The Ratchet & Clank games in release order run from Ratchet & Clank (2002) through Going Commando, Up Your Arsenal, Deadlocked and Tools of Destruction to Into the Nexus (2013), the 2016 remake and Rift Apart (2021).
This list gives every main game and spin-off with its North American release date, the story order, what each era covers, and where you can play the series today.
All Ratchet and Clank games in order
Sixteen Ratchet & Clank games have been released, counting nine main games, six spin-offs and the 2016 remake. The dates below are North American first releases.
| Order | Game | Release date | Type | First platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ratchet & Clank | November 4, 2002 | Main | PS2 |
| 2 | Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando | November 11, 2003 | Main | PS2 |
| 3 | Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal | November 2, 2004 | Main | PS2 |
| 4 | Ratchet: Deadlocked | October 25, 2005 | Main | PS2 |
| 5 | Ratchet & Clank: Going Mobile | November 2, 2005 | Spin-off | Java mobile phones |
| 6 | Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters | February 13, 2007 | Spin-off | PSP |
| 7 | Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction | October 23, 2007 | Main | PS3 |
| 8 | Secret Agent Clank | June 17, 2008 | Spin-off | PSP |
| 9 | Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty | August 21, 2008 | Main | PS3 (digital) |
| 10 | Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time | October 27, 2009 | Main | PS3 |
| 11 | Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One | October 18, 2011 | Spin-off | PS3 |
| 12 | Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault | November 27, 2012 | Spin-off | PS3 |
| 13 | Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus | November 12, 2013 | Main | PS3 |
| 14 | Ratchet & Clank: Before the Nexus | December 19, 2013 | Spin-off | iOS and Android |
| 15 | Ratchet & Clank (remake) | April 12, 2016 | Remake | PS4 |
| 16 | Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart | June 11, 2021 | Main | PS5 |
Rift Apart is the newest main game. Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble, a free-to-play mobile game, comes next but has no global launch date yet.
The Ratchet & Clank series
Ratchet & Clank is a PlayStation sci-fi action series about Ratchet, a Lombax mechanic, and Clank, his small robot partner. Insomniac Games created it, and Sony publishes it.
| Studio | Games it made | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Insomniac Games | All nine main games, All 4 One, Full Frontal Assault and the 2016 remake | Series creator |
| High Impact Games | Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank | PSP spin-offs |
| Handheld Games | Going Mobile | US-only mobile phone game |
| Nixxes Software | Rift Apart for Windows | PC port, July 26, 2023 |
| Oh BiBi | Ranger Rumble | Mobile hero shooter, with PlayStation Studios and Insomniac |
A 2016 animated film also adapts the first game. It reached theaters on April 29, 2016, shortly after the PS4 remake.
Original Saga era
The Original Saga covers the four PS2 main games. The handheld and phone spin-offs from the same period sit alongside them as side stories.
| Game | Year | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Ratchet & Clank | 2002 | Chairman Drek plans to build a new planet from pieces of others |
| Going Commando | 2003 | Megacorp hires Ratchet to recover a stolen creature in the Bogon Galaxy |
| Up Your Arsenal | 2004 | Doctor Nefarious leads an invasion of the Solana Galaxy; first online multiplayer in the series |
| Deadlocked | 2005 | Ratchet is forced into an arena bloodsport in the Shadow Sector |
| Going Mobile | 2005 | A mobile side story inside Secret Agent Clank vid-comics |
| Size Matters | 2007 | Ratchet and Clank search for a kidnapped girl named Luna and the Technomites |
| Secret Agent Clank | 2008 | Clank plays alone while Ratchet is wrongly imprisoned |
Some titles changed name outside North America. Going Commando was Ratchet & Clank 2: Locked and Loaded in most PAL countries, and Deadlocked was Ratchet: Gladiator in Europe and Australia.
Future Saga era
The Future Saga moved the series to PS3 and dug into Ratchet's Lombax backstory with a more heartfelt tone. Four main games make up the saga, and Into the Nexus closes it as an epilogue.
| Game | Year | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Tools of Destruction | 2007 | Emperor Tachyon hunts Ratchet, and the game ends with Clank taken away by the Zoni |
| Quest for Booty | 2008 | A short digital game, set a year later, as Ratchet and Talwyn search for Clank |
| A Crack in Time | 2009 | Ratchet keeps looking for Clank as Doctor Nefarious returns |
| All 4 One | 2011 | A four-player co-op spin-off that picks up right after A Crack in Time |
| Full Frontal Assault | 2012 | A tower defense spin-off for the original game's 10th anniversary |
| Into the Nexus | 2013 | Ratchet and Clank chase the Prog twins after a prison-ship breakout |
| Before the Nexus | 2013 | A mobile endless runner that syncs Raritanium with Into the Nexus |
Quest for Booty was designed as a quick four-hour game and sold at a low price. Into the Nexus launched at $29.99 on the PS Store and on Blu-ray at retail.
