Where are all the Superhero Video Games?

Seriously, where are they?

As many pundits have stated, we are currently experiencing an unprecedented superhero zeitgeist. While comics themselves continue to circle the drain, never, and I mean never, have superheroes been more profitable in the world market as a whole. Video game technology has also continued to surge, providing players with immersive worlds, narratives, and mechanics. In spite of all this fertile ground, it seems that apart from the occasional Lego game or crossover fighter, all consumers get is Spider-Man and Batman games. There's basically a dearth of titles where the MCU game series should be.

Now, video game adaptations of films have often proven to be terrible. But with the success of Infinity War, you mean to tell me that there's  nothing to be made in this huge market?

Third party titles also seem to be lacking when it comes to superheroes. One of the best multiplayer superhero games of all time, City of Heroes, has been dead for years, and nothing has really replaced it. Other MMORPGs have tried, and failed to capture the true magic of being a superhero in video game form. There are some upcoming projects that promise to be the true successor to COH, but I find even succeeding at that herculean task to be a fool's errand.

Gaming has grown past World of Warcraft point-and-click mechanics. Technology now provides the means for players to blow each other up and build forts in real time. Trying to recapture the pinnacle of gaming in 2012 is a step backwards. Open world exploration and building has shown itself to be the successor trend to merely playing a game with a mass population.

Oddly enough, superheroes would fit quite well in an open world, building-simulator RPG that have become so popular these days. If you payed attention to some of the critiques of older superhero titles, you may have noticed that one of the major criticisms was that even the best titles failed to adequately deliver on the entire fantasy of being a superhero in a world where your actions mattered. What's the point of trying to save the world if it's just a pre-loaded instance and the world map never reflects change? What's the point of trying to take the world over as a villain if you can't ever actually do it? Sandbox games provide the means to deliver on what other games only pretended to be: an authentic superhero experience.

So seriously, where are all the superhero games?