There is nothing quite like that dopamine hit you get from revisiting a series you grew up with—and in my case, that’ll always be the original Crash Bandicoot games.
If you’re wondering just how many Crash Bandicoot games have come out over the years, here are all the games in their release order.
Crash Bandicoot: All games in release order
Created by Naughty Dog back in 1996, Crash Bandicoot hit the big screen as a PlayStation exclusive. What followed from the late ’90s was Crash Bandicoot’s long history of moving from one home to another. Developers came and went, with different takes of the Bandicoot world, as seen through their lens. Some entries did far better than others, but that was until Radical Entertainment was the last to try its luck at creating a smashing trilogy that replicated the success of the original games.
But Crash grew quiet. His silence lasted for nearly a decade until the Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy rebirthed the love for the franchise in 2017. If you need that reminder of every Crash and Coco that has been and gone, here are all Crash Bandicoot games, ordered by their release.
Crash Bandicoot: All console releases
Game | Release Date | Developer | Platform(s) |
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Crash Bandicoot | 1996 | Naughty Dog | PlayStation |
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back | 1997 | Naughty Dog | PlayStation |
Crash Bandicoot: Warped | 1998 | Naughty Dog | PlayStation |
CTR: Crash Team Racing | 1999 | Naughty Dog | PlayStation |
Crash Bash | 2000 | Eurocom | PlayStation |
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex | 2001 | Traveller’s Tales | PlayStation 2 Xbox GameCube Xbox 360 |
Crash Nitro Kart | 2003 | Vicarious Visions | PlayStation 2 Xbox GameCube |
Crash Twinsanity | 2004 | Traveller’s Tales | PlayStation 2 Xbox |
Crash Tag Team Racing | 2005 | Radical Entertainment | PlayStation 2 Xbox GameCube PlayStation Portable |
Crash of the Titan | 2007 | Radical Entertainment | PlayStation 2 Xbox 360 Wii PlayStation Portable |
Crash: Mind over Mutant | 2008 | Radical Entertainment | PlayStation 2 Xbox 360 Wii PlayStation Portable |
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy | 2017 | Vicarious Visions | PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC |
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled | 2019 | Beenox | PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch |
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time | 2020 | Toys for Bob | PlayStation 4 Xbox One Switch PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S PC |
Crash Team Rumble | 2023 | Toys for Bob | PlayStation 4 Xbox One PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S |
What was consistent about Crash Bandicoot was its platforming and kart racing elements. These didn’t coincide with one another. Instead, the developer created multiple platforming entries for single players and a racing game for Crash Bandicoot fans to play with family or friends in a co-op setting.
Crash Bandicoot had many releases on handheld devices and mobile besides the mainline releases. These coexisted with the larger console releases and included various developers (different from Crash’s console entries).
Crash Bandicoot: Handheld and mobile releases
Game | Release Date | Developer | Platform |
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Crash Bandicoot | 1998 | Tiger Electronics | Tiger 99X |
Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure | 2002 | Vicarious Visions | Game Boy Advance |
Crash Bandicoot: Blast! | 2002 | Vicarious Visions | Game Boy Advance |
Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Traced | 2003 | Vicarious Visions | Game Boy Advance |
Crash Nitro Kart | 2003 | Vicarious Visions | Game Boy Advance N-Gage |
Crash Party USA | 2003 | Vicarious Visions | Game Boy Advance |
Crash Bandicoot | 2003 | Kaolink | Mobile |
Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto’s Rampage | 2004 | Vicarious Visions | Game Boy Advance |
Crash Twinsanity 3D | 2004 | Kaolink | Mobile |
Crash Nitro Kart | 2004 | IPlay | Mobile |
Crash Twinsanity | 2004 | Kaolink | Mobile |
Crash Racing | 2005 | Kaolink | Mobile |
Crash Boom Bang! | 2006 | Dimps | Nintendo DS |
Crash of the Titans | 2007 | Amaze Entertainment | Game Boy Advance Nintendo DS Mobile |
Crash Nitro Kart 2 | 2008 | Polarbit | Mobile |
Crash: Mind Over Mutant | 2008 | Tose | Nintendo DS |
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D | 2008 | Polarbit | Mobile |
Crash Bandicoot: Mutant Island | 2009 | Glu Mobile | Mobile |
Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! | 2021 | King | Mobile |
Outside of these, Japan had its own exclusive releases of Crash Bandicoot for the PocketStation (Crash Anywhere) and DoCoMo SH904 mobile (Chokkan Crash Bandicoot), including regional differences to the original PlayStation games by Naughty Dog.
Published: Aug 14, 2024 09:40 am