Fun gameplay and heroes
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Fast-paced hero combat with tight controls and readable abilities.”
Steam review · 53.1 h played ↗
Marvel Rivals
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 75%Mostly Positive · 75%NetEase Games2024Hero Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Action
The verdict
A fun, stylish Marvel hero shooter with a huge roster and a generous free model, but dragged down by suspected rigged matchmaking, toxic players and balance issues. Skip if ranked frustration bothers you.
Great for
Marvel fans wanting casual hero-shooter fun with friends who can ignore chat
Main risk
Matchmaking that feels rigged, plus toxic teammates, makes ranked play frustrating
What changed in the last 30 days
158 recent reviews
Many recent negatives mention hate-speech reporting being removed and bans of complainers, plus Season 10 team-ups, stricter Quick Play leave penalties and worse FPS after an update. Fairly consistent across reviews.
158 recent reviews
What players love
Big roster of Marvel characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Large roster of heroes to choose from with diverse gameplay styles”
Steam review · 526.9 h played ↗
Generous free-to-play model and skins
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“The battlepass system is fair. If you buy the pass and don't complete it by the end of the season, you don't lose the items.”
Steam review · 201.2 h played ↗
Addictive and responsive devs
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“Addicting, it's free and fun to squeeze in a few hours”
Steam review · 1528.9 h played ↗
Great with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“I highly suggest playin this with friends. Randoms are useless.”
Steam review · 95.4 h played ↗
Great art style and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“The style of the game is wonderful”
Steam review · 1153.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Rigged or EOMM-style matchmaking
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“I’m 100% convinced that this game has some form of EOMM or heavily manipulated matchmaking”
Steam review · 210.8 h played ↗
Poor hero and team-up balance
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“It feels like the whole game is built around team-ups now. They're way too strong”
Steam review · 2149.2 h played ↗
Toxic community, racism and weak moderation
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Most toxic community I've ever been a part of, genuinely more toxic overall than Rust.”
Steam review · 660 h played ↗
Poor optimization and huge install size
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“FPS drops by 50–70% during combat even on the lowest settings.”
Steam review · 755.1 h played ↗
Throwers, smurfs, cheaters and no punishment
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“To many cheaters not even trying to hide it anymore and crying players who throw when things don't go the way they want.”
Steam review · 751.1 h played ↗
Over-sexualized skins prioritized over fixes
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The devs cant see that this game is trash and unoptimised because they're too busy making more gooner skins”
Steam review · 191.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support70 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit (1909 or newer)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD RX 580 / Intel Arc A380
Storage70 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit (1909 or newer)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-10400 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Super) / AMD RX 5700-XT / Intel Arc A750
Storage70 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bit (1909 or newer)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD RX 580 / Intel Arc A380
Storage70 GB available space
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