The Best Hack-and-slash Games

Update : Shades of Rayna added at rank #1.
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Shades of Rayna (2025)

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PC Windows

Shades of Rayna is a free to play and early access ARPG with lots of loot and endless gameplay content.

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  • top-down
  • archery
  • dungeon-crawler
  • hack-and-slash
  • action-adventure
  • action
  • mining
  • loot
  • exploration
  • 3d
  • crafting
  • rpg
  • adventure
  • shooter

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Lynked: Banner of the Spark (2025)

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j Xbox Series X/s PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X

Build a bright new world alongside a band of rescued robot buddies! In this colorful action RPG, battle waves of enemies in solo or co-op, then return home and use their parts to craft a thriving town. Assemble your crew and grow stronger with each new adventure!

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  • rogue-like
  • dungeon-crawler
  • hack-and-slash
  • building
  • life
  • crafting
  • rpg
  • robots
  • action
  • customization
  • action-adventure
  • colourful
  • base-building
  • simulation
  • character

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The Slormancer (2025)

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PC Windows

The Slormancer is a 2D Action-RPG Dungeon Crawling game where you play as a Knight, Huntress, or Mage. You must master hundreds of abilities and ancestral powers, gear up, and fight against hordes of enemies led by The Slormancer. With shiny loot, collectibles, frenetic gameplay, and pixel art, this game will have you hooked for countless hours of content. With a deep story, unique weapons, and endless quests for epic loot, every playthrough is different. Don't miss out on this epic adventure!


What we like:
  • Surprisingly addictive rogue-like feel ARPG
  • Well thought out and implemented game
  • Polished and exceedingly pleasant early access game
  • Constantly updating and improving by the developers
  • Wide range of build possibilities
What could be improved:
  • Repetition in maps and levels
  • Too much grind with not enough payoff
  • Controller issues in menus
  • Demoralizing legendary effect that didn't work
  • Absence of certain features like influence

  • arpg
  • loot
  • hack-and-slash
  • pixel
  • rpg
  • dungeon-crawler
  • action
  • class
  • isometric
  • top-down
  • action-adventure
  • soundtrack
  • 2d
  • farming

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SONOKUNI (2025)

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PC Windows j Nintendo Switch

Battle your way through a biopunk and Japanese mythology-inspired landscape filled with over-the-top, hip hop-infused 2D action. A single hit means death, but use your time-bending skills to take down your oppressors and you might yet save your dying nation.

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  • transhumanism
  • cyberpunk
  • hack-and-slash
  • dystopian
  • psychedelic
  • futuristic
  • top-down
  • pixel
  • historical
  • 2d
  • sci-fi
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • aliens
  • tactical

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Astroloot (2025)

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early access Mac OS Linux PC Windows

Astroloot is a sci-fi bullet heaven infused with deep ARPG mechanics. Loot, level up, and customize your ship through a massive skill tree and deterministic crafting. Create a build that’s truly your own, as you uncover the secrets hidden within the Astroloot Sector.

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  • walking-simulator
  • bullet-hell
  • hack-and-slash
  • cooperative
  • rpg
  • arena
  • crafting
  • space
  • campaign
  • pve
  • top-down
  • sci-fi
  • 2d
  • shooter
  • action

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NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black (2025)

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Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X

Using Unreal Engine 5 to significantly enhance graphic expression, this is the definitive version of "NINJA GAIDEN 2," featuring additional playable characters and enhanced battle support functions.

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  • ninja
  • arts
  • hack-and-slash
  • martial
  • swordplay
  • action
  • third-person
  • action-adventure
  • gore
  • violent
  • realistic
  • souls
  • spin-off
  • boss

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DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS (2025)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 5 Xbox Series X

Become immersed in exhilarating battles as a nameless hero in the Three Kingdoms

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  • hack-and-slash
  • battle
  • historical
  • fight
  • rpg
  • martial
  • musou
  • action
  • story
  • spectacle
  • arts
  • tactical
  • combat
  • narrative
  • strategy

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Transfusion (2025)

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early access PC Windows osvr

Slice enemies into tiny pieces and wield the power of blood magic to survive another day in this fast-paced VR hack and slash!

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  • hack-and-slash
  • vr
  • swordplay
  • magic
  • arcade
  • pve
  • tutorial
  • sci-fi
  • gore
  • action
  • violent
  • physics
  • wave

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FOUNTAINS (2024)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of an ancient, interconnected world.

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  • souls
  • metroidvania
  • nonlinear
  • hack-and-slash
  • rpg
  • lore
  • fantasy
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • dark
  • top-down
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • open-world

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Arobynn: Sword of Adventure (2024)

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PC Windows osvr

[Sword Art Online]-Like | Welcome to the adventurer's guild! Fight, explore, and grow stronger in this VR world (keyboard and mouse support coming soon!).

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  • rpg
  • hack-and-slash
  • pve
  • dungeon-crawler
  • pvp
  • swordplay
  • multiplayer
  • mmo
  • vr
  • magic
  • action-adventure
  • first-person
  • action
  • fantasy
  • cooperative

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