
Best Hack and Slash Games of 2022
42 hack and slash games from 2022 ranked by critic score
The highest-rated hack and slash game of 2022 is God of War Ragnarök with a critic score of 90 from 57 reviews, followed by Nier: Automata - The End of Yorha Edition (89) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge (88). Scores are aggregated from leading gaming publications worldwide.
Updated November 2026
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God of War Ragnarök
9057 critic reviews·Nov 8, 2022·Sony Interactive EntertainmentPCPS4PS5God of War: Ragnarök is the ninth installment in the God of War series and the sequel to 2018's God of War. Continuing with the Norse mythology theme, the game is set in ancient Norway and features…
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Nier: Automata - The End of Yorha Edition
8910 critic reviews·Oct 5, 2022·Square EnixSwitchNieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines. The NieR: Automata - The End of YoRHa Edition includes…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
8846 critic reviews·Jun 15, 2022·NetflixPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge reunites Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello to kick shell in a beautifully realized pixel art world invoking the turtles' classic 1987…
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Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
8625 critic reviews·Jun 28, 2022·CapcomPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is an expansion to the original Monster Hunter Rise. Featuring improved gameplay and nimble-feeling additions to combat mechanics, unique new monsters and hunting…
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Cult of the Lamb
8550 critic reviews·Aug 10, 2022·Devolver DigitalPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +3Cult of the Lamb casts players in the role of a possessed lamb saved from annihilation by an ominous stranger, and must repay their debt by building a loyal following in his name. Start your own cult…
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Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration
8415 critic reviews·Nov 10, 2022·Atari, Inc.PCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration takes players on an interactive journey through 50 years of video games via interviews with designers, developers and industry leaders, documentary footage,…
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Bayonetta 3
8441 critic reviews·Oct 27, 2022·NintendoSwitchYou’ve waited long enough. The witch. Is. Back! A new-look Bayonetta returns to battle foes with her signature Witch Time! This time, she’ll wield her new Demon Masquerade ability to channel the…
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Brok the Investigator
845 critic reviews·Aug 25, 2022·COWCATPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Brok is an innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
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Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak
8314 critic reviews·Jun 29, 2022·CapcomPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Experience Monster Hunter Rise and its massive expansion Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak in one convenient set!
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Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
8338 critic reviews·Jun 23, 2022·NintendoSwitchPrepare for a different story set in the same universe as Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Shez, a mercenary whose team was decimated by Byleth in battle, joins the military academy of Garreg Mach…
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Sifu
8144 critic reviews·Feb 7, 2022·SloclapPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2A third person action game featuring intense hand-to-hand combat, it puts you in control of a young Kung-Fu student on his path of revenge throughout the city.
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Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion
8142 critic reviews·Dec 12, 2022·Square EnixPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +3Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion is an HD remaster of the smash hit prequel to Final Fantasy VII. In addition to all graphics being remastered in HD, fully voiced dialogue and new soundtrack…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection
8126 critic reviews·Aug 29, 2022·KonamiPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection contains thirteen previously released video games from the Arcade, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, Sega Genesis, and the Game Boy.…
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Nobody Saves the World
8033 critic reviews·Jan 17, 2022·Drinkbox StudiosPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Nobody Saves the World is an action role-playing game played from a top-down perspective. The game can be played solo or in a cooperative multiplayer mode. In the game, the player controls a…
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Midnight Fight Express
7920 critic reviews·Aug 22, 2022·Humble GamesPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchFight your way across the city in a brutal romp that mixes old school brawlers and fast-paced motion-captured combat. You’re Babyface, a former member of the criminal underworld lured back into “the…
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River City Girls 2
7918 critic reviews·Dec 14, 2022·Arc System WorksPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Picking up shortly after the original, River City Girls 2 once again put you in control of Misako and Kyoko - as well as Kunio, Riki, and a few new characters - as they set out on an all-new…
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Bravery and Greed
785 critic reviews·Nov 14, 2022·Team 17PCPS4Xbox OneSwitchBravery and Greed is an action-packed brawler/platformer for up to four players boasting hi-bit pixel art, roguelike elements, a deep combat system and many game modes for coop and versus fun!
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Evil West
7336 critic reviews·Nov 21, 2022·Focus EntertainmentPCPS4Xbox OnePS5 +1A dark menace consumes the Old West. In solo or coop, fight with style in visceral, explosive combat against bloodthirsty monstrosities. Eradicate the vampiric hordes with your lightning-fueled…
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Trek to Yomi
7347 critic reviews·May 4, 2022·Devolver DigitalPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2As a vow to his dying Master, the young swordsman Hiroki is sworn to protect his town and the people he loves against all threats. Faced with tragedy and bound to duty, the lone samurai must voyage…
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Soulstice
7224 critic reviews·Sep 19, 2022·Modus GamesPCPS4PS5Xbox X|SExplore a dark world brimming with hidden mysteries, master a diverse combat system, and inhabit the dual forces of two sisters in a coming-of-age fantasy story with fast-paced action, vicious…
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Moonscars
7219 critic reviews·Sep 26, 2022·Humble GamesPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world. Face off against the relentless darkness that seeks to destroy you. In…
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River City Saga: Three Kingdoms
728 critic reviews·Jul 19, 2022·Arc System WorksPCPS4SwitchPS5In River City Saga: Three Kingdoms, the characters of the Kunio-kun series run-amok in the world of Sangokushi. The game, which follows the flow of the popular Downtown Special Kunio-kun's Historical…
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Potion Permit
7122 critic reviews·Sep 21, 2022·PlaydigiousPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather…
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Loot River
718 critic reviews·May 2, 2022·straka.studioPCPS4Xbox OnePS5 +1Set in a series of procedurally generated labyrinths, Loot River is a dungeon crawling action roguelike that combines tense, real-time combat and dark fantasy settings with spatial block-shifting.
