The Best Hack-and-slash Games for Xbox Series X - Page 2

Update : NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black added at rank #3.
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Jitsu Squad (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Jitsu Squad is a four-player co-op fighting game inspired by the Marvel vs Capcom series. The players take on the role of four heroes on a mission to thwart an evil sorcerer’s ambitions and retrieve a powerful demon's soul stone. With beautiful hand-drawn visuals and an over-the-top chop socky soundtrack, this game will have you feeling like you're playing in one of your favorite Saturday morning cartoons.


What we like:
  • Varied characters
  • Super transformations and screen filling super attacks
  • Visually stunning graphics
  • Entertaining soundtrack
  • Variety of enemies and bosses
What could be improved:
  • Difficulty distinguishing between characters in multiplayer mode
  • Limited number of puzzles
  • Not difficult even at the end

  • ninja
  • beat-em-up
  • 1990s
  • scroller
  • cooperative
  • hack-and-slash
  • fight
  • character
  • swordplay
  • 2d
  • comedy
  • superhero
  • old-school
  • retro
  • linear

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MARS 2120 (2024)

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j PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X

Metroidvania with a mix of melee and ranged combats inspired by classics like Super Metroid, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night or Guacamelee! Help Anna “Thirteen” Charlotte battle her way through the secrets of Mars.


  • mars
  • metroidvania
  • 2.5d
  • hack-and-slash
  • nonlinear
  • space
  • pve
  • scroller
  • character
  • futuristic
  • atmospheric
  • platform
  • action

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Death or Treat (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Mac OS (Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch) Playstation 4

The Halloween spirit is missing! Play as Scary and help him save HallowTown. "Death or Treat" is a 2D action-roguelite and hack & slash, with handpainted environments and traditional animation. Explore all the worlds and defeat hordes of enemies using different weapons and skills.


  • rogue-like
  • hack-and-slash
  • souls
  • dark
  • cartoony
  • fantasy
  • 2d
  • hand-drawn
  • inventory
  • colourful
  • 1990s
  • management
  • steampunk
  • combat
  • cute

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Dungeons of Sundaria (2022)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Adventure through epic dungeons facing fearsome creatures either solo or with a group of friends. Master your class, loot everything, and destroy the foul creatures of the deep! Will you become a hero of legend?


  • cooperative
  • dungeon-crawler
  • hack-and-slash
  • pve
  • local
  • class
  • character
  • multiplayer
  • rpg
  • campaign
  • 4-player
  • customization
  • third-person
  • fantasy
  • action

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Eastern Exorcist (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One

Eastern Exorcist is a stunning 2D side-scrolling action RPG set in a fantasy eastern world with the vicious spirits and monsters. Play as a skilled exorcist against chaotic evil to fight your way through the brutal world, and experience different stories of joy and sorrow.


  • souls
  • hack-and-slash
  • scroller
  • 2d
  • rpg
  • hand-drawn
  • side-scrolling
  • demons
  • parry
  • action
  • magic
  • violent
  • combat
  • arts

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Shing! (2020)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS

Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!


  • beat-em-up
  • demons
  • cooperative
  • ninja
  • fight
  • rogue-like
  • swordplay
  • hack-and-slash
  • 2.5d
  • spectacle
  • scroller
  • character
  • side-scrolling
  • colourful
  • arcade

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KinnikuNeko: SUPER MUSCLE CAT (2024)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X j Playstation 5 PC Windows

A cat with the body of a bodybuilder fights against aliens in this 2D platformer with anime aesthetics.


  • platform
  • metroidvania
  • anime
  • scroller
  • comic
  • 2d
  • 2.5d
  • hack-and-slash
  • aliens
  • cats
  • linear
  • book
  • action-adventure
  • hand-drawn
  • cute

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The Excrawlers (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X

Action-RPG slasher game in which you and others hero will have to plunge into the dark atmosphere of dungeons full of monsters and madness.


  • souls
  • short
  • hack-and-slash
  • top-down
  • dark
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • rogue-like
  • colourful
  • dungeon-crawler
  • fantasy
  • action-adventure
  • difficult
  • real-time
  • zelda

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RetroRealms Arcade (2024)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

The RetroRealms Arcade connects select RetroRealms games with other titles in the series that you own (games and DLC sold separately) to unlock new access and abilities and create the ultimate mash-up of horror legends!


  • heart-pounding
  • gore
  • horror
  • platform
  • hack-and-slash
  • action
  • 1990s
  • adventure
  • retro
  • arcade
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • violent
  • scroller
  • classic

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Memory Lost (2024)

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j Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Memory Lost is a story-driven action shooter, the battles in which are built around the mechanics of mind capturing and moving into the enemy's body. First-aid kits were not delivered, there is only one magazine in the weapon - change the bodies to survive!


  • top-down
  • cyberpunk
  • shooter
  • beat-em-up
  • lore
  • twin-stick
  • shoot-em-up
  • hack-and-slash
  • soundtrack
  • isometric
  • sci-fi
  • 3d
  • atmospheric
  • violent
  • narrative

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