In the cutthroat arena of hero shooters, Marvel Rivals exploded onto the scene with Marvel’s A-list roster and blistering 6v6 battles, but just 10 months after launch, the free-to-play phenom has hemorrhaged 85% of its peak playerbase, dropping from 644,000 concurrent Steam users to a shaky 98,000 as of October 2025—raising red flags about its staying power against giants like