Video Games Based On the Written Word
A list of video games that are based on or inspired by books, novels, short stories, comic books, manga, etc..
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- DirectorKeith AremAndrew ProkhorovStarsMark IvanirYuri LowenthalBoris KievskyMan 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.
- DirectorFrançois CoulonCory DavisStarsNolan NorthChristopher ReidOmid AbtahiSet 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.Inspired by author Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness".
- StarsSusie BrannRoger JacksonJarion MonroeA 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.Inspired by characters from Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland", as well as, "Through the Looking Glass: And What Alice Found There".
- Spider - Man has now faced his greatest enemy The Green Goblin
- DirectorMark JamesStarsEric BanaKatie BennisonMichael DonovanSet 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.
- DirectorJose Pablo GonzalezBlade ZavierStarsNeil Patrick HarrisJosh KeatonDan GilvezanAn 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.
- DirectorLuis BarrigaPeter 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.
- DirectorJason CarrStarsJames Arnold TaylorMarc GraueKat CressidaJust 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.
- DirectorGérard LehianyRamiro BélangerStarsJosh KeatonChristopher Daniel BarnesSteve BlumMiguel 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.
- StarsJames Arnold TaylorNeil KaplanStephen StantonAfter finding how Spider-Man got his powers, Norman Osborn becomes Green Goblin and creates a whole army.
- Side-scrolling action featuring Spiderman and the X-Men.
- DirectorRandel ReissStarsEmil BejstamYou control Spider-Man as you race against time tracking down an nuclear bomb set by the Kingpin.
- StarsTobey MaguireJames FrancoTopher GraceSpider-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.
- DirectorTomo MoriwakiYoshitomo MoriwakiStarsTobey MaguireKirsten DunstAlfred MolinaSpider-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.
- Mayhem-packed sequel to Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage (1994), with appearances from loads of other Marvel Comic-Book characters.
- 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.
- DirectorChris SoaresStarsTobey MaguireWillem DafoeBruce CampbellIn 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.
- DirectorKeith AremStarsSam RiegelKari WahlgrenSteve BlumSpider-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.
- 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.
- DirectorKeith AremStarsSam RiegelAli HillisJB BlancSpiderman faces new threats to the city of New York.
- StarsEdward NortonLiv TylerTim RothBased 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.
- DirectorScott MorganEric HolmesTom KeeganStarsNeal McDonoughRon PerlmanDaniel RiordanThe Incredible Hulk faces against his greatest adversary - the Abomination - in a free-roaming, open-world action-adventure.
- StarsThomas JaneBob JolesDarryl KuryloFrank 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.
- DirectorNoritaka FunamizuSide-scrolling beat-'em-up featuring Frank Castle and Nick Fury.
- Wolverine has to complete nine missions and then face Sabretooth and Magneto.
- DirectorChris BusseStarsSean MarquetteAndrea BakerArthur BurghardtYou play the Marvel Ultimate Universe versions of Spider-Man and his nemesis, Venom, as both clash with each other and others.
- DirectorMichael McCormickRobert TaylorStarsChris HemsworthTom HiddlestonJaimie AlexanderThe powerful but arrogant god Thor, comes from Asgard to Earth and becomes one of its finest defenders.
- Designed for Sega Genesis, this version of "Wolverine: Adamantium Rage" is a side-scrolling platformer/beat'em up which is, similar to, but different from the version released on the SNES. After receiving a mysterious photograph, Wolverine goes on a journey in which he must battle his way through the Weapon X lab, the frozen landscape of Dead Man's Land, the Canadian forests, a lunar dreamscape, and New York's Hellfire Club and sewers. In addition to various robots/enemies, Wolverine must defeat Albert, Lurker, Lady Deathstrike, Sabertooth, Cyber, Bloodscream, and Trevor Fitzroy. However, if he takes to long on a level, Elsie-Dee will find him blow both of them up, costing him one of his 5 lives.
- A Sega Genesis-exclusive game based on the very popular comic hero team.
- DirectorC. LeeStarsKyle HebertMela LeeMarvel's mutants face off against their nemesis Magneto in the popular arcade game from Konami.
- X-Men 2: Clone Wars is a platform game developed by Headgames and released by Sega of America. The game is based on the adventures of the Marvel Comics superhero team, the X-Men.
- StarsPatrick StewartMichelle ArthurEdward AsnerYou play the X-Men as they battle against the forces of evil, be it mutant haters with their Sentinels, or Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutants.
- StarsPatrick StewartGrey GriffinDwight SchultzYou play the X-Men and the Brotherhood in a uneasy alliance to fight the menace of Apocalypse.
