Marvel might need successful on its arms with its new Overwatch competitor, as Marvel Rivals launches to spectacular numbers on Steam.
Following a number of alpha and beta exams earlier this 12 months, Marvel Rivals has now formally launched around the globe.
Developed by NetEase, the 6v6 free-to-play third-person hero shooter is mainly Overwatch with superheroes, with 33 playable characters (together with GC favorite Squirrel Girl) and eight maps obtainable from the beginning.
Following its launch at midnight on Friday, December 6, Marvel Rivals has racked up some spectacular participant numbers on Steam, surpassing GTA 5 and Monster Hunter: World.
According to SteamDB, Marvel Rivals has already reached an all-time concurrent peak of 444,286 gamers. For context, that is solely simply behind Helldivers 2’s peak of 458,709 and Among Us at 447,476, and it’s doubtless it might surpass each over the weekend.
This all-time peak is the twenty fifth highest ever, forward of GTA 5 (364,548), Capcom’s juggernaut Monster Hunter: World (334,684), and survival hit Sons Of The Forest (414,257).
At the time of writing (when the US hasn’t woken up but), it’s the fourth most-played recreation on Steam with 195,457 gamers, behind solely Counter-Strike 2, PUBG: Battlegrounds, and Dota 2.
While you would possibly suppose this success has one thing to do with the Marvel license, a number of Marvel video games have flopped lately, most notably 2022’s Marvel’s Midnight Suns and 2021’s Guardians Of The Galaxy. There have been hits too although, together with Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Marvel Snap.
The large boon for Marvel Rivals on the outset is the very fact it’s free-to-play, however with Overwatch falling out of favour lately, it’s maybe the proper time for an additional aggressive hero shooter to steal its thunder. For comparability, Overwatch 2, which absolutely launched in August final 12 months, achieved a peak of solely 75,608 gamers.
As with any dwell service recreation, nevertheless, the large check is whether or not it may preserve these numbers within the coming months, nevertheless it’s actually a promising begin.
It looks like Marvel Rivals has many characters within the pipeline too. Dataminers have unearthed information pointing to Blade, Mister Fantastic, Ultron, Captain Marvel, and others coming to the shooter. You can try the complete launch roster, and the rumoured future characters, under.
Marvel Rivals is offered on PC, Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5.
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