Aside from reaching 400,000 peak concurrent players in just its first day, Marvel Rivals has reached 20 million players just two weeks after its launch.
The news was announced via the Marvel Rivals official X account. There, it was revealed that players will get a cute new spray featuring Galacta to celebrate the milestone. To get this spray, players simply need to log in from December 20, 2024, to January 10, 2025.
Marvel Rivals was released on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on December 6. While the game has gotten some buzz ahead of its launch, Marvel Rivals exceeded expectations after its release as it quickly got hundreds of thousands of players to try it out.
While you can argue that the big launch numbers and 20 million player count of Marvel Rivals were helped by the Marvel IP and by the fact that it’s a free-to-play game, it’s fair to say that the game is a big success thanks to its gameplay as well. After all, plenty of players have expressed how fun the game is, not to mention that it continues to have a massive playerbase.
The game’s success is in sharp contrast to Concord, PlayStation’s hero shooter that became one of the gaming industry’s biggest flops. As such, you can argue that Marvel Rivals proved that there’s still plenty of interest in the genre.