Marvel Rivals could have earned over $136 million in its first month
Since the release of NetEase's free-to-play superhero action game Marvel Rivals, a little over a month has passed: the game debuted on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox on December 6, 2024. The Chinese portal GameLook, based on their data, attempted to calculate the game's initial revenue.
Marvel Rivals
Here are the conclusions GameLook reached:
- According to the portal's calculations, just on Steam, Marvel Rivals generated 400 million yuan ($54.5 million) in revenue during its debut month. This figure closely aligns with the data from the analytical service Gamalytic — according to them, the game's Steam revenue amounts to about $50.1 million;
- in addition to Steam, the game is available on PC via the Epic Games Store and can also be downloaded from the official Marvel Rivals website. GameLook did not specify the revenue from these versions;
- the revenue from Marvel Rivals on PlayStation consoles was estimated by journalists at 200 million yuan ($27.28 million), and on Xbox consoles — at 20 million yuan ($2.73 million);
- the global revenue of Marvel Rivals across all platforms for the first month could be around $100 million. Note: this amount does not include income from the PC client of the game distributed in China;
- when including the revenue from the Chinese PC client of Marvel Rivals, the estimated worldwide income for the game in its first month will exceed 1 billion yuan ($136.4 million).
According to GameLook, if Marvel Rivals continues to earn at this level, the game will enter the list of NetEase's most successful projects. Its annual revenue would, in that case, exceed 10 billion yuan ($1.36 billion).