- DirectorMargaret TangStarsHugh JackmanLiev SchreiberWill.i.amBased on the film, the player controls Logan, a veteran who used to work for William Stryker in his gang of mutants. Now, Stryker has come back to Logan for help. Play as Wolverine as you hunt down Sabretooth and fight other mutants.
- StarsNorm SpencerCal DoddCatherine DisherCrossover fighting game and the first installment in the "Marvel vs. Capcom" series. In it, the Street Fighters team up with the X-Men to halt the terror of Apocalypse. It incorporates dual-character selection and tag team-based combat.
- StarsGeorge BuzaCatherine DisherCal DoddX-Men: Children of the Atom is an arcade game based on the X-Men comic book that was produced by Capcom and released on the CPS II arcade.
- DirectorMargaret TangStarsMilo VentimigliaJamie ChungJason MarsdenYou control three characters and decide their actions with their newfound powers in a plot to investigate an attack on a mutant rights rally.
- StarsRay LandryLawrence BayneTim HarrisonX-Men Mutant Academy is a 2.5D fighting game.
- A band of cyborgs is terrorizing the planet and the X-Men believes Magneto is behind this and will do anything to stop him.
- StarsDavid HemblenDon FrancksCatherine DisherOne on One arcade game with your favourite X-Men!
- StarsPatrick StewartJenette GoldsteinTony DanielsPrime Sentinels retrieves the head of Bastion with his desire to wipe out all mutants.
- Returning from Mojoverse, the X-Men returns to the X-Mansion, only to discover they are in an alternative universe, under Apocalypse control.
- DirectorAdam TierneyStarsPatrick StewartHugh JackmanAlan CummingPlay as Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and Iceman in this action tie-in game that bridges the gap between X2: X-Men United (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
- DirectorBrigitte BurdineStarsMark HamillPatrick StewartFred TatascioreLogan goes in search of clues to his past and involvement with the Weapon X program in Canada with the help of his friends from the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters and faces off against various opponents.
- DirectorDavid KoenigYoni KoenigStarsMystro ClarkVictor BrandtLani MinellaSurvival horror game loosely based on the first Men in Black film. Jay, Kay, Laurel and Zed investigate four separate cases set in New York, the Arctic, Brazil and the Pacific Ocean that have one thing in common - an alien conspiracy.
- DirectorAmanda WyattStarsTroy BakerTim BlaneyJosh GadIn this adaptation of all the sci-fi films, you fight aliens and eventually save the world.
- DirectorGraeme DevineRob LanderosThe player controls the Marvel character Silver Surfer through various levels to battle Reptyl, Mephisto, Possessor, Fire Lord and Kylor to ultimately retrieve the "Cosmic Device" for his master Galactus.
- StarsKevin MillerYou play as Agent J or K to fight aliens wanting to destroy New York City.
- StarsTom ClarkDon DelciappoKate MagowanYou play as Blade and fight vampires from a criminal order of reapers.
- StarsRedd PepperNorman ChancerStefan Ashton FrankBlade is an action game based on the 1998 film of the same name.
- DirectorBenjamin KerslakePaul KurowskiStarsSusie BrannRoger JacksonJarion Monroe10 year old Alice lost her family in a fire. For 10 years she remained catatonic in an asylum while her condition caused Wonderland to turn - dark.Inspired by the characters created by Lewis Carroll in "Alice in Wonderland", as well as, "Through the Looking Glass: And What Alice Found There".
- DirectorDavid MsikaStarsRyan ReynoldsMarton CsokasSteve BlumYou play Hal Jordan as you fight with the Green Lantern Corps as it faces the menace of its corrupted robotic predecessors.
- DirectorIwao HoritaYou play Captain America and/or his fellow Avengers as you battle the forces of the Red Skull.
- DirectorMichael McCormickRobert TaylorStarsHayley AtwellChris EvansNeal McDonoughYou play the Sentinel of Liberty as you raid the Red Skull's scientist minion, Armin Zola's, lair.
- DirectorSean MillerKeith AremStarsNolan NorthFred TatascioreKeith FergusonWith the help of Cable, Rogue, Wolverine and many other heroes, Deadpool must stop Mister Sinister, while trying to make his video game really awesome and going over budget countless times.
- StarsIoan GruffuddJessica AlbaChris EvansBeat 'em up video game based on the film Fantastic Four (2005). Play as the characters of the superhero team Fantastic Four using combos and special attacks to fight your way through hordes of enemies and bosses.
