The Spider-Man games in order for Insomniac’s PlayStation series are Marvel’s Spider-Man (2018), Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020) and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (2023). Release order and story order are identical, so you can play them front to back. Marvel’s Wolverine joins the same continuity on September 15, 2026.
That is the short answer, and it is genuinely that simple — which is why the rest of this guide spends its time on the question people actually get stuck on: which versions to buy.
Marvel’s Spider-Man games in order
| # | Game | First released | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marvel’s Spider-Man | September 7, 2018 | PS4 |
| – | The City That Never Sleeps (3 DLC chapters) | October–December 2018 | PS4 |
| 1b | Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered | November 2020 (PS5), August 2022 (PC) | PS5, Windows |
| 2 | Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales | November 2020 | PS4, PS5, Windows (Nov 2022) |
| 3 | Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 | October 20, 2023 | PS5, Windows (Jan 2025) |
| 4 | Marvel’s Wolverine | September 15, 2026 | PS5 |
Release order is story order — which is rarer than it sounds
Insomniac has never made a prequel, a side-story out of sequence, or a soft reboot. Each game picks up after the last. Miles Morales is set roughly a year after the first game, during the Christmas following Miles gaining his powers, and Spider-Man 2 follows on with both Peter and Miles as playable leads.
Compare that to Batman’s Arkham series, where the newest Batman game is chronologically third and the timeline cannot be played in order on any single device. If you want to see how messy this usually gets, we untangled the Batman: Arkham games in order separately.
So for this series, “in order” is not really the hard question. The hard question is versions.
Which version to buy: the remaster trap
This is where people lose money. There are two distinct products with almost the same name:
Marvel’s Spider-Man (2018) is the PS4 original. Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered is the PS5 and PC version, which bundles the base game with all three City That Never Sleeps DLC chapters. They are the same story. If you are on PS5 or PC, Remastered is the one you want, because buying the DLC separately on top of the PS4 original is the more expensive route to the same content.
Miles Morales is a genuinely standalone purchase — you do not need the first game to buy or launch it — but it is a direct sequel and spoils the first game’s ending in its opening hour. Play it second, not first.
PC players: the wait is getting shorter
Every game in this series launched on PlayStation first and reached Windows later, but the gap has closed sharply:
| Game | PlayStation release | PC release | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel’s Spider-Man (Remastered) | September 2018 / November 2020 | August 2022 | Nearly 4 years from the PS4 original |
| Miles Morales | November 2020 | November 2022 | 2 years |
| Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 | October 2023 | January 2025 | About 15 months |
That trend is the most useful thing a PC player can take from this list. Nothing has been announced about a PC version of Marvel’s Wolverine, and we are not going to pretend otherwise — but the direction of travel across three consecutive releases is a shorter wait each time, not a longer one.
2026 is when this stops being a Spider-Man series
Marvel’s Wolverine arrives on September 15, 2026, on PS5, and it is set in the same continuity as these games. That makes it the first entry in Insomniac’s Marvel universe that is not a Spider-Man game.
The practical consequence is that from 2026 onward, “the Spider-Man games in order” and “the Insomniac Marvel games in order” stop being the same list. Anyone building a play order now should treat Wolverine as entry four in the universe while it sits outside the Spider-Man trilogy proper. We covered what has been shown of it in our Wolverine story trailer breakdown.
What about a fourth Spider-Man game?
Insomniac has not announced Marvel’s Spider-Man 3 with a date. Reports of an internal 2028 target circulated after the studio’s December 2023 data breach, but that came from leaked internal material rather than an announcement, and internal targets move. Treat any date you see quoted for it as unconfirmed.
Every Spider-Man game before Insomniac, briefly
Insomniac’s 2018 game is nowhere near the first Spider-Man game. Licensed Spider-Man titles run back to the early 1980s and number well over thirty, which is not what most people mean by this search, but a few earlier games are worth knowing:
Spider-Man 2 (2004) is the one usually credited with getting web-swinging right, by attaching webs to actual buildings rather than the sky. Ultimate Spider-Man (2005) used cel-shading and let you play as Venom. Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (2008) and Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (2010) are the other two the fanbase still argues about. Activision held the licence until The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), after which it lapsed and the character went to Sony and Insomniac.
None of them connect to the Insomniac continuity. Several show up in our best and worst comic book games list, and if Miles is the reason you are here, our explainer on who Miles Morales is covers his comics history.
Frequently Asked Questions
What order should I play the Marvel’s Spider-Man games?
Marvel’s Spider-Man (2018), then Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020), then Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (2023). Release order and story order are the same.
Do I need to play the first Spider-Man game before Miles Morales?
You do not need it to buy or start Miles Morales, but you should play it first. Miles Morales is a direct sequel and reveals the ending of the 2018 game early on.
What is the difference between Marvel’s Spider-Man and Spider-Man Remastered?
Remastered is the PS5 and PC version of the same game, and it includes all three City That Never Sleeps DLC chapters. The 2018 original is PS4 only and sells the DLC separately.
Is Marvel’s Wolverine part of the Spider-Man series?
It is set in the same continuity but is not a Spider-Man game. Releasing September 15, 2026 on PS5, it is the first Insomniac Marvel game not to star a Spider-Man.
Are the Insomniac Spider-Man games on Xbox?
No. The series is PlayStation and PC only. Spider-Man Remastered, Miles Morales and Spider-Man 2 have all reached Windows, but none have been released on Xbox.
