The Best Gore Games for Xbox Series X

Update : Die by the Blade added at rank #14.
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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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Cookie Cutter (2023)

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Xbox One Android Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows

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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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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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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Forgotten Hill Disillusion (2019)

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PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Android IOS iPhone

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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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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Swordbreaker: Origins (2022)

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An illustrated text quest in the Swordbreaker universe. The prequel tells about the life and adventures of Swordbreaker from his childhood, and before the events in the mysterious castle.


  • visual-novel
  • gore
  • violent
  • fiction
  • parody
  • replay-value
  • comedy
  • hand-drawn
  • stylized
  • medieval
  • interactive
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • adventure

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Gray Dawn (2018)

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Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.


  • horror
  • lovecraftian
  • thriller
  • gore
  • psychological
  • religiously
  • violent
  • walking-simulator
  • story
  • adventure
  • psychedelic
  • atmospheric
  • exploration

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Stay Out of the House (2022)

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Edge of your seat STEALTH HORROR as you try to escape the house of a cannibal SERIAL KILLER.... You will be hunted by the intelligent and deadly Butcher - use your wits and whatever tools you can scavenge to make it out alive...


  • immersive
  • horror
  • gore
  • survival-horror
  • nonlinear
  • 1980s
  • stealth
  • 1990s
  • retro
  • resource-management
  • simulation
  • metroidvania
  • multiple-endings
  • old-school

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