Transformers: The Game

Transformers: The Game is the name of multiple versions of a video game based on the film. The game closely follows the story of the film, depicting the Autobots and Decepticons' arrival on Earth following a…

57 26 June 2007

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Action Science fiction

Transformers: The Game is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Traveller's Tales, released 26 June 2007 on PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2.

Verified 27 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Transformers: The Game is

Transformers: The Game is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Traveller's Tales and released in 2007. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Bumblebee crashes onto Earth and is tasked by Optimus Prime to find an object that will lead them to the missing AllSpark. He battles Decepticon drones and discovers that the Decepticons are after a family artifact belonging to Sam Witwicky. To protect Sam, Bumblebee heads to his home and later drives to a used car lot, where Sam buys him. Bumblebee then works to clear a path for the Autobots, defeating more Decepticon drones along the way, and helps them land safely. As the story progresses, Sector Seven discovers the Autobots, and Bumblebee helps Sam and Mikaela escape. However, Jazz is caught by the humans, and Optimus Prime intervenes, engaging in a battle with the Decepticon Shockwave…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Transformers series

Transformers: The Game is the 17th of 50 entries we hold in the Transformers series. The next entry was Transformers G1 Awakening in 2008. Its critic score of 57 is 4 points below the series average of 61. The highest-rated entry is Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at 93.

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How it was received

Transformers: The Game holds a critic score of 57 out of 100. That places it above 16% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 7 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 62, across 73 votes.

What it launched against

Transformers: The Game launched on 26 June 2007, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Ninja Gaiden Sigma and The Darkness. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, The Darkness.

Cheats and codes

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