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.
Years
Platforms
All platformsPCPlayStation 5Xbox Series X/SPlayStation 4Xbox OneNintendo Switch 2Nintendo SwitchiOSAndroidMacLinux
Statuses
Best Games in the Slasher genre of 2025 (Game released)
Game released: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, Mac → 14 April 2026
VGTimes:
9.2/10
Players:
9/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
94/100
A continuation of the roguelike Hades, taking players into even deeper and darker layers of ancient Greek mythology. This time the story revolves around Melinoe...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 17 January 2025
Players:
10/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
81/100
A dynamic action-slasher film set in the era of the Three Kingdoms of China. The player becomes part of the legendary events, fighting for one of the sides in the...
Role-playing game, Action, Online, Slasher, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 26 September 2024
Players:
8/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
78/100
A game from the creators of Curse of the Dead Gods featuring characters from folk tales. Each hero has their own abilities: Beowulf relies on fierce attacks and...
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, Hack and slash, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Fantasy, Old school, Adventure, Slasher
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 11 November 2025
Steam:
54/100
Metacritic:
54/100
Ancaria is once again torn apart: war, magic, and a spreading plague intertwine in a massive open-world fantasy RPG. Six heroes with unique combat styles and...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 5 August 2025
Players:
7/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
76/100
A colorful fighting game based on the anime “Demon Slayer”. Events take place immediately after the finale of the first part Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. The...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Dreamcast → 23 January 2025
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Remaster of the classic game Star Wars Episode 1: Jedi Power Battles. The plot takes place in the first episode of the saga of George Lucas, where the Jedi have to...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 15 August 2025
Players:
7/10
Steam:
83/100
Boris ventures deep into the endlessly generated corridors of the Joey Drew studio. To survive, you will have to collect supplies and weapons, and also escape from...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, iOS, Android → 22 May 2020
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Adventure action set in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The story centers around a shark that has survived a brutal encounter with a hunter and is driven by a...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Mac → 6 May 2025
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
50/100
The game tells the story of the adventures of the main character of literary works, Captain Peter Blood. The action takes place in the 17th century on the territory...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC → 14 January 2025
Players:
10/10
Steam:
53/100
Adventure role action in the universe Hyper Light Drifter. The events of the game unfold in a new dangerous world of thickets, where Chaos swallowed everything...
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...
Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Fantasy
Game released: PC → 18 September 2025
Steam:
89/100
In a world where the Wheel of Samsara gained sentience and became an artificial intelligence, life was reborn in new forms—an amalgam of flesh, soul, and machines...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Roguelike, Medieval era, Slasher
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5 → 16 January 2025
Steam:
83/100
Action-adventure RPG with graphics inspired by PS1 games. The story revolves around one family's multi-generational struggle against the Tyrant, an ancient being...
