Ape Out
A stylized, jazz-driven smash-em-up where a captive ape fights its way to freedom.
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Our database currently lists 123 verified hack and slash/beat em up games, including Ape Out, Apotheon and Astral Chain. Every game links to its own page with platforms, player counts, modes and source-checked facts, so you can compare before you play or buy.
123 matching games
Apotheon
A heroic action-platformer set among the gods and monsters of Ancient Greek mythology.
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Astral Chain
A stylish Nintendo action game where you fight beside a controllable partner called a Legion.
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Batman: Arkham Knight
Rocksteady's 2015 closing chapter of the Arkham saga puts Batman against Scarecrow across a city in chaos.
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Batman: Arkham Origins
A prequel set in an expanded Gotham City, several years before the earlier Arkham games.
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Battlerite
A team arena brawler built around short, intense matches with no random elements.
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Bayonetta 2
A frantic stylised action game in which a witch strings together combos against angels and demons.
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Black Desert
A large MMORPG with action combat plus trading, fishing, alchemy, cooking and other life activities.
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Black Myth: Wukong
A Journey to the West action RPG with demanding Soulslike combat and a staff-wielding monkey hero.
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Blasphemous
A punishing action-platformer set in a nightmarish world of twisted religion.
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Blasphemous II
A solo 2D action-platformer sequel built on tough melee combat and a grim, secret-filled world.
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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
A retro-styled 2D action platformer where you switch between four characters with different abilities.
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
An action-adventure that continues Gabriel Belmont's story as Dracula across medieval and modern settings.
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Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
A fast online melee game of swords, axes and shields, built around attacks, blocks and counters.
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Cult of the Lamb
A cult-management adventure that blends dungeon-style action with running a community of woodland followers.
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Daemon X Machina
A third-person mech shooter built around customizable Arsenals and weapons taken from fallen enemies.
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Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
A horror action spin-off where Komaru Naegi fights through a city of Monokuma robots.
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Darksiders Genesis
A top-down Darksiders spin-off that lets you take on hell's legions alone or with a partner.
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Darksiders II
An action RPG that puts you in the role of Death, the Horseman, in a large open world.
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Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition
A remastered hack-and-slash adventure that follows Death, the Horseman, across sprawling realms.
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Darksiders III
A hack-and-slash action adventure where Fury hunts the Seven Deadly Sins.
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Darksiders: Warmastered Edition
A remastered action-adventure that casts you as War, the first Horseman of the Apocalypse.
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Dead Island 2
A zombie-filled Los Angeles open world with fast, brutal melee fighting and a fresh cast.
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Dead Rising 4
A zombie-filled open-world sandbox starring Frank West, playable alone or with friends.
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Deadpool
A foul-mouthed third-person brawler starring the Marvel mercenary, mixing sword combat with gunplay.
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Death's Door
A compact action-adventure about a crow reaper collecting souls in an atmospheric world.
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Demon's Souls
A remake of the 2009 dark fantasy action RPG, rebuilt with new visuals and a fog-laden world to fight through.
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Devil May Cry 5
A stylish action game with three playable characters, each with a different combat style.
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Diablo II: Resurrected
A remaster of Blizzard's classic action RPG with updated visuals and the original gameplay.
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Diablo III
A dungeon crawler against hordes of beasts, undead and demons, playable alone or with up to four players.
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Diablo IV
Dark fantasy action RPG with endless demons and loot.
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DmC: Devil May Cry
A Western-flavored reboot of the stylish action series, starring a very different Dante.
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Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
An action RPG retelling Goku's story, with room for everyday activities between battles.
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Dust: An Elysian Tail
A hand-painted action RPG platformer about a warrior with a magic blade and a small guardian.
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Elden Ring Nightreign
Survive two deadly days, grow stronger together and defeat the Nightlord.
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Evil West
A third-person action game that sends a lightning-armed hunter against vampires in the Old West.
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Final Fantasy XV
An action RPG in which Prince Noctis and his friends travel the world of Eos to reclaim their homeland.
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For Honor
A melee-focused fighting game pitting knights, Vikings and samurai against each other.
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Furi
An all-boss action game of one-on-one duels mixing sword combat with dual-stick shooting.
