Every Avatar: The Last Airbender Game (& How They Fit Into The Timeline)

Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of the most beloved animated series of the past decade, and given its respected history it’s no surprise that the franchise has had quite a few video games based on its beloved characters. These titles span across arcade-style games to much more involved home console titles.

The series itself is known for having a wide range of entertaining characters and impressive world-building. Avatar follows the journey of Aang, a 112-year old (physically 12 year old) as he awakens from a 100 year slumber in an iceberg. From there, he is introduced to characters like Katara and Sokka who aid him on his journey of mastering the four elements (Water, Air, Earth, and Fire) in order to stop the tyrannical reign of the Fire Nation across the four great nations.

The series has been well praised for its extensive world building, unique art style, and strong characters. Unfortunately, most of the video games were not recieved as positively. However, there are still some Avatar: The Last Airbender video games which are interesting and entertaining in their own right, especially for longtime fans of the series.

All Official Avatar: The Last Airbender Video Games

In 2006, THQ made the first Avatar game, appropriately called Avatar: The Last Airbender. The title initially released for the Wii, but was later ported onto the major home consoles at the time. This single-player fighting adventure game gave players the ability to control one of more characters – Aang, Katara, Sokka, or Haru. Each character featured their own unique fighting styles, weapons, and special abilities to defeat enemies. The game primarily focused on the events of the First Book as the team tries to stop the Fire Nation’s machines from destroying the lands.

A year later, THQ released their next title in the franchise, Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth. This game focused upon the First and Second Books of the series and focused upon Aang, Katara, and Sokka’s journey to find Aang an Earthbending teacher. In 2008, a sequel was released called Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into the Inferno. Appropriately, this game focused on the events of Book Three and introduced Toph to Team Avatar. Both of these titles followed very similar gameplay mechanics as their predecessor, with a focus on exploration and combat. However, the gameplay styles themselves changed between Nintendo DS ports and the Wii, with the Wii often providing a lot more intuitive inputs by giving players the ability to actually bend water, rocks, and fireballs via motion controls.

With the release of the The Last Airbender movie in 2010, THQ released a video game of the same name. The events of the game loosely followed the film, giving the players the ability to play as Aang, Prince Zuko, and the Blue Spirit. Similarly to the 2006 Avatar game, players have the ability to control the characters separately, each host to their own move sets. Aang focused a lot more on manipulating the environment while Zuko used destructive Firebending techniques. The Blue Spirit provided a more stealth oriented experience. Unlike the movie, the game had a much more positive reception from fans.

None of these games were known for being exceptionally good, but most were considered to provide an average level of enjoyment. According to the Avatar Wiki, a few other, smaller scale games were produced including a puzzle-solving game called Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Path of Zuko and a point-and-click game called Avatar: The Last Airbender – Bobble Battles. The show also has several mini-games which can be played on the Nickelodeon website. With the recent resurgence of the series and Avatar skins in Smite, it’s possible that a new wave of Avatar: The Last Airbender titles may be on the horizon.

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