- #1 Soul Slasher
95% matchMixed65% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Microtale Games
Windows
Soul Slasher is a top down, 1v1 PvP focused close combat game. The arena's randomized obstacles, buffs, and traps make every match different. Slash your opponent's soul and claim your freedom.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 54%, Action 23.6%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Indie 8%
- #2 Bloodline Champions
96% matchVery Positive86% of 1,720 reviews2011
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Bloodline Champions is a Free-to-Play online PvP Arena game where players engage in short, intense battles of up to ten players divided into two teams. Each player takes control over one of several bloodlines, each with their own unique weapons and abilities. Easy to learn, challenging to master.
Why similar: Multiplayer 52.9%, Action 47.1%
- #3 Eternium
94% matchVery Positive82% of 4,363 reviews2023
Dev: Dream PrimerPub: Making Fun
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Hack & slash against the dark forces threatening your home-world. Experience intense tactical fights in this fast paced, old school action RPG.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 68.8%, Action 21.2%, Indie 10%
- #4 Spellwake
92% matchVery Positive87% of 242 reviews2018
Dev: Norrman Brothers
Windows
Spellwake is an online 3D Action RPG where Anything Goes. It features fast-paced hack n' slash against hordes of monsters and powerful bosses. Spellwake's vast class system allows you to make nearly infinite variations of builds.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 58.1%, Action 23.5%, Indie 18.4%
- #5 Greed
91% matchMixed67% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Objectif 3D
Windows
Greed is a roguelite game that invites you to wield multiples weapons and unique spells as you fight unknown enemies through challenging environments.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 63.2%, Action 26.3%, Indie 10.5%
- #6 Bloodworks
91% matchMixed69% of 118 reviews2017
Dev: Engin Mercan
Windows
Bloodworks is a free top-down survival action game where you fight against an endless waves of monsters. The odds are not in your favor!
Why similar: Action 54%, Indie 46%
- #7 Apotheon Arena
90% matchVery Positive82% of 1,072 reviews2015
Dev: Alientrap
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Apotheon Arena is the free online-multiplayer complement to the mythic Greek action RPG, Apotheon. Pit your skills with spear and shield against other players in brutal bronze-age combat. Battle across the statuesque arenas of Olympus, depicted with beautiful black-figure pottery artwork.
Why similar: Action 37.9%, Multiplayer 36.2%, Indie 25.8%
- #8 Isles of Limbo
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 280 reviews2020
Dev: ArgonauticsPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Arena-based hack-and-slash combat Fight off waves of enemies with the weight of your hammer and the grace of your sword. Spellbinding Visuals A hybrid of 3D and hand-painted art styles, animated to create a breathing, if not quite living, world between worlds.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 69.9%, Action 30.1%
- #9 Fray Fight
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 872 reviews2022
Dev: Playsaurus
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Battle the evil hordes on your way to Valhalla. Annihilate thousands of monsters with overpowered attacks and upgrades.
Why similar: Action 71.4%, Indie 28.6%
- #10 Heroes of Shadow Guard
89% matchMixed51% of 61 reviews2016
Dev: Iron 27
Windows
Experience both sides of dungeon crawling! Navigate deadly labyrinth dungeons and design your own in this ground-breaking MMO. Unlock new heroes, new gear, and new labyrinth guards. Conquer single player sagas, climb multiplayer leaderboards, and challenge friends to custom matches.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #11 The Pyramid Of Bones
85% matchPositive94% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Pretty Potato Games
Windows
In The Pyramid of Bones you will have to kill as many mummies as you can, when feeling overwhelmed you must always extract through a door to keep your score. Become the greatest mummy slayer of them all!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 69.1%, Action 23.3%, Multiplayer 7.6%
- #12 Bierzerkers
87% matchMixed47% of 518 reviews2016
Dev: Shield Break Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Fight and drink for the glory of Odin in Bierzerkers, a multiplayer melee arena combat game. While quick to pick up and get in some killing, the game has a great deal of depth, both individually and as a team.
Why similar: Multiplayer 40.7%, Action 35.7%, Indie 23.6%
- #13 Clockwork Sword
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: Clockdrive Games
Windows
Slash, stab, and shoot your way through a multi-tiered museum filled with corrupted automata, customizing your weapon with the scraps of the fallen. Clockwork Sword is a thrilling isometric hack and slash, in which you utilize combinations of weapons and elements to conquer your foes.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 69.6%, Action 19.8%, Indie 10.6%
- #14 Zombie Vikings: Stab-a-thon
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: Zoink Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Battle your friends in this free to play game based in the Zombie Vikings universe! With weapons like Blunt Fish Trauma and The Pülverizer for Patient People you'll hack and slash for your life in this brawler game for up to 4 players.