- Doctor Doom has developed a device that transports the Fantastic Four (and the She-Hulk) to various locations to do battle with various monsters and supervillains. One or two players (or up to four with a special adaptor) can control Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, The Thing, Human Torch or She-Hulk through various side-scrolling arcade levels until Mr. Fantastic is able to assemble a time machine that allows him to transport the team to Doom's tiny kingdom for a final battle. While Galactus does not appear in the game, it is clear that he is behind the destruction of the Skrull homeworld.
- StarsMatt KaminskyErin MatthewsMichael BroderickGame based on the film of the same name in which the player takes on the role of any member of the Fantastic Four team to go on missions featuring the whole team, or do various solo missions.
- DirectorMark SimmonsStarsDave FouquetteLiam O'BrienPeggy O'NealThe Ghost Rider makes justice beating monsters and devils.
- Video-game based on the cult comic-book hero duck and set after the events of the Howard the Duck movie. Howard goes to a remote tropical volcano island to find his musician friends who got kidnapped by a madman.
- DirectorMarie-Jo LerouxStarsRobert Downey Jr.Terrence HowardShaun ToubTony Stark, gets kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, he builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he vows to protect the world as Iron Man.
- DirectorMichael McCormickRobert TaylorStarsDon CheadleEric LoomisSamuel L. JacksonVideo game based upon the film of the same name.
- StarsAdrian PasdarTom WaylandNick SullivanThe official video-game of 'Iron Man 3 (2013)'.
- The storyline is revealed through onscreen text. Iron Man and X-O Manowar must team up in order to stop a team of supervillains from grabbing the lost fragments of the Cosmic Cube. During the game it is also revealed that the space aliens that Aric stole his X-O Manowar armor from, want it back. The two super heroes battle through several levels to stop the terrorists and their supervillain leaders from trying to rule the universe.
- Scott Pilgrim, his girlfriend Ramona, and his bandmates Kim and Steven must fight their way through Toronto to battle Ramona's seven evil exes.
- StarsChloë Grace MoretzMark StrongAaron Taylor-JohnsonHit-Girl and Kick-Ass fight crime as costumed superheroes.
- DirectorJon BurtonStarsAdrian PasdarAndrew KishinoClark GreggWhen the Silver Surfer and his surfboard are knocked out of the sky, shattering the board into bricks that are scattered throughout the Marvel Universe, Nick Fury calls in the heroes of the Marvel Universe to retrieve the "cosmic bricks", before villains, like Loki or Magneto, can take them.
- DirectorJon BurtonArthur ParsonsStarsCharlie AdlerHayley AtwellLaura BaileyFollows the storyline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Avengers fighting to protect Earth from their enemies, who are bent on world domination.
- StarsTroy BakerLaura BaileySteve BlumThe Avengers must unite to stop an invasion of Skrulls.
- DirectorPeter HuJosh BookStarsApril StewartBrian BloomChris CoxThe heroes of the Marvel Universe including Captain America, Spider-man,and Wolverine, must protect the Earth from Dr. Doom and other villains.
- StarsAlistair AbellMark AchesonJason Bryden5 families of super heroes take on an unknown force led by an alien life form who plans to take over the world and marvels best must defend what is left of New York before matters get worse.
- DirectorTodd ResnickStarsLaura BaileyTroy BakerJB BlancZen Pinball features hit tables based on some of the biggest brands in entertainment, including Marvel Comics, Star Wars, ALIEN, The Walking Dead and more, Zen Pinball is your go-to place for all of your pinball cravings.
- DirectorDouglas CarriganStarsCharlie AdlerTroy BakerAlimi BallardWhen the Lethal Legion plot to create the Infinity Melder, a version of the Infinity Sword but smaller, the Super Hero Squad rises to the challenge.
- DirectorJay MinnStarsCharlie AdlerLaura BaileyAlimi BallardFight the evil forces of Doctor Doom with your favorite Marvel Super Heroes in Marvel's first free-to-play massively multiplayer online game.
- DirectorPeter ArmstrongStarsCharlie AdlerAlimi BallardSteve Blum
- StarsTom KennyTara StrongGrey GriffinThe adventure continues as the Squaddies return to battle the Lethal Legion in a race to discover the secret locations of the lost Infinity Stones. Any who possess these powerful stones can dominate the world and destroy the universe.
- StarsCal DoddJaimz WoolvettCatherine DisherWhen Thanos has posession of the Infinity Gems, Marvel heroes and villains attempt to recover the Gems for their own reasons.
- StarsTetsuya IwanagaYûko MiyamuraWataru TakagiThe Street Fighters encounter several other Marvel characters in one-on-one tag team fights. This time, Apocalypse creates a cyborg of Akuma called "Cyber-Akuma". It introduces a new gameplay mechanic known as the "Variable Assist".
