Top Violent Games
60+ violent games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Action, Gore, Singleplayer, Multiplayer.
Recommended Violent Games

People Playground
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

DOOM Eternal
Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
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- #1 People Playground98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 308,374 reviews2019Developer: mestiezPublisher: Studio MinusPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.9hMean: 53.6h≥1hr: 84%
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
- #2 DOOM Eternal98% matchVery Positive91% of 213,495 reviews2020Developer: id SoftwarePublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 11.1hMean: 30.3h≥1hr: 90%
Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
- #3 POSTAL 298% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 130,845 reviews2012Developer: Running With ScissorsPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 4.2hMean: 16.8h≥1hr: 85%
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
- #4 Hotline Miami98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 121,152 reviews2012Developer: Dennaton GamesPublisher: Devolver DigitalPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.4hMean: 10.4h≥1hr: 86%
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
- #5 Mortal Kombat 1198% matchVery Positive88% of 112,808 reviews2019Developer: NetherRealm StudiosPublisher: Warner Bros. GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 8.0hMean: 44.6h≥1hr: 89%
Mortal Kombat is back and better than ever in the next evolution of the iconic franchise.
- #6 Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number98% matchVery Positive94% of 76,956 reviews2015Developer: Dennaton GamesPublisher: Devolver DigitalPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 6.2hMean: 18.1h≥1hr: 78%
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.
- #7 Mortal Kombat X98% matchVery Positive86% of 58,945 reviews2015Developer: NetherRealm StudiosPublisher: Warner Bros. GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.8hMean: 38.5h≥1hr: 89%
Experience the Next Generation of the #1 Fighting Franchise. Mortal Kombat X combines unparalleled, cinematic presentation with all new gameplay.
- #8 Hatred98% matchVery Positive84% of 27,558 reviews2015Developer: Destructive CreationsPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 3.2hMean: 17.8h≥1hr: 80%
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
- #9 Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™97% matchVery Positive89% of 114,034 reviews2017Developer: Monolith ProductionsPublisher: WB GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 14.4hMean: 37.3h≥1hr: 92%
Experience an epic open-world brought to life by the award-winning Nemesis System. Forge a new Ring of Power, conquer Fortresses in massive battles and dominate Mordor with your personal orc army in Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™.
- #10 Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus96% matchVery Positive81% of 48,106 reviews2017Developer: MachineGamesPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.7hMean: 17.9h≥1hr: 91%
America, 1961. The assassination of Nazi General Deathshead was a short-lived victory. The Nazis maintain their stranglehold on the world. You are BJ Blazkowicz, aka “Terror-Billy,” member of the Resistance, scourge of the Nazi empire, and humanity’s last hope for liberty.
- #11 Mortal Kombat 196% matchMostly Positive72% of 44,891 reviews2023Developer: NetherRealm StudiosPublisher: Warner Bros. GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.8hMean: 49.8h≥1hr: 94%
Discover a reborn Mortal Kombat™ Universe created by the Fire God Liu Kang. Mortal Kombat™ 1 ushers in a new era of the iconic franchise with a new fighting system, game modes, and fatalities!
- #12 Mafia III: Definitive Edition96% matchMixed57% of 62,079 reviews2020Developer: Hangar 13Publisher: 2KPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 7.7hMean: 33.5h≥1hr: 90%
After Lincoln Clay's surrogate family, the black mob, is betrayed and killed by the Italian Mafia, Lincoln builds a new family and blazes a path of revenge through the Mafioso responsible.
- #13 Chivalry: Medieval Warfare96% matchVery Positive83% of 65,320 reviews2012Developer: Torn Banner StudiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.3hMean: 25.4h≥1hr: 87%
Besiege castles and raid villages in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, a fast-paced medieval first person slasher with a focus on multiplayer battles
- #14 Blade and Sorcery95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 60,681 reviews2024Developer: WarpFrogPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.9hMean: 23.8h≥1hr: 84%
Blade & Sorcery is a built-for-VR medieval fantasy with full physics driven melee, ranged and magic combat. Become a powerful warrior, ranger or sorcerer and devastate your enemies.
- #15 Killing Floor95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 68,364 reviews2009Developer: Tripwire InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.1hMean: 47.6h≥1hr: 86%
6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!
- #16 Blasphemous95% matchVery Positive90% of 62,190 reviews2019Developer: The Game KitchenPublisher: Team17Platforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.4hMean: 11.0h≥1hr: 79%
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
- #17 We Become What We Behold [Fan-Made Port]95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,443 reviews2019Developer: Mismatch StudioPlatforms: Windows, Mac
a game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles
- #18 Blood Trail94% matchVery Positive81% of 7,103 reviews2019Developer: ElectrovorePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.4hMean: 7.2h≥1hr: 72%
You are Wendigo. A hard-hearted contract killer tasked with annihilating a fanatical cult. With your trusted arsenal at the ready, experience what has been called "The most violent game in VR". EARLY ACCESS includes RAID, ARENA and SANDBOX modes with a story campaign and much more on the way.
