Games Like Spider-Man
Quick Answer
The closest games to Spider-Man are Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Batman: Arkham City, InFamous Second Son, Sunset Overdrive and Gravity Rush 2. Below are 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Spider-Man, and what does not.
What Made Spider-Man Work
Insomniac's Spider-Man is the best traversal ever put in an open world — the swinging has weight, momentum and enough depth that people play it after finishing the story. The combat is Arkham-derived, the story is genuinely well told, and the city is the real reason to keep playing.
Marvel's Spider-Man is Insomniac Games' 2018 PlayStation 4 game, remastered for PS5 in 2020 and released on PC in 2022. An experienced Peter Parker balances his personal life with crime-fighting across an open-world Manhattan, with web-swinging that uses real physics and momentum. Combat combines fast melee, gadgets and dodges. Fans usually want either the traversal or another superhero story told with the same care.
Also written as Spiderman, Marvel's Spider-Man — same game, same list.
9 Games Like Spider-Man
1.Marvel's Spider-Man 2(2023)
The sequel, with wingsuit traversal added on top.
Why it fits: Insomniac's 2023 PS5 sequel lets you play as Peter Parker and Miles Morales, adds Web Wings for gliding and expands the city.
What is different: You switch between Peter and Miles, web wings speed up travel, and the city grows to take in Brooklyn and Queens.
Where to play it: PS5 and PC.
More about this game →2.Batman: Arkham City(2011)
Where the combat came from, and still the best open-world superhero game.
Why it fits: Rocksteady Studios' 2011 game introduced a freeflow combat system that many later superhero games, including Spider-Man, adopted.
What is different: No swinging: Batman glides and grapples, and fights lean on gadgets and silent takedowns from the rafters.
Where to play it: PS3, Xbox 360 and PC; later PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
Games like this →3.InFamous Second Son(2014)
Traversal-first superpowers in a real city.
Why it fits: Sucker Punch Productions' 2014 PS4 game is set in Seattle, where superpowers let you move quickly across the city.
What is different: Your powers are smoke, neon and more rather than webs, and a karma system splits the story into hero and villain paths.
Where to play it: PS4.
More about this game →4.Sunset Overdrive(2014)
Insomniac's other movement-first open world.
Why it fits: Insomniac's 2014 Xbox One game focuses on traversal through grinding, bouncing and wall-running.
What is different: You grind rails and bounce off cars instead of swinging, the combat is all guns, and there is a joke on every surface.
Where to play it: Xbox One and PC.
Games like this →5.Gravity Rush 2(2017)
Falling in any direction as the whole traversal system.
Why it fits: Japan Studio's 2017 PS4 game lets Kat fall in any direction by shifting gravity.
What is different: You flip gravity and fall sideways through a floating city; the story is anime-flavoured rather than comic-book.
Where to play it: PS4.
More about this game →6.Marvel's Midnight Suns(2022)
If the Marvel side matters more than the swinging.
Why it fits: Firaxis Games' 2022 tactics game uses cards for combat and includes Spider-Man among its heroes.
What is different: Turn-based card tactics, not an open world; Spider-Man is one member of a team you manage between missions.
Where to play it: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.
More about this game →7.Crackdown(2007)
The city as a climbing frame, in its purest form.
Why it fits: Realtime Worlds' 2007 Xbox 360 game is built around leaping across rooftops as your agility grows.
What is different: You level up by collecting orbs until you can leap buildings, but there is no web-swinging and almost no story.
Where to play it: Xbox 360.
Games like this →8.Prototype(2009)
The other Manhattan traversal game, far nastier.
Why it fits: Radical Entertainment's 2009 open-world game is set in Manhattan, with fast parkour-style movement and shapeshifting powers.
What is different: Far more violent: Alex Mercer absorbs people to take their shape and powers, and he runs up walls instead of swinging.
Where to play it: PS3, Xbox 360 and PC; later PS4 and Xbox One.
More about this game →9.Web of Shadows(2008)
The best of the older Spider-Man games if you want more swinging.
Why it fits: Shaba Games' 2008 Spider-Man game has open-world swinging and a story with symbiote choices.
What is different: An older, rougher open-world Spider-Man where choosing the red or black suit shifts the story.
Where to play it: PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and PC.
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Where to Start
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is the natural next step. If you have not played Batman: Arkham City, it is where the combat style came from. inFAMOUS Second Son is the pick for superpowered traversal.
How We Picked These Games
Every pick either makes movement through a city the core pleasure, delivers a strong superhero story, or offers similar combat. We gave extra weight to the sequel and to the games whose combat or traversal Spider-Man clearly learned from.
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Games Like Spider-Man Compared
Year is each game's first release anywhere, on the platform in the next column. "Play it now" is where it can be bought or played today.
| Game | Year | First released on | Play it now | Closest to Spider-Man in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel's Spider-Man 2 | 2023 | PS5 | PS5 and PC. | The direct sequel |
| Batman: Arkham City | 2011 | PS3, Xbox 360 | PS3, Xbox 360 and PC; later PS4, Xbox One and Switch. | The freeflow combat Spider-Man adopted |
| InFamous Second Son | 2014 | PS4 | PS4. | Powers that move you across a city |
| Sunset Overdrive | 2014 | Xbox One | Xbox One and PC. | Traversal-first, by Insomniac |
| Gravity Rush 2 | 2017 | PS4 | PS4. | Falling in any direction |
| Marvel's Midnight Suns | 2022 | PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S | PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. | Spider-Man in a tactics game |
| Crackdown | 2007 | Xbox 360 | Xbox 360. | Leaping rooftops |
| Prototype | 2009 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 | PS3, Xbox 360 and PC; later PS4 and Xbox One. | Superhuman movement in Manhattan |
| Web of Shadows | 2008 | PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC | PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and PC. | Open-world web-swinging |
Which One to Play, by What You Liked
If you liked Spider-Man for web-swinging, try Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Web of Shadows. The sequel adds Web Wings; Web of Shadows is the best older open-world Spider-Man.
If you liked Spider-Man for the combat, try Batman: Arkham City. Insomniac's fighting is built on Arkham's freeflow system.
If you liked Spider-Man for superpowers in an open city, try InFamous Second Son and Prototype. One heroic, one monstrous.
If you liked Spider-Man for acrobatic traversal, try Sunset Overdrive and Gravity Rush 2. Moving through a city as the main pleasure.
If you liked Spider-Man for the Marvel cast, try Marvel's Midnight Suns. Spider-Man as one hero among many, in a card-based tactics game.
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