Summary
Though the Marvel Cinematic Universe has done plenty to raise the profile of theAvengerswithout video games, there have been a number over the years in which they have starred alongside many of the other great Marvel Comics heroes that fans love.
The video gaming industry was a great place for comic book characters in the 90s, and though it is a little less easy to fascinate gamers with the idea offighting as their favorite superheroesin today’s world of gaming, there are still some great games available featuring Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for fans to revisit and fall back in love with.
7Captain America And The Avengers
This classic beat-em-up game is surprisingly one of the few Marvel games of that style. In the 1990s, these games were commonplace, andsimilar franchises like theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlestook full advantage. However, Marvel Comics characters didn’t star in nearly as many as they could have.
Still,Captain America And The Avengerswas a great version of the side-scrolling beat-em-up game. The playable characters included Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, and Vision, and enemies included familiar names to modern Marvel fans such as The Mandarin, Ultron, and Red Skull.
6Avengers Initiative
There haven’t been many fascinating Marvel andAvengersgames for mobiles, butAvengers Initiativemanaged to set itself apart in some interesting ways. Crossing over withMarvel: Avengers Alliancedue to the “Marvel XP” that carried over, players were able to gain rewards in one through the other, making for a fascinating progression system.
The fighting system in the game was fun and made for one of the better outright fighting games available on mobile stores at the time. WhileAvengers Initiativehas since been shut down, this will be remembered as one of the most interesting mobile superhero games ever released.
Not as such anAvengersgame, but one of the biggest appeals ofMarvel Snapfor players has been bringing together their own roster ofAvengersin a unique team. This digital card game has managed to gain and retain a lot of popularity since it was released, addicting players as they seek to collect more of their favorite heroes.
Card games are nothing new, and digital card games are all the easier to get into nowadays, meaning that players can collect hundreds of cards and own many of the belovedAvengersand other Marvel characters without having to spend as much money as they used to on real cards.Marvel Snapis complicated to get used to, but excellent if players can get started.
4Marvel Future Revolution
Another mobile game that has had a lot of popularity since being released in 2021,Marvel Future Revolutionis an action RPG that allows players to take control of one of their favorite heroes in a futuristic world based on theSecret Warsstoryline from Marvel Comics.
Future Revolutionis a fascinating game, with many Marvel characters including most of theAvengersavailable as playable characters. There are worlds controlled by HYDRA and ones settled by Asgardians, this multiversal version of the Marvel Universe providing a chance for some wonderful storytelling. Unfortunately,Marvel Future Revolutionwas also shut down eventually, in June 2023, prompting another greatAvengersmobile game to be forgotten.
3Marvel Avengers: Battle For Earth
The onlyAvengersor Marvel game ever created by Ubisoft, this game was released in place of the originalAvengersgame that was meant to tie in with the release of the firstAvengersmovie. When that concept was canceled this was used instead, based on theSecret Invasionstoryline from Marvel Comics.
The Skrulls begin replacing Earth’s heroes and theAvengersmust unite to stop these aliens from taking over the planet. The gameplay for the Wii U was exceptionally fun as a fighting game with so many stages, and a nice narrative running through it as well that helped make it much more interesting than it might have been if it had merely followed the plot of theAvengersfilm it was marketed alongside. Despite this, the game struggled to find an audience,like many Marvel games recently.
There were some flaws with the most recent attempt at a standalone, big-budgetAvengersgame, but nevertheless, it makes for a lot of fun on its own.Marvel’s Avengerswas played in third-person, and players were able to take control of differentAvengerscharacters, mostly members of the beloved MCU team, as well as young Kamala Khan.
The game has been criticized for focusing on Kamala over the mainAvengersteam, and the story of her reassembling them after they have been disbanded for years is an unusual choice. But it was unique, the gameplay was fun and amusing, and there were plenty of post-release updates that included new content and other missions and stories to boot, making this a fun game to try out. Unfortunately, it remains one of theSquare Enix games that couldn’t find an audience.
Strangely, the very best attempt at creating a game focusing on theAvengerswas theLEGOversion of the story. This is nothing new, asLEGOadaptions have frequently made amazing versions of different universes over the years by keeping the concepts simple and following the basic ideas of what makes so many characters great.
LEGO-licensed games are always hugely fun, and theAvengersone was no different. With over two hundred playable characters and levels based on many MCU films, from the first two entries in theAvengersfranchise toCaptain America: The First AvengerandThor: The Dark World. This great mixture of fun content makes this the best overallAvengersexperience in a game to date.
