Hack and Slash

Game genre theme

A sub-genre of beat 'em ups that originated from P&P RPGs where it's seen as derogatory. Differentiated from most beat 'em up by the fact that you primarily use melee weapons instead of bare hands.

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games

platforms

Alternate names: Hack and Slay, Hack & Slash

Lucifer Ring

PS1 1998-12-23

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

WIN 2004-12

Golden Axe: Beast Rider

X360 2008-10-14

Bayonetta 2

SWTC 2018-02-16

Samurai Warriors 2 Empires

PS2 2006-11-16

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the

GBA 2003-11-04

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the

XBOX 2003-11-05

Samurai Warriors

XBOX 2004-07-13

Dungeon Hunter: Alliance

VITA 2011-12-17

Dynasty Warriors

PSP 2004-12

Darksiders II

WIN 2012-08-14

The Lord of the Rings: Conquest

WIN 2009-01-15

The first video game about Hack and Slash was released in 1984.

Koei, Capcom and Sega has published most of these games

Although sub-genre of beat 'em ups and RPGs, this doesn't really require either,
but appears most often with the following genres:
* action-adventure
* action-RPG
* beat 'em up

Parent groups

Action-Adventure, Action-RPG, Beat 'em up

Related groups

Tools
Mêlée weapons, Mêlée weapons

Platforms

Windows		73
PS2		53
X360		40
Linux		37
PS3		35
Xbox		17
PS4		13
Arcade		13
PSP		12
Xbox One		10
Mac OS X		9
GameCube		7
PS		6
Mac OS Classic		6
Wii U		5
Amiga		5
Atari ST		5
Wii		5
Mega Drive		4
ZX Spectrum		4
C64		4
Switch		4
MS-DOS		4
Amstrad CPC		4
Nintendo DS		3
Pandora		3
3DS		3
SNES		3
PS Vita		2
MSX		2

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Hack and Slash

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