Spider-Man Games With The Most Boss Fights, Ranked

Summary

• Marvel's Spider-Man features 16 boss battles with an emotional storyline and some truly powerful antagonists.
• Ultimate Spider-Man features 12 boss fights and many unforgettable battles against classic villains.
• Spider-Man 3 has 17 boss fights, more than any other Spidey game, including unique encounters with obscure villains.

Very few comic book superheroes have had as successful a video game career as Spider-Man's. From the early '80s to the early 2020s, Peter Parker and his friends have starred in numerous digital adventures, many of which have become absolute classics in their respective genres.

That cannot be denied Boss fights are among the most entertaining and important aspects of any video game. Luckily for Spidey's Fans, his comics offer an extensive gallery of memorable and menacing villains that developers can easily incorporate into exciting battles. As a result, these eight Spider-Man Video games have more bosses than any other.

8 Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge

10 boss fights

Spider-Man teams up with the X-Men in this forgotten Super Nintendo beat 'em up. By combining these two Marvel IPs, developers had a wider variety of bosses to choose from than one would expect when comparing them to a solo Spidey adventure. However, some of the villains who appear in Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge are surprisingly unclear.

In addition to some of the usual suspects like the Sentinels, Rhino or Carnage, this game also features unknown comic villains like N'astirh, King of Cards and Master Mold. As the title suggests, the main antagonist is Arcade, a classic comic book character that most people won't recognize. Ultimately, however, this unique cast of 10 different bosses helped Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge stand out much more.

7 Ultimate Spider-Man

12 boss fights

Treyarch's third Spider-Man The project stayed away from the world of Sam Raimi films, resulting in a unique adventure that fans still remember fondly to this day. This popularity was largely due to the amazingly stylized graphics, the two playable characters and of course the incredible boss fights.

In Ultimate Spider-ManSpidey must face various classic villains, such as Shocker, Rhino and Venom. But things get even more interesting when players control Venom themselves. Players are forced to fight some unexpected bosses like Wolverine, Beetle and Carnage. With a total of 12 different boss fights, Ultimate Spider-Man is an enjoyable experience from start to finish.

6 Marvel's Spider-Man 2

13 boss fights (with lots of repetition)

The 2023 sequel to Insomniac Spider-Man The game was much more ambitious and expansive, but unfortunately it couldn't surpass its predecessor when it comes to the total number of bosses. That's mainly because it hasn't received any DLCs and Insomniac has already confirmed that it has no plans to release DLCs Marvel's Spider-Man 2 in the future.

But despite that limitation, there were still 13 different boss fights in this incredible PlayStation 5 game, and they're all as memorable as they are exciting. Of course, a majority of these encounters are repeats of bosses with new abilities (mainly Kraven and Venom), as there are two playable characters in this game, Peter and Miles. But there are still some solid fights against Mysterio, Scream, Lizard and Sandman. The only thing missing from this adventure was a real fight against Cletus Kasady, also known as Carnage.

5 Venom/Spider-Man: Separation anxiety

13 boss fights (with some repetition)

This oft-forgotten sequel to Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage is loosely based on the 1995 comic book plot, Poison: Separation anxiety. Since this comic introduced many other iconic symbiotes, the game adaptation cleverly included them all as bosses.

In Venom/Spider-Man: Separation anxietyThe titular duo has to face villains like Riot, Phage, Agony, Scream and Lasher. But it's not just about the symbiotes. Other unknown characters make unexpected appearances in this brawling adventure, including Ramshot and Bomblast. There is no Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, or Rhino in this game, and the boss gallery makes it more distinctive and memorable, even if some of the enemies are reused in the main campaign.

4 Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

13 boss fights

Beenox's 2010 Spider-Man The game features a more conventional collection of classic villains such as Kraven, Sandman, Vulture, Doctor Octopus and Carnage. However, they are very different from the usual. Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is a multiverse adventure and therefore introduces unexpectedly unique incarnations of these characters from other dimensions, each with their own design and art style.

In addition to these intriguing multiverse villains, Shattered dimensions also features a few surprise appearances from icons from the X Men Shows like Juggernaut and Deadpool, right around the time the Merc with a Mouth was becoming more popular. As a final nice touch, the final boss is none other than Mysterio, which doesn't appear very often in Spider-Man Video games.

3 The Amazing Spider-Man

14 boss fights

The Amazing Spider-Man is a loose adaptation of the 2012 film of the same name, and while it's far from the best Spidey video game of all time, it still has some positive qualities. One of these is the extensive collection of boss fights, 14 in total, including many villains who weren't even mentioned in the original film.

Of course, Lizard is the main antagonist and final boss of the game, just like in The Amazing Spider-Man Film. But in addition to him, Peter also has to fight many other popular and unknown villains such as Scorpion, Black Cat, Vermin and Alistair Smythe. The most interesting thing about this game is that it features two optional boss fights against Iguana and Rhino, who would later appear in the film's sequel with a completely different design and personality.

2 Marvel's Spider-Man

16 boss fights

Insomniac's first foray into the legendary Spider-Man IP was a monumental success that changed the reputation of comic book games forever. It also had an incredible and emotional plot with several strong antagonists. The base game already featured 11 different incredible encounters with a variety of characters, from iconic villains like Electro, Vulture and Doctor Octopus to more obscure ones that ended up being surprisingly compelling like Mister Negative and Tombstone.

And as if that wasn't enough, bosses, Marvel's Spider-Man had a three-part DLC campaign that introduced exciting new bosses like Black Cat, Silver Sable and Hammerhead. With a total of 16, this is not the case Spider-Man Game with the highest number of bosses, but it definitely has the best in the series.

1 Spider Man 3

17 boss fights

There's no denying that this is Treyarch's video game adaptation of the second one Spider-Man film is not only one of the best entries in the franchise, but also one of the most popular movie-based games of all time. However, and much to the surprise of fans, Spider Man 2 There are only 7 different bosses and half of them are different encounters against Doctor Octopus and Shocker. So it was up to the continuation, Spider Man 3to raise the stakes in this aspect.

This adaptation of the third film is often considered one of the most disappointing video games in the world Spider-Man franchise, but there were a total of 17 different boss fights, which is both amazing and refreshing. As expected, there are some encounters with the film's antagonists, such as New Goblin, Sandman and Venom. But there are also interesting fights against other comic book villains that never appeared in the Sam Raimi trilogy, like Lizard, Rhino and Kraven the Hunter. But what's particularly strange about it? Spider Man 3 is that it also introduced new characters created exclusively for this game, such as Mad Bomber and the Arsenic Candy Gang.