The list of video games featuring Batman encompasses computer, mobile phone, and console systems since the 1980s, where Batman from DC Comics has any role appearances.
Title | Details |
---|---|
Original release date(s): [1]
| Release years by system: 1986 – Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, MSX, ZX Spectrum |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [6] | Release years by system: 1988 – Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [7] [8] | Release years by system: 1989 – Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, GX4000, MS-DOS, MSX, ZX Spectrum |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [11] | Release years by system: 1989 – NES |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [12] | Release years by system: 1990 – Game Boy |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 1990 – Genesis |
Notes:
| |
Batman Original release date(s): [13]
| Release years by system: 1990 – PC Engine |
Notes: | |
Original release date(s): [15]
| Release years by system: 1990 – Arcade |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [17] | Release years by system: 1991 – NES 1992 – Genesis, Game Boy |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [18] | Release years by system: 1992 – Game Gear, Genesis, MS-DOS, NES, Atari Lynx 1993 – Super NES, Master System, Sega CD, Amiga |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [23]
| Release years by system: 1993 – Game Boy |
Notes: | |
Original release date(s): [26] | Release years by system: 1994 – Super NES 1995 – Sega CD, Genesis, Sega Game Gear |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [27] | Release years by system: 1995 – Super NES, Game Boy, Genesis, Game Gear 1996 – Microsoft Windows |
Notes:
| |
The Adventures of Batman and Robin Cartoon Maker Original release date(s): [28] 1995 | Release years by system: 1995 – Microsoft Windows |
Notes:
| |
The Adventures of Batman and Robin Activity Center Original release date(s): [28] 1996 | Release years by system: 1996 – Microsoft Windows |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [29] [30] | Release years by system: 1996 – Arcade, Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [31] | Release years by system: 1998 – PlayStation, game.com |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [32] | Release years by system: 2000 – Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Game Boy Color |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [33]
| Release years by system: 2001 – Game Boy Color |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [34] | Release years by system: 2001 – PlayStation |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [35] | Release years by system: 2001 – PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Xbox 2002 – Microsoft Windows |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [38] | Release years by system: 2003 – GameCube, Xbox |
Notes:
| |
Batman: Justice Unbalanced Original release date(s): [40]
| Release years by system: 2003 – macOS, Microsoft Windows |
Notes:
| |
Batman: Toxic Chill Original release date(s): [42]
| Release years by system: 2003 – macOS, Microsoft Windows |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [43] [44] | Release years by system: 2003 – Xbox, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, GameCube |
Notes: | |
The Batman Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: 2004 – Handheld TV game |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [45] [46] | Release years by system: 2005 – Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
Notes: | |
Original release date(s): [49] [50] | Release years by system: 2008 – Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360 |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [52] [53] [54] | Release years by system: 2009 – PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows 2011 – macOS |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): September 7, 2010 | Release years by system: 2010 – Wii, Nintendo DS |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [58] [59] | Release years by system: 2011 – PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows 2012 – Wii U, macOS |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2012 – Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Wii, Xbox 360 2013 – Wii U |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): October 25, 2013 | Release years by system: 2013 – Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): October 25, 2013 | Release years by system: 2013 – Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita 2014 – Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 |
Original release date(s): [61] December 2013 | Release years by system: 2013 – Arcade |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2014 – Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: 2016 – Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One 2017 – Nintendo Switch |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: 2016 – HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR |
Notes: A videogame for VR from the Batman: Arkham series. | |
Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: 2016 – PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: 2017 – Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One 2018 – Nintendo Switch |
Notes:
|
Title | Details |
---|---|
Original release date(s): [66] | Release years by system: Genesis |
Notes: | |
Original release date(s): [68] | Release years by system: Genesis, Super NES |
Notes: | |
Original release date(s): [69]
| Release years by system: Game Boy Advance |
Notes: | |
Original release date(s): [70]
| Release years by system: Game Boy Advance |
Notes: | |
Original release date(s): [71] | Release years by system: Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [72] | Release years by system: Game Boy Advance |
Notes: | |
