Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Shooter
The Outer Worlds 2

‘The Outer Worlds 2’ sports winking color, but the fun is dripping with gooey gunk as well.

ghost of yotei
Action/Adventure, Combat
Ghost of Yōtei

‘Ghost of Yōtei’ presents a stylized view of feudal Japan—featuring cinematic beauty, limb-lopping gore and heartless brutality.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Horror/Suspense
Silent Hill f

‘Silent Hill f’ takes its creepy survival-horror action to a small Japanese town. But its an incredibly complicated, bloody and …

metal gear solid delta snake eater
Action/Adventure, Shooter
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

This revered shooter returns with updated graphics and controls. But blood spatter and flesh-rending torture are among those graphic “upgrades.”

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Borderlands 4

‘Borderlands 4’ features a new open-world planet to roam. But the blast-your-foes-into-bloody-chunks part stays the same.

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

This French game asks big questions. But depression, suicide and bloody death are part of the game’s fantasy mix as …

Action/Adventure, Puzzle
Time Flies

There are clever puzzles, eye winks and interesting life parallels to be found in this line art-drawn gaming adventure. But …

Action/Adventure, Horror/Suspense
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

‘Death Stranding 2: On the Beach’ is a complex, curious, dark, difficult, spiritually twisted and grindingly dull M-rated game.

Action/Adventure
The Alters

This creative, provocative survival game pairs a compelling story with foul-mouthed dialogue and occasionally bloody terrain.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Shooter
Doom: The Dark Ages

If you’ve ever wondered what would change if the ‘Doom’ franchise had a medieval version, the answer is: not much.

Action/Adventure, Arcade/Platform, Combat
South of Midnight

In ‘South of Midnight’ lessons and wisdom compete with blood and muck in a visually creative folklore tale.

Action/Adventure
Atomfall

‘Atomfall’ feels a bit lighter than your typical bloody survival game. But it still has gun blasts to the face …

assassin's creed shadows
Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Assassin’s Creed Shadows

‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows” takes its shadow-slipping storyline to feudal Japan. The result? Beauty and gore in equal measure.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Avowed

‘Avowed’ proclaims its RPG adventure with heavy conversations and equally heavy blades. But it’s often a messy declaration.

sniper elite resistance
Action/Adventure, Shooter
Sniper Elite: Resistance

‘Sniper Elite: Resistance’ adds a few small trigger-pulling additions. But it’s still all about the Nazi-mulching glee.