Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on Steam — One Year After PC Launch

Marvel Spider-Man 2 on PC is currently discounted 33% — the lowest the game has been priced since launch. Nixxes Software’s port shipped on 30 January 2025, one year and change after the October 2023 PS5 exclusive window, and the PC version arrived with DLSS Ray Reconstruction, day-one New Game+, and full ultra-wide support up to 48:9 for triple-monitor rigs. If you skipped it at launch waiting for a hardware upgrade or price cut, this is the sale window worth acting on.

Marvel Spider-Man 2 — Key Facts

From the Steam listing: Be Greater. Together. The incredible power of the symbiote forces Peter Parker and Miles Morales into a desperate fight as they balance their lives, friendships, and their duty to protect in an exciting chapter of the critically acclaimed Spider-Man franchise on PC.

• Developer: Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software
• Publisher: PlayStation Publishing LLC
• Genres: Action, Adventure
• Platforms: Windows
• Languages: English, French*, Italian*, German*, Spanish – Spain*, Arabic*, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese*, Korean, Norwegian, Polish*, Portuguese – Brazil*, Portuguese – Portugal*, Russian*, Simplified Chinese, Spanish – Latin America*, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese
• Release: Jan 30, 2025
• Price: $59.99
• Steam features: Single-player campaign, Full controller support, Steam Achievements

Marvel Spider-Man 2 — Watch the Trailer

About Marvel Spider-Man 2: Gameplay & Details

Edition includes: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Mask-up for more thrilling web-slinging heroics as Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 swings onto PC.

Developed by Insomniac Games in collaboration with Marvel, and optimized for PC by Nixxes Software. A city under siege!

Spider-Men Peter Parker and Miles Morales face the ultimate test of strength inside and outside the mask as they fight to save the city, each other and the ones they love, from the monstrous Venom and the dangerous new symbiote threat.

Traverse an expanded Marvel’s New York

Explore a larger Marvel’s New York than ever before, featuring two new boroughs – Brooklyn and Queens – as well as locations like Coney Island, and more.

Swing, jump, and utilize the new Web Wings to travel across the city, switching between Peter Parker and Miles Morales in open world exploration to experience different stories and epic new powers. Experience two playable Spider-Men

Wield Peter’s new symbiote abilities and Miles’ explosive bio-electric venom powers, and discover upgradeable, high-tech equipment that enhances the combat experience for extensive gameplay depth and variety. Battle iconic Marvel Super Villains

Fight against a variety of new and iconic villains, including an original take on the monstrous Venom, the ruthless Kraven the Hunter, the volatile Lizard, and many more! A more accessible Spider-Man experience

Support for a range of accessibility features strives to create a Marvel’s Spider-Man experience without barriers, that can be enjoyed by more players of different abilities. PC optimized graphics

Save the day in style with your choice of graphical quality options, as well as unlocked framerates for smooth Super-Hero antics. Enjoy support for performance-enhancing technologies including NVIDIA DLSS 3 and AMD FSR 3.1 upscaling and frame generation¹. Intel XeSS upscaling is also supported.¹

Improved ray-tracing¹

Ray-traced reflections, ray-traced shadows and ray-traced ambient occlusion bring the sights of Marvel’s New York to life all around you. Choose from a selection of quality modes and take in the breathtaking views from up high. For NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPU users, DLSS Ray Reconstruction is available. This technique uses an NVIDIA supercomputer-trained AI network that generates higher-quality pixels in between sampled rays, resulting in sharper and more accurate ray-traced images.

Ultra-wide monitor support²

Discover great image clarity through support for a range of screen setups, including 16:9, 16:10, 21:9, 32:9, and 48:9 resolutions with triple monitor setups using NVIDIA Surround or AMD Eyefinity. PlayStation® overlay and trophies

The PlayStation overlay is available for Windows PC players with an account for PlayStation Network to earn PlayStation Trophies and access Friends lists, settings, and player profile.

Press the Shift key and F1 key shortcut or follow the in-game menu to open the overlay. Controls and customization

Feel the true power of Spider-Man with the PlayStation DualSense® controller on a wired USB connection, or full mouse and keyboard support. DualSense haptic feedback³

The responsive vibrations of the DualSense controller bring Peter Parker’s symbiote abilities and Miles Morales’ bio-electric skills to your fingertips. DualSense adaptive triggers³

Master acrobatic moves, execute thrilling combos, and experience the breathtaking excitement of web-swinging traversal through the DualSense controller’s adaptive triggers. ¹ Compatible PC required. ² Compatible PC and display device required. ³ Wired connection required to experience the full range of in-game controller features.

Marvel Spider-Man 2 — Screenshots

Marvel Spider-Man 2 PC: What Nixxes Actually Delivered

Nixxes Software has become Sony’s PC porting partner since the 2022 acquisition. Marvel Spider-Man 2 was Nixxes’s follow-up to the successful Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales PC ports, and the January 2025 shipping build arrived with the full PC feature stack: NVIDIA DLSS with Ray Reconstruction, AMD FSR 3.1, Intel XeSS, ultra-wide support up to 48:9 for triple monitors, DualSense controller integration, and enhanced ray-tracing options with individual quality settings.

