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Video Games Based On the Written Word

by Guernicaman • Created 8 years ago • Modified 8 years ago
A list of video games that are based on or inspired by books, novels, short stories, comic books, manga, etc..
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  • 166 titles
  • Metro 2033 (2010)

    1. Metro 2033

    2010MVideo Game
    8.0 (5.1K)
    Man has fallen, struggling to survive within Moscow's metro. In the face of a new mysterious threat young Artyom must leave his home station for the first time, making a dangerous journey to the legendary Polis to enlist their help.
    DirectorsKeith AremAndrew ProkhorovStarsMark IvanirYuri LowenthalBoris Kievsky
  • Spec Ops: The Line (2012)

    2. Spec Ops: The Line

    2012MVideo Game
    8.4 (4.4K)
    Set in modern day Dubai, massive sandstorms have buried the city. As Capt. Martin Walker, you're sent in to find any survivors and learn what happened to the original rescue and evacuation team led by Lt. Colonel John Konrad.
    DirectorsFrançois CoulonCory DavisStarsNolan NorthChristopher ReidOmid Abtahi
    Inspired by author Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness".
  • Alice (2000)

    3. Alice

    2000MVideo Game
    8.6 (1.6K)
    A game with an all new story that takes place after Lewis Carroll's stories. Alice must return to Wonderland and defeat the Queen of Hearts once and for all.
    StarsSusie BrannRoger JacksonJarion Monroe
    Inspired by characters from Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland", as well as, "Through the Looking Glass: And What Alice Found There".
  • Spider-Man: The Video Game (1991)

    4. Spider-Man: The Video Game

    1991Video Game
    7.4 (108)
    Spider - Man has now faced his greatest enemy The Green Goblin
  • Hulk (2003)

    5. Hulk

    2003TVideo Game
    6.2 (725)
    Set shortly after the movie, while on the run; Bruce Banner is contacted by his old mentor Professor Crawford, who claims to have developed a device called the Gamma Orb which can cure the Hulk.
    DirectorMark JamesStarsEric BanaKatie BennisonMichael Donovan
  • Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (2010)

    6. Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

    201010hTVideo Game
    7.7 (1.8K)
    An artifact known as the "Tablet of Order and Chaos" is shattered, causing problems with multiple Marvel realities. Madame Web calls on 4 versions of Spider-Man from 4 realities to assist her in bringing the realities back into balance.
    DirectorsJose Pablo GonzalezBlade ZavierStarsNeil Patrick HarrisJosh KeatonDan Gilvezan
  • Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six (1992)

    7. Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six

    1992Video Game
    5.3 (103)
  • Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace (2001)

    8. Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace

    2001EVideo Game
    7.0 (81)
    Peter Parker promises Mary Jane to get a bowl for her goldfish, but gets involved in stopping a crimewave as Spider-Man - Hammerhead, the Big Wheel, Electro, the Rhino and the Scorpion are causing chaos in New York City, in a grand scheme devised by criminal mastermind Mysterio.
    DirectorLuis Barriga
  • Joe Alaskey, Quinton Flynn, Roger Jackson, and James Arnold Taylor in Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (2007)

    9. Spider-Man: Friend or Foe

    2007E10+Video Game
    6.4 (773)
    Just when Spider-Man thought it was safe to relax, he's summoned by the famous Colonel Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury has had his eye on Spider-Man for quite some time, and now he's being recruited to help take on a world wide threat.
    DirectorJason CarrStarsJames Arnold TaylorMarc GraueKat Cressida
  • Spider-Man: Edge of Time (2011)

    10. Spider-Man: Edge of Time

    20117hTVideo Game
    6.7 (790)
    Miguel O'Hara/Spider-Man 2099 travels back in time to present day New York City to stop a scientist from altering the timeline that could cause the death of Peter Parker/Spider-Man at the hands of Anti-Venom.
    DirectorsGérard LehianyRamiro BélangerStarsJosh KeatonChristopher Daniel BarnesSteve Blum
  • Spider-Man: Battle for New York (2006)

    11. Spider-Man: Battle for New York

    2006E10+Video Game
    6.9 (67)
    After finding how Spider-Man got his powers, Norman Osborn becomes Green Goblin and creates a whole army.
    StarsJames Arnold TaylorNeil KaplanStephen Stanton
  • Spider-Man and the X-Men: Arcade's Revenge (1992)

