This is a list of crossovers in video games. "Crossovers" occur when otherwise usually separated fictional elements - video game characters, settings, and gameplay mechanics - exist and interact in the same video game.
First and second-party crossovers
This list includes crossovers and cameos of characters from video games owned by one company and close affiliates.
Third-party crossovers
This list includes video games that have crossovers from two or more separate companies.
Comic book/video game crossovers
Video games that have comic book franchise characters encountering or facing off against other comic book franchise characters or third-party video game characters in a crossover video game or as a guest character in a third-party video game include:
Cartoon/video game crossovers
Video games that have cartoon franchise characters encountering or facing off against other cartoon franchise characters or video game characters in a crossover video game or as a guest character in a third-party video game include:
- Warner Bros.:
- Cartoon Network:
- Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers (Adventure Time, The Amazing World of Gumball, Clarence, Regular Show, Steven Universe, and Uncle Grandpa)
- Cartoon Network: Block Party (Johnny Bravo, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Cow and Chicken)
- Cartoon Network: Formula Cartoon All-Stars (Mobile racing game featuring characters from Adventure Time, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, Steven Universe, Clarence, Uncle Grandpa, The Powerpuff Girls, Ben 10, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Johnny Bravo, and Dexter's Laboratory)
- Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion (Fighting game in the style of Super Smash Bros. featuring characters from Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Codename: Kids Next Door, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Samurai Jack, Ben 10, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Chowder, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, and Captain Planet and the Planeteers. Also, Space Ghost from Space Ghost Coast to Coast appears as the announcer and referee of the game, as well as the narrator of the story-mode)
- Cartoon Network Racing (Courage the Cowardly Dog, Cow and Chicken, Dexter's Laboratory, I Am Weasel, Johnny Bravo, and The Powerpuff Girls)
- Cartoon Network Speedway (Johnny Bravo, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Cow and Chicken, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Sheep in the Big City)
- Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall (Now-defunct free to play MMORPG featuring representation from multiple series including Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, The Powerpuff Girls, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Time Squad, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Codename: Kids Next Door, Samurai Jack, Megas XLR, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Ben 10, Camp Lazlo, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Class of 3000, Chowder, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, The Secret Saturdays, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Generator Rex, The Amazing World of Gumball and Sym-Bionic Titan as well as TOM from the Toonami programming block and live-action series Unnatural History and Tower Prep. Also featured are programs with acquired syndication rights including Johnny Test and Total Drama)
- FusionFall Heroes (A spin-off to the main game released after its shutdown featuring playable characters from Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Ben 10, Adventure Time, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball and Johnny Test)
- TKO: Titanic Kungfubot Offensive (Fighting game featuring robot versions of characters from The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Chowder, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Adventure Time, Sym-Bionic Titan, The Secret Saturdays, and Generator Rex as well as programs with acquired syndication rights including Johnny Test and Total Drama)
- The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy (the game's last stage takes place on the future as depicted on The Jetsons, including an appearance by George Jetson)
- Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (due to the very nature of the animated series it is based on, the game includes various Hanna-Barbera characters)
- MultiVersus (features characters from multiple Warner Bros. properties, including Adventure Time, DC Universe, Friday the 13th, Game of Thrones, Gremlins, The Iron Giant, Looney Tunes, The Matrix, Rick and Morty, Scooby-Doo, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Steven Universe, and Tom and Jerry.
