Every Batman Video Game Ranked From Worst To Best

by Ewan Paterson

1. Batman: Arkham Asylum

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The Arkham franchise was undoubtedly improved upon gameplay wise with each instalment, but there's just no matching Rocksteady's Dark Knight debut when it comes to both style and substance.

When that first teaser for Arkham Asylum dropped with the home release of The Dark Knight, expectations weren't exactly high. Rocksteady had only one previous game to their name - a little-known FPS called Urban Chaos: Riot Response - and the Caped Crusader was yet to receive a title truly worthy of the license.

But the more that was shown of Arkham Asylum the more optimistic fans began to get. The game had a bold art style, brilliant presentation and a compelling mix of gameplay. It also had Batman: The Animated Series writer Paul Dini crafting the story, plus Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill and Arleen Sorkin returning to voice Batman, the Joker and Harley Quinn respectively.

The end result was something phenomenal - a sort of Die Hard-esque take on the Caped Crusader that trapped the player on Arkham Island with all of Batman's greatest adversaries. It makes for a more claustrophobic experience than the later Arkham games, but that's also partially why it remains the best.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.