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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

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.

958
playing now
96%
positive of 87k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
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)
$19.99
steam price (US)

958 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 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
  • · 958 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,045 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~756/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 3.5M–7.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 87,180 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.90-85%
GOG$2.99-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.50 at GreenManGaming (2019-09-20) · bundled 19×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 100 of 139 observed days · $2.49 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek 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: 653 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k3802026-08-06 21:00 — 946 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 628 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 750 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 980 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 703 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 857 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,045 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 726 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 853 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,114 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 590 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 669 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 879 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 495 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 660 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 776 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 496 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 643 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,012 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 500 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 468 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 691 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 601 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 579 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 753 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 591 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 380 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 704 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 644 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 958 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$22.53$2.462015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $3.682015-04-16 — best price $7.262015-07-07 — best price $5.472015-11-19 — best price $19.992016-02-25 — best price $3.992016-06-07 — best price $19.992016-11-02 — best price $6.802017-03-06 — best price $5.002017-07-06 — best price $19.992017-11-30 — best price $19.992018-04-16 — best price $4.992018-07-17 — best price $15.992018-11-09 — best price $4.992019-01-28 — best price $2.572019-04-20 — best price $4.992019-08-11 — best price $4.812019-11-17 — best price $16.062020-02-06 — best price $18.642020-05-13 — best price $4.002020-10-26 — best price $4.002021-02-18 — best price $4.992021-05-14 — best price $4.002021-09-18 — best price $14.952022-01-07 — best price $17.992022-05-20 — best price $4.392022-10-11 — best price $19.992023-01-27 — best price $3.992023-06-02 — best price $4.992023-10-23 — best price $4.992024-02-11 — best price $12.742024-04-27 — best price $17.402024-07-24 — best price $3.992024-12-05 — best price $15.952025-03-13 — best price $3.292025-06-27 — best price $3.192025-10-01 — best price $4.002026-01-07 — best price $19.992026-05-07 — best price $3.992026-08-20 — best price $2.762026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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.

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