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Batman: Arkham City (2011)

Rocksteady Studios

Nintendo Switch · OnLive Game System · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360

4.24 from 7678 ratings · #130 top rated on Grouvee

17464 members have it in their collection · 440 playing now · 4570 backlogged · 1174 wish listed

How long? Main story 16h · with extras 26h · 100% 41h (from 99 logged playthroughs)

Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City, the new maximum security "home" for all of Gotham City's thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, this highly anticipated sequel introduces a brand-new story that … Read more
Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City, the new maximum security "home" for all of Gotham City's thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, this highly anticipated sequel introduces a brand-new story that draws together a new all-star cast of classic characters and murderous villains from the Batman universe, as well as a vast range of new and enhanced gameplay features to deliver the ultimate experience as the Dark Knight. Read less
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Developers
Rocksteady Studios
Publishers
DC Entertainment, WB Games
Genres
Adventure, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Themes
Action, Open world, Stealth
Franchises
Batman
Series
Batman: Arkham
Events
Spike Video Game Awards 2010, Spike Video Game Awards 2009
Steam
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Release dates

  • Oct 18, 2011 (North_America) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • Oct 18, 2011 (Asia) PlayStation 3
  • Oct 19, 2011 (Australia) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • Oct 21, 2011 (Europe) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • Nov 22, 2011 (North_America) OnLive Game System, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Nov 23, 2011 (Australia) OnLive Game System, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Nov 23, 2011 (Japan) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • Nov 25, 2011 (Europe) OnLive Game System, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Dec 01, 2023 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch

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Rating distribution

5 stars
3375
4 stars
3013
3 stars
1080
2 stars
171
1 star
39
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kingbk83

Status kingbk83 Apr 24, 2025

Finished. I'm not the biggest superhero guy, but always enjoyed Batman, and this game was so much fun.

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kingbk83

Status kingbk83 Jan 15, 2025

When I play this on my Switch, my console will vibrate so much when I fight enemies that my wife is like "what the heck are you doing?" haha.

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kingbk83

Status kingbk83 Sep 16, 2024

Such a fun game! I love how much you feel like Batman in this game. All the abilities, all the gadgets. The Switch has been great in helping me discover games I never played during the PS3/Xbox360 era, though Xbox Game Pass has been great for that as well.

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kingbk83

Status kingbk83 Sep 10, 2024

The Switch version of this is excellent. Yes, Arkham Knight is a dumpster fire on the Switch, but of the three Batman games that got released on Switch a few months ago, I got to say Arkham City looks pretty good, plays pretty smooth and overall is the best of the games available.

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TheCorbeauxKing

Status TheCorbeauxKing Mar 5, 2024

Now that the Arkhamverse is dead with Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad, I hope that people could look back on Arkham City without the nostalgia goggles and realize that it was always ass.

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Gothd011

Status Gothd011 May 19, 2023

IMO this one was better than Arkham Asylum. It like they fixed a lot of things that you wanted them to. The base gameplay is awesome. I love the Catwoman parts. I wish the city was more polish and I gagged on some of the comical witty banter but ayyy it's Batman. Can't wait to play the third one in …

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IMO this one was better than Arkham Asylum. It like they fixed a lot of things that you wanted them to. The base gameplay is awesome. I love the Catwoman parts. I wish the city was more polish and I gagged on some of the comical witty banter but ayyy it's Batman. Can't wait to play the third one in this trilogy mainline But will take a break because in truth, as much as I love the game the combat can set your nerves on sizzle and not always in a good way......but solid five from me

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Notorious

Status Notorious Dec 17, 2022

MASTERPIECE

They did everything right they did in asylum, just better! Every person who's played video games must play, the art, the characters, the story down to even the voice acting, will hit the spot.

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maeday

Status maeday Nov 13, 2022

Playing through these again for the first time since they released and, boy, both Asylum and City really crumble in the second half. It's mostly thanks to people who demand their games be overly and unnecessarily lengthy, because if they'd just been like 8 hours long, it'd be fine, but they felt the need to include everything and the kitchen …

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Playing through these again for the first time since they released and, boy, both Asylum and City really crumble in the second half. It's mostly thanks to people who demand their games be overly and unnecessarily lengthy, because if they'd just been like 8 hours long, it'd be fine, but they felt the need to include everything and the kitchen sink and it really suffers as a result. What starts out as a fun fairly linear and well plot driven escapade quickly devolves into nonsense of the highest caliber.

I still like them both a lot, I do, I just wish the games could've been streamlined more, especially City. It's arguably, gameplay wise, the better title; it's more polished, it's got a more interesting story, it's got a much bigger environment (that's not exactly a plus, but whatever), but because of the 2010s gamer demanding games as long as existence itself, it's crammed to the gills with things that only lead to plot holes and make the whole thing fall in on itself.

I'm curious to get through City and finally play the third, since I never got the chance, and see if maybe - MAYBE - they finally managed to make one that doesn't crumble in the second half.

Then again my opinions mean nothing as I've learned lately, so why I'm bothering to share them at all anywhere in life remains to be seen.

Batman whoo.

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magohuman

Status magohuman Apr 3, 2021

Tudo que Arkham Asylum apresentou de bom foi aprimorado em Arkham City: Mapa maior, mais inimigos, mais opções de combate, novas opções de stealth e finalizações, novas habilidades, arcos de personagens mais curtos, porém mais diversificado e muito bem desenvolvido, mais histórias e backgrounds, mais referências e "ovos de páscoa". Arkham City foi o ápice da inovação da série arkham.

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