Slasher
The genre of video games "slasher" focuses on defeating enemies using piercing and cutting weapons. Typically, these are single-player or cooperative games where the main characters must overcome large groups of various enemies, who are most often monsters. It is a related genre to "beat them all," where the essence remains the same, but fists are used instead of weapons.
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Best Games in the Slasher genre of 2015 (Game released)
Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Role-playing game
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PlayStation 4 → 16 August 2012
VGTimes:
9.0/10
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Darksiders 2 is a continuation of the action-slasher adventure game with a third-person view. The events of the sequel are directly related to the original plot of...
Game released: PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 15 September 2010
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
82/100
This third-person fantasy hack-and-slash takes place in the fortified city of Fortuna, where the religious Order of the Sword fights demons. Young knight Nero is...
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 30 October 2015
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Improved re-release of the action slasher Darksiders 2. The events of the sequel are directly related to the plot of the first part. War was blamed for causing the...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Exploration, Slasher, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, PC → 1 October 2015
Players:
10/10
Steam:
69/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Nights of Azure is a third-person action role-playing game in Japanese style. The game is developed by the creator of Fatal Frame, in which players will play as two...
Game released: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, PS Vita → 24 February 2015
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
66/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires is a strategy action game set during the Three Kingdoms era, with the unification of ancient China as its central goal. The player takes...
Game released: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC → 9 October 2015
Players:
6.2/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Transformers: Devastation is a futuristic action game with a third-person view in the Transformers universe. The game features five playable, customizable Autobots...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Hack and slash, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Slasher
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 → 23 September 2014
Players:
2.3/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
70/100
This top-down fantasy action game brings cooperative dungeon crawling from the classic Gauntlet series into a new adventure. Players choose one of four heroes—the...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PlayStation 3, PC, Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2015
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
74/100
Metacritic:
75/100
This action beat ’em up follows the Straw Hat Crew through an original One Piece story, from Fuchsia Village to Dressrosa, an island ruled by Doflamingo. The crew...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Slasher, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Action, Indie
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 7 December 2016
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
68/100
Earth's Dawn is a 3D side-scrolling arcade slasher game with a Japanese style and a futuristic setting. The events of the game tell about the struggle of humanity...
