Best Hack & Slash Games
God of Waron 7 of 40 rankings2
NieR: Automataon 6 of 40 rankings3
Diablo IIon 5 of 40 rankings4
Batman: Arkham Knighton 4 of 40 rankings5
Hadeson 3 of 40 rankings6
God of War IIIon 3 of 40 rankings7
Batman: Arkham Asylumon 2 of 40 rankings8
Fable IIIon 2 of 40 rankings9
Batman: Arkham Cityon 2 of 40 rankings10
Ghost of Tsushimaon 2 of 40 rankings11
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoningon 1 of 40 rankings12
Yakuza 0on 1 of 40 rankings13
Darksiders IIon 1 of 40 rankings14
Sifuon 1 of 40 rankings15
Death's Dooron 1 of 40 rankings16
Streets of Rageon 1 of 40 rankings17
Furion 1 of 40 rankings18
The Wonderful 101on 1 of 40 rankings19
Castle Crasherson 1 of 40 rankings20
Kid Icarus: Uprisingon 1 of 40 rankings21
Monster Hunter: Worldon 1 of 40 rankings22
Dragon's Dogmaon 1 of 40 rankings23
River City Ransomon 1 of 40 rankings24
Double Dragon II: The Revengeon 1 of 40 rankings25
God of War Ragnarökon 2 of 40 rankings26
Black Myth: Wukongon 1 of 40 rankings27
Absolumon 1 of 40 rankings28
Wuchang: Fallen Featherson 1 of 40 rankings29
Devil may cry 3on 1 of 40 rankings30
Diablo IIIon 1 of 40 rankings31
Sleeping Dogson 1 of 40 rankings32
Path of Exileon 1 of 40 rankings33
Hades IIon 1 of 40 rankings34
Ultimate Spider-Manon 1 of 40 rankings35
God of War IIon 1 of 40 rankings36
The Lord of the Rings: Conqueston 1 of 40 rankings37
Devil May Cry 5on 1 of 40 rankings38
God Handon 1 of 40 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 40 independent rankings, recounted 16 October 2026, the best Hack & Slash game is God of War, followed by NieR: Automata and Diablo II.
How this is counted
This chart counts 40 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of games from that source with the most titles whose genre is Hack & Slash, cut down to those titles, in the order that source listed them. A title's place is its average position across all sources counted: a title someone left off their ranking counts as tied with their last place (here, that source ranked titles of this kind and left this one out). A small pull toward the middle keeps one enthusiastic list from crowning a #1. Every title in the computed chart has a numbered position, with its source count shown beside it. It is recounted whenever a ranking is published, changed or removed, last on 16 October 2026. Member rankings and attributed external lists use the same calculation. Multiple lists from one member or external author count once; linked slices add no extra vote. Frozen links, private or unlisted lists and unmatched titles are never counted. The full method.
12 of the 40 published rankings of games this counts, in the order they were published.