ULTIMATE MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%2017

$24.99

US Steam price, checked 1 h ago

The verdict

A chaotic, flashy 3v3 tag fighter with a huge roster and deep combos that still thrives locally and via mods. Skip it if you want online play, a story mode, or a beginner-friendly game.

Great for

Local play with friends, combo labbing, and Marvel/Capcom fans who like chaotic tag fighters

Main risk

Online is nearly empty and laggy, so you may be left with only local, arcade and AI play

What players love

Huge, iconic roster

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“the 56 character roster allowing a massive expanse of freedom”
Steam review · 136.3 h played ↗

“the amount of options available for team building and labbing combos is insanely varied”
Steam review · 8.4 h played ↗

“a huge number of characters, very fast fights with beautiful special moves and combos”
Steam review · translated · 40.6 h played ↗

Fast, chaotic, deep combat

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“50 characters with 3 assists each leads to endless creativity”
Steam review · 947.6 h played ↗

“the sheer satisfaction of landing a perfect team hyper combo makes every bit of practice worth it”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗

“The combat is extremely fast-paced, explosive, and rewarding, with deep combo systems, assists, and team synergy”
Steam review · 98.6 h played ↗

Great comic-book art style and music

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“The cell-shaded, comic-book art style has aged beautifully, and the soundtrack is filled with absolute bangers.”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗

“the game has a very cool comic-book style that makes fights look very impressive”
Steam review · translated · 40.6 h played ↗

Fun with friends locally

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews

“probably the best game to play with friends even if none of you have no idea how to combo”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗

“it became a huge part of our routine — tons of hype matches, laughs, and moments we still talk about”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗

Runs well on modern PCs and Steam Deck

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“Incredibly superb optimization. It runs on MAX graphics with 2 GB RAM and a 1 GB video card.”
Steam review · translated · 18.7 h played ↗

“It works on my steam deck, works on windows, works on my linux mint machines it just works!”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗

Community Edition mod adds characters

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews

“with the community edition mod this one is awesome with more than double the base roster of new characters”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗

“Community Edition mod is super easy to install and adds loads of new characters to the game.”
Steam review · 13.9 h played ↗

What players complain about

Capcom's Enigma DRM backlash

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Forcefully shoving Enigma DRM into your entire Steam back catalog is unacceptable.”
Steam review · 71.9 h played ↗

“Prevents modding, cheat engine, and reduces performance by up to 10-15 fps with stutters.”
Steam review · 6 h played ↗

“all capcom has done for it is abandon it, twice at that”
Steam review · 447.1 h played ↗

Crashes and launch failures on modern setups

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“the game still has that crashing bug when you change resolution or windows size.”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗

“If you have a 4k display (mine is an LG CX over HDMI 2.1) the game is broken and doesn't launch.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

“Game crashes every time I close it, endless black screen that will not respond to task manager”
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗

Online is dead or laggy

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“its unplayable online, the networking is worse than ever before, finding someone to play can take up to 10mins, and when you do, the game lags so bad its not worth bothering.”
Steam review · 18.8 h played ↗

“online is dead! and if you meet anyone, it's a console player who'll combo all three of your characters!”
Steam review · translated · 4.2 h played ↗

“Delay based netcode so ideally only pick up if you don't care to play online”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗

Button-mashy, cheap, cluttered gameplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews

“overly simplified cheese fest of a game, cheap moves, and even cheaper combos.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗

“in a game about duels, the duels themselves can't be seen”
Steam review · translated · 0.5 h played ↗

“Gameplay is pretty basic and button mashing can get you everywhere in this game.”
Steam review · 13 h played ↗

Steep learning curve, hostile to newcomers

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews

“This game is VERY competitive. If you aren't willing to put in the work to become at least half decent, you will not have fun with this.”
Steam review · 18.3 h played ↗

“Game is much too busy and does not explain its mechanics at all.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗

Overpriced for such an old game

Mentioned in ~1 in 50 negative reviews

“This price range is absurd, the game is a fighting game gem from 2011.”
Steam review · 13.9 h played ↗

“asking TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS for a game that was released almost FIFTEEN, yes, FIFTEEN years ago is absurd.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSWindows 7 SP1 / 8 / 8.1 (64-bit)

ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz

Memory2 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX260

Storage4 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 7 SP1 / 8 / 8.1 / 10(64-bit)

ProcessorIntel Core 2 Quad 2.7 GHz / AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 / AMD Radeon RX 6800

Storage4 GB available space

OSWindows 7 SP1 / 8 / 8.1 (64-bit)

ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz

Memory2 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX260

Storage4 GB available space

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