Today marks the release of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, and just like the preceding games in the series it brings an enormous roster of playable characters. Superheroes (and some villains) from across Marvel’s enormous network of comics and movies have joined together to battle with evil once more, with a total of 42 playable characters. Of course not everyone could make the cut, so to save you time wondering if your favorites made it, here’s the complete character list for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3.
All Characters in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3

There are 36 playable characters in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order at launch, or 37 if you count Groot and Rocket Racoon separately. Including the announced DLC characters, the total rises to 42. Be warned, some of these characters start off as bosses, so if you don’t want any spoilers, click away now.
New favorites like Black Panther, Spider-Gwen and Miles Morales make an entrance, along with many returning classics such as Captain America and Daredevil. Some characters like Cyclops and Colossus will be arriving post-launch as free DLC, while others like Blade are to be included in paid DLC. We’ve marked these characters out so that they’re easily identifiable. Here’s the full list:
- Black Panther
- Black Widow
- Blade - Paid DLC
- Captain America
- Captain Marvel
- Colossus - Free DLC
- Crystal
- Cyclops - Free DLC
- Daredevil
- Deadpool
- Doctor Strange
- Drax the Destroyer
- Elektra
- Elsa Bloodstone
- Falcon
- Gamora
- Ghost Rider
- Groot and Rocket Raccoon
- Hawkeye
- Hulk
- Iron Fist
- Iron Man
- Loki
- Luke Cage
- Magneto
- Miles Morales
- Moon Knight - Paid DLC
- Morbius the Living Vampire - Paid DLC
- Ms. Marvel
- Nightcrawler
- Psylocke
- Punisher - Paid DLC
- Scarlet Witch
- Spider-Gwen
- Spider-Man
- Storm
- Thanos
- Venom
- Wasp
- Wolverine
For easy viewing, here are those DLC characters again so that you know who’s not in the base game:
Free DLC characters
- Cyclops
- Colossus
Paid DLC characters
- Blade
- Moon Knight
- Morbius the Living Vampire
- Punisher
All Allies in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order

Along with the playable characters, there are also several other Marvel heroes who’ll crop up in Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order as Allies. Here’s the full list of all Allies in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order:
- Ant-Man
- Beast
- Black Bolt
- Cosmo
- Gorgon
- Jessica Jones
- Juggernaut
- Lockjaw
- Medusa
- Mystique
- Nick Fury
- Nova
- Odin
- Professor X
- Quicksilver
- Thane
- Valkyrie
- Vision
- Winter Soldier
All Bosses in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order

Finally, we get to the baddies. It wouldn’t be Marvel Ultimate Alliance with some tough boss fights, so here’s a complete list of all the Bosses in Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
- Bullseye
- Corvus Glave
- Cull Obsidian
- Destroyer
- Doctor Octopus
- Doctor Strange
- Dormammu
- Ebony Maw
- Electro
- Elektra
- Green Goblin
- Hela
- Kingpin
- Klaw
- Loki
- Magneto
- Maximus
- Miles Morales
- MODOK
- Ms Marvel
- Mysterio
- Nebula
- Proxima Midnight
- Red Skull
- Ronan the Accuser
- Sandman
- Sentinels
- Spider-Gwen
- Supergiant
- Surtur
- Thanos
- Ultimo
- Ultron
- Venom
Phew, it’s a long list, but that’s every character in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order. Did your favorite make it in? Who do you wish was playable? Let us know in the comments below! For more Marvel Ultimate Alliance guides, check out how to change camera angles and how to change characters