Marvel Rivals is a team-based hero shooter from NetEase Games, played in third person with a roster drawn from across Marvel's comics — Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, Magneto, Storm and a steadily expanding cast.
Two teams of six fight over objectives across a set of maps. Characters fall into three roles: Vanguards absorb damage and make space, Duelists deal it, and Strategists heal and support. A team needs a spread across all three, and most losses trace back to a composition that skipped one.
The mechanic that separates it from others in the genre is Team-Up abilities. Specific character pairings unlock a shared power when both are picked — combinations drawn from the comics rather than assigned arbitrarily — which turns hero selection into a question of who your teammates chose, not just who you play well.
Environments are substantially destructible. Walls, cover and whole structures can be brought down during a fight, so the map a round ends on is rarely the map it started on, and sightlines change as the match proceeds.
The game is free to play on Windows, monetised through cosmetic skins and a battle pass. Seasonal updates add characters, maps and modes.
Developed and published by NetEase Games in partnership with Marvel Games, running on a seasonal content cycle since its December 2024 launch.
