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The Amazing Spider-Man

Critic score6 critics
First release
Jun 26, 2012
Developer
Beenox
Publisher
Activision
Genres
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure · Open world, Action

The Amazing Spider-Man is an action-adventure video game released in 2012, developed by Beenox and published by Activision. The game serves as a tie-in to the 2012 film of the same name, though it features its original storyline that continues after the movie's events. Players control Spider-Man as he swings through an open-world version of New York City, battling criminals and iconic villains like the Lizard and Rhino while facing Oscorp's mutated creatures. The game focuses on Spider-Man's web-slinging, combat, and exploration abilities. It has a mix of main missions and side activities. The gameplay includes stealth, brawler-style combat, and environmental puzzles.

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Storyline
Serving as an alternate epilogue to the 2012 film, The Amazing Spider-Man returns to an open-world Manhattan some months after the movie's events. The uneasy calm shatters when a batch of cross-species experiments, born from Oscorp's continuation of Dr. Curt Connors' research, break loose across the city. The escaped creatures carry a deadly virus that begins to spread through the population, plunging Manhattan into a mounting biological crisis. As Spider-Man, the player must swing into action to contain the outbreak, teaming up with Gwen Stacy and the conflicted Connors in a race to develop a cure before the contagion overwhelms the city. Complicating matters is Oscorp's ambitious new chief executive, Alistair Smythe, who pursues a cure of his own to claim the glory of saving Manhattan while seeking to remove Spider-Man and Connors from the picture. Caught between spreading infection and corporate scheming, Spider-Man must protect a city on the brink.Read more

Serving as an alternate epilogue to the 2012 film, The Amazing Spider-Man returns to an open-world Manhattan some months after the movie's events. The uneasy calm shatters when a batch of cross-species experiments, born from Oscorp's continuation of Dr. Curt Connors' research, break loose across the city. The escaped creatures carry a deadly virus that begins to spread through the population, plunging Manhattan into a mounting biological crisis. As Spider-Man, the player must swing into action to contain the outbreak, teaming up with Gwen Stacy and the conflicted Connors in a race to develop a cure before the contagion overwhelms the city. Complicating matters is Oscorp's ambitious new chief executive, Alistair Smythe, who pursues a cure of his own to claim the glory of saving Manhattan while seeking to remove Spider-Man and Connors from the picture. Caught between spreading infection and corporate scheming, Spider-Man must protect a city on the brink.

Release dates
PlayStation 3
Jun 26, 2012
Xbox 360
Jun 26, 2012
PlayStation 3
Jun 27, 2012
All 8 release dates
Xbox 360
Jun 27, 2012
PlayStation 3
Jun 29, 2012
Xbox 360
Jun 29, 2012
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Aug 10, 2012
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 25, 2012
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
gangs, hand-to-hand combat, brawler, action-adventure, based on - movie
… All 19, time limit, superhero, comic book, digital distribution, licensed game, alternate costumes, leveling up, world map, comic book character, playstation tv support, villain, franchise reboot, crime fighting, acrobatics

At a Glance

Critic Score
65

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
IGDB · recorded 14 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 14 Oct 2026