JustThatGamer on 10 October 2014
- No remakes, remasters or expansions.
- Overall average is based on the aggregate site (Metacritic or GameRankings) using the most reviews.
- For multiplatform games, the version with the most reviews is used.
- Only 3D action-adventure hack 'n' slash games.
Position | Game | Release Year | Score % |
Metacritic (Number of Reviews, Platform) |
GameRankings (Number of Reviews, Platform) |
1 | God of War | 2005 | 94 | 93.52% (75, PS2) | 93.69% (94, PS2) |
2 | God of War II | 2007 | 93 | 92.91% (70, PS2) | 92.79% (78, PS2) |
3 | God of War III | 2010 | 93 | 92.71% (101, PS3) | 92.84% (82, PS3) |
4 | Devil May Cry | 2001 | 93 | 93.62% (37, PS2) | 92.60% (70, PS2) |
5 | Ninja Gaiden | 2004 | 93 | 91.21% (89, Xbox) | 92.54% (91, Xbox) |
6 | Bayonetta 2 | 2014 | 91 | 91.21% (80, Wii U) | 91.40% (52, Wii U) |
7 | God of War: CoO | 2008 | 91 | 91.11% (79, PSP) | 91.06% (83, PSP) |
8 | Bayonetta | 2009 | 90 | 89.79% (86, X360) | 89.89% (60, X360) |
9 | God of War: GoS | 2010 | 86 | 86.37% (73, PSP) | 87.62% (58, PSP) |
10 | DmC: Devil May Cry | 2013 | 86 | 85.78% (65, X360) | 86.33% (49, X360) |
11 | Onimusha 3: DS | 2004 | 86 | 85.08% (53, PS2) | 85.74% (56, PS2) |
12 | Maximo: GtG | 2001 | 85 | 83.03% (33, PS2) | 84.87% (68, PS2) |
13 | Onimusha 2: SD | 2002 | 84 | 82.94% (31, PS2) | 84.44% (56, PS2) |
14 | Darksiders II | 2012 | 84 | 84.22% (63, X360) | 83.39% (49, X360) |
15 | Devil May Cry 3 | 2005 | 84 | 84.38% (60, PS2) | 84.11% (70, PS2) |
16 | Onimusha: Warlords | 2001 | 84 | 84.91% (23, PS2) | 84.01% (60, PS2) |
17 | Devil May Cry 4 | 2008 | 84 | 83.57% (63, PS3) | 83.26% (61, X360) |
18 | Darksiders | 2010 | 84 | 83.51% (81, X360) | 83.98% (66, X360) |
19 | Maximo vs AoZ | 2003 | 83 | 82.26% (46, PS2) | 82.80% (52, PS2) |
20 | Otogi: MoD | 2002 | 82 | 79.78% (40, Xbox) | 82.48% (67, Xbox) |
21 | Castlevania: LoS | 2010 | 82 | 82.43% (70, X360) | 81.84% (51, X360) |
22 | Rygar: TLA | 2002 | 82 | 82.97% (30, PS2) | 82.27% (48, PS2) |
23 | Onimusha: DoD | 2006 | 82 | 80.22% (45, PS2) | 81.82 (53, PS2) |
24 | Ninja Gaiden II | 2008 | 81 | 80.68% (74, X360) | 81.25% (69, X360) |
25 | GoW: Ascension | 2013 | 81 | 80.63% (89, PS3) | 79.87% (68, PS3) |