Batman: Arkham Origins
- Released
Oct 24, 2013
4,759 days ago- Platforms
- PC
- PS3
- Xbox 360
- Wii U
Release dates
North America dates- Oct 25, 20134,758 days ago
- PS3
- Xbox 360
- Wii U
- Oct 24, 20134,759 days ago
- PC
About
Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline occurring several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City.
Trailers
Screenshots
How long to beat
HowLongToBeat ↗ · 3,009 players- Main story
- 12 h
- Main + extras
- 22 h
- Completionist
- 41 h
Reviews
Game info
- Released
- 2013 · see every game from that year
- Modes
- Single player · Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
Unreal Engine 3- Multiplayer
Editions, DLC & expansions
Other versions
Studios
Characters
Age ratings
- ESRBTBlood, Drug Reference, Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, Violence
- PEGI16In-Game Purchases, Violence
- CEROCCrime, Violence
- USK16No content descriptors
- GRAC15+Language, Violence
- CLASS IND14Violência (Violence)
- ACBMNo content descriptors
Languages
11 languagesEnglish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean and 5 more
| Language | Audio | Subtitles | Interface |
|---|---|---|---|
| EnglishEnglish (US) | |||
| FrenchFrançais | |||
| GermanDeutsch | |||
| ItalianItaliano | |||
| Japanese日本語 | – | – | |
| Korean한국어 | – | ||
| PolishPolski | – | ||
| Portuguese (Brazil)Português (Brasil) | |||
| Portuguese (Portugal)Português (Portugal) | – | – | |
| RussianРусский | – | ||
| Spanish (Spain)Español (España) |
Themes & tags
- Action
- Open world
- Stealth
- achievements
- acrobatics
- action-adventure
- alternate costumes
- ambient music
- anarchism
- anti-villain
- assassin
- asymmetric gameplay
- auto-saving
- banter during gameplay
- based on - comics
48 more tags
- bats
- bow and arrow
- brawler
- building
- camouflage
- challenges
- christmas
- clowns
- collectibles
- comic book
- comic book character
- comics
- counter system
- cover system
- crime
- crime fighting
- death
- detective
- detective mode
- digital distribution
- disc streaming
- dynamic soundtrack
- ea app
- explosion
- fast traveling
- female antagonist
- finishing move
- flight
- freeform combat
- gamescom 2013
- gangs
- gliding
- good vs evil
- hand-to-hand combat
- helicopter
- insanity
- interrogation
- leveling up
- male antagonist
- male protagonist
- melee
- mercenary
- miiverse integration
- motion capture animation
- motion control
- new game plus
- nintendo network
- non-player character
Story & names
Taking place before the rise of Gotham City’s most dangerous villains and assassins, the game showcases a young, raw, unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. As the story unfolds, witness identities being formed and key relationships being forged.
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Also known as
- Batman: AOAcronym
- Arkham OriginsAbbreviation
Release dates by region
The Batman: Arkham series
All 18 games
Batman: Arkham Asylum2009
Batman: Arkham Asylum - Collector's Edition2009
Batman: Arkham City2011
Batman: Arkham City Lockdown2011- This gameBatman: Arkham Origins2013
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate2013
Batman: Arkham Origins - Collector's Edition2013
Batman Arkham Origins: Blackgate - Deluxe Edition2014 · Expanded edition
Batman: Arkham Knight2015
Batman: Arkham Underworld2015
Batman: Arkham VR2016
Batman: Return to Arkham - Arkham Asylum2016 · Remaster
Showing 1–12 of 16 main games, in release order.
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Where to find it
Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.