The Best Gore Games for Playstation 5

Update : Paint the Town Red VR added at rank #2.
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Infernax (2022)

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

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Paint the Town Red VR (2024)

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Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down.


  • voxel
  • rogue-like
  • blood
  • gore
  • first-person
  • brawler
  • violent
  • fight
  • beat-em-up
  • physics
  • action

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Cookie Cutter (2023)

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Love turns to rage and chainsaws in Cookie Cutter, a totally unique hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania. Become Cherry, a violent android on a rage-filled quest to save her creator.


  • metroidvania
  • dark
  • blood
  • comedy
  • soundtrack
  • violent
  • gore
  • dystopian
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • gothic
  • rage
  • rpg
  • 2d
  • combat

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House (2020)

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HOUSE is a horror adventure game where you play as a young girl exploring a dangerous house that's doing everything it can to kill you and your family. Race against time to change fate...or fall into darkness yourself.FEATURESExplore a house that changes and reacts to your actions in real-timeRace against time to save your family and yourselfMultiple endings to discoverBefriend or behead your familyExperiment with the different items to try and surviveChallenging, non-linear gameplayUncover the dark secrets of a twisted family


  • horror
  • building
  • illustration
  • design
  • gore
  • pixel
  • simulation
  • multiple-endings
  • horror-puzzle
  • surreal
  • single-player
  • management
  • survival
  • violent
  • skill

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Blade of Darkness (2021)

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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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PERISH (2023)

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PERISH is a stylish 1-4 player FPS with a cross to bear. Slay hordes of creatures on the black sands of Purgatory and sell their gold-stained corpses to craven priests. Kill magnificent bosses and use the proceeds to gain entrance to Elysium, a place of cosmic revelations.


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

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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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Remorse: The List (2022)

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Remorse: The List is a classic survival horror game where the player must figure out what is happening in the little hungarian town of Hidegpuszta, and your only clue is a list that doesn't make much sense. Exploring will be the key to unveiling its secrets and get out of there alive.


  • survival-horror
  • horror
  • first-person
  • gore
  • shooter
  • psychological
  • violent
  • open-world
  • fps
  • dark
  • action-adventure
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • 3d
  • story

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SUCCUBUS (2021)

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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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Forgotten Hill Disillusion (2019)

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Welcome to Forgotten Hill Museum, a place where the past, the present, nature, art and the unknown are exhibited!


  • point-and-click
  • grotesque
  • atmosphere
  • gore
  • horror
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • mystery

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