Discounted Violent Games on Steam
Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated violent games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played, top deals and best free violent games are available at the bottom of the page.
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Phantom Doctrine
The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.
Sword Legacy: Omen
Survive strategic turn-based combat in this award-winning indie tactical RPG as you embark on an epic revenge quest in search of the long-lost Excalibur.
The Walking Dead: The Final Season
A secluded school might finally be Clementine’s chance for a home, but protecting it will mean sacrifice.
Yakuza 0
SEGA’s legendary Japanese series finally comes to PC. Fight like hell through Tokyo and Osaka as junior yakuza Kiryu and Majima. Take a front row seat to 1980s life in Japan in an experience unlike anything else in video gaming, with uncapped framerates and 4K resolutions. A legend is born.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition
The VR Edition of the critically acclaimed BAFTA award-winning Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness.
Guts and Glory
A game about father and son riding their bicycle through obstacle courses of death, and other fun family experiences. Created by HakJak
Operation Thunderstorm
The year is 1942. The British government decides to launch one of the most risky operations of World War II. The targets are the most important figures of the Third Reich. After several months of research, MI6 chose three people: the chances of eliminating them are slim to nothing.
GARAGE: Bad Trip
Drug dealer Butch slays hordes of living dead to save a girl. Garage is a bloody topdown shooter inspired by VHS era B-movies.
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
Red Faction: Guerrilla re-defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction.
灵魂筹码 Soul at Stake
Soul at Stake is an oriental-themed 1v4 surviving horror game. There once was a luring urban myth saying that if one can win the game would gain countless money, and his/her destiny would instantly change to become the mightiest overnight. All the participants need only one stake——their souls.
Jurassic World Evolution
Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.
Suicide Guy: Sleepin' Deeply
In this new chapter of "Suicide Guy" you'll be challenged with even more insane puzzles, generated by the surreal dreams of the Guy. You'll encounter the weirdest of the living beings as you go deeper and deeper into his subconscious. This time to wake him up you'll need all your skills.
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr
Enter the Chaos-infested Caligari Sector and purge the unclean with the most powerful agents of the Imperium of Man! W40k: Inquisitor – Martyr is a grim Action-RPG featuring multiple classes of the Inquisition who will carry out the Emperor’s will.
Trash Story
Trash style kinetic novel, created by one man. Short life story with naughty jokes, memes, author made pictures and not ordinary voiceover.
Ancestors Legacy
Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.
Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition
Space Hulk: Deathwing - Enhanced Edition is a First-Person Shooter based on Games Workshop’s cult classic board game set in Warhammer 40,000 universe. Expanding upon the original game, and featuring a host of new content, new features and a richer multiplayer mode.
Conan Exiles
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
Bullet Witch
An army of demons has driven humanity to the brink of extinction. The only thing standing in their way? A woman in black, with a long gun like a witch’s broom and magical powers to match. Mow down hordes of monsters and reignite the spark of mankind’s resistance!
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Ys returns with a brand new adventure for the first time in 8 years! Adol awakens shipwrecked and stranded on a cursed island. There, he and the other shipwrecked passengers he rescues form a village to challenge fearsome beasts and mysterious ruins on the isolated island.
Hiveswap Friendsim
You’ve crash landed on a dangerous alien planet with no food, medicine, or prospects, but you do know one thing—you are absolutely desperate for friendship.
Dead In Vinland
DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.
Most played violent games on Steam
Take a look at the top violent games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of June 17th 2025.
1. Mortal Kombat 11
Mortal Kombat is back and better than ever in the next evolution of the iconic franchise. Mortal Kombat 11 is a fighting, gore and violent game developed by NetherRealm Studios, QLOC and Shiver and published by Warner Bros. Games and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Released on April 23rd 2019 has received 106,281 reviews of which 93,635 were positive and 12,646 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. The game has hit the top spot as the #1 most played violent game, thanks to its 861 peak concurrent players over the last day.
8.7
93,635
12,646
861
players
2. POSTAL 2
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong? POSTAL 2 is a violent, dark humor and open world game developed and published by Running With Scissors. Released on November 02nd 2012 has received 116,058 reviews of which 112,414 were positive and 3,644 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.6 out of 10. While seeing 458 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #2 among violent games based on player count.
