List of Olympic video games

This article is about video games based on the Olympics. For video games as Olympic sports, see Olympic Esports Series and Olympic Esports Games.

The Olympic Games have been featured in numerous sport video games, whether officially licensed by the International Olympic Committee or not. These games often feature several sports and an Olympic theme. Starting with the 1980 Moscow Olympics, an official or unofficial Olympic tie-in video game has been released to coincide with all of the Olympic Games. ^[1]

Officially-licensed Olympic video games

These games are officially licensed by the International Olympic Committee or an associated organization such as a national Olympic organizing committee.

Video games

Game	Year of release	Publisher	Coinciding Olympics	Refs.
Track & Field	1983	Konami	1984 Summer	[2]
Hyper Sports	1984	Konami	1984 Summer	[3]
Olympic Gold	1992	Tiertex Design Studios	1992 Summer	[4]
Team USA Basketball	1992	Electronic Arts	1992 Summer	[5]
Winter Olympics	1993	Tiertex Design Studios	1994 Winter	[6]
Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings	1995	U.S. Gold	1996 Summer	[7] [8] [9]
Olympic Soccer	1996	Silicon Dreams Studio	1996 Summer	[10]
Olympic Summer Games	1996	Tiertex Design Studios	1996 Summer	[11]
Nagano Winter Olympics '98	1998	Konami	1998 Winter	[12]
Olympic Hockey '98	1998	Treyarch	1998 Winter	[13]
Sydney 2000	2000	Attention to Detail	2000 Summer	[14]
Salt Lake 2002	2002	Attention to Detail	2002 Winter	[15]
Athens 2004	2004	Eurocom	2004 Summer	[16]
Torino 2006	2006	49Games	2006 Winter	[17]
Beijing 2008	2008	Sega	2008 Summer	[18]
Vancouver 2010	2010	Sega	2010 Winter	[19]
Sled Shred featuring the Jamaican Bobsled Team	2010	SouthPeak Games	2010 Winter	[20]
London 2012	2012	Sega	2012 Summer	[21]
Steep	2016	Ubisoft	2018 Winter	[22]
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game	2020	Sega	2020 Summer	[23]
Olympic Games Jam: Beijing 2022	2022	nWay	2022 Winter	[24]
Olympics Go! Paris 2024	2024	nWay	2024 Summer	[25] [26] [27]

Mario & Sonic series

Mario & Sonic is a series of officially-licensed Olympic crossover video games that was jointly developed by Nintendo and Sega, featuring characters from the Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog franchises. The first game in the series was released to coincide with the 2008 Summer Olympics and the final game was released to coincide with the 2020 Summer Olympics. The franchise also has some spinoff mobile games, although none of these feature any Super Mario characters.

Video games

Game	Year of release	Coinciding Olympics	Refs.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	2007	2008 Summer	[28]
Sonic at the Olympic Games	2008	2008 Summer	[29]
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games	2009	2010 Winter	[30]
Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games	2010	2010 Winter	[31]
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games	2011	2012 Summer	[32]
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games	2013	2014 Winter	[33]
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games	2016	2016 Summer	[34]
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020	2019	2020 Summer	[35]
Sonic at the Olympic Games	2020	2020 Summer	[36]

Unofficial Olympic video games

These games were released without any official involvement of the International Olympic Committee or any related organizations. They may unofficially use the name of the Olympics or may have been released to coincide with the Olympics to attract sports fans.

• Microsoft Decathlon (1980, Microsoft) ^[37]
• The Activision Decathlon (1983, Activision) ^[38]
• Track & Field (1983, Konami) ^[39]
• Daley Thompson's Decathlon (1984, Ocean Software) ^[40]
• Hes Games (1984, HESware) ^[41]
• Summer Games (1984, Epyx) ^[42]
• Summer Games II (1985, Epyx) ^{[43] [44]}
• Winter Games (1985, Epyx) ^[37]
• Winter Olympics (1986, Tynesoft) ^[45]
• Stadium Events/World Class Track Meet (1986, Bandai) ^[46]
• The Games: Winter Edition (1988, Epyx) ^[47]
• Konami '88 (1988, Konami) ^[48]
• Caveman Ughlympics (1988, Dynamix) ^[49]
• Track & Field II (1988, Konami) ^[50]
• Track Meet (1991, Interplay Entertainment) ^[51]
• The Games: Winter Challenge (1991, Accolade) ^[37]
• The Games: Summer Challenge (1992, Accolade) ^[52]
• The Games '92: España (1992, Ocean Software) ^[53]
• Gold Medal Challenge (1992, Capcom) ^[54]
• Decathlon (1992, C&E) ^[55]
• Alien Olympics 2044 AD (1994, Ocean Software) ^{[37] [56]}
• DecAthlete (1996, Sega) ^[57]
• International Track & Field (1996, Konami) ^[58]
• Winter Heat (1997, Sega) ^[59]
• International Track & Field 2000 (2000, Konami) ^[60]
• Millennium Winter Sports (2000, Konami) ^[61]
• Sergei Bubka's Millennium Games (2000, Midas Games) ^[62]
• ESPN International Winter Sports 2002 (2002, Konami) ^[63]
• Asterix at the Olympic Games (2007, Étranges Libellules) ^[64]
• New International Track & Field (2008, Konami) ^[65]
• Summer Athletics (2008, DTP Entertainment) ^[66]
• My Game About Me: Olympic Challenge (2008, Double Fine) ^[67]
• QWOP (2009, Bennett Foddy) ^[68]
• Hyper Sports Winter (2010, Konami) ^[69]
• Hyper Sports Track & Field (2010, Konami) ^[70]
• Doodle Champion Island Games (2021, Google) ^[71]

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