G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra

Yo Joe! Cobra returns once again with its most fiendish plot yet and it's up to G.I. JOE to defeat them once more! Pick one of the real American heroes, gear up, and get straight into the fight in this retro…

67 26 September 2024

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Indie Action

G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra is an adventure developed by Maple Powered Games, released 26 September 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 4 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra is

G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra is an adventure game developed by Maple Powered Games and released in 2024. It was published by Freedom Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Cobra rears its ugly head yet again and it's up to G.I. JOE to save the world! Embracing the 1980s era of the iconic universe, Wrath of Cobra is a retro side-scrolling beat 'em up. Play as one of the legendary G.I. JOE characters, including Duke, Scarlett, Roadblock, Snake Eyes, and more. Defeat hordes of Cobra troopers, Vipers, Crimson Guards and more of Cobra’s malevolent machinations. Bring Cobra down, striking back at the likes of Destro, Serpentor, Baroness, and Cobra Commander himself! Fight your own way: Rely on your fists and get up close and personal using each character's unique combos and special moves or keep your foes at a distance with a variety of weapons!

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the G.I. Joe series

G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra is the 16th of 16 entries we hold in the G.I. Joe series. It arrived 4 years after G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout. It is the most recent released entry in the series. Its critic score of 67 is 13 points above the series average of 54. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

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How it was received

G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 9 points below the year average.

What it launched against

G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra launched on 26 September 2024, within three weeks of Silent Hill 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Astro Bot and Metaphor: ReFantazio. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Silent Hill 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Astro Bot, Metaphor: ReFantazio.

Cheats and codes

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