Slasher for PlayStation 5 — top best games in the Slasher genre

Black Myth: Wukong - a game in the Slasher genre

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 20 August 2024

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 79/100

An action-adventure slasher film starring the Monkey King. The main emphasis in the game is on dynamic battles and the use of various combos. In addition, there are...

God of War: Ragnarok

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 9 November 2022

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 92/100

The Scandinavian adventure arc of Kratos has come to a grand conclusion in God of War: Ragnarok — an action-adventure game from a third-person perspective with...

Diablo 2: Resurrected

Role-playing game, Isometric, Horror, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 September 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Diablo 2: Resurrected is a remake of the cult isometric action-RPG Diablo 2. In the updated version of the game, a new graphics engine has been implemented, the...

Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem

Role-playing game, Slasher, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 March 2023

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Role-playing adventure action game with an isometric camera in the dark medieval fantasy setting, Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem invites you to take on the role of a...

Ravenswatch

Role-playing game, Action, Online, Slasher, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 28 November 2024

Players: 8/10

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...

V Rising

Isometric, Action, Slasher, Online, MMO, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 11 June 2024

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Players take on the role of a vampire awakened from centuries of sleep, stripped of his dark powers. To regain his strength and quench his thirst for blood, he...

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers

Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Exploration, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 24 July 2025

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Hardcore action RPG inspired by the Dark Souls series. The game takes place in ancient China during the Ming Dynasty. The empire is torn apart by civil strife, and...

Dynasty Warriors: Origins

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Historical, Tactics, Medieval era

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 17 January 2025

Players: 10/10

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...

Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Zombies

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 September 2024

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Remaster Lollipop Chainsaw about a chainsaw-wielding girl exterminating zombies. The game's plot revolves around schoolgirl Juliet, who finds herself in the...

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Historical, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 3 March 2023

Players: 7.6/10

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...

Godfall

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 November 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Godfall is a multiplayer dynamic loot-slasher game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. In the game, together with your friends, you will try on the role...

Ghostrunner 2

Action, Slasher, First-person view, Runner, Cyberpunk, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 26 October 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 80/100

The game's events unfold a year after the events of Ghostrunner, and the plot tells the story of the protagonist's confrontation with a brutal cult of cyber...

Evil West

Action, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Beat them all, Adventure, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 November 2022

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Evil West is a bloody cooperative action game with a third-person view, in which the Wild West setting is supplemented with mystical creatures, including vampires...

The Last Faith

Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer, Indie, Horror, Slasher, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 November 2023

Players: 7/10

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...

Shadow Warrior 3

Shooter, First-person view, Slasher, Action, Adventure, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 1 March 2022

Players: 6.8/10

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...

Scarlet Nexus

Anime / Manga, Slasher, Action, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 24 June 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Scarlet Nexus is a colorful adventure slasher game with a third-person view in the Japanese style from the creators of the Tales of series. In the distant future...

BloodRayne: Terminal Cut

Action, Slasher, Adventure, Third-person view, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 18 November 2021

Players: 10/10

BloodRayne: Terminal Cut — updated version of the action-adventure slasher Bloodrayne. The original game has received support for modern gamepads and optimization...

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 August 2025

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Astral Ascent

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Slasher, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 14 November 2023

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Thymesia

Action, Slasher, Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 18 August 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

The setting is a once prosperous kingdom, which, due to an attempt to ban alchemy, quickly plunges into chaos. The main character, a man suffering from amnesia in a...

Lost Soul Aside

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 August 2025

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Role action in fantasy setting, inspired by Final Fantasy XV and Ninja Gaiden. The events of the game will tell about the former Templar of Kaiser, which made the...

The First Berserker: Khazan

Action, Slasher, Role-playing game, Fantasy, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 27 March 2025

VGTimes: 7.4/10

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Rolevo Soulslayk-Exan about the great General of the empire Pelos, who managed to overcome death itself. The main character goes on a trip to take revenge on those...

Soulstice

Action, Role-playing game, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 20 September 2022

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 71/100

The balance in the Holy Kingdom of Caedas was disrupted when wild, powerful creatures called ghosts came from behind the Veil, intent on devouring all the living...

Trek to Yomi

Action, Adventure, Side view, Slasher, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 5 May 2022

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Achilles: Legends Untold

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Isometric, Historical, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 November 2023

Players: 6.7/10

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...

Ninja Gaiden 4

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 21 October 2025

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A fourth part of a series of slasers about ninja. The game takes place in the near future on the streets of Tokyo. Young Yakumo must deal with all monsters and...

Hi-Fi Rush

Action, Slasher, Anime / Manga, Music game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 March 2024

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 88/100

A dynamic slasher with battles to the beat of the music. There are many tracks and the opportunity to gather allies to destroy the evil...

SD Gundam Battle Alliance

Role-playing game, Shooter, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 25 August 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

SD Gundam Battle Alliance is a futuristic RPG shooter about robots with a third-person view. The story takes place in the G Universe, a world where the Gundam canon...

Ninja Gaiden 2 Black

Action, Slasher, Remake, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 January 2025

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Remaster of the ninja action game Ninja Gaiden 2 with redesigned graphics and updated gameplay. Ryu Hayabusa, heir to the legendary Dragon Sword, enters the battle...

Death's Door

Action, Slasher, Isometric, Adventure, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 November 2021

Players: 9/10

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...

DEADCRAFT

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Action, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 May 2022

Metacritic: 76/100

DEADCRAFT is a post-apocalyptic zombie survival game with a top-down view from the creators of Daemon X Machina and Doraemon: Story of Seasons. The main...

Stray Blade

Third-person view, Action, Slasher, Fantasy, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 20 April 2023

Players: 7.1/10

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...

Furi

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 17 May 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Furi is an action-slasher game with a third-person view from the French studio The Game Bakers. The main character, armed with a samurai blade, will confront...

Eternights

Slasher, Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), Action, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 September 2023

Players: 2.5/10

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...

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Action, Slasher, Adventure, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 18 July 2024

Players: 5.1/10

Metacritic: 71/100

A role-playing action game from the creators of Ashen. The game tells the story of a world where humanity is on the brink of extinction. It's all because of dark...

Moonscars

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 27 September 2022

Metacritic: 73/100

Moonscars is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. Under the dark moonlight, the fierce clay warrior Gray Irma fights, driven by a lonely goal: to find the...

Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy, Platformer, Slasher, Old school

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 December 2024

Players: 9.5/10

Updated version of the cult action-adventures Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2. Both classic projects have received significantly...

Darksiders: Warmastered Edition

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 May 2026

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

An updated version of a dark action-slasher that combines brutal battles, adventure elements, and the atmosphere of a biblical apocalypse. At the center of the...

For Honor

Online, Action, MMO, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 November 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

For Honor is a competitive medieval-fantasy action game about sword fights and large-scale battlefields. You will take part in team battles for territory with many...

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 June 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 56/100

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance is a cooperative action role-playing game with a third-person view in the fantasy universe of Dungeons & Dragons. The game will...

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Best Games in the Slasher genre for PlayStation 5