Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition

Moderate overall intensity
Highest flag: Dark themes — intense
🏆 The Game Awards 2009 — Best Action/Adventure Game

What's in it

Violence realistic
Moderate

Batman engages in hand-to-hand combat with various enemies; no gore or dismemberment.

Dark themes intense
Moderate

Batman faces psychological torment from Scarecrow's fear toxin; the game features a sombre and mysterious atmosphere on Arkham Island.

Horror & psychological frightening
Moderate

Scarecrow sections involve hallucinations and psychological terror.

Nudity revealing/suggestive attire
Low

Several female characters are drawn in tight or revealing outfits — Harley Quinn's short nurse-style costume and Poison Ivy's unzipped prison top — but no nudity is shown.

Substances referenced
Low

Drugs are mentioned or implied, particularly Scarecrow's fear-inducing toxin.

Crime & lawlessness crime depicted
Low

Batman investigates criminal activities within Gotham City’s asylum.

Torture referenced
Low

Enemies may be restrained or interrogated by Batman to gather information.

Suicide & self-harm referenced
Low

The Joker manipulates a character into threatening self-harm.

Sexual content suggestive
Low

A few characters trade flirtatious, suggestive banter and are posed in a deliberately sexualized way; nothing sexual happens on screen.

Language mild
Low

Occasional mild profanity from characters.

Who can reach your kid

User-created content

What it is

In this action-adventure title, the player takes on the role of Batman as he responds to a mass escape at Gotham's notorious psychiatric facility, Arkham Asylum. Gameplay blends brutal hand-to-hand fighting with investigative puzzle-solving and roaming through the shadowy, eerie corridors and grounds of the institution.

How it's framed

Batman is portrayed as a crime-fighter who takes on both violent offenders and mind-based dangers inside the asylum. The narrative centers on his work shielding the public from deranged villains such as The Joker and Scarecrow.

Details

Developer
Rocksteady Studios
Publisher
WB Games
Released
Mar 26, 2010
Metacritic 91critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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