<P> The first game , Batman : Arkham Asylum ( 2009 ) , focuses on Batman trying to prevent the Joker from destroying Gotham City after he takes control of Arkham Asylum , and he is forced to contend with numerous other villains he has incarcerated along the way . The second game , Arkham City ( 2011 ) , is set a year later , after Professor Hugo Strange expands Arkham into a massive super-prison enclosing a dilapidated segment of Gotham City ; Batman is incarcerated and must uncover the secret behind Strange 's sinister scheme , `` Protocol 10 '' , while slowly dying from an illness inflicted by the Joker . The third game , Arkham Origins ( 2013 ) , serves as a prequel set five years before Arkham Asylum , in which a younger and less - refined Batman must deal with eight deadly assassins contracted to kill him by crime lord Black Mask on Christmas Eve , while also encountering the Joker for the first time . The fourth installment , Batman : Arkham Knight ( 2015 ) , is Rocksteady 's conclusion to the series . Set one year after the events of Arkham City , Arkham Knight sees Batman facing Scarecrow along with the mysterious Arkham Knight ( and his militia ) , who have seized control of Gotham in a plan to destroy Batman , both physically and mentally , as well as the city . </P>
<P> The first game , Batman : Arkham Asylum ( 2009 ) , focuses on Batman trying to prevent the Joker from destroying Gotham City after he takes control of Arkham Asylum , and he is forced to contend with numerous other villains he has incarcerated along the way . The second game , Arkham City ( 2011 ) , is set a year later , after Professor Hugo Strange expands Arkham into a massive super-prison enclosing a dilapidated segment of Gotham City ; Batman is incarcerated and must uncover the secret behind Strange 's sinister scheme , `` Protocol 10 '' , while slowly dying from an illness inflicted by the Joker . The third game , Arkham Origins ( 2013 ) , serves as a prequel set five years before Arkham Asylum , in which a younger and less - refined Batman must deal with eight deadly assassins contracted to kill him by crime lord Black Mask on Christmas Eve , while also encountering the Joker for the first time . The fourth installment , Batman : Arkham Knight ( 2015 ) , is Rocksteady 's conclusion to the series . Set one year after the events of Arkham City , Arkham Knight sees Batman facing Scarecrow along with the mysterious Arkham Knight ( and his militia ) , who have seized control of Gotham in a plan to destroy Batman , both physically and mentally , as well as the city . </P>
what came out first arkham city or arkham asylum
what came out first arkham city or arkham asylum
Arkham Asylum
Arkham Asylum