As Marvel Rivals hits a ridiculous new player count record on Steam, its developers slowed things down by avoiding mods, so no more Goku skin for you.

Marvel Rivals seems a bit unstoppable right now, even if mods are no longer working, as it hit a peak new player count this weekend.

We all already knew that Marvel Rivals is popular, but its true test will always be how it did when its first season dropped. That first season dropped a couple of days ago, and lo and behold, the game is popular, so much so that it reached an all-time high for concurrent players of 644,269 people, making it one of the most played games this weekend. It’s also the 14th-highest peaking game of all time on Steam, putting it above games like Apex Legends and the also recently released and popular Path of Exile 2. Those are big, solid numbers, and they certainly solidify That Marvel Rivals is here to stay is perhaps not surprising considering the IP attributed to it, but relevant given how many live service games die early on.

The downside? That Season 1 update has also prevented players from using mods, something that has quickly become popular given the presence of classics like a Thomas the Tank Engine skin for Jeff The Land Shark. Some other mods include things like a Pochita mask of Chainsaw Man for Jeff, Vegeta for Iron Man, and Goku for Spider-Man. There are already quite a few mods in general for the game in Nexus Mods, most of which are visual tweaks, performance improvements and the like, but obviously NetEase Games’ concern will be that players will use mods to cheat.

Mods like skins have been banned from the beginning, so this update is not surprising at all. In a comment to IGN, NetEase even said that “it is not recommended to modify any game files, as doing so carries the risk of being banned.” Not that the game needs any help, but games like Team Fortress 2 are popular to this day due to the game‘s prolific modding scene and custom content. There’s not much to do about it now, so I guess you’ll just have to appreciate the regular Jeff The Land Shark.