After Marvel Rivals, A Fantastic Four Video Game Is A No Brainer After Marvel’s Wolverine

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With an upcoming movie this summer and a recent addition to the roster of , it’s clear that Marvel’s first family, the Fantastic Four, is coming back into the spotlight after being sidelined for decades. While there have been films to bring the iconic superhero group to the public’s attention, there hasn’t been a well-received video game attempt to play as the Fantastic Four in over twenty years. Looking at the recent success of Insomniac Games' player superhero titles, it seems like the perfect time to make a Fantastic Four video game.

and its sequels have proven that a single-player superhero experience works extremely well, especially when it’s driven by a well-written story in a self-contained universe. The Fantastic Four are the perfect group to headline their own single-player video game, as they have decades of comic storylines to adapt. With an iconic supervillain to face and four unique power sets for developers to utilize, there's so much to run with.

Despite being one of the first successful superhero groups published by Marvel Comics, the Fantastic Four have been strangely absent from popular culture in the last decade. There was an attempt to reboot the movie franchise with 2015’s but that film fell flat with poor reviews from general audiences and critics alike. However, it seems that 2025 will bring The Fantastic Four back across multiple forms of media, from video games to movies. Before their upcoming film debut in the MCU, the Fantastic Four have found traction in video games with .

The Fantastic Four are coming to Marvel Rivals, and with everything going on with the MCU, Marvel's first family is coming at the best time.

is the newest free-to-play hero shooter on the market, and despite being another title in a saturated market of free-to-play shooters, it's rocketed to the top in popularity according to Steam Charts. The Fantastic Four were just added to just as the ball got rolling, potentially cementing their popularity with a wider audience.