9.6
112,414
3,644
458
players
3. Mortal Kombat X
Experience the Next Generation of the #1 Fighting Franchise. Mortal Kombat X combines unparalleled, cinematic presentation with all new gameplay. Mortal Kombat X is a fighting, gore and action game developed by NetherRealm Studios and QLOC and published by Warner Bros. Games and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Released on April 13th 2015 has received 56,252 reviews of which 48,077 were positive and 8,175 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. While seeing 408 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #3 among violent games based on player count.
8.4
48,077
8,175
408
players
4. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a great soundtrack, gore and pixel graphics game developed by Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital. Released on March 10th 2015 has received 66,634 reviews of which 62,741 were positive and 3,893 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. With 338 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played violent games.
9.3
62,741
3,893
338
players
5. GoreBox
GoreBox is a chaotic physics-driven sandbox where creativity meets destruction. Use the Reality Crusher to spawn, manipulate, and obliterate anything. Customize, battle with friends, roleplay, or face devious creatures. In this world, your imagination rules—and chaos is your playground! GoreBox is a gore, sandbox and violent game developed by Felix Filip and published by F²Games. Released on July 21st 2023 has received 14,504 reviews of which 13,136 were positive and 1,368 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. With 271 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played violent games.
8.8
13,136
1,368
271
players
6. Paint the Town Red
Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down. Paint the Town Red is a gore, blood and action game developed and published by South East Games. Released on July 29th 2021 has received 29,576 reviews of which 28,358 were positive and 1,218 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. With 226 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played violent games.
9.4
28,358
1,218
226
players
7. Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat. Hotline Miami is a great soundtrack, violent and action game developed by Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital. Released on October 23rd 2012 has received 106,657 reviews of which 103,599 were positive and 3,058 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.6 out of 10. With 203 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played violent games.
9.6
103,599
3,058
203
players
8. Kindergarten
Welcome to Kindergarten! Have fun trying to learn and share...and not die. That's important too. In a school that's just not quite right, it's important to be friendly...and take out those that aren't. Kindergarten is a funny, gore and pixel graphics game developed by Con Man Games and Sean Young and published by SmashGames. Released on June 15th 2017 has received 8,817 reviews of which 8,518 were positive and 299 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played violent games.
9.4
8,518
299
96
players
9. Hatred
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity. Hatred is a gore, violent and action game developed and published by Destructive Creations. Released on June 01st 2015 has received 22,121 reviews of which 18,412 were positive and 3,709 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played violent games.
8.2
18,412
3,709
83
players
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10. [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection] NINJA GAIDEN Σ
3 high speed ninja action titles are now available in one package! [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection] NINJA GAIDEN Σ is a action, violent and gore game developed and published by KOEI TECMO GAMES CO. and LTD.. Released on June 09th 2021 has received 2,292 reviews of which 1,891 were positive and 401 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. The game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played violent games.
7.9
1,891
401
76
players
Best deals on violent games on Steam
Discover fantastic savings with the best discounts on a variety of violent games available on Steam right now, updated on June 17th 2025. Looking for even more deals? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of discounted violent games.
1. Hiveswap Friendsim
You’ve crash landed on a dangerous alien planet with no food, medicine, or prospects, but you do know one thing—you are absolutely desperate for friendship. Hiveswap Friendsim is a visual novel, indie and simulation game developed by What Pumpkin Games and Inc. and published by Fellow Traveller. Released on April 13th 2018 has received 1,355 reviews of which 1,253 were positive and 102 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. Featuring a massive 99% discount, this game currently holds the #1 spot in the best deals for violent category.
8.8
1,253
102
-99%
12.79€
0.16€
2. Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
Be the Zombie. Kick A** and Take Brains. Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is a zombies, funny and villain protagonist game developed and published by Aspyr. Released on March 16th 2021 has received 2,286 reviews of which 1,987 were positive and 299 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 98% discount, this game is now the #2 best deal in violent games.
8.3
1,987
299
-98%
19.50€
0.56€
3. Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
Explore a decadent hotel across different timelines and uncover the dark history of a fanatical cult and your role in their plans. Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel is a indie, survival horror and violent game developed by Pulsatrix Studios and published by Maximum Entertainment. Released on June 28th 2022 has received 1,982 reviews of which 1,686 were positive and 296 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 98% discount, this game is now the #3 best deal in violent games.
8.2
1,686
296
-98%
24.99€
0.62€
4. Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope
Serious Sam is back! And this time it's REAL! Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope is a vr, action and gore game developed by Croteam VR and published by Devolver Digital and Croteam. Released on September 20th 2017 has received 1,395 reviews of which 1,180 were positive and 215 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 98% discount, this title has earned the #4 position in the best deals for violent games.
