About
Spider-Man is an action-adventure game developed by Neversoft. Players control Spider-Man as he navigates levels using web-swinging, combat, and stealth mechanics. The story involves a conspiracy featuring villains such as Doctor Octopus and Venom.
What is happening now
This 2000 action-adventure brought Spider-Man to multiple platforms including PlayStation and Dreamcast, offering hack-and-slash combat wrapped in the superhero license. The game arrived during the character's early video game era, before the franchise became a major interactive property. Recent coverage has focused on the Spider-Man film universe rather than this original game itself. Discussions around the Tom Holland movies have surfaced early creative directions for Brand New Day, including concepts like a Home Alone-style story with Kraven and a courtroom narrative involving Matt Murdock that were ultimately shelved. Meanwhile, Marvel's expanding the character across media with a prequel comic tying into the upcoming second season of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man on Disney+. The cyclical nature of Spider-Man adaptations continues to generate behind-the-scenes stories about roads not taken.
More in the Spider-Man series
All 13 games in order
From the people behind Spider-Man
shared cast and crew
Games like Spider-Man
same kind of game, other series
Cast and crew
4 creditsVoice cast
Media
Trailers
Releases
First release date; per-platform dates are not in the database for this game yet.