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Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition cover art

Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition

Rocksteady Studios · WB Games · 2010-03-26

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Batman, DC Comics · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 11, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Nov 03, 2011 (Mac), Mar 26, 2010 (Xbox 360), Mar 26, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience what it’s like to be Batman and face off against Gotham's greatest villians. Explore every inch of Arkham Asylum and roam freely on the infamous island.

Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition is an Action and Adventure game released in 2010, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 87547 reviews).

416
playing now
96%
positive of 88k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
IGDB user rating (166 ratings)
12h
to beat · completionist 14h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

416 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Batman: Arkham Asylum is a 2009 action-adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Eidos Interactive in conjunction with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman and written by veteran Batman writer Paul Dini, Arkham Asylum was inspired by the long-running comic book mythos. In the game's main storyline, Batman battles his archenemy, the Joker, who instigates an elaborate plot to seize control of Arkham Asylum, trap Batman inside with many of his incarcerated foes, and threaten Gotham City with hidden bombs.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 416 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,591 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~699/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 3.5M–7.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 88,313 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.50 at GreenManGaming (2019-09-20) · bundled 20×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 110 of 167 observed days · $19.49 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 717 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 556 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 604 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 569 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 566 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 645 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 713 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 885 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 612 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 806 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 559 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 908 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 833 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 880 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 804 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 554 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 653 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 701 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 645 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 627 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,028 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 627 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 988 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,165 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 691 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 699 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,135 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,094 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 648 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 644 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 659 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 962 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 535 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 666 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 535 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 686 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 806 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 665 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 753 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 688 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 885 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 861 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 780 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 822 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 711 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 616 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 809 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 960 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 711 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.2k2932026-09-15 11:00 — 389 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 665 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 477 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 541 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,022 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 581 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 318 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 680 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 597 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 498 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 614 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 565 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 293 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 685 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,084 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 545 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 763 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 943 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 643 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 818 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 1,181 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 631 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 416 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.2k109Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 787 · peak 1,767Dec 2012 — avg 365 · peak 1,421May 2013 — avg 137 · peak 321Oct 2013 — avg 911 · peak 4,799Mar 2014 — avg 410 · peak 2,164Aug 2014 — avg 284 · peak 529Jan 2015 — avg 326 · peak 762Jun 2015 — avg 747 · peak 1,801Nov 2015 — avg 222 · peak 474Apr 2016 — avg 286 · peak 618Sep 2016 — avg 445 · peak 1,651Feb 2017 — avg 220 · peak 448Jul 2017 — avg 327 · peak 850Dec 2017 — avg 270 · peak 563May 2018 — avg 168 · peak 347Oct 2018 — avg 293 · peak 978Mar 2019 — avg 205 · peak 588Aug 2019 — avg 176 · peak 326Jan 2020 — avg 193 · peak 424Jun 2020 — avg 246 · peak 732Nov 2020 — avg 285 · peak 683Apr 2021 — avg 275 · peak 521Sep 2021 — avg 231 · peak 429Feb 2022 — avg 361 · peak 808Jul 2022 — avg 492 · peak 1,124Dec 2022 — avg 424 · peak 796May 2023 — avg 257 · peak 458Oct 2023 — avg 833 · peak 3,266Mar 2024 — avg 767 · peak 1,695Aug 2024 — avg 507 · peak 906Jan 2025 — avg 630 · peak 1,507Jun 2025 — avg 509 · peak 992Nov 2025 — avg 621 · peak 1,308Apr 2026 — avg 585 · peak 1,476Aug 2026 — avg 714 · peak 1,581
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1461462026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 146 new positive2026-09-21: 4 new negative2026-09-22: 16 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 15 new positive2026-09-26: 19 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 18 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 23 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 42 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 7 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 14 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 24 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 38 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 40 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 27 new positive2026-10-07: 26 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 26 new positive2026-10-10: 30 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 31 new positive2026-10-12: 35 new positive2026-10-13: 23 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 50 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$22.53$2.462015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.682015-04-30 — best price $22.202015-09-11 — best price $4.992016-01-26 — best price $19.992016-05-05 — best price $4.992016-11-02 — best price $6.802017-04-03 — best price $12.542017-09-06 — best price $3.992018-02-20 — best price $19.992018-07-02 — best price $5.002018-11-09 — best price $4.992019-02-21 — best price $19.992019-06-08 — best price $19.992019-10-05 — best price $19.992020-01-08 — best price $16.992020-05-13 — best price $4.002020-11-25 — best price $4.392021-03-25 — best price $4.792021-08-04 — best price $16.362021-12-20 — best price $16.992022-05-20 — best price $4.392022-11-02 — best price $19.992023-03-17 — best price $19.992023-08-21 — best price $3.982024-01-27 — best price $17.402024-04-27 — best price $17.402024-08-14 — best price $17.402025-01-24 — best price $3.992025-05-14 — best price $3.992025-09-16 — best price $4.002026-01-07 — best price $19.992026-05-28 — best price $2.992026-09-09 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k5972026-06-01 — 1,236 pageviews2026-06-05 — 930 pageviews2026-06-09 — 976 pageviews2026-06-13 — 863 pageviews2026-06-17 — 666 pageviews2026-06-21 — 805 pageviews2026-06-25 — 816 pageviews2026-06-29 — 787 pageviews2026-07-03 — 755 pageviews2026-07-07 — 729 pageviews2026-07-11 — 603 pageviews2026-07-15 — 634 pageviews2026-07-19 — 691 pageviews2026-07-23 — 697 pageviews2026-07-27 — 664 pageviews2026-07-31 — 686 pageviews2026-08-04 — 690 pageviews2026-08-08 — 732 pageviews2026-08-12 — 620 pageviews2026-08-16 — 797 pageviews2026-08-20 — 762 pageviews2026-08-24 — 831 pageviews2026-08-28 — 770 pageviews2026-09-01 — 684 pageviews2026-09-05 — 724 pageviews2026-09-09 — 745 pageviews2026-09-13 — 840 pageviews2026-09-17 — 840 pageviews2026-09-21 — 770 pageviews2026-09-25 — 691 pageviews2026-09-29 — 670 pageviews2026-10-03 — 648 pageviews2026-10-07 — 730 pageviews2026-10-11 — 744 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
76.8%
earned "Freeflow Combo 5"
29.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)94,21811%47
Xbox 360 (Xbox)26,6768%47
GFWL (Xbox)9,6908%47

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

ActionStealthFightingAdventureDetectiveSuperheroComic BookControllerOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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