Original release date(s): [73] | Release years by system: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [75] January 11, 2011 | Release years by system: PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): | Release years by system: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): | Release years by system: Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, PC |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): | Release years by system: Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): | Release years by system: Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, macOS, iOS |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): March 26, 2015 | Release years by system: Microsoft Windows |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): September 27, 2015 | Release years by system: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): May 16, 2017 | Release years by system: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): August 9, 2017 | Release years by system: iOS, Android |
Notes: | |
Original release date(s): October 16, 2018 | Release years by system: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): | Release years by system: Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, macOS |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): | Release years by system: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [76] October 21, 2022 | Release years by system: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): March 10, 2023 | Release years by system: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S |
Notes:
|
Title | Details |
---|---|
Batman Begins Original release date(s): [80]
| Release years by system: Mobile phone |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [81]
| Release years by system: Mobile phone, Smartphone |
Notes:
| |
The Dark Knight Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: Mobile phone |
Notes:
| |
The Dark Knight: Batmobile Game Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: iPhone |
Notes:
| |
Superman/Batman: Heroes United Original release date(s): [82]
| Release years by system: Mobile phone |
Notes:
| |
Batman: Guardian of Gotham Original release date(s): [83]
| Release years by system: Mobile phone |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s): [84]
| Release years by system: iOS, Android |
The Dark Knight Rises Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: iOS, Android, Windows Phone |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: iOS, Android |
Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: Android, iOS |
Notes:
| |
The Lego Batman Movie Game Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: Android, iOS |
Notes:
| |
Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: Android, iOS |
Notes:
|
The Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane, commonly referred to as Arkham Asylum, is a fictional forensic psychiatric hospital appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in stories featuring the superhero Batman. It first appeared in Batman #258, written by Dennis O'Neil with art by Irv Novick. Located in Gotham City, the asylum houses patients who are criminally insane, as well as select prisoners with unusual medical requirements that are beyond a conventional prison's ability to accommodate. Its high-profile patients are often members of Batman's rogues gallery.
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker is a 2000 American direct-to-video superhero film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. It is the third film in the DC Animated Universe and is based on the animated series Batman Beyond while also serving as a continuation of and resolving plot points from Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures. The film features the DC Comics superheroes Batman and Terry McGinnis, as they try to unravel the mysterious return of the former's archenemy, the Joker, preparing a climatic showdown with the villain.
Batman: Vengeance is a 2001 action-adventure video game based on the fictional superhero of the same name. It was released for PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Xbox and Microsoft Windows. The game was developed and published by Ubi Soft in conjunction with Warner Bros. and DC Comics.
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu is a 2003 action beat 'em up video game released for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance and GameCube consoles. It was developed and published by Ubi Soft in conjunction with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Comics. The game is based on the television series The New Batman Adventures and features most of the voice actors reprising their roles. The story follows the Batfamily as they face a new adversary, a superpowered Asian warlord known as Sin Tzu, on the anniversary of Batman's parents' murder.
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, known as Batman of the Future: Return of the Joker in Europe, is a scrolling beat 'em up video game developed by Kemco and released by Ubi Soft for the Game Boy Color, PlayStation and Nintendo 64 in 2000 and 2001. The game is based on the film of the same name, which in turn was based on the TV series Batman Beyond. Players act as the new Batman Terry McGinnis, who takes over the position of the retired Bruce Wayne and fights against the Jokerz gang led by the recently revived Joker. Throughout the game, Batman fights the villain's cronies, who steal tech components from various laboratories and corporations in Gotham City. Joker uses them to take control of a missile-shooting satellite, which he plans to destroy the entire city with.
The Joker, a supervillain in DC Comics and archenemy of the superhero Batman, has appeared in various media. WorldCat records over 250 productions featuring the Joker as a subject, including films, television series, books, and video games. Live-action films featuring the character are typically the most successful.
Batman: Arkham Asylum is a 2009 action-adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Eidos Interactive in conjunction with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman and written by veteran Batman writer Paul Dini, Arkham Asylum was inspired by the long-running comic book mythos. In the game's main storyline, Batman battles his archenemy, the Joker, who instigates an elaborate plot to seize control of Arkham Asylum, trap Batman inside with many of his incarcerated foes, and threaten Gotham City with hidden bombs.
