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Marvel's Avengers

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Not to be confused with Lego Marvel's Avengers.

Marvel's Avengers
Marvel's Avengers cover
Developers
Crystal Dynamics
Eidos-Montréal
Nixxes Software
Heavy Iron Studios
NeoBards
Publishers
Crystal Dynamics
2020-2023 Square Enix
Engines
Foundation
Release dates
Windows September 4, 2020
Reception
Metacritic 68
OpenCritic 68
IGDB 73
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions Cosmetic
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres ARPG
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary, Fantasy, North America, Sci-fi
Series Marvel
Marvel's Avengers on HowLongToBeat
Marvel's Avengers on IGDB
Marvel's Avengers guide on StrategyWiki
Marvel's Avengers on MobyGames
Marvel's Avengers on Wikipedia
Fantastic Four (series)
Spider-Man (series)
X-Men (series)
The Punisher (series)
Iron Man (series)
Hulk (series)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (series)
Lego Marvel (series)
Marvel Trading Card Game 2007
Marvel Heroes 2013
Marvel Puzzle Quest 2013
Marvel vs. Capcom (series)
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series 2017
Marvel End Time Arena 2018
Marvel Powers United VR 2018
Marvel's Avengers 2020
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy 2021
Marvel's Midnight Suns 2022
Marvel Rivals TBA

Marvel's Avengers is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person ARPG game in the Marvel series.

The game was delisted on September 30, 2023.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Requires online activation
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
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Europe only; 1 DVD. A disc drive is required as the Steam key is obtained by entering the key from leaflet through Redeem.exe.[1][2]
Windows
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
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Definitive Edition.
Windows
Humble Store (unavailable)
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Definitive Edition.
Windows
Microsoft Store (unavailable)
Microsoft Store
Xbox Play Anywhere.
Definitive Edition.
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Definitive Edition.
Windows
Publisher website (unavailable)
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Windows
All versions require a Square Enix Members account.[3]
Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed from the Steam version on August 31, 2021.[4][5]
Spider-Man character is exclusive to PlayStation consoles.

Monetization

Microtransactions

Type Notes
Boost XP boosters introduced in October and removed on November 2, 2021.[6]

Essential improvements

Skip launcher

Use the -nolauncher command line argument[7]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Marvel's Avengers\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/997070/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Marvel's Avengers\<user-id>\
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\39C668CD.ProjectScotchBaseGame_r7bfsmp40f67j\SystemAppData\wgs
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/997070/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Separate options for aiming and flight.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Also supports X-axis inversion.
Separate options for aiming and flight.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Separate options for X-axis and Y-axis sensitivity while aiming.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Separate option for flight.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Light bar changes color dependent on currently controlled character.
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)
V2 tested. No vibration support with Bluetooth.
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Dialogue, Chat, SFX and Music. Can be set in intervals of 1, from 0-10.
Surround sound
Plays up to 7.1.[9]
Subtitles
Monochrome or Color (uses a different color for each individual speaker)
Closed captions
Monochrome or Color (uses a different color for each individual speaker)
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Audio can only be swapped between languages at the main menu and after selecting the supported language in the game's Steam properties.[10]
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
4 Co-op

Issues fixed

Game crashing on PC Game Pass version with NVIDIA GPU

NVIDIA addressed this issue with driver update 496.76, try updating your NVIDIA GPU driver.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 12
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD [11]
Interface Scaleform [11]
Cutscenes Bink Video [12]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-4160
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 75 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 950
AMD Radeon R7 270
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 12 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/997070/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (997070) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:kardivevo on 2023-06-26
  2. Marvel Avengers box covers - MobyGames - last accessed on 2024-01-28
  3. Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2020-08-23
    Tested on a Steam account not linked to a Square Enix account. Game will not progress to menu without linking.
  4. [1] - last accessed on 2021-09-01
  5. [2] - last accessed on 2021-09-01
  6. Marvel's Avengers Removes Purchasable XP Boosters from the In-Game Marketplace - last accessed on 2021-11-03
  7. Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2020-08-23
    Game launches directly without launcher showing
  8. Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2020-08-23
    Tested at a 21:9 resolution of 2560x1080
  9. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2020-09-25
    Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter in conjunction with Razer Surround.
  10. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2020-09-24
    Tested by playing game after changing the language in game's Steam settings.
  11. 11.0 11.1 Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2020-08-23
    Listed on the opening splash screen when loading the game.
  12. Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2020-08-23
    Bink Video file (bink2w64.dll) found in game's directory.