The Top 10 Marvel Games Of All Time

This list, which was compiled from 2019, features the 10 best Marvel-themed visual games. If you’re itching to jump into the role of one of Marvel’s legendary heroes there are a number of great games on the market. We’ve assembled the ultimate list of Marvel games every comic fan should play.

10. X-Men: Clone Wars

Genesis • 1995
The X-Men seemed like the biggest superheroes in the ‘90s. Young fans around the country dreamed of being one of Marvel’s merry mutants, and Headgames’ co-op friendly side-scrolling action game helped scratch that itch. The players control Beast, Cyclops (Beast, Gambit Nightcrawler, Nightcrawler), Psylocke and Wolverine, as they journey across the globe to stop the Phalanx virus from causing all of humanity to become techno-organic slavery. Every hero is unique and has their own set of abilities that aid them in battle. This encourages replay.

9. Marvel Strike Force

iOS, Android • 2018
You are an agent with the Special Tactical Reserve for Interdimensional Key Events. As an agent of the Special Tactical Reserve for Interdimensional Key Events (S.T.R.I.K.E.), you have to put together a group of heroes that will defend our planet against an alien attack. But who are we kidding – we don’t love Marvel’s turn-based mobile game for its plot. Our passion is to keep a growing list of the most beloved heroes and villains from all over the world. Strike Force’s turn-based combat features just the right amount of strategy, and chasing that slow unlock of new characters is incredibly addicting.

8. Wolverine: X-Men Origins

PS3, PS2, Xbox 360, Wii, PC • 2009
Wolverine is one of Marvel’s most beloved heroes and for good reason: he’s a take-no-nonsense scrapper who can walk off just about any injury. Based on the 2009 film, Raven Software let fans explore Logan’s past while tearing through legions of hapless enemies with Wolverine’s indestructible claws. It was fascinating to watch his body respond after an attack. Your lunge attack was also incredibly powerful. Not only is X-Men Origins a great Marvel game, it pulled off an incredibly rare trick – it’s a game that is actually better than the movie.

7. X-Men

Arcade, PS3, Xbox 360 • 1992
In the ‘90s, arcades were littered with Konami’s addictive side-scrolling beat ‘em up. Indeed, arcades seemed to be required to possess this particular game by law. But we’re not complaining; we happily throw a few quarters into one of these machines every time we see it. Sure, some of the X-Men’s powers seem misrepresented (Nightcrawler zipped around the screen like the Flash, for example), but we can’t resist the thrill of beating up an army of Sentinels before the epic throwdown with Magneto.

6. Lego Marvel Super Heroes

PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, 3DS, Vita, PC • 2013
Lego games are like potato chips – they’re comfort food. After a long day, they don’t make you feel any pressure to perform; you can just relax and smash objects and enemies into tiny Lego bricks. Hot on the heels of the 2012 Avengers film, Traveller’s Tales and TT Fusion’s exploration of the Marvel universe was a sheer delight. It was impossible to find secrets in the vast array of characters, not only were they huge, but also each hero had their unique powers.

5. Spider-Man 2

PS2, Xbox, GameCube • 2004
For a long time, Spider-man 2 was considered the best Marvel game – if not the best licensed game around. Spider-Man, based on Sam Raimi’s film, struggles to balance his civilian life and superpowers while fighting foes such as The Rhino and Black Cat. Treyarch’s open-world Manhattan was a lot of fun to explore, and the combat was fast and fluid. However, the pièce de résistance is Spider-Man’s swing mechanics, which feel so good that they became the swing mechanics by which all other Spider-Man games were judged.

4. The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction

PS2, Xbox, GameCube • 2005
Few games let you feel like an unstoppable rage machine like Radical Entertainment’s Ultimate Destruction. Hulk can run straight up walls and transform cars into metal knuckles. He also bats missiles away as fast as flies. It’s truly thrilling to watch the boss fights between nemeses such as Mercy, Devil Hulk and Abomination. Bruce Banner just wants to while away in secret and research a cure for his condition, but the world doesn’t want to leave him alone. We don’t want to leave him alone either, because this combat is so much fun.

3. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

PS4, Xbox One, PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PSP • 2006
Raven Software’s epic smash fest was the Avengers: Endgame of its era. Building on the X-Men Legacy franchise, Ultimate Alliance takes Diablo’s basic action/RPG loot fest and throws every major Marvel character into the mix. Up to four friends can watch each other’s backs as they engage in some truly wild scenarios, such as protecting a helicarrier from the dragon Fin Fang Foom, freeing the inhabitants of Atlantis from mind-control, and participating in an absurd gameshow on Murderworld. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 will have a lot of things to live up.

2. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

PS4, Xbox One, PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Vita • 2011
Marvel vs. Capcom is where Captain America and Mega Man can tag team with Captain Commando, or go toe-to–toe with Iron Man. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 – New Age of Heroes is also a favorite, but the Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 release struck an excellent balance between its large cast of characters and combat. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is a good reminder that you don’t need a zany story mode when the action is this good.

1. Spider-Man

PS4 • 2018
Was there anything else you expected at the top? Insomniac’s masterpiece was a true contender for game of the year when it released, and Insomniac expertly took all of the mechanics that fans loved from previous Spider-Man games and built on them to create something special. Spider-Man’s combat and web-swinging is the best it’s ever been, and Insomniac tells a gripping story that highlighted Peter Parker’s heroics as well as his alter ego. Although we could have done without simple stealth moments in the game, they are easily forgotten when the rest is on full steam. It will be painfully long to wait for the sequel, as we are excited to see Insomniac’s next adventures with our favorite wall-crawler.

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