The Amazing Spider-Man
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The Amazing Spider-Man

66
Critic Rating
#Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

About

The Amazing Spider-Man is an action-adventure video game released in 2012, developed by Beenox and published by Activision. The game serves as a tie-in to the 2012 film of the same name, though it features its original storyline that continues after the movie's events. Players control Spider-Man as he swings through an open-world version of New York City, battling criminals and iconic villains like the Lizard and Rhino while facing Oscorp's mutated creatures. The game focuses on Spider-Man's web-slinging, combat, and exploration abilities. It has a mix of main missions and side activities. The gameplay includes stealth, brawler-style combat, and environmental puzzles.

Storyline

Serving as an alternate epilogue to the 2012 film, The Amazing Spider-Man returns to an open-world Manhattan some months after the movie's events. The uneasy calm shatters when a batch of cross-species experiments, born from Oscorp's continuation of Dr. Curt Connors' research, break loose across the city. The escaped creatures carry a deadly virus that begins to spread through the population, plunging Manhattan into a mounting biological crisis. As Spider-Man, the player must swing into action to contain the outbreak, teaming up with Gwen Stacy and the conflicted Connors in a race to develop a cure before the contagion overwhelms the city. Complicating matters is Oscorp's ambitious new chief executive, Alistair Smythe, who pursues a cure of his own to claim the glory of saving Manhattan while seeking to remove Spider-Man and Connors from the picture. Caught between spreading infection and corporate scheming, Spider-Man must protect a city on the brink.

Playtime Estimates

Main Story8.6h
Main + Extra13.0h
Completionist21.6h
All Styles12.7h
Confidence: 100%Updated: 8/24/2026

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Game Info

Release Date6/26/2012
DeveloperBeenox
PublisherActivision
PlatformsPlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
GenresHack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
IGDB Rating66/100 (116)

Game Modes

Single player

Themes

Action
Open world

Perspectives

Third person

Release Dates

PlayStation 3Jun 29, 2012
Xbox 360Jun 26, 2012
PC (Microsoft Windows)Aug 10, 2012
PC (Microsoft Windows)Sep 25, 2012
PlayStation 3Jun 27, 2012
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