All Spider-Man Games in Order, by Release and Timeline

Spider-Man has starred in video games since 1982, but the run most players remember starts with Neversoft's 3D Spider-Man in 2000. Putting the Spider-Man games in order takes a bit of sorting. The series reboots every few years, jumping from film tie-ins to comic universes to Insomniac's own PlayStation continuity, so release order and story order rarely line up.

This page covers 15 Spider-Man games, from the 2000 original to Marvel's Spider-Man 2, sorted by release date. The table gives you the quick version with each game's continuity and story placement, and every entry below gets its specs, a short history, and my verdict. The modern games are in our Spider-Man games collection if you want to grab one.

Insomniac's games are the only ones that tell one running story written for games, so that Spider-Man games timeline goes Marvel's Spider-Man, then Miles Morales, then Marvel's Spider-Man 2. The three Raimi film games follow the movies, the two Amazing Spider-Man games share their own continuity, and the 2000 game pairs up with Enter Electro. Everything else stands alone, so you can play it at any point.

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1. Spider-Man (2000)

An impostor frames Spider-Man for a theft at Science Expo 2000, and Peter spends the game clearing his name as a symbiote plot led by Doctor Octopus and Carnage spreads across New York. Stan Lee narrates, Venom, Rhino, Scorpion, and Mysterio all show up, and the final boss is Monster-Ock, a Carnage-bonded Doc Ock created for this game. The Game Boy Color release shares the name but is a different game by Vicarious Visions.

The structure is level-based, with rooftop swinging, wall-crawling, web-zipping, and a limited supply of web cartridges. Bonus costumes include Spider-Man 2099 and Ben Reilly; a few of them carry perks (2099 hits harder, for example), and collectible comics open up cover art. The PlayStation version earned an 87 on Metacritic, but it isn't sold digitally anywhere, so playing it means a disc and old hardware.

My Verdict: The first Spider-Man game that felt like the comics, and it still plays well for its age. Stan Lee's narration alone is worth a run.

2. Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro (2001)

Enter Electro follows the 2000 game, with Vicarious Visions taking over from Neversoft. Electro pulls off a string of robberies to finish the Bio-Nexus Device, a machine that would make him far stronger, and Spider-Man works through Shocker, Hammerhead, Lizard and Sandman to reach him. Activision pushed the release back a month after 9/11 and swapped the World Trade Center finale for a generic skyscraper.

Its feature list includes mid-air web balls, electric and ice webbing, and a Danger Room training mode with Professor X. A Create-A-Spider option lets you attach abilities to a costume. Critics found it shorter and thinner than the first game, and the villain lineup is mostly B-list.

My Verdict: A competent follow-up that never matches the original. Play it only if you loved the 2000 game and want more of the same.

3. Spider-Man (2002)

Treyarch's tie-in to Sam Raimi's first film runs from Peter's origin and Uncle Ben's death to the showdown with Norman Osborn's Green Goblin. To pad out the movie plot, it adds Shocker, Vulture, and Scorpion, and the Xbox version also has Kraven. Beat the game on hard, and you get a separate storyline as Harry Osborn in the Goblin suit.

Most of the levels take place indoors, with combo-based brawling, stealth sections, and a handful of swinging stages between skyscrapers. It was a commercial hit, and the PS2 version sold over 2 million copies in the US alone. Critics pointed to the short length, around three hours, and a camera that fights you in tight rooms.

My Verdict: A fun three-hour movie game that set up everything Spider-Man 2 got right. Fine as a curiosity, skippable today.

4. Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Set two years after the first film, Spider-Man 2 follows Peter as he juggles college, Mary Jane, and rent, until Otto Octavius's fusion accident turns him into Doctor Octopus. Rhino, Mysterio, Shocker and Puma show up as story bosses, Black Cat drops in as an ally, and the open-world Manhattan includes Roosevelt, Ellis and Liberty islands. The PC version is a different, kid-oriented game by The Fizz Factor, so stick to the consoles.

The big change was physics-based swinging, where every web line attaches to a real building. That one decision made traversal a skill you improve at, and it's the reason fans still bring this game up. Random street crimes, car chases, and races fill the city, and sales passed 7 million copies. Critics still rank it among the best movie tie-ins ever made.

My Verdict: The game that taught every later Spider-Man how to swing. If you can track down a copy, it holds up better than most games of its era.

5. Ultimate Spider-Man (2005)

Ultimate Spider-Man takes place in the Ultimate Marvel universe, three months after the comic's Venom arc, with comic writer Brian Michael Bendis credited on the game. Peter digs into Trask Industries and its links to the symbiote and his parents' deaths. Eddie Brock, as Venom, tries to stay out of Trask's hands, and the two storylines cross several times.