Why similar: Action 58%, Indie 42%
- #15 Heroes of SoulCraft
86% matchMixed41% of 486 reviews2015
Dev: Ironwilled Studio
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 37%
An upcoming free-to-play MOBA that combines traditional lane-based gameplay and intense team battles with innovative mechanics, maintaining the classic feel of the genre while introducing new elements that add depth, strategy, and excitement to every match. Easy to learn, difficult to master.
Why similar: Multiplayer 40.9%, Action 36.5%, Indie 22.6%
- #16 ArcheBlade™
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 7,619 reviews2014
Dev: CodeBrush GamesPub: Codebrush Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
ArcheBlade is a free to play 3D multiplayer fighting game that captures the essence of combo-based fighting games combined with unique game modes. Play as one of many characters and master your skills to become the best fighter.
Why similar: Action 35.5%, Multiplayer 29.8%, Hack and Slash 24.7%, Indie 10%
- #17 Born Again
81% matchVery Positive84% of 1,079 reviews2023
Dev: Unnamed Studios, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Hack-n-slash your way through the evil brewing in the Outer Realm! Stop the ominous Overlords in their tracks, but tread lightly, for every corner hosts a monster in waiting!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 59.8%, Action 25.6%, Indie 14.7%
- #18 MORDHAU
81% matchVery Positive80% of 113,010 reviews2019
Dev: Triternion
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 73.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
MORDHAU is a multiplayer medieval slasher. Create your mercenary and fight in brutal battles where you will experience fast paced combat, castle sieges, cavalry charges, and more.
Why similar: Multiplayer 37.5%, Hack and Slash 33.9%, Action 19.2%, Indie 9.4%
- #19 Valley of Decay
82% matchMixed66% of 104 reviews2019
Dev: Mario Papadopoulos
Windows
Valley of Decay is a 2D pixel-art multi-player Hack and Slash game. Trade from self-found items extracted essences at the auction house. Craft your own items with those essences. There are no limits, no highest level, no strongest item. You can always become stronger.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #20 Uebergame
83% matchMixed54% of 474 reviews2015
Dev: Duion
Windows · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 26%
A truly free and open source multiplayer shooter, no strings attached. Have casual deathmatch matches on various scenarios. Build your own levels with the ingame editor and assets that come with the game, or just play around and use it as a sandbox.
Why similar: Action 40%, Multiplayer 38.2%, Indie 21.8%
- #21 GunZ 2: The Second Duel
82% matchMixed66% of 10,662 reviews2014
Dev: Masangsoft
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
GunZ 2: the Second Duel is a free-to-play 3D TPS and is the most fast-paced tough action shooter game.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 38.8%, Action 35.1%, Multiplayer 22.5%, Indie 3.6%
- #22 Harbinger
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 860 reviews2024
Dev: DobrxPub: Split Signal
Windows
Blast, slide, and tear through waves of monsters in Harbinger's retro-inspired combat, a free boomer shooter bringing '90s combat into the modern era. Fight through waves of enemies in brutal arenas and regroup at the tavern to upgrade your arsenal.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 81.2%, Action 18.8%
- #23 Trickster VR: Horde Attack!
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 68 reviews2019
Dev: Trickster Games
Windows
Your daily fix of the hack&slash wave attack action. Fast paced and easy to get into. Use a varied arsenal of awesome magic weapons to win that top spot on the Orc Slayer Leaderboard. Plus, it's 100% free!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #24 Dark Throne : The Queen Rises
79% matchMixed62% of 131 reviews2022
Dev: EPIC LEAGUE PTE. LTD.
Windows · Mac
Exhilarating Attacks and Thrilling Battles!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 67%, Action 24.9%, Multiplayer 8.1%
- #25 Bane of Asphodel
79% matchMixed69% of 92 reviews2018
Dev: The Bane Of Asphodel Team
Windows
Bane of Asphodel is an Action-Adventure Game set in the mystical world of Asphodel. Players can play as Neith, a recently deceased normal person, and must liberate the land from the evil Keeper of the Cycle.
Why similar: Action 54%, Indie 46%
- #26 Metamorphos
77% matchVery Positive80% of 467 reviews2021
Dev: Spicy Dice StudiosPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Take on the role of the temple’s guardian, awakened to cleanse the temple from an evil force corrupting it. Fight and dodge your way through a series of corrupted denizens, wildlife, and guardians to confront Nafaset, the Defiler, and restore the blessed oases.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 77.3%, Action 22.7%
- #27 RoShamBo
78% matchMixed64% of 440 reviews2016
Dev: Blam! Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Welcome to RoShamBo arena! A brand new FREE arena fighting game, based on a classic rock-paper-scissors! Choose your character out of dozens unique looks, customize your gear, fight other players, knock their teeth out and become the best in RoShamBo Arena!
