Best boss fights in the series
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The Boss Fights: Without a doubt the greatest in the whole series. The fight with Deathstroke is a masterpiece of film.”
Steam review · 31.2 h played ↗
Batman™: Arkham Origins
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%WB Games Montreal, Splash Damage2013Stealth · Action · Adventure
The verdict
A rough-edged but atmospheric Arkham prequel with great boss fights, a strong young-Batman story and a snowy Christmas Gotham. Skip it if bugs, clunky combat or reused City gameplay bother you.
Great for
Arkham fans who want more Batman, great boss fights and a snowy Christmas Gotham, and can tolerate jank
Main risk
Game-breaking bugs, crashes and missable progression challenges on modern PCs can ruin a playthrough
What players love
Underrated, undeserved hate
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“I never really got the hate behind this game.”
Steam review · 19.6 h played ↗
Atmospheric snowy Christmas Gotham
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The setting makes it perfect to be played around Christmas, the whole game taking place during the Christmas eve, its cold, dark but festive atmosphere really makes it stand out.”
Steam review · 18.9 h played ↗
Strong story with a young, angry Batman
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“This is the best version of batman. Young, angry, reckless, learning, growing. The game is really good too but i'd say the story is stronger than anything else.”
Steam review · 13.6 h played ↗
Satisfying Arkham combat and gadgets
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Insanely fun combat. Stealth, gadgets, and combos make the combat one of a kind.”
Steam review · 20.8 h played ↗
Great Bane and Joker characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Bane: The only game that respects Bane is this one. Here, he's not just a mindless brute; he's terrifying and a tactical genius.”
Steam review · 31.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bugs and game-breaking glitches
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Beware, this game has game breaking bugs: one which didn’t allow me to continue playing was a bugged save in the firefly mission”
Steam review · 22.1 h played ↗
Crashes and poor performance on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“it won't work on modern PC systems, you will experience sound stutters, D311 issues”
Steam review · 25.9 h played ↗
Clunky, inconsistent combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“There's no particular rhythm to the combat in the vein of the Rocksteady entries, and inputs seem to work and not work at random.”
Steam review · 7 h played ↗
Reused Arkham City, empty world, poor traversal
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“A literal copy of Batman Arkham City except some recolors on the UI and added even more repetitive gameplay”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗
Frustrating Dark Knight progression system
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The progression system sucks. All the useful upgrades are locked behind challenges that you need to do which at first glance don't seem too hard.”
Steam review · 39.5 h played ↗
Dead multiplayer blocks achievements
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“the online services portion of Batman: Arkham Origins has been retired with no way of unlocking the achievements meaning there is no way to 100% the game legitimately.”
Steam review · 15.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support
Minimum
OS32-bit: Vista, Win 7, Win 8
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2, 2.8 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS / AMD Radeon HD 3850 or better with 512 MB of VRAM
Recommended
OS64-bit: Vista, Win 7, Win 8
ProcessorIntel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 / AMD Radeon HD 6950 or better with 768 MB+ of VRAM (DirectX 11 Compatible)
OS32-bit: Vista, Win 7, Win 8
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2, 2.8 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS / AMD Radeon HD 3850 or better with 512 MB of VRAM
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