Every Lego Batman game, ranked
All 3 Lego Batman games we hold, spanning 2008 to 2014: 3 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 36,490 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (GamingPickz Score 7.7), the highest-rated entry we can score.
- For canon order: begin with Lego Batman: The Videogame (2008) and follow the release-order timeline below.
The Lego Batman games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 3 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
3 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 3 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- Multi-platform
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
3 best Lego Batman games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
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Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Best for: Two people on one screen
7.7GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceLego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes at a glance Released 2012 Studio Traveller's Tales Player sentiment 95% positive of 9,574 Critics 81/100 Price $19.99 Steam Deck verified Install size Not stated Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 95% shrinks to 94.6 on 9,574 reviews, then blends with the 81 critic aggregate, giving 7.7.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
Worth checking first- Players rate it well above critics, 95 against 81. Usually a sign it improved after launch, or that it delivers something reviewers undervalued.
PlayStation PortablePlayStation VitaNintendo Wii UNintendo DSSteam Deck
Lego Batman: The Videogame at a glance Released 2008 Studio Traveller's Tales Player sentiment 89% positive of 16,416 Critics 80/100 Price $19.99 Steam Deck verified Install size Not stated Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 89% shrinks to 88.9 on 16,416 reviews, then blends with the 80 critic aggregate, giving 7.5.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- 3
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
7.0GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceLego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham at a glance Released 2014 Studio Feral Interactive Player sentiment 88% positive of 10,500 Critics No aggregate Price $19.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 10 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 88% shrinks to 87.8 on 10,500 reviews, giving 7.0. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Small install at 10 GB.
Best and worst entry
The best-received Lego Batman game we can score is Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes at 7.7. The lowest is Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham at 7.0, a 0.7-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
How the series scored over time
GamingPickz Score against release year, 2008 to 2014. The later entries score lower than the earlier ones: the series has been trending down.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: Lego Batman: The Videogame at $19.99. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the Lego Batman entries on Steam:
- Verified: Lego Batman: The Videogame, Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
Platforms across the series
Where the 3 Lego Batman games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 3 of 3 |
| PlayStation | 2 of 3 |
| Nintendo | 3 of 3 |
The Lego Batman series, game by game
Every Lego Batman game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2008
When all the villains in Arkham Asylum team up and break loose, only the dynamic duo is bold enough to take them on to save Gotham City. The fun of LEGO, the drama of Batman and the uniqueness of the combination makes for a comical and exciting adventure in LEGO Batman: The Videogame. (Steam)
Plot
Lego Batman: The Videogame is notable for being the first Traveller's Tales Lego game to have an original plot. Unlike previous games, it is based more on the concept of a media franchise, rather than adapting the story of an existing film or piece of media. The game features Batman and Robin fighting crime and villainy in Gotham City . (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Lego Batman received generally favorable reviews from critics upon release. IGN gave the game a 7. 7 for the Wii, PS2, PS3 and 360, and a 7. (Wikipedia)
- 2012
Legends Unite! The Dynamic Duo of Batman and Robin join other famous super heroes from the DC Universe including Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern to save Gotham City from destruction at the hands of the notorious villains Lex Luthor and the Joker. (Steam)
Plot
Characters Actor Clancy Brown reprises his role as Lex Luthor from the DC Animated Universe . Lego Batman 2 features a larger cast of characters than its predecessor and is the first Traveller's Tales Lego game to feature full spoken dialogue, as opposed to the mime acting, grunts, and mumbles of the previous games. Returning characters from Lego Batman: The Videogame include Batman ( Troy Baker ), Robin ( Charlie Schlatter ), and the Joker ( Christopher… (Wikipedia)
Characters
Actor Clancy Brown reprises his role as Lex Luthor from the DC Animated Universe . Lego Batman 2 features a larger cast of characters than its predecessor and is the first Traveller's Tales Lego game to feature full spoken dialogue, as opposed to the mime acting, grunts, and mumbles of the previous games. Returning characters from Lego Batman: The Videogame include Batman ( Troy Baker ), Robin ( Charlie Schlatter ), and the Joker ( Christopher Corey… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes received mostly positive reviews. According to the review aggregation site Metacritic , the 3DS version of the game received an average review score of 72/100, the PC and PlayStation 3 versions both received a score of 81/100, the PlayStation Vita version had 62/100, the Wii U version had 77/100, and the Xbox 360 version had 79/100. Eurogamer s Dan Whitehead gave the game a 9/10, and stated it would be an… (Wikipedia)
- 2014
The Caped Crusader joins forces with the super heroes of the DC Comics universe and blasts off to outer space to stop the evil Brainiac from destroying Earth. (Steam)
Plot
A year after the events of Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes , Brainiac captures six members of the seven "Emotional Spectrum" Lantern Corps, and heads to Earth to abduct the final one: Hal Jordan , the Green Lantern . In Gotham City , Batman and Robin pursue Killer Croc , who has stolen a map of the sewer system underneath the Hall of Justice, but he escapes and reunites with his accomplices: the Joker , Cheetah , Firefly , and Solomon Grundy . Meanwhile,… (Wikipedia)
Characters
The game includes over 200 characters from both the DC Universe and the returning Batman series. Conan O'Brien appears in a non-playable role as the game's guide. ^ Cite error: The named reference CharacterRef_01 was invoked but never defined (see the help page ). (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham received mostly mixed to positive reviews from critics upon release. Aggregating review website Metacritic gave both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions a 74/100. GameRankings (also an aggregating review website) gave the Xbox One version a 75. (Wikipedia)
Lego Batman, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
Lego Batman vs other series
How Lego Batman stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
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Common questions
How many Lego Batman games are there?
We hold 3 Lego Batman games in the catalogue, released between 2008 and 2014. 3 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which Lego Batman game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes rates highest at 7.7. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the Lego Batman games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2008 to 2014. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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