The Ray Reconstruction implementation is the technical headline. Menno Bil, Graphics Programmer at Nixxes, said at launch: “In Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on PC with ray reconstruction enabled, we see more detailed ray-traced reflections and better-defined ray-traced shadows, especially when viewing raytracing effects at steep angles.” Nixxes shipped two DLSS Ray Reconstruction models — the original from DLSS 3.5 and a newly improved model designed for RTX 40 and 50 series GPUs — which produce a more temporally stable image and cleaner ray-traced reflections in the wet-street Manhattan scenes that made the PS5 version a technical showcase.

Marvel Spider-Man 2 PC System Requirements Reality

Nixxes’s published spec tiers give a clear picture. Running the “Ultimate Ray Tracing” preset at 4K 60fps requires an RTX 4090 alongside an Intel Core i9-12900K or AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and 32GB RAM. Lower presets scale down gracefully — mid-range GPUs can hit 1080p 60 with medium ray tracing and DLSS Quality, and the game explicitly supports dynamic resolution scaling for prior-generation hardware. An SSD is required baseline, and this is a hard requirement rather than a recommendation.

The Deck verification badge remains unassigned at launch. The 32GB RAM recommendation and SSD requirement suggest Deck performance will be marginal for high-density combat and swinging sequences. Handheld players should wait for verified rating or community optimisation guides.

Marvel Spider-Man 2 PC: The Content Package

Marvel Spider-Man 2 on Steam ships with the full base game plus the Digital Deluxe Upgrade option, unlocking additional suits, skill points, photo mode gear, and early unlockables. The story remains what launched on PS5 in October 2023: the Peter Parker symbiote arc weaving through Miles Morales’s bio-electric venom progression, with Venom and Kraven the Hunter anchoring the antagonist roster. Tony Todd’s Venom voice performance carries through untouched — a critical highlight at 2023 launch and one of Todd’s last major performances before his passing.

New Game+ is available on PC from day one, unusual for a Sony port. PS5 players had to wait until March 2024 for the mode. Insomniac has confirmed there is no story DLC coming, which reframes New Game+ as the primary post-campaign hook alongside the suit unlock loop.

Ultra-Wide, Ray Tracing, and what matters Visually

Ultra-wide support up to 48:9 is where Marvel Spider-Man 2 on PC substantially exceeds the PS5 version. Nixxes’s engineers adapted every cinematic in the game for aspect ratios up to 32:9, meaning the story cutscenes work correctly on 21:9 and 32:9 ultra-wide monitors without stretched framing or black bars. Triple-monitor 48:9 support is a rare feature at this level of polish, and Nixxes deserves specific credit for the cinematic adaptation work.

Ray tracing is the other visual pillar. The increased ray tracing geometry detail setting enables higher-quality meshes for reflections, resulting in more detailed and realistic surface interactions across the Manhattan cityscape. The ray tracing object range slider extends the range at which objects are considered for reflections, allowing further optimisation for high-end hardware.

The Traversal Layer That Justifies the PC Upgrade

Web Wings are the mechanical addition that transforms how Marvel Spider-Man 2 plays compared to the 2018 original and the 2020 Miles Morales port. The new Brooklyn and Queens boroughs are larger than the original Manhattan playspace, and the wings give players a genuinely different traversal option rather than a swing variant. Combined with the point-swap between Peter and Miles in open-world exploration, the moment-to-moment feel of moving through the city is stronger than any prior Spider-Man game — arguably better than the 2018 original given the two-character switching layer.

How Marvel Spider-Man 2 PC Compares to the Current Superhero Crop

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League collapsed in 2024. Marvel Rivals took the hero-shooter slot and left single-player superhero space essentially uncontested. Marvel Spider-Man 2 has been the only major single-player superhero title on Steam through 2025 and into mid-2026, and while Marvel Games has partnered with NetEase to bring the Advanced Suit 2.0 into Marvel Rivals, there is no direct competitor eating into the single-player superhero audience. A discount at the time of writing in August 2026 brings the game into an easier-to-recommend price band.

Marvel Spider-Man 2 PC Verdict: 8/10 and the Superhero Sale Worth Acting On

Marvel Spider-Man 2‘s PC version remains the strongest single-player superhero game available on Steam, and at 33% off it is easier to recommend than at any point since launch. The technical port work by Nixxes is good — Ray Reconstruction alone justifies the PC purchase over PS5 for anyone with the hardware to run it. Ultra-wide 48:9 support and day-one New Game+ are meaningful PC-side additions. The PSN account link requirement remains standard for Sony PC releases and is the friction point for players outside PSN-supported regions. Skipped it at launch? This is the window.

For player discussions, guides, and community reviews of Marvel Spider-Man 2, visit the Marvel Spider-Man 2 Steam Community Hub.

Complete Steam storefront details: Marvel Spider-Man 2.

For deeper store data on Marvel Spider-Man 2, the Marvel Spider-Man 2 SteamDB profile carries price history, player counts, and store analytics. Historical pricing details and reception data are covered on the SteamDB listing.

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