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You play the stylish witch Bayonetta, combining guns and melee weapons in flashy, fast-paced battles where precise dodging and timing are rewarded. This remaster brings the series' over-the-top action spectacle to modern consoles.

Melee combat with weapons or fists
Lavish presentation
Challenging difficulty
Fantasy setting

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The closest matches for Bayonetta are Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Furi and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Bayonetta special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best alternative overall: Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening 88% match – Melee combat with weapons or fists
Newest alternative: Tevi 81% match – released 2023

Best match

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening

88 %Match

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A blistering hack-and-slash where young Dante juggles swappable fighting styles, weapons and guns, and the game rewards you for fighting with flair. It is famously punishing, with legendary boss duels like the fights against Vergil and a heavy metal soundtrack.

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Furi

Challenging difficulty

Furi is a pure boss-rush duelist where you mix sword combat, parrying and twin-stick shooting in intense one-on-one fights. Each guardian has a distinct style, backed by bold comic-inspired art and a driving electronic soundtrack.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Lavish presentation

A blistering PlatinumGames hack-and-slash where cyborg ninja Raiden parries and freely slices enemies apart with Blade Mode. Over-the-top boss fights and a legendary metal soundtrack make it a cult classic.

Tevi

Fantasy setting

In TEVI you explore a sprawling, conflict-scarred land as a bullet-hell metroidvania, slashing, dashing and chaining combos. Spectacular boss fights reward you for customizing your build and digging up hidden secrets.

Touhou Kanjuden: Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom

Challenging difficulty

You pilot a small ship through dense, colorful bullet patterns and must weave between every attack with pinpoint precision. The story set in the Touhou world is told with plenty of charm and humor, but it is the razor-sharp reflexes that define the experience.

Shadow Warrior 3

Shooting and gunplay

A fast first-person shooter that fuses guns, sword combat and acrobatic traversal with a grappling hook and wall-running into one fluid combat flow. Crude humor and an Asian-inspired demon-filled world give it a distinct personality.

Zeno Clash

Distinctive, stylised art style

A surreal first-person brawler set in the bizarre punk-fantasy world of Zenozoik, where outcast Ghat fights mostly with fists rather than guns. A short, uncompromisingly weird journey with a truly unique look.

Touhou Tenkuushou: Hidden Star in Four Seasons

Challenging difficulty

Touhou Tenkuushou is a bullet-hell shooter where you weave through dense danmaku patterns while fighting enemies from the Touhou universe. Its appeal lies in the precise dodging required and in bosses that constantly introduce new, escalating attack patterns.

Touhou Suimusou: Immaterial and Missing Power

Fantasy setting

In this Touhou spin-off you battle other characters from the franchise in fast arena duels that mix bullet-hell danmaku barrages with close-range attacks. It brings the series' bullet-hell flair into direct, fighting-game style action.

Doom Eternal

Lavish presentation

A blisteringly fast shooter that forces you to keep moving and treat every demon as a resource, carving out ammo, armor and health with the chainsaw, flame belch and glory kills. Paired with a crushing metal soundtrack, its fights play out like a violent dance through hordes of demons.