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Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series

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Developer Telltale

Batman: The Enemy Within is a 2017 episodic point-and-click graphic adventure video game developed and published by Telltale Games and distributed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment under its DC Entertainment label, based on the DC Comics character Batman. The game is a sequel to 2016's Batman: The Telltale Series. It received positive reviews, and is viewed as an improvement over the original, with the… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Audience score

92
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209 positive · 19 negative
95% range 87–95%

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Bluesky *366355
Steam reviews209190
Mastodon *1023
Lemmy *1017

* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).

Steam's own rating
Very Positive
5,068 of 5,386 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

What players are saying

90% recommend · 191 yes, 21 no

Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 212 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (9,940 of 10,772 positive).

Many players consider this a significant improvement over the first season, praising its narrative branching and character development. [1][2][3] The game's take on Joker and the weight of player choices are widely highlighted as standout features. [4][5][6] Some reviewers criticize the game for taking liberties with Batman's character and logic, or for technical issues. [7][8][9]

Liked
  • Choices feel more consequential than in other Telltale games. [1][6]
  • Joker's character and dynamic with Batman are highly praised. [4][5][6]
  • Improved writing, pacing, and character depth over the first season. [2][3][10]
  • Engaging story with emotional weight and tough decisions. [4][10][11]
Disliked
  • Some players find the story takes too many liberties with Batman lore. [7][9]
  • Technical issues like crashes or sign-out problems reported. [12][13]
  • One reviewer feels the game undermines Batman's competence and aura. [9]
  • A few players dislike the handling of Batman's secret identity. [14][7]
Representative posts
  • [7]Steam user Steam user …5690Steam review · Jul 17, 2026 · Not recommended

    Too ambitious and eventually falls apart by taking too many liberties with the subject matter and thus defying believability and logic even in a fictitious narrative. Slowly strips away Batman's aura and recklessly exploitative of Batman's secret identity. Unbelievably ludicrous ending and worst ending I've encountered in the history of The Dark Knight as an intellectual property. Expected better and left a sour …

  • [1]Steam user Steam user …3350Steam review · Dec 18, 2025 · Recommended

    The One Telltale Game Where Your Choices Actually Matter The Enemy Within stands not just as a brilliant sequel, but as the undisputed pinnacle of Telltale Games' craft. This season elevates the interactive drama to unprecedented heights, delivering a gripping, psychologically complex story where player choice carries more weight and consequence than in any other title from the studio. https://youtu.be/F-fGv2sBh9E …

  • [4]Steam user Steam user …7289Steam review · May 16, 2026 · Recommended

    10/10 game. easily one of the best games I ahve ever played. I LOVED John in this and I think this game has the best version of Joker OAT. The choices were also the hardest choices I have ever had to make in a telltale game. Easily a perfect game

  • [5]Steam user Steam user …5757Steam review · Mar 7, 2026 · Recommended

    Way better than the first game: Your decisions carry real weight here, especially in the last episode. Also very original and interesting take of Joker's background and his dynamic with Batman. Side characters (Riddler, Harley Quinn) are also pretty awesome. Highly recommended for fellow Bat-fam!

  • [2]Steam user Steam user …0874Steam review · Dec 18, 2025 · Recommended

    I like this second season a lot more than the first one. The writing and characters are just spot on. While the first season was good too, it did suffer from some boring characters and not that interesting story telling, something they definitely improved upon in this second season. The undercover thing, John Doe friendship and Selina finally confessing her feelings for Bruce, made every episode interesting and I …

Summarised from 34 of the 366 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made

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Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series sits at 92% positive across 228 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?

Critics, per Wikipedia

Batman: The Enemy Within received generally positive reviews and is considered to be an improvement over its predecessor, earning praise for its story, choices, action sequences, and the portrayal of the Batman mythos. The game won the award for "Performance in a Drama, Supporting" with Debra Wilson at the 17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards, whereas its other nomination was for "Game, Franchise Adventure". Episode 5 was nominated for "Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing" at the Writers Guild of America Awards 2018, while the game itself was again nominated at the 18th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards, this time for "Writing…

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Reactions

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Aug 19, 2025

    Matt Berry is the voice of Bane in the new ‘LEGO BATMAN’ game.

