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 2018 (Game released)
Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 20 April 2018
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
94/100
God of War is a continuation of Kratos's adventures in the slasher genre from a third-person perspective. The events unfold in the snowy mountainous region of...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 8 August 2017
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The game takes you on a dark and ruthless journey into the depths of the mind, where the lines between reality and madness blur. The story follows a warrior named...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2 → 31 August 2018
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
88/100
The definitive edition of the third-person action game includes the base game and all paid and free expansions. Talion returns as the protagonist and confronts...
Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 22 February 2011
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Bayonetta is a fantastic action-slasher game with a third-person view. Bayonetta is the only survivor of an ancient clan of witches that maintained the balance...
Action, Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Third-person view, Fighting, Slasher, Free game
Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 26 December 2019
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
74/100
Honkai Impact 3rd is a free-to-play action-adventure RPG with a third-person view in the Japanese style. In the game you have to assemble a team of Valkyries and...
Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 27 November 2018
Players:
6.9/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
65/100
Darksiders 3 is an action-adventure hack-and-slash game set in a post-apocalyptic world from a third-person perspective. In this new installment of the saga...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 29 May 2018
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Moonlighter is an action RPG with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Players will find dark and gloomy dungeons populated by...
Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC → 29 March 2012
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Devil May Cry HD Collection is a re-release of the first three parts of the legendary Devil May Cry series. The games are fully adapted to modern requirements, have...
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch, PS Vita → 20 March 2018
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Attack on Titan 2 is a continuation of the dynamic action-slasher with a third-person view, where you will use the famous Omni-Directional Monoevuer Gear mechanism...
Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 24 January 2008
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
66/100
Titan Quest is an isometric action role-playing game steeped in the myths and legends of Ancient Greece. A well-developed character customization system, 28 classes...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Slasher
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch → 8 February 2019
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
72/100
God Eater 3 is a continuation of the action role-playing game with a third-person view in the God Eater universe. The universe of these games tells about the brutal...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Slasher, Anime / Manga, Open world
Game released: PC → 14 December 2018
Players:
10/10
Steam:
84/100
Gujian 3 is a Japanese-style third-person action-adventure RPG. The game takes place in a fantasy world inspired by elements of ancient China. A fabulous oriental...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Open world, Slasher
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 1 September 2017
Players:
10/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
70/100
Songbringer is a top-down sci-fi RPG adventure with a procedurally generated world. The events of the game will tell about a hero who did not want to save the world...
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Android → 17 November 2016
Players:
10/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
79/100
ICEY is a side-scrolling sci-fi arcade action platformer. At first glance, this game is a regular platformer where you follow directions and go where you are told...
Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Virtual Reality (VR), Exploration, Slasher, Survival
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 18 May 2017
Steam:
62/100
Metacritic:
66/100
Detached is a first-person space adventure for Oculus Rift, OSVR and HTC Vive virtual reality devices. The events of the game tell the story of two corporations...
