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2025USK 18PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified88 % positive49.99 €

A heavy, grounded take on Doom where the Slayer stands his ground with a shield saw, parries and brutal melee weapons in a grim medieval sci-fi world. Rides on a cyber-dragon and battles in a giant mech add spectacle and variety.

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  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Boss fights as highlights
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2019USK 16PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified90 % positive24.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Doom: The Dark Ages: lavish production, gripping boss fights and melee combat with weapons or fists.

A brutal Metroidvania in gorgeous pixel art that twists Spanish Catholic iconography into a nightmarish world of guilt and penance. Tight parries, gory executions and plenty of hidden secrets define the Penitent One's journey.

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Metroid Dread

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

Samus Aran's 2D return pairs fluid, fast movement and precise melee counters with classic Metroidvania exploration. Tense escapes from the near-invincible E.M.M.I. robots and demanding boss fights keep the pressure high.

Ultrakill

Strong soundtrack

Ultrakill is an extremely fast retro first-person shooter that blends style-ranking from character action games with brutal carnage. You heal by bathing in enemy blood and must fluidly chain weapons, movement and combos.

God of War II

Boss fights as highlights

Kratos wages a vengeful war against Olympus, allied with the Titans, in a brutal combo-driven hack-and-slash. Its colossal boss fights, like the Colossus of Rhodes, and its inventive environmental puzzles pushed the PS2 to its limits.

Nine Sols

Boss fights as highlights

A hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania set in a Taoist-flavored sci-fi world, with combat built almost entirely around precise deflecting and counterattacks. Revenge, mythology and stylish boss fights drive the journey.

Valfaris

Strong soundtrack

A brutal 2D action-platformer set in a heavy metal space nightmare, mixing heavy melee, guns and parrying. Gorgeous pixel art and a thundering soundtrack drive the intensity.

Black Mesa

Shooting and gunplay

A loving fan-made remake of the original Half-Life: as Gordon Freeman you fight through the disaster at the Black Mesa research facility, with rebuilt levels, new voice acting and music. Classic first-person shooter action with alien fights, physics puzzles and the extended Xen finale.

Alice: Madness Returns

Dark, serious atmosphere

A grim hack-and-slash platformer that turns Wonderland into a twisted reflection of Alice's shattered mind. Its grotesquely beautiful art direction and haunting story about her family's death make every realm memorable.

Eastern Exorcist

Dark, serious atmosphere

A hand-painted 2D side-scrolling soulslike action RPG where you play an exorcist battling demons in an East Asian-inspired world, relying on tight dodging, parrying and talisman-based abilities.

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