{"id":1094821,"date":"2026-01-25T14:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T14:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i2KSuNoBKRZtS5XkNkTZkc"},"modified":"2026-01-25T14:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T14:58:11","slug":"marvel-rivals-starts-2025-by-clobberin-the-most-played-charts-hitting-over-640000-players-on-steam-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marvel-rivals-starts-2025-by-clobberin-the-most-played-charts-hitting-over-640000-players-on-steam-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Rivals starts 2025 by clobberin&#8217; the most played charts, hitting over 640,000 players on Steam alone"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>If I had a nickel for every time a recently-released live service third-person shooter gained hundreds of thousands of players at the start of the year, I&#8217;d have two nickels. Which isn&#8217;t a lot, but it&#8217;s weird that it&#8217;s happened twice. As the headline suggests, Marvel Rivals is doing very well for itself\u2014garnering a whopping 644,269 players on Steam at its all-time high as of January 11.<\/p>\n<p>That, as per SteamDB&#8217;s leaderboards, puts it at a downright respectful <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/charts\/?sort=peak\">number 14<\/a> at the time of writing, placing it below other such videogame giants as Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 (which had around 40.6% more players at its peak) and above heavy hitters like Path of Exile 2, Valheim, and Helldivers 2.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s more than enough to be classified as a phenomenon, considering Arrowhead&#8217;s flagship shooter pulled in 458,700 bug-shooting super patriots at launch. And that&#8217;s not taking into account its players on other platforms such as PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X\/S.<\/p>\n<p>As to why? Well, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/the-best-part-of-marvel-rivals-season-1-is-mister-fantastics-obnoxiously-fun-chest-bump-attack-and-his-ridiculously-op-kit\/\">Season 1&#8217;s here, for starters<\/a>. And it&#8217;s free, obviously\u2014which is bound to account for a lot of the &#8216;eh, screw it, let&#8217;s give it a shot&#8217; crowd. Of which I am one, to be fair. I&#8217;d never have typically tried something like Marvel Rivals for a premium, but its <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/marvel-rivals-is-blissful-chaos-which-makes-me-worry-that-like-overwatch-itll-have-all-the-fun-drained-out-of-it-once-the-balancing-wars-begin\/\">zany overpowered nonsense has absolutely hooked me<\/a>. Even our own Fraser Brown, who was <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/marvel-rivals-closed-beta-is-aggressively-bad-and-turns-my-favourite-marvel-villain-into-a-glorified-babysitter\/\">initially down on the game<\/a>, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/ok-i-take-it-back-marvel-rivals-is-not-an-aggressively-bad-unsalvageable-mess-it-might-even-be-good\/\">came around on it<\/a> in time for Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s also the fact that NetEase has put together something that&#8217;s just downright solid and a good bit of fun, marrying that competence up with recognisable characters. Let&#8217;s face it, the star power of Marvel is a huge power up to any marketing efforts. Everyone wants to get a teamwipe as their favourite hero, and you get to enjoy learning more about the comics, too\u2014in other words, players are coming for Spider-Man, and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/marvel-rival-players-discover-a-little-shark-lad-can-instakill-the-whole-enemy-team-by-eating-them-and-hurling-himself-off-a-cliff\/\">staying for Jeff the Land Shark<\/a>. Sure, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/marvel-rivals-does-almost-everything-right-but-boy-does-its-progression-suck\/\">the monetisation ain&#8217;t great<\/a>, but it&#8217;s also cosmetics only, so you can just sort of close your eyes and ignore it.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it keeps the momentum of its opening web swing is another thing entirely. 2024 was not a great year for live service shooters, making Marvel Rivals a notable <em>outlier <\/em>among its newcomer brethren<em>. <\/em><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/ubisoft-loses-faith-in-free-to-play-cod-competitor-xdefiant-will-shut-it-down-in-2025-many-free-to-play-games-take-a-long-time-to-find-their-footing-and-become-profitable\/\">X-Defiant<\/a>, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/is-concord-the-biggest-live-service-failure-of-all-time-heres-how-it-stacks-up-next-to-other-major-flops\/\">Concord<\/a>, and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/suicide-squads-fourth-season-will-be-its-last-but-the-offline-mode-promised-a-year-ago-is-finally-here\/\">Suicide Squad<\/a> all launched and flopped\u2014I&#8217;d even given up hope that a new kid on the block could even make a dent.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I&#8217;m eating humble pie now. Both because I was wrong, and because I keep getting my ass kicked when I dive into the backline as Spider-Man, along with everyone else. At least its developers are staying humble, too, with its game director admitting that there&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/marvel-rivals-director-says-concord-didnt-bring-any-unique-value-that-would-convince-players-to-give-it-a-shot-but-admits-that-no-one-can-really-predict-what-will-or-wont-succeed\/\">really no basic formula to success<\/a>: &#8220;It&#8217;s really hard to tell ahead of time.&#8221; That makes me feel better about my faltering powers of prophecy, at least.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"af15bae1-6978-4b44-bdb5-9b4b4e80d79c\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Marvel Rivals tier list\" data-dimension48=\"Marvel Rivals tier list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:431px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"FunBhJw72viDpvnP7uFZu\" name=\"marvel rivals iron man\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/marvel-rivals-starts-2025-by-clobberin-the-most-played-charts-hitting-over-640000-players-on-steam-alone.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"431\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/marvel-rivals-tier-list-best-characters\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"af15bae1-6978-4b44-bdb5-9b4b4e80d79c\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Marvel Rivals tier list\" data-dimension48=\"Marvel Rivals tier list\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Marvel Rivals tier list<\/strong><\/a>: Best characters for each role<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/marvel-rivals-ranks-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Marvel Rivals ranks<\/strong><\/a>: How to climb in competitive<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/marvel-rivals-units\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Marvel Rivals units<\/strong><\/a>: How to earn the currency<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/marvel-rivals-codes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Marvel Rivals codes<\/strong><\/a>: Grab free gear and more<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/marvel-rivals-review\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Marvel Rivals review<\/strong><\/a>: Hero shooter report<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/marvel-rivals-starts-2025-by-clobberin-the-most-played-charts-hitting-over-640-000-players-on-steam-alone\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If I had a nickel for every time a recently-released live service third-person shooter gained hundreds of thousands of players at the start of the year, I&#8217;d have two nickels. Which isn&#8217;t a lot, but it&#8217;s weird that it&#8217;s happened twice. As the headline suggests, Marvel Rivals is doing very well for itself\u2014garnering a whopping 644,269 players on Steam at its all-time high as of January 11. That, as per SteamDB&#8217;s leaderboards, puts it at a downright respectful number 14 at the time of writing, placing it below other such videogame giants as Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 (which had around 40.6% more players at its peak) and above heavy hitters like Path of Exile 2, Valheim, and Helldivers 2. 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