The Gore Zone

Games with graphic violence, blood, dismemberment, or intentionally gruesome effects.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

Gears of War: E-Day - Players say: Join Marcus and Dom as the Locust erupt on Emergence Day, fighting through a cover-shooter campaign and team modes. Players like: Cover-Based Combat · Visuals and Atmosphere · Movement and Controls ·
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Experience Emergence Day – the brutal origin story of one of gaming’s most acclaimed third-person shooter franchises.

Intravenous 3: Borderline - Tense stealth action, tactical hardcore gunplay, and missions & story shaped by the way you play. Step into the shoes of Gideon, a feared mercenary with nothing left to lose, and carve a bloody path of revenge through deep systemic stealth and brutal tactical gunplay.
Gunman Contracts - Stand Alone - Players say: Take contracts against a criminal network as a gunman, clearing missions with customizable weapons and slow-motion combat in VR or on PC. Players like: Satisfying Gunplay · Cinematic VR Action · Detailed Visuals ·
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"Gunman Contracts - Stand Alone" is an intense, action-movie inspired single player shooter created for VR and Non-VR. As a professional hitman, take on ruthless forces in the criminal underworld - one contract at a time.

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Sep 10, 2026
79% 👍
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THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY - The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.
House 2 - As a terrible storm rages on, a young girl tries to survive in a HOUSE hell-bent on killing her and her family...
Blood Dungeon - From the creators of Nidhogg, murder hordes of monsters in this 2D platforming autoshooter with a killer soundtrack. Collect Blood, gold, and bones to increase your powers. Can you survive the Blood Dungeon?

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Discounted 25% or more right now, limited to well-reviewed games, steepest cuts first.

RoboCop: Rogue City - Players say: Patrol crime-ridden Old Detroit as RoboCop, combining heavy first-person firefights with investigations, police duties, and choices. Players like: Film-True Atmosphere · Heavy Auto-9 Combat · Old Detroit Details ·
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Become the legendary part man, part machine, all cop hero and deliver justice in Old Detroit.

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Nov 2, 2023
87% 👍
of 37k
The Blind Prophet - Players say: As apostle Bartholomeus, investigate demonic corruption in Rotbork through hand-drawn point-and-click exploration, puzzles, and dialogue. Players like: Distinctive Comic Art · Atmospheric Soundtrack · Immersive Dark Setting ·
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A point'n'Click adventure game. Resolve mysteries and fight the Great Evil.

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Feb 5, 2020
87% 👍
of 543
Slain: Back from Hell - Players say: Guide Bathoryn through six cursed realms in a gothic side-scrolling action platformer built around elemental weapons, parries, and traps. Players like: Dark Pixel Art · Heavy Metal Soundtrack · Challenging Combat ·
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Slain: Back from Hell. A heavy metal inspired arcade combat with puzzle elements and gore galore. Stunning visuals and true old school gameplay accompanied by the most metal soundtrack you've ever heard.

DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition - Players say: As an ambitious repossession agent, Price explores eerie 2D locations, solves item puzzles, and confronts the cost of his work. Players like: Emotional Moral Story · Unsettling Atmosphere · Pixel Art Style ·
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DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

Hellslave - Players say: Make a pact with one of six demons, then explore cursed dungeons and build turn-based combat skills to repel an invasion. Players like: Hand-Drawn Dark Art · Flexible Skill Builds · Grim World Atmosphere ·
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Hellslave is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler where you make a pact with the Devil to fight back a demon invasion. Customize your character with powerful demonic abilities, explore a cursed world, and battle nightmarish enemies to save humanity if you can resist the darkness.

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May 26, 2022
85% 👍
of 3.4k
The Slater - Players say: As former cop Mark Slater, infiltrate criminal sites in first person, steal disguises and credentials, and hunt his father's killers. Players like: Stealth Planning · Rewarding Clean Runs · Dark Atmosphere ·
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Get ready to kill drug dealers, crime bosses and anyone who stands in your way as you seek revenge for your father’s murder. The Slater is a story-driven first-person stealth-action-puzzle game that puts you in the shoes of a former cop Mark Slater.

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Sep 20, 2018
74% 👍
of 1.0k
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - Players say: In Nazi-occupied 1961 America, resistance fighter B.J. Blazkowicz battles through missions with guns, stealth, and melee. Players like: Satisfying Gunplay · Memorable Story Moments · Alternate-History Atmosphere ·
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America, 1961. The assassination of Nazi General Deathshead was a short-lived victory. The Nazis maintain their stranglehold on the world. You are BJ Blazkowicz, aka “Terror-Billy,” member of the Resistance, scourge of the Nazi empire, and humanity’s last hope for liberty.

