Best Hack and Slash Games
616 Hack and Slash games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Kirby Star Allies
Released: Mar 16, 2018
Critic rating: 74.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Kirby is back in this new title coming to the Nintendo Switch console in HD.
Anarchy Reigns
Released: Jul 5, 2012
Critic rating: 77.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Anarchy Reigns is an online multiplayer brawler, from the makers of Bayonetta and Vanquish, PlatinumGames.
Honkai Impact 3rd
Released: Oct 14, 2016
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100 • 90 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Honkai Impact 3rd follows Valkyries as they defend the world from Honkai, the “mysterious power responsible for destroying human civilization countless times.”
Darksiders Genesis
Released: Dec 5, 2019
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In this Action RPG spin-off, the fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse Strife is called upon to save humankind from certain destruction at the hands of Lucifer.
Dead Island: Definitive Edition
Released: May 31, 2016
Critic rating: 72.4 / 100 • 48 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever.
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk
Released: Oct 27, 2016
Critic rating: 66.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
Behold the fierce blend of "Warriors" and "Berserk"!
Rygar
Released: Apr 17, 1987
Critic rating: 72.2 / 100 • 34 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Wii, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
An open-world action-adventure game for the Nintendo Entertainment System that features a barbarian warrior with a distinctive "diskarmor" weapon.
Clone Drone in the Danger Zone
Released: Jul 27, 2021
Critic rating: 72.2 / 100 • 28 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Fighting, Shooter, Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Clone Drone in the Danger Zone is a third person sword fighter where any part of your body can be sliced off.
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
Released: Oct 21, 2008
Critic rating: 69.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is a video game title encompassing three versions: a full-3D action game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360; a 2.5D sidescrolling beat em up action game for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 (called Amazing Allies Edition), and a 2.5D side-scrolling brawler/platformer for the Nintendo DS.
Spider-Man 2
Released: Jun 28, 2004
Critic rating: 68.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
In the console version of "Spider-Man 2", Manhattan becomes a gamer's playground as you take the role of Spider-Man in a battle against the nefarious Doc Ock.
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
Released: Feb 28, 2011
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
The Saga continues.
LEGO The Incredibles
Released: Jun 15, 2018
Critic rating: 72.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
LEGO The Incredibles takes players on an adventure where they’ll control their favourite Incredibles characters and team up as a family to conquer crime and family life.
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2
Released: Nov 14, 2017
Critic rating: 73.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales.
Palworld
Released: Jul 10, 2026
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Palworld is a multiplayer open-world survival game that combines creature-collecting with crafting, base-building, and combat.
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
Released: Jan 26, 2006
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams is the sixth installment of Capcom's Onimusha series and the fourth game in the canonical main series.
MediEvil
Released: Oct 25, 2019
Critic rating: 64.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Game modes: Single player
MediEvil is a modern reimagining of the 1998 action-adventure game MediEvil.
Action Taimanin
Released: Dec 24, 2019
Critic rating: 71.8 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
An intense, gorgeous hack-and-slash action RPG from the Taimanin fame!
Battletoads
Released: Mar 1, 1994
Critic rating: 71.8 / 100 • 25 votes
Genres: Fighting, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Arcade, Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Up to three players, as the Battletoads, brawl aliens and mutant rodents through six levels to save the universe from the Dark Queen.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Released: May 1, 2009
Critic rating: 71.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
A port of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a hack-and-slash action-adventure game loosely based on the film of the same name.
Thymesia
Released: Aug 18, 2022
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Thymesia is a grueling action-RPG with fast-paced combat and an intricate plague weapon system.
Charlie Murder
Released: Aug 14, 2013
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Charlie Murder is an action role-playing beat 'em up video game, featuring five playable characters - all members of the garage punk band Charlie Murder - who fight a demonic army raised by a former band member in an attempt to save the world from the apocalypse.
No More Heroes III
Released: Aug 27, 2021
Critic rating: 69.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The latest numbered entry in the No More Heroes series.
Dead Island 2
Released: Apr 21, 2023
Critic rating: 74.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Dead Island 2 is a survival horror first-person shooter set in a zombie apocalypse in Los Angeles.
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Released: Sep 13, 2011
Critic rating: 71.5 / 100 • 32 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player
An HD remaster of God of War: Ghost of Sparta included in "God of War: Origins Collection." It features high-definition resolution, stereoscopic 3D, anti-aliased graphics locked in at 60 frames per second, DualShock 3 vibration function, and Trophies.
Little Fighter 2
Released: Dec 31, 1999
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Genres: Fighting, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Little Fighter 2 is a popular Hong Kong freeware PC fighting game for Windows and is the sequel to the game Little Fighter (LF1).