- Nickelodeon (Characters from SpongeBob SquarePants, Jimmy Neutron, Planet Sheen, The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, The Ren & Stimpy Show, CatDog, Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, Hey Arnold!, The Angry Beavers, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Invader Zim, Rocko's Modern Life, Catscratch, El Tigre, All Grown Up!, Rocket Power, Tak and the Power of Juju, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Fanboy & Chum Chum, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Winx Club, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Loud House, and Monkey Quest)
- The Walt Disney Company:
- Club Penguin
- Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix
- Dance Dance Revolution Disney Channel Edition (similar concept but with various Disney Channel series instead)
- Disney Crossy Road (Disney characters in the style of Crossy Road)
- Disney Emoji Blitz
- Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure (characters from The Lion King, Tarzan, and Toy Story are playable skaters)
- Disney Friends (interact with Winnie the Pooh, Dory from Finding Nemo, Stitch, and Simba from The Lion King)
- Disney Heroes: Battle Mode (Mobile RPG featuring Wreck-It Ralph, Zootopia, and The Incredibles. Further updates have included Mickey Mouse & Friends, Toy Story, Pirates of the Caribbean, Monsters, Inc., WALL-E, TRON: Legacy, Brave, Moana, Coco, Lilo & Stitch, The Lion King, Sleeping Beauty, Hercules, Aladdin, Big Hero 6, The Little Mermaid, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Frozen, Darkwing Duck, Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland, The Sword in the Stone, Robin Hood, Inside Out, Peter Pan, DuckTales, The Emperor's New Groove, Ratatouille, Tangled, Atlantis, The Princess and the Frog, A Goofy Movie, Finding Nemo, Winnie the Pooh, Mulan, Gargoyles, The Jungle Book, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Great Mouse Detective, Treasure Planet, Kim Possible, Onward, The Rocketeer, Cinderella, Pocahontas, Up, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Bolt, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hocus Pocus, Raya and the Last Dragon, A Bug's Life, The Black Cauldron, Phineas & Ferb, Turning Red, Soul, Luca, American Dragon: Jake Long, Meet the Robinsons, The Owl House, The Rescuers Down Under, and The Muppets)
- Disney Infinity series (characters from the many assets owned by The Walt Disney Company like the Disney original characters, the Pixar characters, the Marvel Comics super heroes and Lucasfilm's Star Wars)
- Disney Magical World and Disney Magical World 2
- Disney Tsum Tsum Festival
- Disney Universe (levels and costumes based on Mickey Mouse, Aladdin, The Lion King, Peter Pan, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Pirates of the Caribbean, WALL-E, Monsters, Inc., The Little Mermaid, Lilo & Stitch, Finding Nemo, and Tron. Additional DLC packs include The Nightmare Before Christmas, Phineas and Ferb, and The Muppets)
- Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion (levels based on Aladdin, Peter Pan, The Little Mermaid, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Lion King, Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast, and Tangled. The main antagonist returns from Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, now in the form of Maleficent)
- Kinect Disneyland Adventures
- Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure
- Kingdom Hearts series (various characters from Square Enix and Disney franchises):
- Meteos: Disney Magic (Meteos and six franchises: Toy Story, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Lilo & Stitch, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, and Pirates of the Caribbean)
- Toontown Online
Manga/anime crossovers
Video games that have manga franchise characters or anime franchise characters encountering or facing off against other manga or anime franchise characters in a crossover video game include:
- Another Century's Episode series
- Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match: including Utawarerumono, Tears to Tiara, and To Heart.
- Bandai Namco:
- Dengeki Bunko:
- DreamMix TV World Fighters (various Takara, Hudson and Konami characters)
- Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (A special crossover event with Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Gran Turismo series (two cars from the Initial D manga—Takumi Fujiwara's Toyota AE86 and Mako Sato and Sayuki's Sileighty[n 1]—are available throughout the series)
- Guilty Gear Strive (Lucy from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)
- Koei Tecmo:
- Magical Battle Arena
- Monster Hunter Tri (exclusive to Japan's version, some event weapons are based on anime and manga series from Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Shueisha)
- Nakayoshi All Stars – Mezase Gakuen Idol
- Nintendo:
- Donkey Konga series
- Donkey Konga (Theme songs from anime series Doraemon, Case Closed, and Hamtaro exclusive to the Japanese version)
- Donkey Konga 2 (Theme songs from anime series Naruto, Doraemon, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Heidi, Girl of the Alps, Mazinger Z, Chibi Maruko-chan, Futari wa Pretty Cure, and Kaiketsu Zorori are exclusive to the Japanese version)
- Donkey Konga 3 (Theme songs from anime series Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, Case Closed, Fullmetal Alchemist, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Atashin'chi, Touch, and Crayon Shin-chan are available)
- Super Mario Maker (A costume for Mario in the Super Mario Bros. theme based on Chitoge Kirisaki from Nisekoi)
- Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel
- SD Gundam G Generation
- Sega:
- Astro Boy: Omega Factor (several other characters created by Osamu Tezuka appears with important roles on the plot of the game, included Hosuke Sharaku from The Three-Eyed One, Black Jack from the series of the same name and Phoenix)
- Miracle Girls Festival (crossover of eleven anime shows: YuruYuri, Nyaruko: Crawling with Love, Vividred Operation, Kin-iro Mosaic, Arpeggio of Blue Steel, Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono, Wake Up, Girls!, Go! Go! 575, No-Rin, Engaged to the Unidentified and Is the Order a Rabbit?)
- Shounen Sunday x Shounen Magazine Nettou! Dream Nine
- Sunday vs Magazine: Shūketsu! Chōjō Daikessen
- Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag and Sword Art Online: Integral Factor (A special crossover event featuring characters from Persona 5 Royal)
- Tatsunoko Production:
- Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble (Multiple characters from Case Closed, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, The Seven Deadly Sins, and GeGeGe no Kitarō appear as available Yo-kai)
Notes
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External links
- Crossover games on Giant Bomb
- When Worlds Collide: Exploring Game Crossovers
