5 Amazing Spider-Man Games Nobody Remembers

Published Jul 30, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT Jared is a writer, editor, and Communications Studies graduate who loves popular nerd culture (almost anything to do with Marvel, DC, Star Wars, or The Lord of the Rings) and the interactive storytelling medium. Jared's first console was the PS1, wherein he fell for Spider-Man, Spyro the Dragon, and Crash Bandicoot. Sign in to your ScreenRant account Spider-Man has had dozens of video games in the last 44 years across a ton of different gameplay genres. The open-world formula of Spider-Man games is the one that has stuck, though every Marvel and Spider-Man fan is sure to have at least a few Spider-Man games that they remember enjoying the most, even if their particular favorite isn't the most popular. Spider-Man (2000), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Ultimate Spider-Man, and Spider-Man: Web of Shadows are all examples that could be found cresting anyone’s list of favorite or most lovingly remembered Spider-Man games, aside from Insomniac’s Marvel’s Spider-Man series, of course. That said, if players pull back on these web strands, there are plenty of Spider-Man games that are equally amazing and worth the time of anyone who considers themselves a Spider-Man fan. 5 Spider-Man (2002) When a debut entry in an IP or franchise is released and followed by a sequel, one of two things is likely to occur. One possibility is that the first one is considered phenomenal, and the sequel doesn’t necessarily measure up to it, even if it’s considered phenomenal itself. The other is that the first one is blown out of the water completely by its sequel, which is what happened with Spider-Man (2002) and Spider-Man 2 (2004), the loose movie tie-in game adaptations of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movies. Spider-Man 3 shall not be spoken of for any reason whatsoever besides referencing its astonishing failed-QTE meme with a woman accepting her fate and shakily declaring: “I’m going to die!” Spider-Man (2002) is representative of antiquated Spider-Man gameplay design, where players were on a tight leash with no open world to explore, and combat was still relatively clunky in nature. Meanwhile, Spider-Man 2 (2004) is still praised as one of, if not the best Spider-Man game ever due to its Grand Theft Auto-style open-world sandbox and generational web-swinging/traversal mechanics. If gamers today remember Spider-Man (2002), it’s either for the fact that it was a neat adaptation of the movie, Green Goblin was playable (with players able to fly around on the glider), or that Kraven was an Xbox- and Game Boy Advance-exclusive boss. That said, its high points are quite high, including thrilling prologue levels with Peter Parker donning his wrestling match costume and vengefully pursuing his Uncle Ben’s killer. Likewise, it’s exciting to see how villains who don’t appear in Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man movies, such as Kraven, Scorpion, Shocker, and Vulture, might have looked if they had eventually been adapted. 4 Spider-Man: Battle For New York Even the biggest enthusiasts of Treyarch’s Ultimate Spider-Man game might have missed out on or forgotten about Torus’ prequel game, Spider-Man: Battle for New York. This entry was exclusive to the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS, and dropping ‘Ultimate’ from the title likely didn't help it reach fans of the original. Like how the bestial, purple Venom is playable in Ultimate Spider-Man, Green Goblin is playable in Spider-Man: Battle for New York. Apart from Spider-Man (2002) having a playable Green Goblin, this is a unique inclusion, as the Ultimate comic book universe’s iteration of the supervillain is a hulking monster that can hurl fireballs. In a fair and just world, the canceled Ultimate Spider-Man sequel would have been released and acclaimed as one of the best Spider-Man video game sequels ever. In the version of reality that we’re stuck with, though, Spider-Man: Battle for New York is all that’s left to show for Ultimate Spider-Man, aside from the eponymous comic book that it’s wholly inspired by and an adaptation of. Ultimate Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Battle for New York are now relics of a bygone comic book era, and a whole other Ultimate universe has taken its place in the meantime (replacing Earth-1610 with Earth-6160). These games should never be forgotten because they represent one of the last waves of Spider-Man games that weren’t concerned with MCU or movie synergy, but with comics synergy, and that’s what makes games like Ultimate Spider-Man, Battle for New York, Shattered Dimensions, Edge of Time, and Web of Shadows special as a dying breed. 