The list of Marvel Rivals upcoming characters continues to change as the game expands with each season, adding possible leads in the game's files. But, as well as datamined information, there are plenty of in-game teasers and hints that make the next heroes to be added to Marvel Rivals much more obvious - in fact, it seems very likely that White Fox and Black Cat are next for Season 7 and 7.5. But beyond those two, it's a mystery as to who's next, but there are plenty of candidates. By corroborating all sorts of leaks and hints, we've laid out a comprehensive list of all the possible upcoming Marvel Rivals characters below, who might get added to the game at some point in the future.
When is the next Marvel Rivals hero coming out?
The next Marvel Rivals character will be added to the game with the launch of Season 7 on March 20.
The next hero hasn't been officially confirmed yet but it will almost certainly be either Black Cat or White Fox, with the other coming afterwards in Season 7.5. The hero roster is now absolutely massive, and you can see how all these supes stack up in our Marvel Rivals character tier list.
Full list of leaked upcoming Marvel Rivals characters
Here's a list of all the potential Marvel Rivals upcoming characters based on leaks and datamined information from in-game files and hints from more or less since the game launched in December 2024. However, that doesn't mean any of the following characters are guaranteed to get added to Marvel Rivals, so take this list with a pinch of salt:
- Amaranth
- Ant Man and maybe The Wasp too (Pym Test Kitchen event relevant to both heroes)
- Armor
- Beast
- Black Cat (Highly likely for Season 7 or 7.5)
- Captain Marvel
- Colossus
- Crystal
- Cyclops
- Forge
- Hit-Monkey
- The Hood (maybe Ghost Rider)
- Hive
- Jubilee
- Locus
- MODOK
- Nightcrawler
- Paste Pot Pete (Could also just be an Elsa Bloodstone decoy)
- Professor X
- Quicksilver
- White Fox (Highly likely for Season 7 or 7.5)
A list this big would take NetEase many seasons to get through, even with Marvel Rivals' speedy release schedule of one new character every month in seasons that last only two months.
It’s also very likely that the upcoming roster will change based on NetEase's plans, the game’s needs, and Marvel’s own trajectory. As evidenced by some major confusion, we've gone into more detail further down, some of these characters could also be red herrings hidden by the developer, which wouldn't be the first time a game developer has done this. In fact, in the leaks below, you’ll see that it might already be in practice.
Below, you'll find more information and sources for the most notable leaks, but this quick list gives you a good idea of the range of heroes to expect in the future. Be sure to check back with us here as we'll update this article with new information when we get it.
Leaked upcoming Marvel Rivals characters
Due to the datamining of in-game files, several leakers have found references to many Marvel characters that are seemingly being worked on. Obviously, with all of these, it’s mostly speculation based on information found in the files. That means these could be early concepts that are dropped or even red herrings.
It’s also possible for some characters to appear in-game but not be fully fledged playable characters. For example, in Season 1, Dracula is in the game, but merely as a map and narrative fixture.
But to get an idea of who could be next, here's what we know about potential upcoming Marvel Rivals characters from leaks.
As of the launch of Season 4, prolific Marvel Rivals leakers XOXLEAK put out a list of heroes whose abilities appear to be in active development. That list includes:
- Professor X
- Colossus
- Locus
On this list, Professor X, Gambit, and Rogue have been on it longest, which might suggest they are closer to completion than the other three. XOXLEAKS has also suggested that maybe Gambit and Rogue are closest and set to be a duo.
Plenty of other names have turned up in Marvel Rivals' game files, with dataminer Matfacio uncovering references to Captain Marvel, Hit-Monkey, and Angela, the latter now being in the game.
Miller Ross has also teased The Hood for Marvel Rivals too. For those unaware, the Hood is a Marvel villain who recently took on the Ghost Rider mantle. Whether this would be The Hood pre or post-Ghost Rider isn’t clear though as information seems limited.
X0XLEAK, a team of dataminers, has corroborated several of the above leaked characters and has found references to MODOK too.
An update for the game on January 22, prior to the launch of the Fortune and Colors event where you can earn Marvel Rivals Danqing for rewards, also turned up more information, however much of it could be false.
In the same update, X0XLEAK claimed to have also found references to many more X-Men characters, including Professor X, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Gambit, and Rogue, using machine translation - Gambit and Rogue are of course now in the game but the other X-Men are not. Shortly after, a post in a Marvel Rivals leaks Discord server said that NetEase had set up fake characters to catch leakers, ruling out the majority of the leaked X-Men characters as legitimate. However, as IGN reports, many of the dataminers reckon the amount of work needed to lay these traps would be a lot for the developer, so they could be real characters after all.
Here's the list of heroes and villains that the now-deleted Discord server post accused of being plants, bearing in mind that, rather confusingly, that they may not actually be plants after all:
- Beast
- Colossus
- Crystal
- Cyclops
- Jia Jing
- Jubilee
- Locus
- Nightcrawler
- Professor X
- Paste Pot Pete
- Quicksilver
Well, that's a lot to digest. In short, it certainly seems like a lot of major X-Men characters are on the horizon. Of course, we've already got Marvel Rivals Emma Frost ready to choke-slam to victory, along with Gambit and Rogue, but plenty more could join.
New heroes means a whole new set of Marvel Rivals Team Ups to use, but you'll have to wait and see who joins the fray and what benefits they bring to their allies.
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