Action/Adventure
Detroit: Become Human

This M-rated game about sentient androids is pretty provocative, in both positive and problematic ways.

Horror/Suspense
State of Decay 2

This M-rated zombie-splatting sequel is all about building a civilized outpost amid a lot of rot.

Action/Adventure
God of War (2018)

In some ways, the latest God of War tale is quite focused on family. But is it family friendly? Not …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Far Cry 5

This is a nasty game that’s bloody, foul and generally disturbing on every kill-’em-all-and-wave-a-Bible front.

Horror/Suspense
The Inpatient

The Inpatient uses a new tool to make your VR experience even more disturbingly immersive: your own voice.

Horror/Suspense, Shooter
Doom VFR

Virtual reality changes a lot about the Doom experience. But it’s still a stomach-, mind- and spirit-roiling jaunt.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Horror/Suspense, Shooter
Call of Duty: WWII

The latest Call of Duty installment marches bloodily back to the battles where the franchise began.

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

The latest Wolfenstein game pits players against a cruel, alt-reality Nazi regime. Playing it feels like a cruelty of its …

Action/Adventure
Assassin’s Creed Origins

The new Assassin’s Creed title pairs new gameplay mechanics with even more graphically violent and explicit content.

Role-Playing
South Park: The Fractured But Whole

The language spewed out by these cartoon kiddos would make a longshoreman blanch.

Action/Adventure, Horror/Suspense, Shooter
The Evil Within 2

“Ugh, who comes up with this stuff?” asks hero in this horror survival sequel. It’s an apt question for the …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Middle-earth: Shadow of War

This ferocious, M-rated sequel may be set in the milieu of Lord of the Rings. But it’s a lot more …

Action/Adventure
The Pillars of the Earth

This story-focused game openly talks about faith in a sometimes foul, dark and dangerous medieval world.

Action/Adventure, Combat
Hellblade: Senua’s Sarifice

What would it take for a video game to depict psychotic madness? Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice answers that dark question.

Sim, Strategy
Serial Cleaner

This game about a guy who cleans up murderers’ messes perhaps isn’t as messy as it could have been. But …