The game from 2022 first became a Steam hit, then the servers were unexpectedly shut down. Now the game is celebrating a relaunch
Batman takes on Superman? Bugs Bunny against Tom and Jerry? InMultiVersus, the fighting game with DC heroes, such pairings are possible. The title was actually released in July 2022.In its time, the Free2Play title became a hit, recording over 20 million downloads.
However, the servers were shut down in March 2023 on the grounds that it had only been an open beta up to that point.Players were left with their real money purchases at the time, and the anger was great.
Player numbers skyrocket again
However, a few months ago things took a turn for the betterThe Free2Play brawler has been back on Steam for a few days nowWhat’s more, player numbers skyrocketed even before the official comeback on May 28. At its peak, more than 114,000 people were playing MultiVerse simultaneously on Steam.
And this figure is not far off the game’s peak shortly after release. Back then, in July 2022, the mark of more than 153,000 simultaneous players was broken. The reviews on Steam are also impressive: 83% of the more than 100,000 reviews are positive
For the launch on May 28, the game received anew PvE mode, which you can watch here in the video:
The latest reviews are less positive
Only in the reviews written since the comeback does the game perform less well. The score here is 60 percent. Steam users criticize technical problems or a lack of balance, for example
On X (formerly Twitter)the developers have already announcedthat they are looking into a bug that causes players to get stuck in a rematch or problems in the Xbox Store.
We’ve rolled out a fix for the stuck-in-rematch bug. We’ll continue to keep an eye on it.
– MultiVersus (@multiversus) May 29, 2024
In light of the game’s chequered history to date, it remains to be seen how MultiVersus will develop.
