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Marvel Snap should lets players see their fun nitty-gritty stats and data for things like win rate and timing of Snaps, for more transparency. Savage Land

Marvel Snap, Let Me See My Stats so I Know How Much of a Problem I Have

Iā€™m pretty sure Marvel Snap was my most played game of 2022. In a year where I lost myself in Elden Ringā€™s Lands Between, wrapped up Kratos and Atreusā€™ Nordic adventure, and spent another few semesters with my Phantom Thieves in Persona 5 Royal on Nintendo Switch, somehow a card-battler that released in October may have occupied the most of my time of any game this year. But truth be told, I canā€™t be 100% sure of that, because unlike those aforementioned games, Marvel Snap doesnā€™t show us our personal stats, which is both a blessing and a curse.

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Iā€™m a sucker for games that keep detailed track of everything Iā€™ve done in them. I love looking back on my adventure and seeing how many miles Iā€™ve run, bullets Iā€™ve fired, zombies Iā€™ve slain, and burgers Iā€™ve eaten. I think this started with me back on the SNES with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, which had a counter on the file selection screen that let me know how many times I died on my quest to save Hyrule. But itā€™s only grown throughout the decades, to the point where if someone like Rockstar, Bethesda, or CD Projekt is going to create a sprawling open world, then I want to know everything about my playthroughā€¦ even if some of itā€™s a bit dark and twisted, like Skyrim letting you know how many bunnies youā€™ve slaughtered.

My fascination with data also exists on a more macro level, as Iā€™ve kept a series of detailed and ongoing notes on my phone every year for the past half-decade of games Iā€™ve played, movies Iā€™ve watched, and seasons of TV shows Iā€™ve finished. I donā€™t really do anything interesting with the information, and Iā€™m not trying to glean some greater meaning from it. But sometimes I just like scrolling through my notes and remembering how I spent a bulk of January 2021 replaying the Metal Gear Solid franchise (Iā€™m weird), or how I did a full David Fincher rewatch in October 2020 leading up to the release of Mank (yeah, I already said Iā€™m weird), or how I watched all of Attack on Titan for the first time in a span of week last spring (okay, that oneā€™s probably not healthy).

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And itā€™s with this that I look at Marvel Snap and wish it would be more forward-facing with my personal stats and data. There are basic things that Iā€™d love to know about my time with the game, like how many matches Iā€™ve played and what my win/loss record is. Digging a bit deeper, Iā€™d love to know what my most played cards are, which rounds Iā€™m most likely to Snap on, and which cards could be found in decks Iā€™ve lost the most to.

Now, some of these stats are kept track of on the backend, and there are ways to view them if you play on Android or PC via third-party methods. However, not only do I play on iOS, but I also donā€™t want to have to jump through some shady-looking hoops in order to check out this information. I mean, one of the reasons that Marvel Snap has become such a fixture in my life over the past few months is because of its short matches and ability to play in portrait mode on my phone ā€” clearly Iā€™m all about the easiest possible experience here.

Itā€™s obvious that Marvel Snap is still in its relative infancy, with a lot of big plans in store for 2023 including artist credits and the ability to battle against your pals, so itā€™s possible that forward-facing data is in the works. That said, maybe developer Second Dinner is keeping these stats obfuscated from us on purpose. Perhaps seeing the sheer amount of time that countless people such as myself have spent in the game over the past three months would act as a black mirror, giving us pause on how we were spending our free time on a game designed to keep us in its grasp, while I still have an ever-growing backlog to get to. But at this point, Iā€™m fully aware I have a Marvel Snap problem, so at the very least, Iā€™d appreciate some receipts to back it up.


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Marty Sliva
Marty Sliva was the Deputy Editor of The Escapist. He's been writing and hosting videos about games, movies, television, and popular culture since 2011, and was with The Escapist from 2019 until 2023. In a perfect world, he'd be covering Zelda, Persona, and the hit TV series Lost on a daily basis.
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