2 December 2025

How to Unlock All Characters in Marvel Cosmic Invasion

By newsgame

The majority of the characters on Marvel Cosmic Invasion‘s roster are available immediately upon starting the game. However, there are four characters that players must unlock before they can take them into a stage. This guide is here to explain exactly how that is done, and it will help players unlock every character in Marvel Cosmic Invasion.

For those readers who want to keep spoilers to a minimum, characters in Marvel Cosmic Invasion are unlocked by working through the campaign, and they will all be available before the final mission.

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How to Unlock All Characters in Marvel Cosmic Invasion

Complete Campaign Missions

As previously stated, players will unlock characters during Marvel Cosmic Invasion‘s campaign, with specific characters being made available after completing specific missions. Here are more details about the unlockable characters, and the missions that award them, and players should have access to all of them in just a couple of hours of playtime:

Character	How to Unlock
Phoenix	Complete Blue Area of the Moon (Mission 7)
Venom	Complete Destromundo (Mission 8/9)
Phyla-Vell	Complete Hala (Mission 11)
Silver Surfer	Complete Fort Galactus (Mission 13/14)

To note, unlocking a character through the campaign will also make them available in arcade mode. For the uninitiated, this mode tasks players with completing Marvel Cosmic Invasion‘s stages with limited lives, continues, and no save progression. There are also modifiers for arcade mode, which can be unlocked through the Cosmic Vault and allow players to customize the experience in a variety of ways.

Which Characters Should You Use in Marvel Cosmic Invasion?

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Each character in Marvel Cosmic Invasion has their own strengths and weaknesses, and a player’s preferred playstyle will determine which ones they like the most. Indeed, a player who likes to get up close and personal may love having She-Hulk on their squad, while a player who prefers to fight from a distance may like Rocket Raccoon more. However, there are reasons to become proficient with every character, and here are a couple of them:

The biggest reasons to play all the characters are achievements, as there are achievements associated with using each of the character’s abilities. Additionally, there is an achievement for beating the game with every character, and one for reaching ultimate team level, the latter of which requires players to spend quite a bit of time playing as every hero.
Players who enjoy customization will also want to play as every hero, as each one has a new palette that is unlocked when they reach Level 10.