Futurama cover art

Futurama series

Futurama

Futurama begins when Professor Farnsworth sells his delivery ship to Mom, an evil businesswoman, giving her ownership of more than 50 percent of Earth. Now, with Mom threatening to enslave humanity, it's up to…

50 1 August 2003

Futurama is a platform developed by Unique Development Studios, released 1 August 2003 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Android.

Verified Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Futurama is

Futurama is a platform game developed by Unique Development Studios and released in 2003. It was published by Fox Interactive. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Android. It runs on Gamebryo.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Recurring antagonist Mom buys Planet Express for cynical reasons and the team of Fry, Bender, Leela, and Zoidberg must thwart her evil plot to take over the universe.
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Futurama series

Futurama is the first of 2 entries we hold in the Futurama series. The next entry was Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards in 2016.

See all 2 Futurama games in release order →

How it was received

Futurama holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 6% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 19 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Futurama launched on 1 August 2003, within three weeks of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, F-Zero GX, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 and Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, F-Zero GX, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic.

Official trailer

Trailer thumbnail

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Quick answers

Futurama — frequently asked questions

When did Futurama come out?
Futurama was released on 1 August 2003 for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Android.

If you like this

Games like Futurama

See all