Marvel Rivals
What Marvel Rivals is
Marvel Rivals is a Super Hero Team-Based PVP Shooter!
The sentence of its Steam description that best says what it is, picked by Jev. The developer's own words.Marvel Rivals is a Super Hero Team-Based PVP Shooter! Assemble an all-star Marvel squad, devise countless strategies by combining powers to form unique Team-Up skills and fight in destructible, ever-changing battlefields across the continually evolving Marvel universe!
What people say
Complaints about matchmaking and balance in Marvel Rivals centre on patches that feel unfair, a suspicion that matches are rigged to cause losses, uneven skill gaps and overpowered heroes.
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Recent reviews run 33 points below the lifetime score.
Steam's score counts every review over the game's life; this report reads the reviews in its window, so a recent update or event moves it first.
Of the people who wrote a review
Watch out for
- Matchmaking and balance18%Most often poor balance patches
“Matchmaking has hit Stage 4 Overwatch 1 levels of bad. Unplayable balances between teams, seems like devs only care about squeezing out left over skin design money than feedback at this point.”
- Bans, scams and safety13%
- Cheaters and toxicity8%
- Locked out of their account1%
Share of written reviews that raise each one.
Who it suits
- Competitive play177 reviewers; most raised: matchmaking and balanceComplain87%Praise51%
- Playing with friends84 reviewers; most raised: matchmaking and balanceComplain63%Praise78%
- Relaxing13 reviewers; most raised: matchmaking and balanceComplain37%Praise94%
Steam reviews over its whole life
424,719 reviews in every language, counted per week by Steam itself.
What Marvel Rivals reviewers say
One public report on Marvel Rivals reads 2,509 Steam reviews from the last year. The report “Marvel Rivals vs Overwatch: which hero shooter do players rate higher?” was last updated Oct 26, 2026. Of its 2,509 judged reviewers, 64% complain, 44% praise something, 4% make a request and 4% say they're quitting. The top complaint is matchmaking and balance at 27% of complaints, then bans, scams and safety (14%) and cheaters and toxicity (9%). Top praise: gameplay is fun, at 16% of praise. Top requests: more content (26%) and new feature or option (25%). Two audience differences stand out. Established user: say they're quitting 6.0x as often as everyone (23% vs 4%). Competitive play: say they're quitting 2.3x as often as everyone (9% vs 4%).
One public report on Marvel Rivals. Each title is written by the person who shared it; the line under it says how the reviews were picked.
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