imposes no time limit on completion, allowing players to take on the challenges at whatever pace suits them. Season 0 of Marvel Rivals currently centers around popular Marvel villain Dr. Doom and NetEase Games have confirmed that Season 1 will be released sometime in January 2025.