Compelling story, villains and voice acting
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Props to Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill's voice performance which brings life into this twisted relationship between Batman & Joker.”
Steam review · 16.3 h played ↗
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%Rocksteady Studios2012Stealth · Action · Adventure
The verdict
A landmark open-world Batman game with superb combat, story and villains that still holds up. Skip it if you hate collectible grinds or want a hassle-free PC port.
Great for
Batman fans and action-adventure players who want fluid combat, a strong story and a dense city to explore
Main risk
The PC port may crash or fail to launch on modern systems, and the Riddler trophies and challenges are a grind.
What players love
Fluid, satisfying freeflow combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The freeflow combat is ridiculously addicting, grappling through the city feels smooth as hell”
Steam review · 183.1 h played ↗
Bigger and better than Arkham Asylum
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“An enormous improvement over Asylum in every possible way.”
Steam review · 45.6 h played ↗
Dense, atmospheric open world with great side content
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The map size is just right too—not stupidly massive for the sake of it, but packed with actual quality content.”
Steam review · 183.1 h played ↗
Great boss fights, especially Mr. Freeze
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“the Mr. Freeze fight is a masterclass in game design”
Steam review · 29.9 h played ↗
Runs well on low-end PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“best game for a low end pc i have an i3 2120 in which it wroks very fine”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes and won't launch on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I can't even get past the intro without the game crashing and my PC is more than capable of running this game”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Clunky combat and traversal
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The combat is nowhere near fluid enough to justify the enemy variety.”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗
Weak, disappointing story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the story falls apart shortly after — the narrative logic is simply broken.”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗
Too many Riddler trophies and grindy challenges
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Absurdly bloated Riddler trophies.”
Steam review · 24.6 h played ↗
Bloated, repetitive and boring open world
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“The open city layout feels bloated and distracting which completely ruins the dark atmospheric tension that made the first game so special.”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗
Poor PC controls and port options
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“None of the keys map to the controller on the ROG ally x. Unplayable”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified17 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP, Vista, 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 4800+
Memory2GB RAM
GraphicsATI 3850HD 512 MB or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
Storage17 GB free hard drive space
OSWindows XP, Vista, 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 4800+
Memory2GB RAM
GraphicsATI 3850HD 512 MB or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
Storage17 GB free hard drive space
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