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Gauntlet
A four-hero dungeon brawler reviving the classic Gauntlet co-op formula.
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Ghost of Tsushima
An open-world samurai action adventure about defending Tsushima against the Mongols.
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God of War
A Norse-mythology reboot of the series that follows Kratos and his son Atreus.
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God of War III: Remastered
A remastered Greek-mythology action game following Kratos up Mount Olympus.
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God of War Ragnarök
A Norse mythology sequel in which Kratos and Atreus head toward the prophesied end of the world.
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Gotham Knights
An open-world action RPG in Gotham with a new generation of heroes, playable solo or in four-player co-op.
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Gravity Rush Remastered
A remastered action-adventure that includes the original game and all of its earlier downloadable content.
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Grim Dawn
An action RPG in a ruined fantasy world where iron outranks gold and allies are scarce.
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Guacamelee!
A Mexican-folklore Metroidvania brawler with dimension-swapping and same-screen co-op.
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Guacamelee! 2
A luchador metroidvania sequel in which Juan faces a threat to space and time.
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Hades
A rogue-lite dungeon crawler in which Zagreus tries to escape the Greek underworld.
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Hades II
A roguelike action sequel that sends you beyond the Underworld to face the Titan of Time.
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Hand of Fate
A card-driven fantasy adventure that turns tarot-style draws into 3D brawls.
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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
A dark-fantasy journey into the Norse underworld, told through Senua's experience of psychosis.
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Hi-Fi Rush
A rhythm-driven action game where combat, movement and the environment all follow the beat.
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Honkai Impact 3rd
A free-flowing anime action RPG about Valkyries defending the world from Honkai.
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Hyper Light Drifter
A top-down action RPG in the spirit of 16-bit classics, with a stylised world and combat-focused play.
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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
A hack-and-slash spin-off showing Hyrule's Great Calamity 100 years before Breath of the Wild.
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Kingdom Hearts III
A Disney and Pixar crossover action RPG with hack-and-slash combat and a long-running story.
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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
An open-world fantasy RPG with fast action combat and a visual style shaped by Todd McFarlane.
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Kirby Star Allies
A Kirby platformer where enemies become helpers and up to four players can team up.
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Last Day on Earth: Survival
A zombie survival game that mixes crafting, shooting and strategy in a post-apocalyptic world.
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Last Epoch
An action RPG with 15 mastery classes, deep skill trees and loot-driven dungeon runs.
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LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
A LEGO action-adventure that puts Batman, Robin and other DC heroes in Gotham City.
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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
A family-friendly Lego adventure that brings Marvel heroes and villains into puzzle-filled brawls.
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LEGO Marvel's Avengers
A LEGO action-adventure based on the Marvel Cinematic Universe with two-player co-op.
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LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
A LEGO action-adventure retelling the film, with co-op play and building, blaster and flight sections.
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Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
A turn-based role-playing game following Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu across Japan and Hawaii.
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Lords of the Fallen
A melee-heavy fantasy action RPG in which a convict named Harkyn faces a demonic return.
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Lost Ark
A free-to-play action RPG for PC with class-based combat, big boss fights and co-op options.
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Mad Max
An open-world vehicle-combat and melee game in which Max builds and upgrades the Magnum Opus car.
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Marvel's Avengers
A hero action-adventure that pairs a story campaign with cooperative online missions.
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Marvel's Spider-Man
A superhero action adventure built on web-slinging traversal, parkour and improvised combat.
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Marvel's Spider-Man 2
A superhero action-adventure that lets you switch between Peter Parker and Miles Morales.
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Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered
An open-world Spider-Man adventure with web-swinging, stealth and acrobatic combat.
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MediEvil
A PlayStation remake of a gothic action-adventure starring a skeletal knight in Gallowmere.
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
A fast action game starring Raiden, a cyborg ninja who uses a high frequency katana to cut through enemies.
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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
An open-world action RPG set entirely in Mordor between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
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Minecraft Dungeons
Light dungeon crawling for up to four players.
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Monster Hunter Rise
Master fast hunting techniques, track powerful monsters and take down your biggest targets with friends.
