Despite the new update, Marvel’s Avengers does not seem to be turning around. The new game is losing players on Steam, causing a downward spiral. Because those who are still there can hardly play properly now.
What about Avengers? Already at the beginning of October, the player count for Marvel’s Avengers sank below 1000 players on Steam. Now it has even dropped further.
Today, on November 11, the game peaks at 717 players in the past 24 hours. At the lowest point, only 337 players were online at the same time, with a downward trend.
A low player count is generally not a nice image for a game. For an MMO like Avengers, it’s even tougher, as players rely on teammates and multiplayer is a major focus.
Fewer players lead to even fewer players
This is the problem: In Avengers, almost all endgame content is designed for cooperative gameplay, meaning playing with other players. Some content can be completed with AI teammates, but for the toughest challenges, you need human players.
Since players can no longer find teammates, they cannot properly play some content. This leads to frustration—and ultimately to them also stopping playing Avengers. A downward spiral that results in even fewer players.
On October 15, the developers released a new update that was supposed to bring players back. However, it apparently did not work. Since then, the numbers have continued to fall.
The MeinMMO readers have been skeptical about Marvel’s Avengers from the beginning for various reasons. The beta has shown many players that the game is not for them. Perhaps Avengers is simply another victim of MeinMMO author Jürgen Horn:
What’s next? The declining player counts are not advantageous for the studio and publisher Square Enix either. Already, Avengers has caused a multi-million loss—but Square has remained optimistic so far. Perhaps the player counts on PlayStation 4 are looking better.
Might Avengers also experience a new surge when PlayStation 5 is released and players can play in better quality? Owners of Marvel’s Avengers on PS4 ultimately get a free upgrade to a PS5 version. However, this will only happen in 2021.
