At the beginning of December 2024, a new team shooter featuring Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man, and others, Marvel Rivals, was released. Now the game has achieved an impressive milestone on Steam. Meanwhile, the community is celebrating the high quality of the Overwatch competitor.
What milestone is this? Via X, the team at NetEase announced that they welcomed over 20 million players in the first two weeks. Despite the free-to-play payment model, this is an impressive number.
While the all-time high of 480,990 concurrent players, which was recorded ten days ago (via steamdb.info), Marvel Rivals currently sees nearly 400,000 concurrent active players during peak times. This is usually enough for the top 5 on Steam (currently – 08:51 AM, December 19, 2024 – ranked 4 behind Dota 2, PUBG, and Counter-Strike 2).
Here is the launch trailer for Marvel Rivals:
“I am having a lot more fun than I thought”
How does the community rate the milestone? In the associated discussion on Reddit, many players are celebrating the high quality of Marvel Rivals and the success it has earned as a result.
- Jack_Sentry is excited for the future (via Reddit): “It will be interesting to see how the game develops in the long run, but it seems like they have a real winner on their hands.”
- Tinkerer0fTerror reveals on Reddit: “My husband plays this daily. He is obsessed with Jeff, the Land Shark. And I must admit, Jeff is adorable. I also enjoy hearing the sounds Jeff makes from the TV.”
- nmcorso47 writes on Reddit: “I am having a lot more fun than I thought.”
- Karakara16 summarizes his experience on Reddit: “Just one more round and then I’ll go to bed…”
- Karsa69420 is tired but happy (via Reddit): “Yes, I’m shocked that I’ve already put in 15 hours. Me and another guy are exhausted today because we stayed up until 2 AM playing.”
Marvel Rivals thus achieves something that Sony’s service shooter Concord would have liked to accomplish. Instead, its servers went offline just days after being launched. The game director behind the superhero romp has a clear opinion on why the competitor failed: The developer behind Marvel Rivals explains why Concord flopped while his game is successful
