Is Marvel Rivals Crossplay Across PC, PlayStation and Xbox?

Which Platforms Play Together

Marvel Rivals launched on December 6, 2024 on PC through Steam and the Epic Games Store, on PlayStation 5, and on Xbox Series X|S, according to the wiki's main game page; the Xbox store listing gives the same release date. A PlayStation 4 version followed on September 12, 2025 at 09:00 UTC, per the Season 4 patch notes on the wiki, and the PlayStation Store lists the PS4 edition with that date. The official site's download menu today offers PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S and Windows.

There is no Xbox One edition in any of those lists. The Xbox store marks the game as playable on Xbox Series X|S and through Xbox Cloud Gaming.

On crossplay itself, the store listings are the most current platform-holder statements. The Xbox store's feature list reads "Online multiplayer (2-12), Xbox cross-platform multiplayer." The PlayStation Store lists "Online play required" and "12 network players" for both the PS5 and PS4 editions. Twelve players matches the game's 6v6 format.

What the Developers Said About Crossplay Settings

The clearest official statement about crossplay options is in the closed beta notes from July 2024, recorded on the wiki's Closed Beta Test page. They describe cross-platform play "and multi-platform friend functionality" across PlayStation, Xbox and PC, and then two rules:

- "In non-ranked modes, crossplay can be freely activated or deactivated." - For ranked, the beta introduced "a console-only crossplay feature," so console players could choose to play with players of similar skill from PS and Xbox, or only against players on their own platform.

The official FAQ written for that beta adds that "the competitive mode does not support matching PC users with console users."

Those are beta-era words, so treat them as the design intent rather than a description of today's menu. The current-day source that confirms the split is the Account Cross-Progression Q&A from November 14, 2025, which explains that "Marvel Rivals matches players by device" and that rank and leaderboard are saved separately for PC, PlayStation and Xbox. Neither source names the setting's exact label in the current client, so look under the game's settings rather than relying on a screenshot of an older build.

How Ranked Crossplay Differs From Quick Match

Put the two sources together and the picture for ranked is consistent: PC and consoles are separate competitive populations, and each device keeps its own rank.

That has a practical effect on mixed groups. A PC player and a console player can party up in unranked modes, which the beta notes say allow crossplay. For ranked, the beta FAQ's rule that competitive does not match PC users with console users means a mixed PC-and-console group should not expect to queue ranked together. PlayStation and Xbox players, on the other hand, were given a console crossplay option for ranked.

The per-device split also applies to one person. If you link your accounts for cross-progression and play on both PC and PS5, your character has two separate ranks. The Q&A's example: "your PlayStation rank and standing will not carry over to your PC rank and standing." Season rank rewards use the highest valid rank you reached on any device. The marvel rivals cross progression page covers the rest of that system.

Tournaments follow the device rule too. The Q&A says that when you join a Faction or a Faction tournament you must use the required device, so a PC Faction has to be joined on PC. Separately, the Season 6.5 notes on the wiki say cross-platform Factions were "fully supported with no rank restrictions" for that season's Deadpool's Monster Kingdom Championship.

Modes PS4 Players Cannot Join

The PS4 edition plays with everyone else, but not in every mode. Two event modes were announced as unavailable on PS4:

- Marvel Zombies (October 23, 2025 to January 16, 2026), the first PvE mode. The Version 20251023 patch notes say: "Due to performance limitations, the PS4 platform will not support this gameplay mode." - Path to Doomsday - Avengers: Age of Ultron (July 30 to August 27, 2026). Its patch notes say: "This mode is currently not available on PS4."

The official notes for the current mode, Path to Doomsday - Avengers: Infinity War (October 9 to December 11, 2026), do not mention PS4 either way, so this page does not claim it is or is not available there. If a friend on PS4 cannot see an event mode that everyone else can, a platform restriction like these two is the first thing to check. The marvel rivals infinity war mode guide covers that mode's rules, and is marvel rivals on ps4 covers the rest of the PS4 edition.

Cross-Platform Chat and Discord

Voice and text chat across platforms is a separate question from matchmaking. The Season 5 patch notes of November 14, 2025, recorded on the wiki, list two relevant changes: on Xbox, "Added new Discord linking and cross-platform chat," and on Xbox and PC, "Added an option to hide unlinked Discord friends in-game."

The same patch made cross-progression account linking fully available. Note that the account Q&A says linking does not update third-party bindings such as Discord or Twitch, so if you re-arrange which accounts you play on, re-check your Discord connection.

The developers have also been tightening rules on what gets said in those chats. An official announcement on October 16, 2026 says penalties for speech violations in text and voice chat have been escalated, with "significantly harsher penalties" for severe or repeated offences, and that a dedicated Moderation Policy page has been launched. The same post encourages players to use the in-game report function.

Undocumented Questions: Input, Subscriptions and Turning It Off

Several common crossplay questions do not have a current official answer we could find, and inventing one would be worse than saying so.

Controller versus mouse and keyboard. No official post or patch note we read describes input-based matchmaking. The only official input statement is from the 2024 beta FAQ, which said console players could only use a controller during that test. That says nothing about the current game, so this page makes no claim about how inputs are matched.

Do you need PlayStation Plus or Game Pass? The 2024 beta FAQ answered no: "you do not need a subscription to play Marvel Rivals," and PlayStation Plus or Xbox Game Pass "provide benefits to subscribers but are not required." That is the developer's most recent direct answer we found. The PS5 store listing says online features require an account for PlayStation.

Can you turn crossplay off? The beta notes say crossplay could be freely switched on or off in non-ranked modes, and that ranked offered console players a console-only or own-platform choice. We did not find a later patch note that removes or renames that option, but none of our sources shows the current menu, so check the in-game settings for the exact wording.

Before You Squad Up Across Platforms

A short checklist built only from the documented rules:

1. Make sure everyone is on a platform that has the game. That means PC (Steam or Epic), PS5, PS4 or Xbox Series X|S. Xbox One is not listed by Microsoft's store or the official site. 2. Pick an unranked mode for a mixed PC and console group. The beta FAQ says competitive does not match PC users with console users. 3. Console-only groups have a ranked option. The beta notes describe a console crossplay setting for PlayStation and Xbox players in ranked. 4. Check event modes if someone is on PS4. Marvel Zombies and Age of Ultron were both unavailable on PS4. 5. Do not expect linking to merge ranks. Each device keeps its own rank even after cross-progression; see marvel rivals account linking.

If your group wants to make cross-platform nights less repetitive, the marvel rivals team randomizer rolls a hero for every player at once, regardless of what they are playing on.