Ratchet & Clank new era?
The series restarted on PS4 and moved on to PS5, so the releases since 2016 form a newer phase. Rift Apart is the only new main game in it so far.
| Game | Date | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Ratchet & Clank (remake) | April 12, 2016 | A re-imagining of the 2002 game, told from Captain Qwark's point of view |
| Rift Apart | June 11, 2021 | The ninth main game, sent across dimensions with the new Lombax Rivet |
| Rift Apart for Windows | July 26, 2023 | The first Ratchet & Clank main game on PC |
| Ranger Rumble | Pre-registration opened July 2026 | A free-to-play mobile hero shooter with soft launches in Canada, the Nordics, France and Asia |
Sony has not announced a new main game after Rift Apart. Treat any release date you see for a sequel as a rumor until it appears on PlayStation's own pages.
Every Ratchet & Clank game in chronological order
The story order mostly matches the release order, with the 2016 remake and the side stories as the exceptions. The numbered rows are the connected story.
| Story order | Game | Where it fits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ratchet & Clank (2002) | Ratchet and Clank meet and stop Chairman Drek |
| 2 | Going Commando | Follows their rescue of the Solana Galaxy |
| 3 | Up Your Arsenal | Third main game, with Doctor Nefarious as the villain |
| 4 | Deadlocked | A stand-alone sequel to Up Your Arsenal |
| 5 | Tools of Destruction | Opens the Future Saga and ends with Clank's abduction |
| 6 | Quest for Booty | Starts a year after Clank is taken |
| 7 | A Crack in Time | Continues directly from the Quest for Booty cliffhanger |
| 8 | All 4 One | Picks up right after A Crack in Time |
| 9 | Full Frontal Assault | Set before Into the Nexus |
| 10 | Into the Nexus | Set some time after Full Frontal Assault |
| 11 | Rift Apart | Follows Into the Nexus, which sets up its plot |
| Side stories | Going Mobile, Size Matters, Secret Agent Clank and Before the Nexus | Self-contained, with no stated spot on the timeline |
| Retelling | Ratchet & Clank (2016) | Re-imagines the first game instead of continuing the story |
Another long-running series with its own separate story order is the FNAF games.
What Ratchet and Clank game should I play first?
| Your situation | Start with | Why |
|---|---|---|
| You own a PS5 | Rift Apart | The newest main game, built for PS5 |
| You play on a Windows PC | Rift Apart | The only main game sold on Steam |
| You own a PS4 | Ratchet & Clank (2016) | A modern retelling of the first adventure, also playable on PS5 through backward compatibility |
| You own a PS3 | Ratchet & Clank Collection | HD versions of the first three games in one package |
| You only have a phone | Ranger Rumble, once it launches in your region | A free-to-play mobile game; pre-registration is open on the App Store and Google Play |
Rift Apart does not require the older games to run, though Into the Nexus sets up its plot. Other series you can plan the same way include the Fallout games in release order and the Dark Souls trilogy.
Ratchet & Clank Collection and re-releases in order
These releases bring older games to newer hardware rather than adding new stories, so they are not counted in the main list.
| Release | Date | What it adds |
|---|---|---|
| Size Matters for PS2 | March 11, 2008 | Port of the PSP game |
| Secret Agent Clank for PS2 | May 26, 2009 | Port of the PSP game, and the last series release on PS2 |
| Ratchet & Clank Collection for PS3 | August 28, 2012 | 1080p versions of the first three games, with online play restored for Up Your Arsenal |
| Full Frontal Assault for PS Vita | May 21, 2013 | Handheld version, free with the PS3 version |
| Deadlocked HD for PS3 | May 21, 2013 | High-definition version on PlayStation Network |
| Ratchet & Clank Collection for PS Vita | July 29, 2014 | The HD trilogy on PS Vita |
| Size Matters for PS4 and PS5 | July 16, 2024 | The PSP version re-released through PlayStation Plus |
| Secret Agent Clank for PS4 and PS5 | September 2024 | An emulated PSP version with save states and rewind |
An emulated version of the original PS2 game is also planned for PS4 and PS5 in the fourth quarter of 2026. Check the PlayStation Store for its current status.
