Marvel Rivals 'loading is stuck at 99%' error: Possible reasons and fixes

Numerous users have reported facing Marvel Rivals 'loading is stuck at 99%' error when starting a new match after going through the tutorial. This has resulted in many players receiving unfair penalties and AFK warnings or being able to join the match after a considerable amount of time has passed. Even though several bugs were ironed out from the beta testing phase, gamers are still encountering this match-loading issue after the official release on December 6. 2024.

In this article, we look at some of the possible fixes for this persistent 'loading is stuck at 99%' error that players have been facing in NetEase Games' latest third-person team-based shooter.

Please note: none of these fixes are official and they might not work for every system.

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Possible reason and fixes for Marvel Rivals 'loading is stuck at 99%' error

The possible fixes for this issue require game reinstallation (Image via NetEase Games)

There hasn't been any official news about a specific cause for the Marvel Rivals 'loading is stuck at 99%' error. However, one possibility could be that the temporary cache files from the beta-testing phase are clashing with the files from the global release of the game.

As such, no official fix has surfaced that can resolve the problem of Marvel Rivals 'loading is stuck at 99%' error. Gamers on Reddit, however, have found workarounds that can deal with this problem, albeit in some complex and time-consuming manners.

Players looking to deal with this issue permanently require a little bit of time, patience, and storage space on their computers to explore all the different possible fixes currently floating around in the community forums.

The possible fixes are as follows:

• Clearing Marvel Rivals data from the hidden folders AppData and Temp
• Installing the game on the C drive (main system drive)
• Clean reinstall of the game

1) Clearing Marvel Rivals data from the hidden folders AppData and Temp

Opening AppData Roaming folder via Run window (Image via Sportskeeda)

Clearing Marvel Rivals data from the AppData and Temp hidden folders ensures that any player who has taken part in the beta testing of the game is clearing temporary data beta phase files for the game, which can cause potential hiccups post-game global launch.

Since Steam game file verification takes into account the official game data in the install folder and configuration files, temp data stored in hidden folders during beta testing can get overlooked. This causes game file verification to not fix the problem of Marvel Rivals 'loading is stuck at 99%' error.

The steps to find and delete temp data from hidden system folders are as follows:

1. Press the Win key + R to open up the Run window.
2. Type in %appdata% and then press enter to open the AppData Roaming folder.
3. Delete all Marvel Rivals and NetEase folders and data you find here.
4. Go one step back to the AppData directory and open the Local folder.
5. Once again, delete all Marvel Rivals and NetEase folders and data you find here.
6. Now close this Explorer window and press the Win key + R to open up the Run window.
7. Type %temp% and then hit enter to open the temp folder.
8. Since this folder houses all dump files, delete all the data you find here and skip the ones that show any error message.

After following these steps, please restart the entire system and perform a clean installation of the game Marvel Rivals once again. Since this ensures the deletion of older files/ temp data, this could potentially fix the issue of Marvel Rivals 'loading is stuck at 99%'.

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2) Installing the game on the C drive (main system drive) with Clean reinstall

Reinstall the game to try and resolve Marvel Rivals 'loading is stuck at 99%' error (Image via Sportskeeda)

For various unknown reasons, one reportedly working fix to deal with the issue of Marvel Rivals 'loading is stuck at 99%' is to install the game on the system's main drive. It does not seem to matter whether the main system drive or the drive the game is installed on is a solid-state drive or a mechanical drive, but if the game is on the main system drive, it can provide a potential fix.

While aiming to follow this workaround to tackle loading stuck at 99% error, players can clean uninstall Marvel Rivals, and reinstall it on their main system drive. There are many third-party uninstall applications, like Revo Uninstaller or IObit uninstaller gamers can utilize to perform a clean uninstall of the game.

Following this, performing a system restart and then installing the game on the main system drive can potentially fix the Marvel Rivals 'loading is stuck at 99%' error.

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