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Oct 26, 2017
81% 👍
of 49k
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition - Players say: As undercover cop Wei Shen, infiltrate Hong Kong’s Triads through martial-arts fights, police cases, street races, and city activities. Players like: Martial Arts Combat · Undercover Cop Story · Hong Kong Atmosphere ·
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The Definitive Edition of the critically acclaimed, award winning open-world action adventure, reworked, rebuilt and re-mastered for the new generation. With all previously available DLC included and a wealth of tech and visual improvements, Hong Kong has never felt so alive.

Road Redemption - Players say: Lead a biker gang across a post-apocalyptic country, racing rival riders, fighting with weapons, and pursuing a bounty. Players like: Road Rash Nostalgia · Motorcycle Combat · Local Split-Screen ·
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Road Redemption lets you lead a biker gang on an epic journey across the country in this driving combat road rage adventure. Huge campaign, dozens of weapons, full 4-player co-op splitscreen.

Harvester - Players say: After waking in a bizarre town, Steve investigates his missing fiancée and a secretive lodge through puzzles, exploration, and combat. Players like: Bizarre Story · Dark Humor · Surreal Atmosphere ·
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A strange and twisted world...Harvester! The most violent adventure game of all time comes to Steam!

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Apr 4, 2014
91% 👍
of 1.7k
Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered - Players say: As 16-year-old Chloe, navigate grief, choices, and a new bond with Rachel in this dialogue-led prequel to Life is Strange. Players like: Chloe-Rachel Relationship · Emotional Storytelling · Character Development ·
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Life is Strange: Before the Storm returns with remastered visuals across characters & environments.

Happy Game - Players say: Guide a sleeping boy through three surreal nightmares, clicking and dragging through eerie scenes to solve puzzles and find a way out. Players like: Distinctive Art Style · Dreamlike Atmosphere · Eerie Sound Design ·
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A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?

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Oct 28, 2021
90% 👍
of 3.6k

Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

Contract Rush DX - Every character plays like an entirely different action game in Contract Rush DX. Explore a world inspired by 2000's flash animation, collect powerful upgrades throughout levels, and unleash them to defeat difficult boss battles!
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Jul 30, 2025
100% 👍
of 282
DeadOS - DeadOS is an early access zombie outbreak simulator by Benn Powell that focuses on city-wide scenarios where you have access to fully customize your apocalypse experience from beginning to end. Simulation. Sandbox. Survival!
The Dark Rites of Arkham - Players say: Two Arkham detectives investigate a sealed-room ritual murder in a pixel-art point-and-click mystery of cults and occult clues. Players like: Lovecraftian Storytelling · Detailed Pixel Art · Detective Duo Chemistry ·
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A macabre ritual murder puts Arkham PD detectives Jack Foster and Harvey Whitman to the test. As the investigation progresses, they will unveil a disturbing connection between the Salem witch trials of the 17th century and the end of humankind.

Nightmare Frames - Nightmare Frames is a supernatural thriller where you'll step into the shoes of Alan Goldberg, in the search for the scariest horror film of all time. An enthralling journey through the streets of the Hollywood of the 80s, a small haunted town, and even Hell itself.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi - Players say: Read a sound novel set in a murder-haunted 1983 village, as Rika and her friends try to change its recurring tragedies. Players like: Mystery Revelations · Emotional Story · Rika's Character Arc ·
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Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

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Jul 18, 2019
98% 👍
of 419
カルトに厳しいギャル-CULT VS GAL- - Make mincemeat out of cults and chop heads with machetes! Old school shooter staples and gals, and a familiar difficulty level. Ye shall witness a new struggle!
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May 3, 2024
98% 👍
of 401
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei - Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
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Jun 2, 2022
98% 👍
of 303
Togainu no Chi ~Lost Blood~ - Players say: Falsely accused Akira enters a lethal fighting contest in ruined Tokyo, where choices shape his relationships and branching fate. Players like: Layered Story Revelations · Distinctive Route Characters · Akira's Character Growth ·
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Akira’s life has been defined by violence, but that won’t be enough to save him when he’s forced to play a deadly game. Will the bonds you forge in this stunning visual novel lead to his salvation, or to his ruin?

