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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Platforms
Statuses
Best Games in the Slasher genre of 2023 (Game released)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 17 October 2023
Players:
6/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
88/100
A role-playing slasher/action game with an isometric third-person camera, a service game, and an online looter. It brings back classic elements of the Diablo series...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 3 March 2023
Players:
8/10
Steam:
71/100
Metacritic:
79/100
184, China, the Age of the Three Kingdoms during the Han Dynasty. The country is engulfed in chaos and destruction. The dynasty, which had flourished for many...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 29 April 2019
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Multiplayer action game Mordhau, featuring a first-person perspective in a late medieval setting, was developed by the indie studio Triternion, two years after...
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Isometric, Historical, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Exploration
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 2 November 2023
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
67/100
The main action takes place in a fantasy setting inspired by ancient Greek legends. The main character is the brave warrior Achilles, who intends to put an end to...
Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer, Indie, Horror, Slasher, Fantasy, Medieval era, Metroidvania, Gothic
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S → 15 November 2023
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
73/100
A dark metroidvania in the spirit of Bloodborne. The events unfold in a gothic city populated by various monsters. Players take on the role of Eric, who suffers...
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 20 July 2021
Players:
9/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Death's Door is an adventure role-playing action slasher game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. Collecting the souls of the dead from bell to bell...
Adventure, Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Fantasy, Open world, Business / Management, Simulation, Sandbox
Game released: PC → 26 May 2023
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
79/100
An open world action RPG based on Chinese mythology and culture. The game has a character development system, a lot of text (the project is officially localized...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5 → 11 February 2020
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
93/100
Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in which there will...
Action, Roguelike, Side view, Slasher, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Fantasy, Replayability
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 14 November 2023
Players:
7/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Four heroes with unique personalities try to escape from the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 godlike and treacherous Zodiacs. The game has dozens of unique...
Action, Comedy, Side view, Platformer, Role-playing game, Metroidvania, Adult game, Gothic, Exploration, Slasher
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 7 March 2023
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Hybrid parody of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and dating simulator. The game tells the story of the vampire Drac, who, in search of love, ends up on a local...
Third-person view, Action, Slasher, Fantasy, Adventure, Role-playing game, Exploration, Metroidvania
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 20 April 2023
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
69/100
Metacritic:
60/100
A game in a fantasy setting. The main character is an adventurer who died during his journey, but was revived in a lost valley, as a result of which he became tied...
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 5 May 2022
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
71/100
A black and white action adventure in the style of ancient Japan. The main character is a fearless warrior who fights supernatural forces. Young Hiroki swore to the...
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 14 February 2023
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
67/100
Metacritic:
59/100
The game takes place in a futuristic version of Hong Kong. The main character Hannah Stone serves in a special unit of the Hong Kong police. The lady steps in where...
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 8 June 2023
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
88/100
A dynamic action game in which players lead legendary heroes on a campaign against the hordes of evil. As you progress, you can collect a deadly arsenal, capable of...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 1 March 2022
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
66/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Shadow Warrior 3 is a dynamic action game with a first-person view. This time, Lo Wang and his former employer Orochi Zilla must save the world from an ancient...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 25 April 2023
Players:
9/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Side view game with non-linear levels. A girl named Renee survived an attack on her home village, but lost her memory. Now she is trying to regain her memories and...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Online, Slasher, Isometric, Top-down view, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy
Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 10 May 2023
Steam:
61/100
Torchlight: Infinite is a free-to-play adventure role-playing action-slasher game with a top-down view in the fantasy universe of Torchlight. The game takes place...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 7 October 2021
Players:
10/10
Steam:
87/100
Re-release of the classic action-slasher Blade of Darkness (2001), originally released in 2001. The game features support for widescreen monitors and resolutions...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 18 April 2023
Players:
4/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
79/100
In the kingdom of Demacia, mage hunters hunt people with magical gifts under the pretext of protecting ordinary people. They are forced into hiding, persecuted...
Slasher, Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), Action, Third-person view, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 12 September 2023
Players:
2.5/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
72/100
The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which a group of brave heroes must find a cure that will save humanity. Between battles with enemies, characters...
Arcade, Shooter, Isometric, Slasher, Roguelike, Indie, Futurism (Future), Casual game, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 24 March 2023
Steam:
81/100
The events of the game take place in the distant future, at a time when humanity disappeared from the face of the Earth. The player takes on the role of a fighting...
Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Comics, Cooperative (co-op), Online
Game released: PC → 31 January 2023
Players:
7/10
Steam:
38/100
Role-playing action-slasher in a sci-fi setting, reminiscent of a mix between Diablo 4 and Borderlands 3. The main feature is the technology tree, which helps...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy, MOBA, Online, Free game, Slasher, Medieval era
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 24 January 2023
Players:
5.7/10
Steam:
61/100
Metacritic:
64/100
The game takes place in a dark fantasy setting in which the main character fights various monsters. He serves an immortal deity who resurrected him to exact...