- #19 HITMAN World of Assassination94% matchVery Positive87% of 61,391 reviews2022Developer: IO Interactive A/SPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 6.8hMean: 39.8h≥1hr: 81%
Enter the world of the ultimate assassin. HITMAN World of Assassination delivers the definitive stealth action experience, putting you in the shoes of Agent 47, a master assassin. Explore immersive locations, uncover hidden secrets, and eliminate targets with complete freedom of approach.
- #20 Outlast 294% matchVery Positive91% of 62,280 reviews2017Developer: Red BarrelsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.5hMean: 16.8h≥1hr: 85%
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
- #21 Paint the Town Red94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 31,698 reviews2021Developer: South East GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 6.1hMean: 17.6h≥1hr: 89%
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.
- #22 Ghostrunner94% matchVery Positive91% of 65,586 reviews2020Developer: One More LevelPublisher: 505 GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.5hMean: 17.8h≥1hr: 86%
Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.
- #23 DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two94% matchMixed60% of 5,386 reviews2021Developer: id SoftwarePublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: Windows
The Ancient Gods – Part Two is the epic conclusion to the DOOM Slayer’s Saga and the second campaign expansion to the critically acclaimed DOOM Eternal.
- #24 Manhunt93% matchMostly Positive71% of 8,700 reviews2008Developer: Rockstar NorthPublisher: Rockstar GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 36mMean: 19.3h≥1hr: 41%
You awake to the sound of your own panicked breath. In Manhunt, you must run, hide and fight to survive. If you can stay alive long enough, you may find out who did this to you. This is a brutal blood sport.
- #25 My Friend Pedro92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 28,167 reviews2019Developer: DeadToast EntertainmentPublisher: Devolver DigitalPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.7hMean: 5.9h≥1hr: 67%
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
- #26 GoreBox92% matchVery Positive88% of 21,831 reviews2023Developer: Felix FilipPublisher: F²GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.9hMean: 46.3h≥1hr: 88%
GoreBox is a chaotic physics-driven sandbox where creativity meets destruction. Use the Reality Crusher to spawn, manipulate, and obliterate anything. Customize, battle with friends, roleplay, or face devious creatures. In this world, your imagination rules—and chaos is your playground!
- #27 CARRION90% matchVery Positive95% of 30,368 reviews2020Developer: Phobia Game StudioPublisher: Devolver DigitalPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.1hMean: 6.7h≥1hr: 82%
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
- #28 GORN90% matchVery Positive94% of 8,197 reviews2019Developer: Free LivesPublisher: Devolver DigitalPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.9hMean: 6.3h≥1hr: 63%
GORN is a ludicrously violent VR gladiator simulator, made by Free Lives, the developers of Broforce and Genital Jousting.
- #29 Call of Duty®: Warzone™90% matchMostly Negative31% of 49,470 reviews2022Developer: Infinity WardPublisher: ActivisionPlatforms: Windows
Welcome to Call of Duty®: Warzone™, the massive free-to-play combat arena. Experience thrilling modes & new gameplay features in Verdansk and Rebirth Island.
- #30 Trepang288% matchVery Positive93% of 17,481 reviews2023Developer: Trepang StudiosPublisher: Team17Platforms: WindowsMedian: 4.1hMean: 7.9h≥1hr: 86%
Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.
- #31 Party Hard88% matchVery Positive90% of 12,288 reviews2015Developer: Pinokl GamesPublisher: tinyBuildPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.6hMean: 8.9h≥1hr: 85%
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
- #32 Mafia II: Definitive Edition88% matchMostly Positive74% of 36,305 reviews2020Developer: Hangar 13Publisher: 2KPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.4hMean: 22.1h≥1hr: 79%
War hero Vito Scaletta becomes entangled with the mob in hopes of paying his father’s debts. Vito works to prove himself, climbing the family ladder with crimes of larger reward and consequence.
- #33 Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition87% matchVery Positive89% of 9,268 reviews2017Developer: People Can FlyPublisher: Gearbox PublishingPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.5hMean: 8.5h≥1hr: 87%
Step into the boots of Grayson Hunt after a crash landing on an old resort planet forces him to make a hard choice: survival or revenge. Execute masterful kills with Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition’s unique combat system that rewards you for performing the most creative and deadly kills imaginable.
- #34 THE QUIET MAN™88% matchMostly Negative37% of 691 reviews2018Developer: Square EnixPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.4hMean: 4.9h≥1hr: 86%
THE QUIET MAN™ delivers an immersive story driven cinematic action experience seamlessly blending high-production live action, realistic CG and pulse-pounding action gameplay.
- #35 Maneater87% matchVery Positive87% of 23,960 reviews2021Developer: Tripwire InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.1hMean: 12.8h≥1hr: 86%
Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a giant Shark! Terrorize the coastal waterways. Tear swimmers and divers limb from limb, give the humans a reason to fear you!
- #36 Fear & Hunger87% matchVery Positive94% of 21,050 reviews2019Developer: Miro HaverinenPublisher: Happy PaintingsPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.3hMean: 11.1h≥1hr: 73%
Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.