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Feb 25, 2020
97% 👍
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CANINE - PSX style horror game about a boy looking for his dog, kidnapped by an evil corporation that runs experiments with pets.
Herald of Havoc - Grab huge guns, mow down hundreds of enemies, reach the end of the level, repeat. It doesn't get any simpler than this. Embark on a 3 hour campaign with varied environments and situations, and beat the leaderboard on a tightly crafted survival mode.
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Jun 25, 2023
97% 👍
of 281
Nasty Zombies - Team up with up to 8 players and take on endless waves of Nasty Zombies in a high-intensity, movement-focused boomer shooter. Use agility and smart positioning to survive semi-procedural maps and unlock permanent upgrades like Blessings, Miracles, Invocations, and cosmetics.
Purgatory -NARAKU- - This is a survival horror action game in which a young girl "Enri" tries to escape from a mysterious facility filled with blood and madness.
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Jun 27, 2024
97% 👍
of 233

Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Players say: Four survivors battle through Deep South campaigns, sharing supplies and rescuing teammates as zombie encounters shift each run. Players like: Co-op Teamwork · Dynamic Replayability · Workshop Mods ·
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Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

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Nov 16, 2009
98% 👍
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People Playground - Players say: Experiment with physics-driven ragdolls in an open 2D sandbox, testing materials, causing damage, and building contraptions. Players like: Sandbox Freedom · Workshop Mods · Physics Experiments ·
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Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

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Jul 23, 2019
98% 👍
of 317k
Iron Snout - Players say: A stationary martial-arts pig fends off waves of armed wolves with directional attacks, dodges, combos, and their own weapons. Players like: Fast, Satisfying Combat · Catch And Throw Weapons · Cartoon Humor ·
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Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

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Jan 27, 2016
98% 👍
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Crime Scene Cleaner - Players say: As a single father working for the mob, clean bloody crime scenes, remove evidence, and uncover clues with specialized tools. Players like: Satisfying Cleanup · Relaxing Gameplay · Environmental Storytelling ·
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Once you get tangled with the mob, you will forever be a part of the mob. At least they pay a decent salary and all you have to do is clean up after their dirty work, but you know what you’re doing. So clean crime scenes, earn as much money as you can, and get ready for the next mission.

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Aug 14, 2024
98% 👍
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Look Outside - Players say: Survive 15 days in an apartment building where looking outside transforms people, scavenging for supplies and fighting monsters. Players like: Distinctive Pixel Art · Cosmic Horror Atmosphere · Memorable Characters ·
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Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.

Bloody Hell - Players say: Play an angelic bird battling through Hell in a top-down bullet-hell adventure, unlocking abilities and routes on the way to Satan. Players like: Enjoyable Boss Fights · Responsive Combat · Exploration And Secrets ·
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A short but sweet game about an Angel on a Bloody Bullet-hell mission to kill Satan! Dash, Double Dash, Grapple & Blast your way through Hell to fulfill your Holy Mission. Will you be able to kill Satan? Or will you fail to master your abilities and DIE in this BLOODY HELL?

Kindergarten 2 - Players say: As a kindergartener stuck in Tuesday's loop, tackle school missions, solve darkly comic mysteries, and shape their outcomes. Players like: Darkly Funny Writing · Puzzle-Like Missions · Monstermon Card Battles ·
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Welcome to Kindergarten 2, which takes place on Tuesday! After the events of Monday, you'll find yourself in a new school with new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.

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Jul 29, 2019
98% 👍
of 5.8k
I Am Your Beast - Players say: A retired agent rejects one last mission, then fights through timed forest firefights with stolen weapons, movement, and traps. Players like: Fast Combat Flow · S-Rank Replayability · Driving Soundtrack ·
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Hunt the military-industrial complex across stylish comic book micro-sandboxes in this fast-paced covert revenge thriller FPS from the developers of El Paso, Elsewhere.

The Supper - Players say: As tavern keeper Ms. Appleton, explore, solve item puzzles, and cook strange meals for customers under a voice’s command. Players like: Distinctive Pixel Art · Creepy Cozy Atmosphere · Memorable Short Story ·
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The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.

Hello Charlotte EP3: Childhood's End - Players say: In this surreal psychological-horror finale, explore the House, talk with its residents, solve puzzles, and follow two routes. Players like: Complex Story · Emotional Themes · Memorable Characters ·
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"All ended well.There was nothing to grieve about." A farewell, and a greeting.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi - Players say: In 1983 Hinamizawa, read Shion’s account as she revisits village mysteries and the choices behind a season of escalating horror. Players like: Reframed Mysteries · Shion’s Character Writing · Emotional Storytelling ·
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Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi - Players say: In 1983 Hinamizawa, follow Rena and Keiichi as suspicion grows around the village’s recurring deaths and disappearances. Players like: Rena's Character Arc · Friendship and Trust · Emotional Climax ·
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Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.