The Punisher
Crime is everywhere on the streets of New York City. As Frank "the Punisher" Castle, it is your job to clean them up. However, there seem to be bigger things at hand...
The Punisher is an adventure developed by Volition, released 12 April 2004 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Legacy Mobile Device.
What The Punisher is
The Punisher is an adventure game developed by Volition and released in 2004. It was published by THQ. It is available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Legacy Mobile Device and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Punisher is a 2005 third-person shooter action-adventure game developed by Volition and published by THQ, based on the Marvel Comics character the Punisher. It was released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Windows; a mobile phone port was developed by Amplified Games, developed in 2004 and released in 2005.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Marvel series
The Punisher is the 88th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock in 2004. Its critic score of 79 is 15 points above the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes at 90.
How it was received
The Punisher holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 9 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 94 votes.
What it launched against
The Punisher launched on 12 April 2004, within three weeks of Far Cry, Syberia 2, Pikmin 2 and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Far Cry, Syberia 2, Pikmin 2, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Punisher yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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