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Steelrising
7040 critic reviews·Sep 7, 2022·NaconPCPS5Xbox X|SParis, 1789. The French Revolution has been suppressed with bloodshed by Louis XVI and his merciless mechanical army. Aegis, a mysterious automaton masterpiece, must confront the king's army alone to…
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Lost Epic
708 critic reviews·Jul 26, 2022·OneorEightPCPS4SwitchPS5LOST EPIC is a 2D side-scrolling action RPG about a war between gods and humanity. The player becomes the deity-defying knight, God Slayer, and explores the world known as Sanctum to bring the…
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Thymesia
7028 critic reviews·Aug 17, 2022·Team17PCPS5Xbox X|SThymesia is a grueling action-RPG with fast-paced combat and an intricate plague weapon system. In a kingdom where death spreads, play as a mysterious character known by the code name "Corvus". Prey…
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Anno: Mutationem
689 critic reviews·Mar 16, 2022·Lightning GamesPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Anno: Mutationem set up a near future Metropolis after the catastrophy. Moreover, they’ve introduced the famous open-sourced work series “SCP Foundation” in to the world of Anno: Mutationem, to mix…
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Touken Ranbu Warriors
6810 critic reviews·Feb 16, 2022·Nitro PlusPCSwitchTouken Ranbu Warriors is an action console game for Nintendo Switch and PC via DMM Game Player.
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Gotham Knights
6754 critic reviews·Oct 20, 2022·WB GamesPCPS4Xbox OnePS5 +1Introducing an original story set in DC’s Batman Universe, Gotham Knights offers a dynamic and interactive Gotham City where an exploding criminal element has swept through the streets. With the…
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River City Girls Zero
678 critic reviews·Feb 13, 2022·WayForwardPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2River City Girls Zero lets you experience the first time that Misako and Kyoko teamed up with Kunio and Riki to take to the streets in hard-hitting, curb-stomping action. While the graphics, music,…
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RPGolf Legends
6710 critic reviews·Jan 19, 2022·KemcoPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Become the legend in this golf-action-adventure and save golf in the world! RPGolf Legends is the follow-up title to RPGolf that launched on Android and iOS in 2017, and on PC via Steam in 2018. The…
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Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
6712 critic reviews·Jul 19, 2022·Interplay EntertainmentPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Using the 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules set, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II features four new acts of hack-and-slash combat and powerful spell casting. Even more monster types will engage in…
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Samurai Maiden
669 critic reviews·Nov 30, 2022·D3 PublisherPCPS4SwitchPS5A young woman from the 21st century with sharp swordsmanship skills finds herself in Honnō-ji during the Sengoku period! Together with a trio of newfound ninja friends, she races through the…
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Dusk Diver 2
666 critic reviews·Feb 23, 2022·Idea Factory International, Inc.PCPS4SwitchPS5Dragon Vein is a type of special energy that spans throughout all dimensions. Kunlun is the homeland of the higher dimensional beings who have developed advanced Dragon Vein technologies. The story…
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Final Vendetta
667 critic reviews·Jun 16, 2022·Numskull GamesPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Final Vendetta is a hard-hitting action packed beat ‘em up for 1 or 2 players in the vein of classic arcade titles. Featuring stunning pixel art and a thumping soundtrack with exclusive tracks from…
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Batora: Lost Haven
6512 critic reviews·Oct 19, 2022·Team17PCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2The physical and mental balance of a naive and reckless girl who lost everything is the only weapon to save the Earth from oblivion. Jump on a journey across colorful and mesmerizing planets in this…
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Valkyrie Elysium
6322 critic reviews·Sep 27, 2022·Square EnixPCPS4PS5A young Valkyrie who is entrusted with the fate of the world by the All-Father, the highest of gods and ruler of all creation, will face various enemies on her quest and must utilize a variety of…
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Godlike Burger
595 critic reviews·Apr 20, 2022·Daedalic EntertainmentPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Godlike Burger puts you in the shoes of a crazy chef who makes the best burgers in the universe. Secret ingredient? The clients themselves! Run the restaurant, create new recipes and kill delicious…
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RWBY: Arrowfell
567 critic reviews·Nov 14, 2022·WayForwardPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Occurring during the events of RWBY Volume 7, players will take control of Team RWBY and switch between them on the fly in solo or multiplayer action (local or online) as they use their trademark…
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Blackwind
5511 critic reviews·Jan 18, 2022·Blowfish StudiosPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Blackwind is a top-down sci-fi action game that puts you in the shoes of a teenager trapped inside a prototype battle armor suit during an alien invasion. Face off against enemies, cut through their…
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Krut: The Mythic Wings
385 critic reviews·Jul 11, 2022·Blowfish StudiosPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Krut: The Mythic Wings is a fast-paced hack and slash, side-scrolling platformer based on a 2018 Thai CG animated feature-length film "Krut: The Himmaphan Warriors", following the adventure of a…