Why similar: Multiplayer 46.1%, Action 29.6%, Indie 24.3%
- #28 Battle Clash
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 524 reviews2024
Dev: Cyzeck
Windows
Battle Clash is a fast-paced medieval PVP game where 10 unique classes battle for victory. Master each class's abilities, rack up kills, and unlock powerful ultimates to crush your enemies. Dominate the battlefield and lead your way to the win!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 50.1%, Multiplayer 28.2%, Action 21.7%
- #29 Heroes of Fortunia
78% matchMixed56% of 102 reviews2019
Dev: Polska Lemon Ltd.
Windows
Heroes of Fortunia is an online multiplayer hack ‘n slash game, in which players strive to create their own dungeons, filled with monsters & traps, while at the same time attacking other players’ dungeons in an attempt to beat them.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #30 The Lost Mythologies
77% matchMixed66% of 1,718 reviews2016
Dev: Basaltic studio
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 15%
The Lost Mythologies is a Chinese styled action game with intense combat. Use various skills to defeat loads of enemies, explore the ruins of the fallen empire and finally face the notorious ancient weapon - the Black Rakshasa.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 61%, Action 33.5%, Multiplayer 5.6%
- #31 Phobos
75% matchMixed64% of 197 reviews2020
Dev: Myth Entertainment
Windows
Discover an expansive online multiplayer world of battle, stories, and intrigue. Wield great weapons or conjure terrifying magics. Explore the world, solve quests, and slay great beasts and players alike.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 100%
- #32 Grimoire: Manastorm
74% matchMixed68% of 1,017 reviews2017
Dev: Omniconnection
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A free multiplayer wizard FPS which features six classes to master with thousands of possible spell loadouts. Choose your class of magic, customize your spell book with dozens of abilities, and battle against others for supremacy in FFA or Conquest, or go solo to survive against waves of the undead.
Why similar: Multiplayer 37.2%, Action 36.7%, Indie 26.1%
- #33 Chroma Blast
74% matchVery Positive82% of 252 reviews2017
Dev: William Cheek
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Chroma Blast is a fast paced twin stick shooter with many different styles of play where you fight through waves of enemies while constantly leveling up your ships colorful arsenal. Beat your friends and challenge yourself in the leaderboards, or seek out a true test of skill for those good enough to find it.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #34 Crusaders of the Lost Idols
73% matchVery Positive83% of 3,032 reviews2015
Dev: Codename Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 383.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Crusaders of the Lost Idols is an idle game of heroic awesomeness! Create a band of fighters to fight monsters, earn gold and create strategies for the perfect formations over multiple campaigns! Upgrade your heroes, collect unique gear, and unlock new Crusaders in regular new events.
Why similar: Indie 63.2%, Multiplayer 23.9%, Action 13%
- #35 EOS RAGNAROK
72% matchMixed55% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: Bluepotion GamesPub: Vertigo Games America,INC.
Windows
Echo of Soul is a free-to-play Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game with a fast-paced action combat, various character customizations and no subscription fee required. Travel the vast open world, compete in PvP modes, and explore EoS.
Why similar: Multiplayer 100%
- #36 Vindictus
73% matchMixed67% of 7,957 reviews2012
Dev: NEXONPub: NEXON America Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 97.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Vindictus is an Action RPG that delivers the highest level of combat mechanics and high-quality visuals. Featuring a fully interactive environment, dungeon objects and monsters become part of your arsenal. Experience unique, creative action gameplay that sets a new standard for online RPGs.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 63.5%, Action 23.6%, Multiplayer 13%
- #37 Orbos
73% matchMixed63% of 65 reviews2018
Dev: Leisure Police
Windows
Cute and chaotic fun! Play as one of 7 different character classes in a quick and deadly multiplayer PvP arena shooter where only the quick witted survive. Compete against your friends in classic team deathmatch or overcharge yourself and pummel the enemy base in our Orbomb game mode!
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #38 Xecryst Remains
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 89 reviews2019
Dev: Krysle Quinsen
Windows
Xecryst Remains is an Objective-Based Party-Based Third-Personal Action-RPG "Overworld Striders". Fight through randomized handcrafted stages with a freeform Action-RPG mechanic. Including Player-Like AI, classless customization, and upgradable tier-based equipment.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 58.3%, Indie 24.1%, Action 17.6%
- #39 Arali
69% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: HYPO StudiosPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Fight your way through hordes of enemies, rescue the five forest spirits and bring them back to their tree, and lift the curse plaguing the Enchanted Forest!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 76.8%, Action 23.2%
- #40 CLASH
72% matchMostly Negative38% of 262 reviews2016
Dev: Ultima GamesPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Clash is a hard-core action/rpg arena blend. With a wide variety of skills to mix and match that inspires creativity and unique styles, Clash lives up to its goal as an action game for the brainy. Play multiplayer with friends or compete in the single-player league by making your way up the leader-board.
