The Best Gore Games for Playstation 4

Update : Psychopathy Assessment added at rank #22.
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Infernax (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X

Embark on an epic, bloodthirsty adventure in Infernax! With challenging castle-dungeons, multiple endings, and the option to play with friends, this retro side-scrolling platformer keeps you on the edge of your seat. Upgrade your character and unlock new skills to defeat demons and reverse the curse on your homeland. With secret areas to discover and a unique morality system, Infernax offers hours of exciting gameplay.


What we like:
  • Fun co-op
  • Multiple fun endings
  • Multiple playable characters
  • Lots of replayability
  • Incredible music
What could be improved:
  • Lots of instadeath pits
  • Weird morality system
  • Some metroid-esque elements but not a true metroidvania

  • dungeon
  • retro
  • boss
  • gore
  • platform
  • metroidvania
  • old-school
  • demons
  • pixel
  • dark
  • classic
  • side-scrolling
  • violent
  • fantasy
  • castle-dungeon

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Valfaris: Mecha Therion (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Therion returns as the hunt for Lord Vroll continues. Pilot an advanced machine of death and destruction in this explosive 2.5D side-scrolling shoot ‘em up, and sequel to the critically acclaimed Valfaris. Strap in and unleash mecha hell!


  • side-scrolling
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • sequel
  • gore
  • scroller
  • sci-fi
  • bullet-hell
  • aliens
  • gothic
  • shoot
  • on-rails
  • 2.5d
  • colourful
  • arcade

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PERISH (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5

This game is a space shooter where players assume the role of a simulated fighter pilot battling enemy ships in the vastness of space.


  • first-person
  • shooter
  • gore
  • fps
  • rogue-like
  • cooperative
  • violent
  • boss
  • demons
  • 1-4-player
  • four-player
  • card
  • blood
  • pve
  • simulation

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Bloodwash (2021)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

A serial killer is terrorizing the city, and Sara's deadbeat boyfriend hasn't done the laundry. Can Sara survive a late-night trip to the laundromat, or will the Womb Ripper perform an early delivery?


  • horror
  • gore
  • 1980s
  • survival-horror
  • walking-simulator
  • first-person
  • fiction
  • dark
  • run-down
  • interactive
  • old-school
  • atmospheric
  • action-adventure
  • crime
  • 3d

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Blade of Darkness (2021)

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Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One

Unleash your inner warrior in Blade of Darkness! You'll explore a dark fantasy world, wield a variety of powerful weapons, and face off against gruesome foes. With four unique characters to choose from, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, you'll need to strategize to conquer your enemies. Despite its flaws, this game delivers a satisfying and immersive hack 'n slash experience.

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What we like:
  • Engaging combat with a variety of weapons
  • Immersive and detailed world
  • Four unique characters to choose from
  • Satisfying dismemberment system
  • Atmospheric music and narration
What could be improved:
  • Steep learning curve and difficult controls
  • Weak storyline and character development
  • Some weapons are practically useless
  • Repetitive gameplay

  • dark
  • fantasy
  • souls
  • rpg
  • gore
  • action-adventure
  • hack-and-slash
  • combat
  • violent
  • third-person
  • action
  • atmospheric
  • medieval
  • difficult
  • lore

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Dark Light (2022)

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Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Mac OS Xbox Series X

Mio is a young girl surrounded by death, and after an unexpected accident, she finds out where people go after they die. Maybe Heaven, or Hell...or an Underworld full of demons and mysteries.


  • souls
  • metroidvania
  • platform
  • cyberpunk
  • dark
  • gore
  • post-apocalyptic
  • horror
  • sci-fi
  • atmospheric
  • 3d
  • violent
  • zombies
  • puzzle
  • adventure

7

Guts and Glory (2018)

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Mac OS Linux Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

A game about father and son riding their bicycle through obstacle courses of death, and other fun family experiences. Created by HakJak


  • gore
  • physics
  • racing
  • violent
  • funny
  • casual
  • jet
  • blood
  • vehicle
  • pain
  • modern
  • park
  • open-world
  • open-top

8

Sniper Elite 5: Kraken Awakes (2023)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Xbox One

The award-winning series returns as Karl Fairburne fights to uncover Project Kraken in 1944 France. The genre-defining authentic sniping, with enhanced kill cam, has never looked or felt better as you fight across immersive maps to stop the Nazi war machine in its tracks.


  • sniper
  • world-war-2
  • stealth
  • gore
  • violent
  • tps
  • cooperative
  • third-person
  • shooter
  • single-player
  • action
  • adventure
  • multiplayer
  • multi-platform
  • construction

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SUCCUBUS (2021)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5

Become a demonic priestess of lust and use her unique skills to take revenge on your enemies. Regain your kingdom making hell tremble under your hooves! Leave no one alive if they won't bend the knee.


  • survival-horror
  • demons
  • gore
  • mature
  • violent
  • dark
  • deck
  • first-person
  • action-adventure
  • horror
  • martial
  • fantasy
  • card
  • spin-off

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Blasphemous (2019)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS Xbox One Nintendo Switch

"Blasphemous" is a gripping game that transports you to a twisted world of religion and horror. You play as The Penitent One, the last survivor of the massacre of the 'Silent Sorrow', and must use devastating combos and brutal executions to smite grotesque monsters and titanic bosses. With non-linear gameplay and a variety of different landscapes to explore, you must uncover the many secrets hidden deep inside this nightmarish world to find redemption and break your eternal damnation.


What we like:
  • Great graphics and artistic design
  • Challenging and rewarding combat
  • Immersive and gruesome enemy character design
What could be improved:
  • Obscure and difficult progression
  • Hieroglyphic map design
  • Unpractical fast travel system
  • Alleviating penalty for dying required to hunt out each individual location at which you died and recover all of your corpses

  • platform
  • metroidvania
  • pixel
  • souls
  • gore
  • boss
  • boss-fight
  • gothic
  • difficult
  • fight
  • 2d
  • combat
  • action
  • violent

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