The Game of Thrones universe includes a wide variety of video games from a wide variety of genres that are sure to impress any fan of the franchise.
The Game of Thrones TV show may have ended on a bad note, but there are tons of video games in the GOT universe that allow fans of the franchise to continue playing their favorite fantasies. From RPGs to browser-only games, there are nine separate official Game of Thrones games.
In the meantime, fans of the Game of Thrones franchise can enjoy a wide variety of video games based on books and TV shows. The only difficult question is deciding which one to play first.
Blood of Dragons was the first Game of Thrones video game to hit the market in 2007. It was published and developed by Westeros.org and was only available in browsers. Considering that it was released four years before the TV show debuted, this video game is only based on the George R.R. Martin book series.
A Game of Thrones: Genesis was released in 2011, the same year the series aired. The game was published by Focus Home Interactive and developed by Cyanide. It was only available for Windows. The game's plot unfolds over 1000 years and explores the history of Westeros, which predates the TV show. Players fight for control of the Iron Throne, which can be obtained with enough "prestige".
Game of Thrones is an RPG video game that was released a year after Genesis in 2012. It was published by Focus Home Interactive in partnership with Atlus and developed by Cyanide. It was the first Game of Thrones video game on consoles since it was released for PS3, Xbox 360 and Windows. The game was based on both the TV show and the first book in the George R. Martin series, Game of Thrones. The author does appear in the game as he is the voice of Maester Martin. James Cosmo (Jeor Mormont) and Conleth Hill (Lord Varys) also voice their on-screen characters.
Game of Thrones: Ascent began to follow the trend of the annual Game of Thrones video game release, thanks to the popularity of the TV show during this time. Released in 2013, the game was published and developed by Disruptor Beam. Unlike other video games in the Game of Thrones franchise, this game was the only game released on the Facebook platform. It was also available for iOS and Android. In 2013, the game won the Facebook Game of the Year award. She also received the Friendie Award that same year.
Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series debuted in 2014 and was published and developed by Telltale Games. The game has been available on a variety of platforms including Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows. In a game, the player's actions and choices affect the final outcome. The five playable characters are from the Forrester House, which does not appear in TV shows or books.
Game of Thrones: Conquest came out two years after the video game Telltale in 2017. It was published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and developed by Turbine for iOS and Android only.
Reigns: Game of Thrones was published by Nerial in partnership with HBO and developed by Devolver Digital for Microsoft Windows, as well as Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Nintendo Switch. It was released in 2018. Although the game is based on characters from the GOT universe such as Cersei Lannister, Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, and Tyrion Lannister, it is also considered a spin-off of Nerial's Reigns series.
Game of Thrones: Winter is Coming was released a few months before the end of the final episode of the TV version of Game of Thrones. Based on both the books and the TV series, this RPG was published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and developed by Yoozoo Games. The video game was only available in browsers. Players take on the role of Lady or Lord Westeros and must, among other things, train soldiers and recruit new allies.
Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall is the only Game of Thrones video game to come out after the TV show's poorly received final season. The game was released in March 2020 for iOS, and became available on Android the following month. The game was published by Behavior Interactive and developed by GAEA Mobile.
The aforementioned games are not the only Game of Thrones video games in development. There were a few video games that never saw the light of day as their release was canceled ahead of schedule. These included Game of Thrones: Second Kingdoms, published by Bigpoint and Artplant and developed by Bigpoint, which was to be a massively multiplayer online RPG game. It was supposed to be accessible only in the browser. When Bigpoint moved to Yoozoo Games in 2016, Seconds Kingdoms morphed into Game of Thrones: Winter is Coming, which came out in 2019.
Likewise, Game of Thrones: Season Two never arrived, although it was in development and published by Telltale Games. Initially, the game was supposed to be released on various consoles, including Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, iOS, Android, macOS and Windows. The second season was supposed to be a sequel to Telltale's 2014 video game Game of Thrones, but Telltale's Job Stauffer announced in 2017 that the project was on hold to focus on other projects due out in 2017 and 2018. However, the title never came up because the studio was fired in 2018, as a result of which many games in development were canceled, including the sequel to GOT.
The Game of Thrones franchise offers a wide variety of video games that are sure to impress any gamer, even if they weren't thrilled with how the TV show ended.
