Marvel Rivals pulls some of the most popular comic book heroes through time and space, creating situations where unlikely allies band together in epic battles. Just like these characters, gamers are able to nurture bonds across platforms as they jump into the fight.
The hit hero shooter is available on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and on PC through Steam and the Epic Games Store, letting most of today’s gamers enjoy the Marvel power fantasy. Some content is exclusive to specific platforms — the Spider-Man PlayStation costumes come to mind — but the game doesn’t have any major differences from platform to platform otherwise.
Cross-play is enabled by default in Marvel Rivals, which means you can queue with your friends even if they’re on a different platform. The catch is that limits are imposed on the matches you can queue for in a cross-play enabled lobby.
Here’s everything you need to know about Marvel Rivals cross-play, including when you can and can’t play with your friends on other platforms and whether you can carry over your Marvel Rivals account progress from one platform to another.
When is cross-play enabled in Marvel Rivals?
Though cross-play is enabled by default for noncompetitive modes, the feature is turned off for certain platforms in competitive modes to provide the fairest experience for all players. Xbox and PlayStation players can be matched together in competitive lobbies, but PC players have their own competitive queues.
These are all of the Marvel Rivals modes you can play with friends on different platforms:
- Quick Match
- Doom Match
- Practice vs. AI
- Practice Range
- Limited-time events (like Clone Rumble)
Though Marvel Rivals won’t allow cross-playing gamers to access competitive modes, quick play matches still have a behind-the-scenes skill calculation to try and make the fairest possible matches for all players, at least according to NetEase.
Is there cross-progression in Marvel Rivals?
Whether you’re interested in climbing the ranked ladder across different platforms or you just want to make sure your costume closet remains intact, cross-progression is a big deal for Marvel Rivals players.
Despite creating an in-game username unique to your Marvel Rivals account, it’s not currently possible to enable cross-progression from one platform to another. This means you’ll have to advance any PC and console accounts separately — neither your rank nor your cosmetics will carry over. Be careful which account you spend your real money on, especially as the game adds more costume-altering options.
While console and PC ranked lobbies look completely different, it’s not completely out of the question that some form of cross-progression is added to Marvel Rivals in the future, allowing players to consolidate their skin collection, character and battle pass progression under one account.
NetEase Games is aware that cross-progression is an oft-requested feature from Marvel Rivals fans. Thaddeus Sasser, then a game director for Marvel Rivals, shared that the feature could be on the docket for development post-launch in an interview with WCCF Tech last year.
«As you can imagine, [cross-progression is] extremely complicated to pull off, so we’re still looking into it,» Sasser said. «We’ve heard that the audience has already suggested this several times, so we’re looking into it.»
It’s unclear if this feature is still being considered for Marvel Rivals in 2025.
