Everything about Marvel Snap: what is it, how does it work, and where to download it for free?

When a video game debuts and surpasses the barrier of 5 million downloads in barely a week since its launch, it is an unmistakable sign that we are facing a new mass phenomenon. This time it is Marvel Snap, a free card game starring superheroes such as Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, Quicksilver, and Hawkeye, among others. If you have yet to try it, we tell you what its games are like and how to download it completely free.

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How to play Marvel Snap?

There are two key elements that have helped the game to be a success: the simplicity of learning to play and the fact that the games have an approximate duration of 3 minutes, which makes it an ideal game for short sessions. With more than 150 cards available -the number will increase as time goes by- and fifty known locations from the Marvel universe, here heroes and villains are not always enemies; we can join them in our deck and combine their abilities to achieve victory.

The operation is very simple: the center of the screen is the battlefield (3 zones) and both we and our rival must try to take control of it. The games consist -almost always- of 6 turns, that's why they are so fast. If we look, all the cards have two numerical values. To the left and in blue is the energy, so we can only use them if our energy meter is equal to or higher than their value.

The zones are unlocked progressively, and the energy meter increases if we decide to pass the turn without spending the current amount. To the right and in yellow, we find the power of the card, which will be the determining factor to win or fall defeated by the opponent's card. The fun is that the battlefield (the zones to control) often applies effects. For example, in some cases, by placing a card on it, it is reported that the cards will cost twice the energy in a certain turn.

On the side, we have two currencies in the inventory: blue coins are obtained by playing, while gold can be bought with real money. With them, we can get all kinds of skins and cosmetic items, along with card upgrades. Fortunately, it is not necessary to pay anything to get new cards.

Download and play for free

Marvel Snap is in an early access period and both downloading and playing are completely free. Below are the download links to all available platforms.

Minimum and recommended requirements to play Marvel Snap on PC

In addition to being able to play without problems on a large number of mobile devices, the requirements of the PC version make it clear that the goal of Second Dinner Studios is that the game reaches the widest possible audience. Below we offer you the minimum and recommended, in which as you can see, it is practically impossible that your computer has problems to move it.

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At the moment, it is unknown whether Marvel Snap will also come to consoles such as PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S or Xbox One.

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