Batman: Arkham City is a 2011 action-adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, it is the sequel to the 2009 video game Batman: Arkham Asylum and the second installment in the Batman: Arkham series. Written by veteran Batman writer Paul Dini with Paul Crocker and Sefton Hill, Arkham City was inspired by the long-running comic book mythos. In the game's main storyline, Batman is incarcerated in Arkham City, a super-prison enclosing the decaying urban slums of fictional Gotham City. He must uncover the secret behind a sinister scheme orchestrated by the facility's warden, Dr. Hugo Strange.
Gotham City Impostors was a first-person shooter multiplayer-only video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Set in the universe of DC Comics' Batman, it consisted of two teams of six players which try to kill the other team: one with amateur vigilantes dressed like Batman, and the other with criminals dressed like his archenemy, the Joker. It featured customizable characters and a range of both traditional and imagined weapons.
Batman: Arkham City Lockdown is a 2011 fighting video game developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, it is a spin-off to Batman: Arkham City, and the first mobile game in the Batman: Arkham series. Set a few weeks before Arkham City, Arkham City Lockdown follows Batman as he attempts to capture several villains who have escaped from Arkham Asylum and are causing mayhem in the streets of Gotham City. As Batman, players fight enemies using melee combat, and earn points for doing so, which can be used to upgrade Batman's stats or to unlock gadgets and alternate costumes.
Batman: Arkham Origins is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by WB Games Montréal and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, it is the follow-up to the 2011 video game Batman: Arkham City and is the third main installment in the Batman: Arkham series. Written by Dooma Wendschuh, Corey May, and Ryan Galletta, the game's main storyline is set eight years before 2009's Batman: Arkham Asylum and follows a younger, less-refined Batman. When a bounty is placed on him by crime lord Black Mask, drawing eight of the world's greatest assassins to Gotham City on Christmas Eve, Batman must bring Black Mask to justice, while also being hunted by the police and having to face other villains, such as the Joker and Anarky, who take advantage of the chaos to launch their nefarious schemes.
Batman: Arkham is a superhero action-adventure video game series based on the DC Comics character Batman, developed by Rocksteady Studios and WB Games Montréal, and published originally by Eidos Interactive and currently by Warner Bros. Games. The franchise consists of four main installments and a spin-off, along with four smaller titles for mobile devices, two virtual reality games, tie-in comic books, and an animated film. The continuity established by the games is often referred to as the Arkhamverse.
Batman: Arkham Knight is a 2015 action-adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, it is the successor to the 2013 video game Batman: Arkham Origins, a direct sequel to Batman: Arkham City (2011) and the fourth main installment in the Batman: Arkham series. Written by Sefton Hill, Ian Ball, and Martin Lancaster, Arkham Knight is inspired by the long-running comic book mythos. Set nine months after the events of Arkham City, the game's main storyline follows Batman as he confronts Scarecrow, who has launched an attack on Gotham City and caused a citywide evacuation. Scarecrow, with the help of the mysterious Arkham Knight, plots to unite all of Gotham's criminals in an attempt to finally destroy Batman.
Batman: Assault on Arkham is a 2014 direct-to-video animated superhero film that is the 21st film of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies. Based on the Batman: Arkham video game franchise, the film was directed by Jay Oliva and Ethan Spaulding, produced by James Tucker, and written by Heath Corson. It was first screened at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con on July 25, 2014, and it was released digitally on July 29 and on physical media on August 12.
The Scarecrow, a supervillain in DC Comics and an adversary of the superhero Batman, has been adapted in various forms of media, including films, television series, and video games. The character has been portrayed in film by Cillian Murphy in The Dark Knight Trilogy, and in television by Charlie Tahan and David W. Thompson in the Fox series Gotham, and Vincent Kartheiser in the HBO Max streaming series Titans. Henry Polic II, Jeffrey Combs, Dino Andrade, John Noble, Robert Englund, and others have provided the Scarecrow's voice in animation and video games.
Mr. Freeze, a supervillain in DC Comics and an adversary of the superhero Batman, has been adapted in various forms of media, including films, television series, and video games. The character has been portrayed in film by Arnold Schwarzenegger in Batman & Robin (1997), and in television by George Sanders, Otto Preminger, and Eli Wallach in the 1966 Batman series, and Nathan Darrow in Gotham. Michael Ansara, Clancy Brown, Maurice LaMarche, and others have provided the character's voice in animation and video games.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)