The comic-panel art style still looks sharp, and switching between Spider-Man's agile swinging and Venom's car-throwing rampages keeps the pace varied. The open world covers Manhattan and Queens, and the villain list includes Carnage, Electro, Green Goblin, Silver Sable, and R.H.I.N.O. It also earned an Interactive Achievement Award nomination for art direction.

My Verdict: The best-looking game of the pre-Insomniac era and the most fun you'll have as Venom. A real cult favorite.

6. Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Spider-Man 3 ties into the third Raimi film. A meteor brings the symbiote to Earth; it bonds with Peter and turns his suit black, and once he tears it off, Eddie Brock becomes Venom. Sandman and New Goblin come from the movie, and the game piles on Lizard, Kraven, Kingpin, the Mad Bomber, and a gang war across Manhattan. The PS2, Wii, and handheld versions are separate games from other studios.

The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions keep the free-roam city and add branching missions, a black suit with a rage meter, and lots of quick-time events. Reviews were mixed, with Metacritic scores between 50 and 68, though it shipped over 4 million copies. Combat and traversal feel like a step back from Spider-Man 2.

My Verdict: An overstuffed movie game with good ideas buried under QTEs. The black suit is the highlight, and that's about it.

7. Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (2007)

Friend or Foe is a kid-friendly spin-off where Mysterio uses meteor shards to brainwash Spider-Man's rogues' gallery. S.H.I.E.L.D. sends Spider-Man around the world to collect the shards, and most villains you beat (Green Goblin, Doc Ock, Venom, Sandman, and more) join your team, with Mysterio as the big exception. The Helicarrier serves as the hub between missions.

It's a level-based brawler built for two players on one couch, and you can swap sidekicks at any time. Black Cat, Iron Fist, Blade, and Prowler are on the hero side of the roster. Critics called it easy and repetitive, and it scored between 55 and 62 on Metacritic.

My Verdict: A light co-op brawler that works best with a younger player on the couch. Solo, it wears thin fast.

8. Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (2008)

Web of Shadows has the darkest story of the Activision games. Venom spreads the symbiote across Manhattan, infecting civilians, heroes, and villains alike, including Electro, Vulture, Black Cat, and even Wolverine. Kingpin, Kraven and Rhino fill out the cast, and the city slowly turns into a war zone.

You can swap between the red suit, which is fast and acrobatic, and the black suit, which hits harder, at any moment in a fight. Red and black choices throughout the story lead to four endings and decide which allies you can summon, such as Luke Cage and Moon Knight on the hero side. The aerial web-strike combat still feels great, though the PS2, PSP, and DS versions are different 2.5D games.

My Verdict: The most underrated game on this list. The suit-swap combat holds up, and it's the open-world entry most worth hunting down.

9. Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (2010)

During a fight with Mysterio, Spider-Man shatters the Tablet of Order and Chaos, and Madame Web pulls in four Spider-Men from four universes to recover the pieces. Neil Patrick Harris voices the Amazing version, and the Ultimate Spider-Man is voiced by Josh Keaton. Each universe gets its own villains, from Kraven and Juggernaut to Hammerhead, Hobgoblin, Deadpool, and Carnage.

Every dimension plays differently: Noir leans on stealth, 2099 adds free-fall sequences, and Ultimate uses symbiote attacks. The levels are linear, and some boss fights switch to first-person brawling. Metacritic scores landed between 74 and 76 on consoles.

My Verdict: The multiverse before the Spider-Verse films made it famous. Noir's stealth levels are the best part, and the whole thing is a fun weekend.

10. Spider-Man: Edge of Time (2011)

Edge of Time keeps Shattered Dimensions' style and Spider-Man 2099 but tells an unrelated story. Walker Sloan, voiced by Val Kilmer, travels back in time to found Alchemax early, rewriting history, and a time link means anything one Spider-Man does changes the other's era. Peter David, a longtime Spider-Man 2099 writer, co-wrote the plot.

The cause-and-effect gimmick works in a few set pieces, and Peter's hyper-sense and Miguel's decoy add some variety to the combat. The rest is a lot of corridors in the same Alchemax building. Metacritic scores of 50 to 62 put it a clear step below Shattered Dimensions.

My Verdict: A good time-travel idea in a game that recycles its own corridors. Play Shattered Dimensions instead.

11. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

The Amazing Spider-Man works as an epilogue to the 2012 Marc Webb film, a few months after it ends. Cross-species creatures break out of Oscorp and spread a virus across Manhattan, and Spider-Man teams up with Gwen Stacy and a jailed Curt Connors on a cure. Alistair Smythe and his robots are the main threat, with Rhino, Scorpion, and Vermin among the escaped creatures.

It brought open-world Manhattan back, along with Web Rush, which slows time so you can pick a target. The combat borrows heavily from the Batman: Arkham games, and Spider-Man's suit shows damage as the fight goes on. Activision pulled it from digital stores in January 2017, but you'll still find The Amazing Spider-Man DLC packs in our collection if the game is in your Steam library.

My Verdict: A solid open-world game that looks small next to Insomniac's. The Arkham-style combat is a clear step up from what came before.

12. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 continues the first game and loosely tracks the 2014 film. Kingpin is the real villain here; Cletus Kasady starts as a serial killer before becoming Carnage, and Kraven, Electro, Green Goblin, and Shocker all make appearances. Peter also hunts down Dennis Carradine, Uncle Ben's killer.

A Hero and Menace meter tracks your reputation, and if it drops too low, a task force comes after you. Stealth takedowns and web-shooter improvements fill in the rest, but reviews were rough, with Metacritic scores between 46 and 58. It was also delisted in January 2017 and was the last Activision Spider-Man game.

My Verdict: The weakest open-world Spider-Man game on this list. The swinging is fine, but almost everything around it feels unfinished.

13. Marvel's Spider-Man (2018)

Insomniac starts eight years into Peter's career, so there's no origin story to sit through. Mister Negative plans to take over New York's underworld, and the escaped Sinister Six, led by Doctor Octopus, throw the city into chaos. Mary Jane, Yuri Watanabe, and a young Miles Morales are on Peter's side, and the story hits harder than any Spider-Man game before it.

The swinging builds on Spider-Man 2 (2004) with far more speed and style, and the combat mixes gadgets, environmental throws, and dodges. The City That Never Sleeps DLC adds three chapters with Hammerhead, Black Cat and Silver Sable. The Remastered version on PS5 (November 12, 2020) and PC (August 12, 2022) includes all of it.

My Verdict: The best place to start Marvel's Spider-Man games in order, and still one of the best superhero games ever made.

14. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020)

Miles Morales picks up about a year after the first game. Peter leaves for Symkaria with Mary Jane for a few weeks, and Miles becomes the only Spider-Man in New York in the middle of a snowy holiday season. Harlem gets caught between Roxxon Energy Corporation and the Underground, a high-tech gang led by the Tinkerer.

It's a smaller standalone game than the original, with a tighter and more personal story. Miles brings venom blasts and camouflage, which change how stealth and crowd fights play out. It launched with the PS5 and came to PC on November 18, 2022.

My Verdict: A short, personal story with sharper combat than the first game, thanks to Miles's venom blasts.

15. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (2023)

Creative director Bryan Intihar told Press Start that Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is set about 10 months after Miles Morales, and the map now stretches into Brooklyn and Queens. Kraven arrives to hunt the city's super-powered people, and Harry Osborn returns with a cure for his illness that turns out to be the symbiote. Once it bonds with Peter, the story builds toward Venom, voiced by Tony Todd, with Mister Negative, Lizard, and Sandman also returning.

You can swap between Peter and Miles in free roam, and each has his own skill tree plus a shared one. Web Wings let you glide through wind tunnels; both heroes can now parry, and the black suit adds tendril attacks. Sony called it the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game in PlayStation history, with 2.5 million copies sold in 24 hours. The official Marvel's Spider-Man 2 page lists both the PS5 and PC versions, and PC arrived on January 30, 2025.

My Verdict: The biggest and fastest Spider-Man game yet, even if the story rushes its last act. Play it after the first two Insomniac games.

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Final Words

Since 2000, Spider-Man games have jumped between continuities again and again, from Neversoft and Raimi to Ultimate, Amazing and Insomniac. That's why the timeline looks so scattered, but it also means you can drop into nearly any entry without homework. Only the Insomniac trilogy asks you to play in order.

Swinging is the thread that ties all of them together. Spider-Man 2 (2004) set the standard with physics-based webs, Web of Shadows and Ultimate Spider-Man added style, and Insomniac turned it into some of the best traversal in open-world games. If you want to feel how far the series has come, play the 2004 game and then Marvel's Spider-Man back to back.

Newcomers should start with Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered, then Miles Morales, then Marvel's Spider-Man 2. Older fans with the hardware for it should give Web of Shadows a second look, since it has aged better than its reputation suggests.

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