Nickelodeon released Avatar: The Last Airbender, the intensely popular animated series, back in 2005, and it went on to produce 61 episodes over three years and gained a gargantuan following. Netflix has recently delivered the same story in a live-action format for a new generation to soak up, but there’s also a pool of forgotten video games that this new fandom may be interested in playing.

Since several of these titles are nearly 20 years old, some games have become rather hard to track down in a physical format. Nevertheless, we feel we must give these games the light of day and separate the good from the bad – although none are as insidious as the Fire Nation. Here’s every Avatar: The Last Airbender game ranked.

9 Avatar: The Last Airbender – Bobble Battles

A puzzle game spanning the Northern Water Tribe attack to the siege of Ba Sing Se

• Borrowed Super Deformed Shorts’ chibi style
• Players build forts and armies for each Nation
• Battle through 18 different levels

Being compared to Age of Empires for Avatar fans, Bobble Battles covers the first and second seasons of the animated series fairly faithfully. You have the fate of each iconic battle from the timeline in your hands, and in addition to controlling your favorite heroes, you can also play as the Fire Nation.

Despite being a fairly enjoyable puzzle/strategy game set in the popular universe, Bobble Battles failed to make an impact on the fandom, nor did the cute style effectively bring these beloved characters to life in a video game format. This PC game stays at the bottom of the pile.

8 Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Path Of Zuko

A puzzle-solving title for fans of Avatar Shorts

• The returning super-deformed chibi character design
• Navigate through seven missions as Prince Zuko’s ally
• Overcome mazes and puzzles by bending

The Path of Zuko does what it says on the tin, presenting the narrative from Zuko’s perspective and following the events that take place in Book Three entirely. Avatar Aang unites with Zuko to take down the Fire Nation, collecting objects along the way to aid their plight and keep Zuko on his titular path to righteousness.

Even though The Path of Zuko uses the same chibi style as Bobble Battles, the story that accompanies gameplay is more refined, and therefore, more investable. This PC puzzle game beats the latter narratively and stylistically thanks to the pixel art, and there’s also a minigame that restores Zuko’s chi to seal the deal.

7 Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth

A 4.0 Metacritic user score keeps this title in the low ranks

• Aang’s Avatar State was added
• Features a multiplayer mode
• Animal allies, Momo and Appa, appear in “dramatic air battles”

Created as a sequel to the first Avatar: The Last Airbender game from 2006, The Burning Earth covers the events of the show’s second season, Book Two: Earth. This sequel shed the cell-shaded animation, added a host of new combos and characters, and delivered a decent platforming adventure for fans.

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The Burning Earth was slammed for its cutscenes and generic gameplay, but as an overall Avatar game, the design is much closer to the original animation than the aforementioned chibi games, justifying its higher place in the ranking. Its tendency to lean on button-mashing, however, keeps this entry near the bottom.

6 Avatar: The Last Airbender: Quest For Balance

Metacritic’s 4.3 user score gives this action-adventure game the edge over The Burning Fire

• Cross-platform play in local co-op
• Experience 18 entertaining chapters
• Key locations, side quests & ability upgrades

The most recent Avatar game to release on this list is Quest for Balance, which only hit shelves in September 2023. Including expansive exploration and memorable interactions with popular characters from the franchise alongside the classic puzzle solving, perhaps this particular quest got a lower rating for labeling the mechanist as the “machinist” – this is not Christian Bale’s spotlight.

Regardless of the current-gen graphics (the visuals are still not good enough for some), Quest for Balance, once again, failed to deliver anything revolutionary for fans of the series and stays in the lower ranks despite being a modern title. It does stand head and shoulders above previous entries, however, for encouraging innovative thinking and offering challenging puzzles for all audiences – unlike the simpler conundrums that came before.

5 The Last Airbender

With a 6.0 Metacritic score, the game is favored more than the film

• Story told from the perspective of Zuko
• Wii Remote brings bending powers to life
• Control three playable characters: Aang, Zuko and the Blue Spirit

M. Night Shyamalan’s 2010 live-action was kicked to the curb by fans of the original series, and the production wasn’t well received by newcomers either. It’s therefore surprising that the game based on the adaptation received a more positive reception for both its interactive Wii version and the original release on the Nintendo DS.

When it comes to learning the elements and bringing these movements to life through the Wii Remote, it’s a real novelty for fans. The RPG elements and well-designed action and puzzle-based levels are also particularly impressive to note, leaving previous entries in the forgettable realm, unfortunately.

4 Avatar: Generations

A vibrant mobile game reminiscent of Genshin Impact

• Explored Aang’s destiny plus the eras of Kyoshi, Korra, and Roku
• Squad-based battles with adventure sequences
• Open-world exploration with original stories

This tactical RPG was released globally for iOS and Android in early 2023 but was sadly shut down the following December. It’s a shame the mobile title didn’t last because the artwork was visually stunning and the global leaderboard for turn-based gameplay inside PVP battles was pretty thrilling for fans.

This “Gacha” game is deserving of a place in the high ranks, even though its longevity was short-lived. Clean graphics, satisfying team building with iconic characters, and its bravery to weave unique stories into the existing lore make this title a memorable one and distinctly more entertaining than the game adaptation of Shyamalan’s film.

3 Avatar: The Last Airbender

The original Avatar game that still holds up despite average scores

• Follows an original story
• Control one of four characters: Aang, Katara, Haru, or Sokka
• Immersive minigames on the Wii version

The first of its kind is usually the more memorable, and in the case of Avatar’s video game history, the original 2006 entry is one of the best. In a rare case, this action-adventure title carves an original story set between Book 1 and Book 2 of the series in a single-player adventure but features the main characters you know and love.

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This Avatar title gets it right by allowing itself to exist simply as an entertaining beat-’em-up with an impressive character upgrade system. Despite having flaky voice work and lackluster animation at points, the franchise’s debut in the video game scene earns its third place for expanding the original story, and providing entertaining gameplay and charming graphics to still be admired in this day and age.

2 Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into The Inferno

With a 7.4 Metacritic score, you better believe this is in second place

• New “air ball” gameplay in the Wii version
• Super Deformed Shorts homage style in the DS version
• Innovative bending powers from Katara’s ice bridges to Sokka’s boomerang

Fans may remember that this 2008 action-adventure entry was released on the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, and Nintendo Wii, all yielding different gameplay styles. Once again based on Book Three of the original series, Into the Inferno had the bravery to turn Momo into a talking samurai and still produced a short and sweet finale to the original trilogy.

Delivering the high-octane conclusion of the Avatar story, Into the Inferno allows stunning combos and flexible attack strategies to be deployed that will make any fan giddy, and even though the cartoon-like visuals are not for everyone, this entry is stellar. There are even additional platforming sections that bulk out the game tenfold more than other entries on this list, making it a solid second place.

1 The Legend Of Korra

A lower 6.6 Metacritic score, but a renowned fan favorite

• Short 4-6 hour playthrough with New Game+
• Single player as Korra with access to all four elements
• Fast combos, powerful counterattacks, and Avatar State on offer

Now for something a little different. The Legend of Korra is the sequel story to Avatar: The Last Airbender, and the game based around this successor is a fun and fluid entry into the greater Avatar game roster. Prioritizing exhilarating action, this game makes players feel as powerful as the benders – which is an important quality to have for optimum immersion.

Even though The Legend of Korra lies on the easier side of gameplay, the visuals and seamless combat never get old. As a top-tier beat-’em-up adventure, this game is often cited as a fan favorite among a rather subpar list of Avatar games, making The Legend of Korra our number-one pick.

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