Marvel Rivals celebrates 20 million players by giving free gift to players

Marvel Rivals, NetEase Games’ latest third-person hero-based shooter recently reached the milestone of 20 million registered players. The game launched on December 6, 2024, and is already a huge hit in the community, considering it has just taken two weeks to reach this massive milestone.

To celebrate this achievement, the developer has decided to hand out a free gift to their players to help decorate their accounts and commemorate their first milestone.

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Marvel Rivals giving free gift to players for reaching the 20 million players milestone

NetEase Games recently revealed that they have already reached 20 million registered players for their new Marvel game just two weeks after its official launch. The game has been a huge success in the community with players logging in every day to play as their favorite Marvel characters.

According to SteamDB, the game has been putting up massive numbers from the beginning itself, with more than 200K concurrent players and an all-time peak of 4,80,990 on December 9, 2024.

Having said that, the developer has decided to celebrate this milestone with a customized spray, that features Galacta, the narrator in the game, holding party poppers and celebrating the achievement. The spray also includes the text ‘20,000,000 Rivals!’ to mark the exact reason for the celebration.

The 20 million Rivals spray will be given away for free to all the players currently playing the game. You just have to log in between December 20, 2024, and January 10, 2025, to claim it.

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This new title is a perfect blend of a shooter experience and the comic world, thus attracting players from both genres simultaneously. It will be interesting to see how it fares against its main competitor, Overwatch 2, in the near future, testing its longevity.

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