Marvel Rivals beat Apex Legends' highest peak with the Season 1 launch

NetEase Games' Marvel Rivals has beaten Apex Legends in terms of peak player count in 2025. EA's battle royale lost its top spot with the highest recorded peak player count of 624,473. Meanwhile, the NetEase title gained a whopping 642,333 peak players, beating Apex with 17,860 players after the launch of Season 1.

This article attempts to analyze how Marvel Rivals beat Apex Legends' highest peak with the Season 1 launch.

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Marvel Rivals beat Apex Legends' highest peak after the launch of Season 1

As mentioned earlier, Marvel Rivals has surpassed Apex Legends in terms of peak player count, per the stats by player database website, SteamCharts. Marvel Rivals achieved a significant milestone with a peak of 642,333 players, surpassing Apex by a substantial margin of 17,860 players following the launch of Season 1 Eternal Night Falls.

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Marvel Rivals player database (Image via NetEase Game/SteamCharts)

Marvel Rivals has become the 14th most-played game ever in the Steam database, which is proof of its initial success. Apex Legends, on the other hand, has lost a significant chunk of its player base, with the player count falling as low as 54,445 concurrent players.

The NetEase Games title had a pretty successful launch, with a whopping 418, 832 players on Steam servers in December 2024. In sharp contrast, the average player count fell to less than 100,000 players during the Apex Legends Shockwave Season. This could be due to gamers' growing dissatisfaction with the ongoing content updates, as well as persistent issues such as cheating, bugs, and game crashes.

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