Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
Open-world superhero action with stealth, brawling, and detective work
Rocksteady Studios · Published by WB Games · Released Sep 7, 2012
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 96% of 78K
- Recent reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 95% of 431 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 489
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
Metacritic: 91/100 (critic reviews)
What is Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition?
A third-person, single-player action-adventure set in Arkham City, a maximum-security enclave for Gotham's criminals. As Batman, you cross the open world, fight gangs, use stealth and detective tools, solve puzzles, and confront villains including the Joker and Two-Face. This edition includes additional maps, challenges, stories, skins, and playable characters.
For you if...
- +you enjoy mixing melee combat, stealth, and exploration
- +you want a compact open world filled with side content
- +you like Batman stories with a broad villain roster
Not for you if...
- −you dislike repeated fights, stealth rooms, and collectible hunts
- −you prefer linear levels over an open-world structure
- −you want simple controls with few gadgets
What players say
96% of 78,340 reviews are positive · 95% of 431 in the last 30 days
Players praise the combat, stealth encounters, compact open world, and Batman villain roster. Common complaints focus on repetitive encounters, clunky movement and gadget controls, and extensive Riddler collectible hunting; some PC players also report input delays or crashes.
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Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP, Vista, 7
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 4800+
- Graphics
- ATI 3850HD 512 MB or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
- Memory
- 2GB RAM
- Storage
- 17 GB free hard drive space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 64
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain. Text only: Portuguese - Brazil, Russian.
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