Games about superheroes: Spider-man, Batman, and more

Since the first wave of Marvel and DC superhero movies a few years ago, superheroes grew from a nerd-thing to a world phenomenon. In the 80s and the early 90s Superman, Batman and co. were almost exclusively confined to comics and a few video games. Some developers also tried to create games using original superheroes: no Marvel, no DC, no big comics company licenses.

Most popular superheroes games

Spider-Man 2: The Game

action-adventureWindows XP/98/95, Mac

The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge!

actionDOS

Comix Zone

actionWindows XP/98/95

Superheroes games

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Batman Returns

DOS19923.9/5 Spirit of discovery
Batman: the Caped Crusader

DOS19883.9/5 Special FX
Batman: the Movie

DOS19904.1/5 Ocean Software
Captain Dynamo

DOS19934/5 Codemasters
Comix Zone

Windows XP/98/9519954.1/5 Sega

Comix Zone is a peculiar science fiction and superhero themed action game.It was developed and released by Sega in 1995 for Windows and other platforms. What makes Comix Zone different from other similare titles is that the game world is framed like a comic book.
Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand Screams

DOS19883.8/5 Tom Snyder Productions
Morphman

Windows XP/98/9519932.4/5 Dynamic Dimensions Development
Noctropolis

DOS1994protected4.1/5 Flashpoint Productions
Questprobe featuring Human Torch and The Thing

DOS19853.7/5 Adventure International
Questprobe featuring Spider-Man

DOS19864.1/5 Adventure International
Questprobe featuring The Hulk

DOS19844.1/5 Adventure International
Spider-Man 2: The Game

Windows XP/98/95Mac20044.3/5
Superhero League of Hoboken

DOS1994protected4/5 Legend Entertainment
Superman: The Man of Steel

DOS19892.7/5 Tynesoft Computer Software
The Amazing Spider-Man

DOS19903.9/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises
The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge!

DOS19893.8/5 Paragon Software
The Rocketeer

DOS19912.5/5 NovaLogic
X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants

DOS19914.2/5 Paragon Software
X-Men: Children of the Atom

DOS19973.8/5 Capcom

X-Men: Children of the Atom is an abandoned fighting action game developed by Capcom and released by Acclaim Entertainment in 1997 for DOS and it's a conversion from the arcade version. X-Men: Children of the Atom was also published for consoles: Sega Saturn and PlayStation. As the title suggests, it's based on the Marvel comics characters known as...