- StarsKae ArakiLawrence BayneRick BennettA pirate-woman named Ruby-Heart who united fifty-two of the Earth's strongest heroes and villains, transports them to another dimension on her enormous battleship to fight an evil shape-shifter named Abyss who wants to rule all realities.
- DirectorRyota NiitsumaStarsHiroki TakahashiFumiko OrikasaHiroki TôchiDoctor Doom has assembled the greatest villains of the Marvel Universe and has joined forces with Albert Wesker in order to unite their respective universes in an effort to conquer both.
- StarsTomomi FubeKaoru FujinoYayoi JingujiThe evil Onslaught has become too powerful, so the Marvel universe is assisted by the Capcom universe to destroy him before he is unstoppable.
- Become a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and lead a team of superheroes to protect New York City.
- DirectorGlenn AmonittiStarsAdrienne BarbeauApril StewartBeau WeaverMarvel Comics' greatest superheroes must band together to uncover the mystery behind Doctor Doom's blatant attack on S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters.
- DirectorAli DonovanDan TanguayStarsDavid AgranovLori AlanOgie BanksUltimate Alliance 2 features characters from the Marvel universe and follows elements of the Secret War and Civil War story arcs from the comic.
- Bruce Banner finds himself bound to a chair located in what appears to be an underground chamber. In order to break free from the chair, Banner has no choice but to transform into the Hulk by biting his lip in order to trigger the transformation. Now transform into the hulking menace and finally free from his bounds, the Hulk explores the underground chamber seeking for the one responsible for imprisoning him.
- DirectorAndrew ProkhorovStarsAleksandr VilkovAleksey CherevatenkoAnatoliy BogushFollowing the events of Metro 2033, Artyom, now an experienced ranger, confronted with guilt must go on a journey to face threats from outside the metro and within, as he finds out that he is humanity's last salvation for peace.
- DirectorRandall RyanAli DonovanStarsAlexander BrandonHarry ChaseChris EdgerlyExplore and quest throughout all of Middle-earth as you aid in the battle against forces of evil.
- DirectorNathan HendricksonStarsIke AmadiLaura BaileySteve BlumThree heroes come together to defend against a very dark evil brewing in the North.
- Based on the 1939 film, Dorothy Gale is swept to oz in a tornado, where she must journey to the Emerald City, and along the way she teams up with the scarecrow, the tin man, and the cowardly lion. Together, they must defeat the Wicked Witch of The West and return Dorothy home.
- DirectorHitoshi AkamatsuIn the late 15th century, vampire slayer Simon Belmont must destroy Count Dracula by infiltrating his sanctuary, Castlevania.
- DirectorToru HagiharaStarsRobert BelgradeRamsay ScottKimberly ForsytheRichter Belmont has vanished just as Castlevania reemerged from the mists. Meanwhile, Alucard, the bastard son of Dracula, has awakened from his eternal slumber, intent on destroying his evil father once and for all.
- DirectorEnric ÁlvarezJesús CoboStarsRobert CarlylePatrick StewartRichard MaddenDracula awakens after decades of slumber to find that Satan's return is imminent. He reluctantly teams up with his old enemy Zobek to stop the apocalypse from happening.
- DirectorEnric ÁlvarezJesús CoboStarsRobert CarlyleNatascha McElhoneAleksandar MikicReboot of the Castlevania series. Set during the Middle Ages, Gabriel Belmont is in Southern Europe on his quest to defeat a malevolent order known as the Lords of Shadow to resurrect his wife.
- DirectorJosé Luis MárquezStarsRichard MaddenRobert CarlyleAdrian SchillerSet twenty-five years after the events of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Mirror of Fate recounts the story of Gabriel's descendants, as they battle their own destiny in each era only to discover their true, shocking fate.
- StarsRobin Atkin DownesWestSaidWhile Frodo and Sam, now accompanied by a new guide, continue their hopeless journey towards the land of shadow to destroy the One Ring, each member of the broken fellowship plays their part in the battle against the evil wizard Saruman and his armies of Isengard.
- DirectorKeith AremEd Del CastilloStarsDominic ArmatoSteve BlumRobin Atkin DownesBased on Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien. The player chooses either the good campaign or evil campaign as they control their units, Dwarves, Elves, Men, Hobbits, or Orcs, Monsters to lead them to victory in this real time strategy PC game.
- StarsElijah WoodViggo MortensenIan McKellenYou control Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli fighting across the Plains of Rohan battling evil alike to the ferocious battle at Helms Deep.
- DirectorBret RobbinsChris TremmelStarsElijah WoodSean AstinIan McKellenPlay as Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Gandalf and Sam as you battle for the fate of Middle-earth.