Why similar: Action 54.7%, Multiplayer 25.1%, Indie 20.2%
- #41 StarBreak
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,298 reviews2016
Dev: Crunchy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
StarBreak is a unique skill-based action platformer MMO where you explore strange sci-fi worlds alongside dozens of other players, kill legions of dangerous aliens and fight epic boss battles.
Why similar: Action 44.6%, Indie 28.8%, Multiplayer 26.5%
- #42 Unchained
66% matchVery Positive91% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Double Time Studios
Windows · Mac
Unchained is a fast paced retro multiplayer first person shooter in which you can compete in different game modes and maps, using a large arsenal of unique and deadly weapons (And some cool powerups too) to defeat your enemies.
Why similar: Action 44.2%, Indie 30%, Multiplayer 25.8%
- #43 CroNix
71% matchMixed47% of 443 reviews2015
Dev: MAGICS
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 28%
CroNix is a fast-paced, action-packed multiplayer PvP game set in battlefields of a post-apocalypse world.
Why similar: Multiplayer 44.4%, Action 39.2%, Hack and Slash 16.4%
- #44 Project Zero Deaths
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 524 reviews2019
Dev: UAB Detis
Windows · Mac · Linux
Project Zero Deaths is a hectic physics-based F2P online multiplayer platform shooter. Jump into frantic battles in dynamic maps, solo or with friends, to fight in varied wild game modes! Choose between different characters with unique skills and customize them and their weapons to your own playstyle!
Why similar: Action 48.6%, Multiplayer 33.8%, Indie 17.7%
- #45 A Boy and His Beard
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Pixel Island
Windows
A Boy and His Beard is a fast-paced beard fighting experience that lets you steal the beards of your enemies! Survive waves of bearded foes as you collect as many beards and achievements as possible!
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #46 Magic Rampage
65% matchVery Positive95% of 1,652 reviews2022
Dev: Asantee Games
Windows
Magic Rampage is a fast-paced action RPG platformer with a massive single-player campaign, deep character customization, and challenging dungeons. Master powerful gear, uncover secrets, and test your skills in competitive and PvP modes.
Why similar: Multiplayer 36.1%, Action 33.9%, Indie 29.9%
- #47 Hammerwatch
67% matchVery Positive89% of 6,479 reviews2013
Dev: CrackshellPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A hack and slash action adventure, set in a fantasy pixel art environment. Play solo or co-op in this adventure from bottom to top of Castle Hammerwatch. Kill hordes of enemies with varied looks and features through four unique environments with traps, hidden secrets and puzzles.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 40.3%, Indie 23.7%, Action 21.3%, Multiplayer 14.7%
- #48 Kogarashi
67% matchMixed62% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: DigiPen Europe-BilbaoPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Kogarashi is a 3D Hack N' Slash game on which you control Abura Akago, a fire demon that fights against the evil spirit Yuki Onna and her army of ice demons.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 73.4%, Action 26.6%
- #49 Dungeon-Party
71% matchMixed43% of 386 reviews2013
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Dungeon Party is a free online game that is played in teams. You are plunged into a totally crazy, heroic-fantasy world, where you compete in teams of heroes in dungeons full of deadly traps and awesome monsters to win the treasures they are trying so hard to hide.
Why similar: Multiplayer 100%
- #50 City Monsters
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: NewGen
Windows
City Monsters is a game where you can control legendary monsters! Battle,police, army, tanks, helicopters and more! How much City can you SMASH?! Take control of a giant Monkey Ape, a Jurassic Dinosaur T-rex, Boxer, Celtic warrior and more !
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #51 Rise of One
69% matchMixed60% of 94 reviews2017
Dev: Patriot Game Studio
Windows
Rise of One is a free-to-play third person online action game. Fight everyone you confront with or team up with others and fight with the other teams! Customize your favorite character with your victories. Join the endless loop in the Uounus Castle !
Why similar: Action 43.7%, Indie 33.7%, Multiplayer 22.5%
- #52 Deadswitch Combat
63% matchVery Positive86% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: Wilkin Games
Windows
DEADSWITCH COMBAT is a fast-paced 2D multiplayer shooter. Experience action-packed combat with hundreds of weapons, vehicle combat, and plenty of team-based game modes.
Why similar: Multiplayer 45.6%, Action 40.3%, Indie 14.1%
- #53 Krum - Battle Arena
66% matchMixed48% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: HA Studio Ltd.Pub: SA Industry
Windows
In the arena, the rules are simple: bring your name and your country in front of everyone else! It’s a fun, competitive, asynchronous hack-and-slash parody game.
Why similar: Action 55.7%, Indie 44.3%