Hack and Slash
20 games reviewed, ranked by score.
Hades
The Roguelike That Made Death Worth Repeating
Hades II
Supergiant Sharpens Its Roguelike Until Only Story Drags
Path of Exile
Theory-crafting is the true endgame, with a cliff for an on-ramp
CONTROL Resonant
A thrilling melee pivot in Remedy's surreal world
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
A glorious blade that deserves a sharper foe
DragonSword : Awakening
Gacha stripped out, tag-team combos left gloriously intact
The Riftbreaker
A mech, a base, and a planet that wants both gone
Ascend to ZERO
Time-stop combat worth the tenner, if the crashes spare your save
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order
EA's Best Apology Is a Soulslite With a Lightsaber
Garden of Witches
Charming witches and a killer soundtrack, roguelike depth left thin
Tears of Metal
Crisp clan warfare, marginal upgrades and no mid-run save
Cursemark
Rune-breaking synergies worth chasing, if the bugs and thin content don't stop you
Meta Ghost: Breaking Show
Sharp cyberpunk build-crafting, sabotaged by run-ending crashes
Anomaly President
Campaign by day, brawl by night, restart from scratch
Asgard's Fall — Viking Survivors
A sharp build-web, snagged by crashes and lag
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault
A smarter shop loop buried under crashes and clumsy combat
Stick It to the Stickman
Its physics comedy lands. The 1.0 launch does not.
Survival Machine
A lovely rolling fortress, stalled by jank and two thin biomes
Mahou Arms
Gorgeous magical girls, four combos, and eight years unfinished
RAIDBORN
Solid dungeon loops, gutted by a day-one magic paywall