3 Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro While Spider-Man (2002) was snuffed out by Spider-Man 2 (2004), the opposite happened in the case of Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro. Vicarious Visions had the unenviable task of following Neversoft’s Spider-Man (2000), the first-ever 3D Spider-Man game. It simply wasn’t as novel as the first game, and the impossibly high bar that Spider-Man (2000) set would’ve been difficult for any studio to clear. Nonetheless, Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro is a wonderful sequel, featuring a lot of the same charm that the first game has. It’s fantastic to see more iconic Spider-Man villains depicted in this tiny game canon’s polygonal universe, such as Electro, Hammerhead, Lizard (who has a missable cameo in the first game), Sandman, and Shocker. Sadly, Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro will forever be eclipsed by its predecessor and overshadowed by the Spider-Man games that came after it. 2 The Amazing Spider-Man The Amazing Spider-Man leans on the movie’s greatest strength: the unique sci-fi premise of cross-species genetics as the catalyst for a handful of fascinatingly gruesome Spider-Man villain redesigns, especially Scorpion’s. Perhaps most remarkably, Beenox’s The Amazing Spider-Man is a proper epilogue to the movie. This way, the game is sort of an Amazing Spider-Man 1.5, and it excels far beyond the egregious Amazing Spider-Man 2, as well as the sequel’s own game adaptation. The biggest downside of The Amazing Spider-Man is an open world that's sadly bereft of meaningful activities, and it's often at odds with the game's mechanics. One example is the Web Rush ability, which pulls players into Spider-Man’s POV in slow motion so they can pinpoint a spot (highlighted with a yellow Spider-Man silhouette) they’d like to web-zip to. In interior missions, where players want to take a room of enemies out stealthily and zip from perch to perch, it’s a godsend. In the open world, where players want to swing fluidly and speedily without interruption, it’s a nightmare. At the end of the day, it feels like there's an open world to give players an excuse to web-swing and have city-wide battles or pursuits against Alistair Smythe’s spider-slayer robots. Thankfully, The Amazing Spider-Man more than makes up for that by boasting terrific campaign missions and a story that doesn’t simply adapt the beats of the movie. 1 Spider-Man: Edge Of Time Spider-Man: Edge of Time has been forgotten by many fans who prefer Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, its older sibling. It’s easy to see why Shattered Dimensions could be the better game on paper, considering it has two additional Spider-Men to play as for a total of four, and with each of their universes explored in character-specific missions. Spider-Man: Edge of Time, however, debatably tells the best story in any Spider-Man game ever (R.I.P. Spider-Man comic book legend Peter David). One big perk is the debut of Atrocity (a mixture of Eddie Brock/Anti-Venom, Doctor Octopus, and Walker Sloan). This supervillain amalgamation that is finally cool and scary enough to rival the frightening and anxiety-inducing Monster-Ock (a mixture of the red Carnage symbiote and Doctor Octopus) from Neversoft’s Spider-Man. Josh Keaton’s Amazing Spider-Man and Christopher Daniel Barnes’ Spider-Man 2099 prove why they’re two of the best Spider-Man actors of all time, and a time/reality-warping Peter Parker being the CEO of Alchemax makes for a superb and novel villain twist. Spider-Man: Edge of Time is criminally unsung, and fans who’ve forgotten about it are certainly missing out. Movie(s) Spider-Man, Spider-Man Strikes Back, Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse TV Show(s) Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Spider-Man Unlimited, Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Ultimate Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Spider-Noir Comic The Amazing Spider-Man First Film Spider-Man First TV Show Spider-Man Genres Superhero, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Drama, Coming-of-Age Cast Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, Shameik Moore, Zendaya, Kirsten Dunst, Emma Stone, Marisa Tomei, Rosemary Harris, Sally Field, Jacob Batalon, J.K. Simmons, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Michael Keaton, Jamie Foxx, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jon Favreau, Tony Revolori, Laura Harrier, Angourie Rice, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nicholas Hammond Director Sam Raimi, Marc Webb, Jon Watts, Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson Writers Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Brian Michael Bendis, jonathan hickman, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller Created by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko