Marvel Cosmic Invasion

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Marvel Cosmic Invasion
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DeveloperTribute Games
PublisherDotemu
DirectorFred Gemus
WriterYannick Belzil
ComposerTee Lopes
Platforms
ReleaseDecember 1, 2025
GenreBeat 'em up
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Marvel Cosmic Invasion is a beat 'em up game developed by Tribute Games and published by Dotemu. The game was released for Linux, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on December 1, 2025.

Gameplay

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Marvel Cosmic Invasion is an arcade-style side-scrolling beat 'em up video game with a pixelated artstyle. In the game, players control a variety of Marvel superheroes who must battle hordes of enemies in locations ranging from New York City to the Negative Zone to thwart the villain Annihilus' cosmic invasion.[1] The game features both single-player and multiplayer modes, allowing players to team up with three other players in cooperative gameplay.[2] Each player has to select two characters, and they can switch between the two characters anytime during combat.[3]

At launch, the game features a roster of 15 characters. The starting characters are Beta Ray Bill, Black Panther, Captain America, Cosmic Ghost Rider, Iron Man, Nova, Rocket Raccoon, She-Hulk, Spider-Man, Storm and Wolverine, while Phyla-Vell, Phoenix, Silver Surfer and Venom can be unlocked throughout the story progresses.[4]

Each hero has their distinct movement and combat abilities, though each has a primary, hero-specific attack, a regular melee attack, a defend mechanic (either a block or a dodge), and a screen-clearing special move that consumes "focus", gained through landing hits on enemies.[5] They can also perform tag-team moves, which allow the hero character to summon the secondary character to perform a combo attack.[6]

Development

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The game was developed by Tribute Games, the developer behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, and published by Dotemu. Both studios approached Marvel Games for the opportunity of developing a game set in the Marvel universe. Marvel Games required the team to include 15 playable heroes at launch, leading the developers to assemble a roster that balanced widely popular characters with lesser-known ones. The visual and narrative style draws inspirations from the work of Jim Lee, John Byrne, and Jack Kirby, and the team chose to adapt the Annihilation storyline because it had been unexplored in both video games and other media. Tribute Games described Cosmic Invasion as a "completely different game to build" when compared with Shredder's Revenge, as the characters featured in the game have very distinct movesets and abilities. As a result, it has a larger emphasis on crowd control.[7]

Announced in March 2025,[8] Marvel Cosmic Invasion was released for Linux, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on December 1, 2025.[9][10] A demo was released for PC on October 1, 2025.[11][12][13]

Reception

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Critical reception

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Marvel Cosmic Invasion received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator website Metacritic.[14][15][16] OpenCritic reported that 83% of critics recommended the game.[18]

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