What are the Attack on Titan games, and what order do you play them in?

The series' action games all come from the same studio, Omega Force, and share the same idea: fly with the ODM gear between buildings and trees and cut the titans' napes. What changes from one to the next is how much of the story they adapt and which consoles they come out on.

Each release picks the story up from the first episode, so the second game does not continue the first one: it remakes it with more content and goes further. The table sums up how far each one goes, counted in anime seasons.

Attack on Titan 3 is the first game in the main series to reach the final season. It is also the first one not released on PS4 or Xbox One: it is announced only for the current generation of consoles and for PC.

Since every release starts the story from the beginning, they all open in the same settings as the anime's first episode: the town on the edge of the walls and the rings of stone that protect humanity.

• Shiganshina DistrictA town that juts out from the southern foot of Wall Maria, the southernmost settlement of them all.
• Wall RoseThe middle ring, where most of humanity makes its home.
• Wall SinaThe innermost ring, drawn tight around the capital and the privileged interior.

In no particular order. Since every game starts the story over, no release depends on having played the one before. The useful question is a different one: how much of the story you want to play, and on which console.

If you are only playing one

Attack on Titan 3. It is the only one that tells the whole story, and it comes out on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 and PC.

If you want something played before Attack on Titan 3

Attack on Titan 2 with Final Battle. It covers the first three seasons, and Koei Tecmo has announced in-game rewards in Attack on Titan 3 for anyone with Attack on Titan 2 or Final Battle save data on the same console.

If you want to play them all

In release order: the first, the second with its expansion and then the third. That way each release adds a new stretch of the story instead of repeating all of it.

Outside Omega Force's series there are smaller games from other studios and in other genres. None of them is needed to follow the rest, and two are hard to get today.

Humanity in Chains · Nintendo 3DS

An action game by Spike Chunsoft. It came out in Japan in 2013 and in Europe and North America in 2015, only on the 3DS digital store, which has since closed.

Escape from Certain Death · Nintendo 3DS

A visual novel released in 2017, only in Japan and only in Japanese.

Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable · Meta Quest

A virtual reality game by UNIVRS. It launched in early access in 2023 and as a full release in December 2024.

The main series games adapt the story in order, so they hold the same surprises as the anime. Attack on Titan 3 goes all the way to the end, and that includes its trailer and the character list on its official site, which shows characters the series does not introduce until its last seasons.

If you plan to watch the anime, the safest choice is to watch it first. The watch order guide says how long it runs and where the extras fit, without giving anything away. And if you already know you are playing the third game, this Attack on Titan 3 guide explains what it covers and what to avoid in the meantime.

This codex has its own free browser games, with nothing to install and no spoilers. The closest to Omega Force's series is the ODM gear training: one button to hook on, limited gas and titans walking down the street.