Where to play Ratchet and Clank games on PS5, PS4 and PC
Ratchet & Clank is a Sony-published series, and no entry has been released on Xbox or Nintendo consoles. Most of the older games run only on older PlayStation hardware.
| Platform | Ratchet & Clank games you can play |
|---|---|
| PS5 | Rift Apart, plus the 2016 remake through backward compatibility, and the Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank re-releases |
| PS4 | Ratchet & Clank (2016), plus the Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank re-releases |
| Windows PC | Rift Apart on Steam, which needs Windows 10 version 1909 or later |
| PS3 | Ratchet & Clank Collection, Deadlocked HD, Tools of Destruction, Quest for Booty, A Crack in Time, All 4 One, Full Frontal Assault and Into the Nexus |
| PS Vita | Ratchet & Clank Collection and Full Frontal Assault |
| PS2 and PSP | The original releases of the PS2 games and the PSP spin-offs |
| iOS and Android | Ranger Rumble pre-registration and regional soft launches |
Online play in Up Your Arsenal has ended. Its PS2 service closed in June 2012, and its PS3 service closed in February 2018.
Ratchet and Clank games by console
| Console | Main games | Spin-offs |
|---|---|---|
| PS2 | Ratchet & Clank, Going Commando, Up Your Arsenal, Deadlocked | Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank ports |
| PS3 | Tools of Destruction, Quest for Booty, A Crack in Time, Into the Nexus | All 4 One, Full Frontal Assault |
| PSP | None | Size Matters, Secret Agent Clank |
| PS Vita | None, apart from the Ratchet & Clank Collection | Full Frontal Assault |
| PS4 | None, apart from the 2016 remake | None |
| PS5 | Rift Apart | None |
PS3 is the series' largest home, with four main games and two spin-offs. PS2 comes next, with four main games and two ported spin-offs.
Is there a new Ratchet and Clank game coming?
Yes, but only on mobile so far. Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble is the next game, and no new main game has been announced. PlayStation's July 15, 2026 post describes Ranger Rumble as a free-to-play multiplayer hero shooter from Oh BiBi, with 12 heroes and six modes at launch. It gives no global launch date, and pre-registration runs on the App Store and Google Play.
Ranger Rumble was first announced on November 12, 2025. A cancelled 2006 mobile game, Clone Home, also surfaced publicly in October 2025, though it never had an official release.
Ratchet and Clank games order FAQ
What is the first Ratchet and Clank game?
The first game is Ratchet & Clank, released for PS2 on November 4, 2002. Insomniac Games developed it, and it is about Ratchet and Clank stopping Chairman Drek from building a new planet out of pieces of other worlds.
What is the newest Ratchet and Clank game?
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is the newest main game. It launched on PS5 on June 11, 2021, and on Windows on July 26, 2023. Ranger Rumble is a newer mobile spin-off that is still heading toward a global launch.
How many Ratchet and Clank games are there?
There are 16 released Ratchet & Clank games: nine main games, six spin-offs and the 2016 remake. That count leaves out the Ratchet & Clank Collection, which is a compilation, and Ranger Rumble, which has no global launch yet.
Do you need to play Ratchet and Clank games in order?
No game requires another one to run, and the 2016 remake retells the start of the story. The Future Saga games are the most connected, so play Tools of Destruction, Quest for Booty and A Crack in Time in that order if you can.
Is Ratchet and Clank 2016 a remake?
Yes. The 2016 game for PS4 re-imagines the original 2002 game, with new planets, new boss battles and new flight sequences. It was released on April 12, 2016, alongside an animated film based on the same story.
Is Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart on PC?
Yes. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart reached Windows on July 26, 2023, with the port handled by Nixxes Software. Steam lists Windows 10 version 1909 or later as the minimum operating system.
Is Ratchet and Clank on Xbox or Nintendo Switch?
No. Every Ratchet & Clank game has been released on PlayStation hardware, Windows or mobile devices. Sony publishes the series, and no version has come to Xbox or Nintendo consoles.
Which Ratchet and Clank games are on PS5?
Rift Apart is the PS5 game built for the console. The 2016 remake also runs on PS5 through backward compatibility, and Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank were re-released for PS4 and PS5 in 2024.
