Spider-Man 3 for the PlayStation 2 is an open-world action-adventure game based on the 2007 Spider-Man 3 film directed by Sam Raimi, but it also includes additional characters and stories from the broader Spider-Man comic universe. As a tie-in game, it lets players swing through a large, interactive version of New York City, take on various missions, and explore the duality between Peter Parker’s heroic and darker sides — especially with the introduction of the black suit, powered by the alien symbiote.

While versions of the game were also released on other platforms, the PS2 version was tailored to its hardware, with some differences in content, graphics, and mission structure compared to its PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 counterparts.