Batman’s Most Replayable Games, Ranked

Key Takeaways

• Batman games like Arkham City and Telltale Series offer immersive narratives and gameplay experience.
• Lego Batman: The Videogame and Arkham Origins are titles with unique approaches to The Dark Knight.
• Batman: Arkham Knight showcases a wide-open world with engaging combat mechanics, making it worth revisiting.

Batman has been one of the biggest pop culture icons for over 85 years, and one of the forms of media to bolster Batman’s popularity wasn’t just comics and movies, but video games. Batman has had some incredible games over the years, and whether it’s fun or immersive, there are those titles that seem infinitely replayable, or definitely worth a second playthrough.

Capturing the gritty feel of Batman and Gotham City or by providing gameplay that compliments his hard-hitting fighting style, these games are the ones that are worth revisiting. The tight, concise writing of the Arkham franchise makes them worth multiple playthroughs, while older games like Batman: Vengeance and the Lego games are fun to revisit for their unique contributions to the overall media presence of The Dark Knight and the nostalgia they can provide.

8 Lego Batman: The Videogame

Charming Lego Game Explores The Lighter Side Of Batman’s Mythos

The Lego brand has expanded deep into video games and seen collaborations with massive pop culture icons like The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. In 2008, Traveller’s Tales took what they learned from Lego Star Wars and applied it to Batman and his entire cast of characters to run riot in Gotham City.

Lego Batman: The Videogame is nearly two decades old, but is still a game worth revisiting today. The level design is outstanding, and the way it combines the dark, grimy feel of Gotham City with a more lighthearted take on Batman and his roster of insidious villains is wonderful. It is filled with collectibles and unlockable characters that run the gamut of Batman’s expansive universe and is one of the most replayable titles in the long-running franchise of mash-ups between Lego and pop culture icons.

7 Batman: Rise Of Sin Tzu

Beat ‘Em Up Game Based On the Popular Animated Series

Based on the hit animated series The New Batman Adventures, Rise of Sin Tzu features several of the voice talents from the iconic series, including the late Kevin Conroy as Batman. This beat ’em up game leans heavily into the combat aspect of the DC Comics hero, as Batman and other members of the Bat-Family engage in fist-to-fist battles through 12 total levels. The roster of Batman, Nightwing, Robin, and Batgirl really makes it feel like a collection of lost episodes of the classic series.

It wasn’t exactly the sequel to Batman: Vengeance that fans might have wanted, but it is still a game worth replaying. Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu features some punchy combat that echoes the flashy moves seen in the cartoon, with an arcade-like feel and some spectacular boss battles. Mastering the game’s increasing levels of difficulty, as well as acquiring high point totals and defeating the challenge maps, makes Rise of Sin Tzu an infinitely replayable experience.

6 Batman: The Telltale Series

Graphic Adventure Game Features Multiple Endings And Choices

After the runaway success of their episodic titles based on The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones, Telltale Games was tasked with using their unique talents to bring a graphic adventure based on Batman to market. Using their flair for dramatic storytelling and choice-based game design, Telltale created a compelling new version of Batman that was not connected to any previous iteration.

With a compelling story spread across five episodes, Batman: The Telltale Series features multiple choices and dialogue branches to explore. Like all of Telltale’s games, it is built around choice and seeing the ramifications of those choices, improving its replayability in some really natural and organic ways. Batman: The Telltale Series is a fantastic new take on The Dark Knight, one that is readily available on all modern platforms.

5 Batman: Arkham City

Batman’s First Open-World Continues a Trend of Epic Combat

The sequel to Rocksteady’s gritty Arkham Universe takes place in Old Gotham, which has been restructured into a maximum security prison known as Arkham City. Veering from the tight, contained walls of Gotham’s infamous prison, Batman: Arkham City is an expansive, wide-open playground that was built on ambition and an attempt to further make players feel like they’ve stepped into the boots of The Dark Knight.

Over ten years later, Arkham City is still a game worth replaying for its scope and remarkably dense environments. Featuring a vast array of collectibles, side quests, and a host of terrific challenge maps that feature stealth and combat tasks, Arkham City is a game loaded with content. Arkham City even includes playable sections with Catwoman that help spice up the experience. In addition, Arkham City began the series’ tradition of multiple suits for Batman and his supporting cast, and unlocking these classic costumes is a treat.

4 Batman: Vengeance

Third-Person Action-Adventure Game That Shows Batman’s Gaming Presence

Due to its massive popularity, Batman: The Animated Series went on to create an entirely unique shared universe consisting of several cartoons and spin-offs. One of the best things to come out of that was Batman: Vengeance, a third-person action-adventure game that sought to emulate the episodic nature of the TV show. In many ways, Batman: Vengeance walked so that Arkham could run, as it featured many elements that would later become paramount to the success of Rocksteady’s franchise.

Backed by some slick hand-to-hand combat, Vengeance also features some excellent gadgets and even has Batmobile sections that are still quite fun. Batman: Vengeance was an important game for the DC hero, and is easily worth replaying for its engaging story and strong comic-book feel.

3 Batman: Arkham Origins

A Prequel to the Arkhamverse that Explores Batman’s Deadly Christmas

As a Holiday-themed prequel set during Batman’s first encounter with his arch-nemesis The Joker, Arkham Origins tells a complex tale of deception with a unique spin while still remaining true to the established identity and gameplay from Rocksteady’s Arkham series.

While Arkham Asylum and Arkham City laid the groundwork for the franchise, Origins features the most refined combat and world design the series had seen to that point. The stealth systems and compelling narrative work together masterfully, as its writing propels the player constantly. With its focus on Batman’s early days, at a time when the character is only starting to evolve into his final form, Arkham Origins is a wonderful title to revisit and a deserving title to experience among Rocksteady’s finest work.

2 Batman: Arkham Knight

Batman’s Largest Open-World Featuring the Best Combat and the Finest Batmobile

With Arkham Knight, developers Rocksteady sought to create their most wide-open, fully immersive version of Batman’s world and did so in spectacular fashion. This sprawling vision of Gotham City is one of the most amazing open worlds ever created, and thanks to the Batmobile, exploring it is still an absolute blast nearly a decade later. The free-flowing combat is the best it’s ever been, and driving the Batmobile around Gotham still feels excellent.

With a large amount of content, including some furious Batmobile races and suits to unlock, Arkham Knight is a game that is easy to jump into and replay. The story is deepened and serious while mixing it up with the most evolved combat yet. New additions to the combat, including cinematic team-up moves between the Bat-Family, continue to keep it fresh and the long list of challenge maps are expertly designed tests of the player and their skills.

1 Batman: Arkham Asylum

A Bold Take On Batman That Created An Entire Franchise

Calling on Batman: The Animated Series scribe Paul Dini, the team at Rocksteady sought to make a game that fully embraced the best aspects of the DC Comics icon, resulting in Arkham Asylum. Released in 2009, Batman: Arkham Asylum takes place in a wholly original universe and is not connected to any previous iterations, which allowed them to run wild and create a version of The Dark Knight that was all their own.

While future Batman games would attempt to up the scale and scope of the world, the self-contained nature of Arkham Asylum was what made it so special. The eponymous asylum is an absolute joy to explore, as coming to understand the intricate layout and design is fantastic for the Metroidvanian genre. With its outstanding combat system, engaging script, and a series of challenge maps and loads of collectibles, Arkham Asylum is still Batman’s most replayable and enjoyable video game to date. Thankfully, it is readily available on all modern platforms, making it easier than ever to experience this classic.