The Best Violent Games for Playstation 4

Update : Gulag added at rank #14.
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Bloodroots (2020)

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

In Bloodroots, you're Mr. Wolf, a man betrayed and left for dead, seeking vengeance. Use everything around you to choreograph ultra-violent combos in a twisted Western revenge tale. Experiment with different objects as weapons, enjoy the smooth gameplay and amazing music, and compete for fame on worldwide leaderboards.


What we like:
  • Satisfying and fluid gameplay
  • Unique use of objects as weapons
  • Compelling story with deranged characters
  • Great music and visuals
  • Encourages creative problem-solving
What could be improved:
  • Limited player freedom
  • Can become repetitive towards the end

  • violent
  • western
  • top-down
  • fast-paced
  • action
  • platform
  • combo
  • isometric
  • blood
  • beat-em-up
  • gore
  • cartoony
  • hack-and-slash
  • animal
  • difficult

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Mia and the Dragon Princess (2023)

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

A live-action, interactive action movie following Mia, a plucky barmaid whose life is thrown into chaos when a mysterious woman turns up at her workplace, on the run from a group of violent thugs and unable to speak English.


  • choices
  • fmv
  • interactive
  • drama
  • violent
  • immersive
  • cinematic
  • buddy-action
  • emotional
  • comedy
  • action-adventure
  • visual-novel
  • multiple-endings
  • martial
  • simulation

3

Don't Be Afraid (2020)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Don't Be Afraid” is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…


  • horror
  • violent
  • survival-horror
  • walking-simulator
  • psychological
  • thriller
  • gore
  • survival

4

PERISH (2023)

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Perish is a stylish four-player FPS with a cross to bear. Slay hordes of creatures on the scorched sands of Purgatory and sell their gold-stained corpses to craven priests. Kill magnificent bosses and use the proceeds to gain entrance to Elysium.


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

5

Mutant Football League (2017)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Mutants and monsters unleash maniacal carnage on the gridiron in this crazy gore fest of arcade-style football. Packed full of humor, intense online multiplayer action, and strategy.


  • football
  • american
  • sport
  • violent
  • gore
  • local
  • blood
  • tongue-through-cheek
  • 4-player
  • arcade
  • god-game
  • cooperative
  • funny
  • multiplayer
  • over-the-top

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Trap (2018)

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After receiving a disturbing letter from his brother, our protagonist decides to go looking for him at the hotel Beryl. He will soon discover the strangeness of the places, the objects, the paintings, the shadows and the terrifying models moving, speaking, living of their own will.


  • gore
  • horror
  • violent
  • psychological
  • walking-simulator
  • movie
  • point-and-click
  • dark
  • pixel
  • platform
  • episodic
  • exploration
  • retro
  • 2d

7

SturmFront: The Mutant War - Ubel Edition (2022)

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Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4 vita Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 wii u

Arcade action game in the vein of Commando, Ikari Warriors and Shock Troopers, mixed with bullet hell elements. You play as an experimental cyborg battle unit fighting against unrelenting mutant hordes to a soundtrack of aggressive heavy metal and psychedelic electronica.


  • gore
  • violent
  • all-action
  • shooter
  • twin-stick
  • bullet-hell
  • arcade
  • action
  • boss
  • old-school
  • retro
  • recreation
  • scrolling
  • aliens
  • top-down

8

Shadow Legend (2019)

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Android psvr PC Windows Playstation 4

Shadow Legend is an exploration-RPG exclusively designed for VR where you play as the Grand Master of the Knights Templar in a story-driven medieval crusade. Freely explore densely filled worlds and use your sword, bow, and magic skills to save your kingdom from the destruction of Lord Adaroth.


  • gore
  • vr
  • violent
  • medieval
  • rpg
  • adventure
  • action
  • military

9

Circus Pocus (2021)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Clowns are very strange characters. Many people like their funny performances in the circus, and someone is afraid of them like fire. Circus Pocus - will tell you a terrible story that unfolded in the walls of the old circus.


  • violent
  • action-adventure
  • 2d
  • top-down
  • action
  • adventure
  • atmospheric
  • obstacle
  • puzzle
  • difficult
  • exploration
  • arcade
  • open-source
  • privacy-policy
  • boss

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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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