    12. Spider-Man and the X-Men: Arcade's Revenge

    1992GAVideo Game
    5.1 (154)
    Side-scrolling action featuring Spiderman and the X-Men.
  • Spider-Man vs. the Kingpin (1991)

    13. Spider-Man vs. the Kingpin

    1991UnratedVideo Game
    7.0 (128)
    You control Spider-Man as you race against time tracking down an nuclear bomb set by the Kingpin.
    DirectorRandel ReissStarEmil Bejstam
  • Spider-Man 3 (2007)

    14. Spider-Man 3

    2007TVideo Game
    6.4 (4K)
    Spider-Man is back to save the city with his usual hero work, only this time he bonds with an alien substance known as symbiote which turns his hero days and personal life into something ugly.
    StarsTobey MaguireJames FrancoTopher Grace
  • Alfred Molina and Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 2 (2004)

    15. Spider-Man 2

    2004TVideo Game
    7.8 (5.9K)
    Spider-Man/Peter Parker struggles between his personal life which involves Mary Jane Watson and his superhero life where he joins up with a vigilante known as Black Cat battling a series of foes including the mad Doc Ock.
    DirectorsTomo MoriwakiYoshitomo MoriwakiStarsTobey MaguireKirsten DunstAlfred Molina
  • Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety (1995)

    16. Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety

    1995K-AVideo Game
    7.3 (106)
    Mayhem-packed sequel to Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage (1994), with appearances from loads of other Marvel Comic-Book characters.
  • Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage (1994)

    17. Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage

    1994MA-13Video Game
    7.4 (250)
    Side-scrolling beat 'em up game based on a 14-part Marvel comic book crossover featuring Spider-Man and Venom who team up with a host of other superheroes to face Venom's murderous offspring Carnage and his team of super-villains.
  • Spider-Man (2002)

    18. Spider-Man

    2002EVideo Game
    7.2 (2.9K)
    In this game loosely based on the film, Spider-Man is on a mission to fight evil in the forms of the villains Shocker, Vulture, Scorpion, and the Green Goblin.
    DirectorChris SoaresStarsTobey MaguireWillem DafoeBruce Campbell
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

    19. The Amazing Spider-Man

    2012TVideo Game
    7.0 (2.3K)
    Spider-Man's strength and powers are tested when he is forced to save the world after Manhattan gets threatened by a deadly cross-species virus and robots created by Oscorp mastermind Alistaire Smythe.
    DirectorKeith AremStarsSam RiegelKari WahlgrenSteve Blum
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (1991)

    20. The Amazing Spider-Man

    1991Video Game
    5.9 (68)
    Side scrolling platform action video game in which Spider-Man's enemies have discovered his secret identity and kidnapped his wife, Mary Jane. Spider-Man then battles Mysterio, Hobgoblin, Scorpion, Rhino, Doctor Octopus and Venom.
  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

    21. The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    2014TVideo Game
    5.7 (1.6K)
    Spiderman faces new threats to the city of New York.
    DirectorKeith AremStarsSam RiegelAli HillisJB Blanc
  • Edward Norton in The Incredible Hulk (2008)

    22. The Incredible Hulk

    2008TVideo Game
    6.4 (1.5K)
    Based on the film, with lots of new characters and enemies. Bruce is let loose as the Hulk in New York with massive destruction and combat to fight his way to his decision; cure or embrace.
    StarsEdward NortonLiv TylerTim Roth
  • The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (2005)

    23. The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction

    2005TVideo Game
    8.0 (553)
    The Incredible Hulk faces against his greatest adversary - the Abomination - in a free-roaming, open-world action-adventure.
    DirectorsScott MorganEric HolmesTom KeeganStarsNeal McDonoughRon PerlmanDaniel Riordan
  • Thomas Jane in The Punisher (2004)

    24. The Punisher

    2004MVideo Game
    8.3 (2.2K)
    Frank Castle's war on crime has him face the mafia, the Russian mob and the Yakuza as well as his famous archenemies from The Punisher comics. Along the way, he gets to briefly team up with some of his S.H.I.E.L.D. allies.
    StarsThomas JaneBob JolesDarryl Kurylo
  • The Punisher (1993)

    25. The Punisher

    1993TVideo Game
    8.1 (237)
    Side-scrolling beat-'em-up featuring Frank Castle and Nick Fury.
    DirectorNoritaka Funamizu

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