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · May 5, 2026

    The new ‘LEGO BATMAN’ game includes a tribute to the late Kevin Conroy. “The Voice of Gotham’s Night”

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Aug 19, 2025

    A new 'LEGO Batman' game is releasing in 2026 🦇 • Follow's Bruce Wayne's entire story • Incorporates elements from each Batman film • Includes many villains from his rogues gallery • Open world experience

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  • Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tvBluesky · Aug 19, 2025

    I’m sorry, a new Lego Batman game that adapts Batman Begins, Dark Knight, Batman Returns and The Batman while using an Arkham style open world and free flow combat is like… a dream game of mine and I’m kinda stunned it’s real

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Aug 20, 2025

    First look at the Rainbow Batsuit in the new 'LEGO Batman' game 🦇🌈

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · May 6, 2026

    Michael Caine's iconic Batman tweet is referenced in the new 'LEGO Batman' game 🦇

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Aug 19, 2025

    First trailer for the 'LEGO Batman' game 🦇 Releasing in 2026

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Feb 7, 2025

    New #Batman game is in the works at Rocksteady 🦇 Game is years from releasing (via business)

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  • tucker @tuckeryart.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 4, 2025

    next Batman game needs to be a Bananza-like where Robin clings to Batman’s back like Pauline the entire game

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · May 5, 2026

    The opening of ‘BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES’ is recreated in the new ‘LEGO BATMAN’ game.

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Sep 15, 2025

    New look at the open-world Gotham in the 'LEGO Batman' game 🦇

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · May 20, 2026

    Jonkler Easter egg in the new 'LEGO Batman' game 🦇🃏

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Apr 15, 2026

    New ‘LEGO Batman’ game is getting the Absolute Batman suit 🦇

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Aug 19, 2025

    The Penguin chase sequence from ‘The Batman’ recreated for the new ‘LEGO BATMAN’ game.

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Jan 14, 2025

    Arkhamverse Batman is still alive 🦇 It's been confirmed it was a Batman clone who died in the #SuicideSquad game

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Aug 20, 2025

    ‘Batman: The Brave and the Bold’ batsuit will be unlockable in the new ‘LEGO Batman’ game 🦇 (via JayShockblast | TW)

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · May 5, 2026

    'Batman: The Animated Series' opening remade in the new 'LEGO Batman' game 🦇 Releasing May 22 (via bd1p_ | TW)

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · May 20, 2026

    ‘American Psycho’ Easter egg in the new ‘LEGO Batman’ game 🎮 🦇

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  • CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2026

    there's a Lego Batman game coming so they re-created the Jack Nicholson Joker scene in the museum with Prince's Partyman... let's see how they did

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  • Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.socialBluesky · May 23, 2026

    Being an adult means not buying the new Batman game because the house needs $4,000 of plumbing work. Stupid house

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Apr 30, 2026

    New 'LEGO Batman' game has officially gone gold 🦇 Releasing May 22

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Aug 26, 2025

    New 'LEGO Batman' game will have ~70 different Batsuits 🦇 (via IGN)

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Aug 19, 2025

    Penguin car chase from 'The Batman' recreated in the new 'LEGO: Batman' game 🦇😂

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · May 19, 2026

    ‘I Think You Should Leave’ Easter egg in the new ‘LEGO Batman’ game 🦇 🎥 Deybo_ | TW

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Sep 11, 2025

    New concept art from the canceled 'Batman: Arkham' game 🎮 It had a 'much older' Batman 🎨 jsmarantz | IG

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Jul 3, 2026

    'The Batman 2' co-writer Mattson Tomlin says Hollywood is becoming more 'video game obsessed' 🎮 He's receiving 5x more offers for video game adaptations than comic book adaptations this year

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Apr 21, 2026

    Absolute Batman skin stats in the new 'LEGO Batman' game 🦇 Aura: 11/10 Intimidation: 100/10

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  • Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.ioBluesky · May 2, 2026

    Why is Lego Batman the most demanding game created by man

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  • Lil Sunchip @lilsunchip.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 5, 2026

    Playing the Lego Batman game has made me want to build legos. Building a Lego wolf on twitch! Are you as excited as I am? Twitch.tv/chipsforjon

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  • Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 28, 2025

    If Batman ever went tailgating at a big Gotham City football game, what would he grill out of the Batmobile’s trunk?

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Apr 17, 2026

    The Batsuits in the new 'LEGO Batman' game 🎮 🎥 Blitzwinger | TW)

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  • romulus - 🛸METROID RAVENOUS🍽️ @romulusofficial.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 19, 2025

    -new Bubsy game -new Lego Batman game -remake of Pac-Man World 2 -new Kirby Air Riders game this is the year of “fuck it, we ball”

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Mar 16, 2026

    The new ‘LEGO Batman’ game has moved up its release date to May 22 🦇

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  • MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 12, 2026

    I've recovered a cache of documents and videos from the pre-production phase of Project Apollo, a canceled Batman game Monolith worked on for Warner Bros. The materials, from 4/2009 to 1/2010, were in deleted sectors of a HDD used at a game company. archive.org/details/proj... 1/9🧵

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  • Snoutless Work Ethic @snoutlessworkethic.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 3, 2026

    Malice Game Over Screen- Based off Batman Arkham Style (By Snoutless) #gameoverse #malice #fanart #batman #aslume #batmanarkham

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  • lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyzBluesky · Aug 26, 2025

    I interviewed @sssuda51.bsky.social about Romeo is a Dead Man, making sure everyone on his team gets credit, his working relationship with co-director, Ren Yamazaki, what makes a character "punk rock", wrestlers, and a Batman game featuring BLACKPINK. www.shacknews.com/article/1456...

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  • Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.comBluesky · Jun 2, 2025

    Between Wonder Woman, the Batman Court of Owls Game, and now this... absolutely the most cursed game design pattern.

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  • Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tvBluesky · May 25, 2026

    One detail I really love about the new Lego Batman game is that you don’t have your glide in the early missions based on The Batman because Bruce doesn’t have the glide cape in the movie

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  • Janet Ghoulcia (on Vacation 🇯🇵) @gameonysus.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 19, 2024

    Batman video game ass scene.

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  • Devin Heroux @devinheroux.bsky.socialBluesky · May 5, 2025

    HOLY WINNIPEG JETS BATMAN THEY’VE TIED IT WITH 1.6 SECONDS LEFT GAME 7 IS GOING TO OVERTIME

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Apr 29, 2026

    We attended a preview event for the new ‘LEGO BATMAN’ game that included prop & costume displays from every Batman film. Gameplay coverage coming soon…

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  • Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 6, 2025

    The last two weeks feel like we’ve been playing a Batman game called OOPS! ALL VILLAINS

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  • - ̗̀ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Tuddy ̖́- @tudsworthington.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    The Batman game that already has a decent, well maintained, PC version getting a decomp that's presumably just a repackaged emulator (because it has similar issues to Xbox 360 emulators playing said game) is the funniest example of how little they Get It, but this is the most blatant.

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  • Netscape @netscape.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 6, 2026

    Game 3 going to hit like the last 45 minutes of The Batman (2022)

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  • Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.socialBluesky · Feb 2, 2026

    This is literally the toxic waste barrels from LEGO Batman the video game

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  • Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2025

    Right. Just like... definitionally a game should feel like it takes place in a setting where the game happens. You can make a gritty, street level Batman game. But if you make it so broken ribs, concussions, and guns work 100% like real life, it becomes unimmersive for Batman to exist at all.

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  • dreamin' @dreaminerryday.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2025

    hear me out; Batman 2D metroidvania game

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  • Kerron | 🎮🖥️ @kerron.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 6, 2025

    Starting the BEST game in the Arkham Series 👀 🎮 Batman: Arkham City

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  • DOKI DOKI CRT PIXEL @crtpixel.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 26, 2025

    BATMAN: THE VIDEO GAME SUNSOFT 1990 (Captured on Game Boy Pocket)

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  • DOKI DOKI CRT PIXEL @crtpixel.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 14, 2026

    BATMAN RETURNS ASPECT 1992 GAME GEAR

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  • VJ. | Comms Open @veejay.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 19, 2025

    The new Lego Batman game has adjustable difficulty settings, a first for a Lego game. Meaning there's a possiblity that you can actually game over. Meaning that just maybe we get funny Lego versions of those Arkham death screens. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOQB...

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  • JP Acosta @acosta32jp.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2025

    ABSOLUTE BATMAN HITTING NAZIS WITH A ONE WINGED ANGEL THIS IS THE GAME I LOVE

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  • SocialistVibes01 @[email protected]Lemmy · Nov 2, 2026

    Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom. Last week, Anthropic introduced a new system prompt designed to stop its Claude models from re-creating specific, existing video games. While that move could help shield Anthropic from some liability, it’s unlikely to slow much of the massive wave of AI-assisted game porting and copying that has emerged in recent months. A social media user and AI decompilation enthusiast going by the name “chasm” was among the first to…

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  • Mevans 👻 @mevans2001.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 19, 2025

    I’m really hyped for the new Lego Batman game!

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  • Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyerBluesky · Sep 22, 2025

    BATMAN: Activate GeForce Now Game Ready driver update. ALFRED: Poggers, master Bruce.

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  • DOKI DOKI CRT PIXEL @crtpixel.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2026

    BATMAN FOREVER: THE ARCADE GAME IGUANA 1996 SEGA SATURN

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  • Crispy Toast @crispytoastyt.newgrounds.comBluesky · Feb 10, 2025

    Imagine the Joker, forcing Batman to play Balatro. If Batman loses the game, he dies.

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  • Timeproof Games @timeproof.gamesBluesky · Apr 24, 2026

    - What are you!? - I'm Tiny Batman Batman: The Video Game (Game Boy, Sunsoft, 1990)

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  • Wario64 @wario64.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2025

    coming to Game Pass Core on March 26: -Tunic -Monster Sanctuary -Batman: Arkham Knight

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  • Mike Minotti @tolkoto.comBluesky · May 8, 2026

    Incredible that Lego Batman has one of the best video game trailers.

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