Silicon nitride ceramic owing to its excellent fracture resistance and high strength behavior, has find its place in industry as well as in biomedical applications. The works related to the tribological behavior of silicon nitride based ceramic materials against different material combinations were reviewed in this study. The experimental studies which include POD pin-on-disc (POD) tribometer (mostly for commercial applications), hip simulator (for orthopedic applications) and computational approaches were mostly used to investigate the wear behavior. The effect of friction, wear rate and hardness of these ceramics based on other influencing parameters were summarized. Overall, the tribological behavior of silicon nitride-based ceramics showed better tribological behavior rather than silicon nitride depending on various applications. The use of different bio-lubricants also showed improved wear behavior because of reduced dissolution rate of silicon nitride for biomedical applications. The parameters like loads, sliding distance, type of lubricant used, material combination influencing tribological behavior were highlighted in this study based on field of applications.