Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 827 critic lists from 134 publications.
Updated: October 26, 2025
Most Acclaimed Hack and Slash Games of All Time
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#1 God of War (2018) (#29)
SIE Santa Monica Studio | WIN, PS4 | Hack and Slash / Action-Adventure | ~21h | 86 lists
#2 Diablo II (2000) (#45)
Blizzard North | MAC, WIN | Hack and Slash / Action RPG | ~34h | 54 lists
#3 Nier: Automata (2017) (#73)
PlatinumGames, Square Enix Business Division 6 | WIN, XB1, PS4 | Hack and Slash / Action RPG | ~21h | 61 lists
#4 God of War (2005) (#129)
SCE Santa Monica Studio | PS2 | Hack and Slash / Action-Adventure | ~9h | 31 lists
#5 God of War II (2007) (#186)
SCE Santa Monica Studio | PS2 | Hack and Slash / Action-Adventure | ~12h | 19 lists
#6 Gauntlet (1985) (#211)
Atari Games | ARC | Hack and Slash / Dungeon Crawler | ~2h | 21 lists
#7 Bayonetta (2009) (#237)
Nex Entertainment, PlatinumGames | X360, PS3 | Hack and Slash / Action-Adventure | ~12h | 22 lists
#8 Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (2005) (#243)
Capcom Production Studio 1 | PS2 | Hack and Slash / Action-Adventure | ~12h | 19 lists
#9 Bayonetta 2 (2014) (#247)
PlatinumGames | WiiU | Hack and Slash / Action-Adventure | ~9h | 30 lists
#10 God of War Ragnarök (2022) (#266)
SIE Santa Monica Studio | PS4, PS5 | Hack and Slash / Action-Adventure | ~26h | 37 lists
#11 Kingdom Hearts (2002) (#286)
Square Product Development Division 1 | PS2 | Hack and Slash / Action RPG | ~28h | 15 lists
#12 Kingdom Hearts II (2005) (#299)
Square Enix Business Division 3, Square Enix Product Development Division 1 | PS2 | Hack and Slash / Action RPG | ~32h | 15 lists
#13 Diablo III (2012) (#308)
Blizzard Entertainment | MAC, WIN, X360, PS3 | Hack and Slash / Action RPG | ~18h | 22 lists
#14 Ninja Gaiden (2004) (#320)
Team NINJA | Xbox | Hack and Slash / Action-Adventure | ~18h | 13 lists
#15 God of War III (2010) (#368)
SCE Santa Monica Studio | PS3 | Hack and Slash / Action-Adventure | ~10h | 20 lists
#16 Ninja Gaiden (1988) (#380)
Tecmo, Tecmo Koei Games | NES | Hack and Slash / Platform | ~3h | 13 lists
#17 Devil May Cry (2001) (#394)
Capcom Production Studio 4 | PS2 | Hack and Slash / Action-Adventure | ~6h | 12 lists
#18 Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (2017) (#404)
Ninja Theory | WIN, XB1, PS4 | Hack and Slash / Action-Adventure | ~8h | 24 lists
#19 Dragon's Dogma (2012) (#446)
Capcom | X360, PS3 | Hack and Slash / Action RPG | ~37h | 13 lists
#20 Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002) (#557)
Raven Software, Vicarious Visions, Westlake Interactive | MAC, WIN, GC, Xbox | Hack and Slash / First-Person Shooter / Third-Person Shooter | ~13h | 8 lists
#21 Guardian Heroes (1996) (#563)
Treasure | SAT | Hack and Slash / Action RPG / Beat 'em Up | ~2h | 6 lists
#22 Shinobi (1987) (#691)
Team Shinobi | ARC, DOS, 6, NES, SMS, TG16 | Hack and Slash / Platform | ~1h | 6 lists
#23 Nier (2010) (#730)
Cavia | X360, PS3 | Hack and Slash / Action RPG | ~20h | 5 lists
#24 Strider / Strider Hiryū (1989) (#765)
Capcom | ARC, 3, GEN | Hack and Slash / Platform | ~1h | 5 lists
#25 The Revenge of Shinobi / The Super Shinobi (1989) (#798)
Sega Enterprises, Ltd. | GEN | Hack and Slash / Platform | ~2h | 5 lists
#26 Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (1990) (#841)
Tecmo, Tecmo Koei Games | ARC, NES | Hack and Slash / Platform | ~2h | 6 lists
#27 Gauntlet II (1986) (#883)
Atari Games | ARC, DOS, 3 | Hack and Slash / Dungeon Crawler | ~4h | 4 lists
#28 Darksiders (2010) (#952)
Vigil Games | WIN, X360, PS3 | Hack and Slash / Action-Adventure | ~17h | 4 lists
#29 DmC: Devil May Cry (2013) (#976)
Ninja Theory | WIN, X360, PS3 | Hack and Slash / Action-Adventure | ~9h | 9 lists
#1
#29
God of War
2018
#2
#45
Diablo II
2000
#3
#73
Nier: Automata
2017
#4
#129
God of War
2005
#5
#186
God of War II
2007
#6
#211
Gauntlet
1985
#7
#237
Bayonetta
2009
#8
#243
#9
#247
Bayonetta 2
2014
#10
#266
God of War Ragnarök
2022
#11
#286
Kingdom Hearts
2002
#12
#299
Kingdom Hearts II
2005
#13
#308
Diablo III
2012
#14
#320
Ninja Gaiden
2004
#15
#368
God of War III
2010
#16
#380
Ninja Gaiden
1988
#17
#394
Devil May Cry
2001
#18
#404
#19
#446
Dragon's Dogma
2012
#20
#557
#21
#563
Guardian Heroes
1996
#22
#691
Shinobi
1987
#23
#730
Nier
2010
#24
#765
#25
#798
#26
#841
#27
#883
Gauntlet II
1986
#28
#952
Darksiders
2010
#29
#976
DmC: Devil May Cry
2013
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