- #37 Prototype 287% matchMostly Positive77% of 15,600 reviews2012Developer: Radical EntertainmentPublisher: ActivisionPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 8.3hMean: 21.9h≥1hr: 77%
Become the ultimate shape-shifting weapon!
- #38 Wolfenstein: Youngblood88% matchMixed43% of 15,495 reviews2019Developer: MachineGamesPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.7hMean: 13.9h≥1hr: 80%
Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the first modern co-op Wolfenstein adventure. Team up with a friend or play solo as one of BJ Blazkowicz’s twin daughters and wield a powerful arsenal of new weapons, gadgets, and abilities to liberate Paris from the Nazis.
- #39 Wasteland 386% matchVery Positive85% of 21,899 reviews2020Developer: inXile EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.7hMean: 25.9h≥1hr: 91%
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
- #40 DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One87% matchMixed67% of 6,370 reviews2020Developer: id SoftwarePublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: Windows
The Ancient Gods – Part One is the first campaign expansion for the critically acclaimed DOOM Eternal.
- #41 Bush Hockey League87% matchMixed68% of 262 reviews2017Developer: V7 Entertainment Inc.Platforms: Windows
Aggressive hockey is back! Experience hockey the way it was meant to be played in this old school arcade style hockey game where blood on the ice is just another day at the rink. Big moustaches, no helmets, dirty hits, bench-clearing brawls, goalie fights, and stick fights – that’s Bush Hockey League.
- #42 Serious Sam 485% matchVery Positive83% of 17,240 reviews2020Developer: CroteamPublisher: Devolver DigitalPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.2hMean: 15.9h≥1hr: 90%
Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.
- #43 NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor's Edge [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]86% matchMixed64% of 1,855 reviews2021Developer: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 4.1hMean: 11.5h≥1hr: 84%
3 high speed ninja action titles are now available in one package!
- #44 Granny Simulator84% matchVery Positive90% of 6,014 reviews2019Developer: Nick KestlePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.4hMean: 2.8h≥1hr: 63%
In Granny Simulator there are two players, a feeble old grandmother and her lovely grandson. The grandmothers objective is to complete her every day routine while the grandson utilizes uncanny violence and pure brutality to stop her.
- #45 Kindergarten84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,143 reviews2017Developer: Con Man GamesPublisher: SmashGamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.2hMean: 54.8h≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Kindergarten! Have fun trying to learn and share...and not die. That's important too. In a school that's just not quite right, it's important to be friendly...and take out those that aren't.
- #46 Just Cause 4 Reloaded84% matchMixed62% of 31,627 reviews2018Developer: Avalanche StudiosPublisher: Square EnixPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.7hMean: 24.6h≥1hr: 89%
Rogue agent Rico Rodriguez journeys to Solis, a huge South American world home of conflict, oppression and extreme weather conditions. Strap into your wingsuit, equip your fully customizable grappling hook, and get ready to bring the thunder!
- #47 KARTOFELKA85% matchMixed65% of 102 reviews2018Developer: ObshaGamingPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.5hMean: 11.3h≥1hr: 63%
Platform of medium complexity, where the main role is played by 'potato'.
- #48 Bean Battles83% matchVery Positive94% of 10,028 reviews2018Developer: Gupa GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.4hMean: 6.1h≥1hr: 58%
A unique take on the popular genre of battle royales. Multiple fast pace rounds that rewards kills just as much as being the last alive. Team up, take revenge, and be the last bean standing.
- #49 Darksiders Warmastered Edition83% matchVery Positive88% of 17,864 reviews2016Developer: KAIKOPublisher: THQ NordicPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.0hMean: 18.0h≥1hr: 88%
Deceived by the forces of evil into prematurely bringing about the end of the world, War – the first Horseman of the Apocalypse – stands accused of breaking the sacred law by inciting a war between Heaven and Hell.
- #50 Happy Room83% matchVery Positive91% of 2,966 reviews2016Developer: Mana Potion StudiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.7hMean: 21.0h≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to the laboratory! Here tests are taken upon highly durable human clones using newest weapon technologies. Your goal is to head these tests.
- #51 Styx: Master of Shadows83% matchVery Positive83% of 11,456 reviews2014Developer: Cyanide StudioPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.2hMean: 8.3h≥1hr: 83%
Styx: Master of Shadows is an infiltration game with RPG elements taking place in a dark fantasy universe, where you sneak, steal and assassinate your way through as Styx, a Goblin two-centuries of age.
- #52 RUINER82% matchVery Positive89% of 12,065 reviews2017Developer: Reikon GamesPublisher: Devolver DigitalPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 4.5hMean: 7.7h≥1hr: 80%
RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.
- #53 BONELAB82% matchVery Positive81% of 18,748 reviews2022Developer: Stress Level ZeroPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.6hMean: 20.3h≥1hr: 86%
BONELAB is an experimental physics action game. Explore a mysterious lab filled with weapons, enemies, challenges and secrets. Escape your reality, or wreak havoc. No wrong answers.
- #54 Mother Russia Bleeds82% matchVery Positive87% of 5,329 reviews2016Developer: Le Cartel StudioPublisher: Devolver DigitalPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.1hMean: 5.8h≥1hr: 80%
An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.
