The Best Swordplay Games for Playstation 4

Update : Die by the Blade added at rank #10.
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Kalinur (2023)

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

Defeat the mage Kalinur and bring peace back to the kingdom in this mini metroidvania with a lot of action.


  • metroidvania
  • 2d
  • swordplay
  • retro
  • fantasy
  • platform
  • demons
  • pixel
  • dark
  • adventure
  • exploration
  • medieval
  • action
  • nonlinear

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SpiderHeck (2022)

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

Spiders with laser swords! Duel to the death against your friends or choose to team up and hold back swarms of savage enemies. Swing, stab and shoot with style, effortlessly performing movie-worthy parkour.


  • local
  • cooperative
  • fight
  • swordplay
  • parkour
  • 2d
  • multiplayer
  • physics
  • 4-player
  • pvp
  • wave
  • funny
  • futuristic
  • comedy
  • online

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COGEN: Sword of Rewind (2022)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Rewind, rethink, redo. COGEN is a brand-new kind of 2D action game where there's no time for death.


  • manipulation
  • 2d
  • dynamic
  • swordplay
  • time
  • platform
  • tutorial
  • attack
  • score
  • scroller
  • futuristic
  • narration
  • action-adventure
  • action
  • sci-fi

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Clone Drone in the Danger Zone (2017)

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

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone is a robot voxel slice-em-up where any part of your body can be sliced off. With your mind downloaded into a robot gladiator, you must survive the sinister trials of the arena.


  • robots
  • arena
  • battle-royale
  • swordplay
  • fight
  • voxel
  • cooperative
  • rogue-like
  • humor
  • 3d
  • futuristic
  • multiplayer
  • third-person
  • funny
  • comedy

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Wanted: Dead (2023)

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Wanted: Dead is a new hybrid slasher/shooter from the makers of Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive. The game follows a week in life of the Zombie Unit, an elite Hong Kong police squad on a mission to uncover a major corporate conspiracy.


  • cyberpunk
  • tps
  • hack-and-slash
  • shooter
  • swordplay
  • conspiracy
  • cover
  • bullet
  • time
  • third-person
  • dystopian
  • anime
  • action
  • squad
  • action-adventure

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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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Bot Gaiden (2022)

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

Bot Gaiden is a vibrant 2D platformer built for speed. Take control of ninjabots Robyu and Bytron as they seek to recover the golden skulls from the hands of the mysterious Giorqio and his band of hench-bots. Race to the finish, because bosses get stronger with time.


  • comic
  • swordplay
  • nonlinear
  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • hack-and-slash
  • ninja
  • platform
  • book
  • action-adventure
  • colourful
  • hand-drawn
  • family-friendly
  • robots

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Driven Out (2019)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One

Beautiful 16 bit retro art style with fluid animations and deliberate combat. Read the enemy and act accordingly in this seamless world without any load screens.


  • swordplay
  • souls
  • scroller
  • medieval
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • hack-and-slash
  • adventure

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Samurai Kento (2023)

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Play as Kento, an Elder Samurai, and face the evil Yokai in this 2D pixelated mini action RPG set in Feudal Japan based scenarios!


  • metroidvania
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • rpg
  • swordplay
  • platform
  • 1990s
  • action-adventure
  • 1980s
  • snow
  • demons
  • colourful
  • magic
  • action
  • pixel

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Die by the Blade (2024)

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Vanquish your foes with a single strike in 1v1 weapon-based fighter Die by the Blade. Dive into a samuraipunk world and wield a range of traditional Japanese weapons to determine your moveset. Outwit your opponent in intense, tactical battles and master the art of the one-hit kill!


  • blood
  • swordplay
  • arts
  • 3d
  • cyberpunk
  • martial
  • pvp
  • gore
  • character
  • fight
  • ninja
  • customization
  • multiplayer
  • competitive
  • violent

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