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Monster Hunter Wilds
Hunt enormous monsters, master your weapon and explore a living world that changes around you.
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Moonlighter
A shopkeeper by day and dungeon delver by night in an action RPG with rogue-lite elements.
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Mordhau
A multiplayer medieval melee game focused on fast combat, sieges and cavalry charges.
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Naraka: Bladepoint
Master martial arts, deadly weapons, and incredible mobility in fast-paced battle royale combat.
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NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...
An updated version of a once Japan-only action RPG, serving as a prequel to NieR: Automata.
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NieR: Automata
A hack and slash RPG following the androids 2B, 9S and A2 in a machine-driven dystopia.
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Nine Sols
A hand-drawn 2D action-platformer whose combat revolves around timing your deflections.
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Nioh
A samurai-era action RPG with demanding sword combat, yokai enemies and optional two-player co-op.
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Nioh 2
A demanding PlayStation action RPG set in Sengoku-era Japan where you can transform into a Yokai.
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Nobody Saves the World
A top-down action RPG where a blank character transforms into many forms, playable solo or with a friend.
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One Finger Death Punch
A kung-fu brawler built on instant, one-to-one responses to your clicks.
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One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3
A crowd-battling action game that retells One Piece from its beginnings through Dressrosa.
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Palworld
Catch mysterious Pals, build your perfect base, and survive a vast world full of danger and discovery.
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Path of Exile
Forge a powerful build, hunt legendary loot, and survive the brutal world of Wraeclast.
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Path of Exile 2
Return to Wraeclast and master a darker, deeper generation of action RPG combat and character building.
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Persona 5 Strikers
A crossover that blends Persona's party RPG elements with Dynasty Warriors-style action combat.
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Prototype 2
An open-world action game about a vengeful soldier hunting his target through a quarantined New York.
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Risk of Rain
A roguelike action platformer where you fight through a hostile planet alone or with friends online.
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River City Girls
A beat 'em up starring Kyoko and Misako as they fight through six regions of River City.
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Ryse: Son of Rome
A Roman-era action adventure built around close-quarters combat and a revenge story.
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Sifu
A martial arts brawler built around tight kung fu combat and a personal quest for revenge.
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Sleeping Dogs
An undercover cop in Hong Kong fights through the Triads with martial arts, driving and parkour.
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Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
An open-world crime adventure in neon Hong Kong, mixing martial arts, driving and gunplay.
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Squad Busters
A Supercell brawler where characters from the studio's other games fight with their own abilities.
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Stellar Blade
A third-person action-adventure with timing-based parrying set on a ruined Earth.
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Streets of Rage 4
A hand-drawn brawler that returns to Wood Oak City with a roster of old and new fighters.
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Strider
A fast ninja action-platformer that returns Strider Hiryu to a large interconnected world.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
A pixel-art beat 'em up that revives the arcade brawling of classic Turtles games.
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The Amazing Spider-Man
An open-world Spider-Man game with its own story, set in a web-swinging version of New York.
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2
An open-world Manhattan adventure with web-swinging, counters and a reputation system.
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The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
An action RPG in the gothic-noir world of Borgovia with monster-hunting and a co-op option.
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Torchlight II
An action RPG with randomly generated dungeons, loot hunting and online co-op.
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Transformers: Devastation
A fast, comic-book-styled Transformers brawler from PlatinumGames.
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Trek to Yomi
A samurai tale of duty and loss that carries a lone swordsman beyond life and death.
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Trove
A free-to-play action MMO of shattered, explorable realms with building and loot-driven adventures.
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Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
A cooperative first-person melee and shooter game about fighting Skaven hordes in and around Ubersreik.
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Wizard of Legend
A quick 2D dungeon crawler where chaining spells into combos is the heart of the action.
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Wuthering Waves
A story-driven open-world action RPG with fast combat and dodge-focused mechanics.
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Yakuza 0
A 1988 Japan crime saga that alternates between Kiryu in Tokyo and Majima in Osaka.
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Yakuza 3 Remastered
A remastered Yakuza entry with improved visuals, higher frame rate and restored cut content.
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Yakuza 4 Remastered
A remastered brawler-adventure following four protagonists through Kamurocho.
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