Family Guy is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The main characters of the show are Peter Griffin, his wife Lois, their elder daughter Meg, son Chris, their dog Brian and the most recent child Stewie. The popularity of the series prompted several video game developers to create video games based on the series.
Video games based on the series have been on multiple platforms since the first game's debut in 2006. The first video game, Family Guy Video Game! was developed by High Voltage Software and published by 2K Games for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PlayStation Portable. Since then, another video game has been made for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows called Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse developed by Heavy Iron Studios and published by Activision.
As of 2024, 15 video games based on Family Guy have been published.
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Microsoft | Sony | Other | |||
Brian's Shoot 'em Up Bar |
| Browser (Shockwave/Flash) | |||
Stewie's Candle Blaster |
| Browser (Flash) | |||
Near Death Golf! |
| Browser (Flash) | |||
Family Guy Slots |
| Browser (Flash) | |||
American Dad! vs. Family Guy Kung-Fu II Turbo! Hyper-Mega Edition |
| Browser (Flash) | |||
Family Guy: Air Griffin |
| Java (J2ME) | |||
Family Guy DVD Blast! |
| DVD Game | |||
Family Guy Video Game! |
| Xbox | PS2 PSP | ||
Family Guy: Save the Couch |
| Browser (Flash) | |||
Family Guy: Uncensored |
| iOS | |||
Family Guy: Time Warped |
| iOS | |||
Family Guy Online |
| Browser (Unity) | |||
Back to the Multiverse |
| 360 | PS3 | PC | |
Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff |
| iOS, Android | |||
Family Guy: Another Freakin' Mobile Game |
| iOS, Android |
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