8.1
1,180
215
-98%
28.99€
0.58€
5. Yesterday Origins
John Yesterday becomes immortal following an occult ritual. However, not everything goes to plan. He and his girlfriend Pauline must embark on an investigation to try to reproduce the immortality ritual. But his former acquaintances have other plans for him... Yesterday Origins is a adventure, point & click and violent game developed by Pendulo Studios and published by Microids. Released on November 10th 2016 has received 688 reviews of which 569 were positive and 119 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 98% discount, this title has earned the #5 position in the best deals for violent games.
7.8
569
119
-98%
14.99€
0.43€
6. Maid of Sker
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe! Maid of Sker is a horror, adventure and action game developed and published by Wales Interactive. Released on July 28th 2020 has received 2,218 reviews of which 1,754 were positive and 464 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 98% discount, this title has earned the #6 position in the best deals for violent games.
7.6
1,754
464
-98%
24.99€
0.57€
7. Family Man
You owe us money, Joe, and we plan to collect. We don't care where it comes from, but you'd better not skip town on us. Otherwise your family will be searching the river for your body. Family Man is a adventure, rpg and violent game developed by Broken Bear Games and published by No More Robots. Released on May 22nd 2020 has received 582 reviews of which 417 were positive and 165 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.9 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 98% discount, this title has earned the #7 position in the best deals for violent games.
6.9
417
165
-98%
15.99€
0.47€
8. GARAGE: Bad Trip
Drug dealer Butch slays hordes of living dead to save a girl. Garage is a bloody topdown shooter inspired by VHS era B-movies. GARAGE: Bad Trip is a gore, action and violent game developed by Zombie Dynamics and published by tinyBuild. Released on July 06th 2018 has received 775 reviews of which 513 were positive and 262 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.4 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 98% discount, this title has earned the #8 position in the best deals for violent games.
6.4
513
262
-98%
14.79€
0.39€
9. Zombie Driver HD
Insane mix of cars, speed, explosions, blood and zombies! Fight through an epic narrative campaign or test yourself in the Slaughter and Blood Race modes. Zombie Driver HD is a zombies, racing and top-down game developed and published by Exor Studios. Released on October 17th 2012 has received 3,933 reviews of which 3,280 were positive and 653 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 97% discount, this title has earned the #9 position in the best deals for violent games.
8.1
3,280
653
-97%
9.99€
0.35€
10. The Hong Kong Massacre
Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations. The Hong Kong Massacre is a action, bullet time and violent game developed by VRESKI and published by Untold Tales. Released on January 21st 2019 has received 1,671 reviews of which 1,243 were positive and 428 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 97% discount, this title has earned the #10 position in the best deals for violent games.
7.2
1,243
428
-97%
19.50€
0.60€
Free violent games on Steam
Check out this fantastic list of free-to-play violent games you can enjoy on Steam right now, updated on June 17th 2025. Looking for even more free titles? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of free to play violent games.
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1. We Become What We Behold [Fan-Made Port]
a game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles We Become What We Behold [Fan-Made Port] is a free to play, violent and gore game developed by Mismatch Studio and Nicky Case (Originally) and published by Mismatch Studio. Released on July 09th 2019 has received 5,882 reviews of which 5,659 were positive and 223 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. The game currently holds the #1 spot among the most played free violent games on Steam.
9.3
5,659
223
17
players
2. Quake II RTX
Quake II RTX is a cutting-edge, ray-traced reimagining of id software’s old school classic, by NVIDIA’s Lightspeed Studios. Global lighting effects, including realistic reflections, refraction, shadows, ambient occlusion and global illumination are a result of the path-traced simulation of light. Quake II RTX is a free to play, action and fps game developed by Lightspeed Studios™ and published by NVIDIA. Released on June 06th 2019 has received 4,590 reviews of which 4,009 were positive and 581 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #2 spot among the most played free violent games on Steam.
8.4
4,009
581
7
players
3. RED HOT VENGEANCE
He had one rule: No killing women or children. When a hitman is double-crossed by his employer, he brings forth a night of carnage and bloodshed. RED HOT VENGEANCE is a free to play, violent and gore game developed and published by Bros Before Giraffes. Released on July 11th 2019 has received 3,428 reviews of which 3,291 were positive and 137 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #3 spot among the most played free violent games on Steam.
9.2
3,291
137
5
players
4. Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat
Battle other 2D stickfigures online while jumping around like a lunatic and getting blown up into smithereens. With over 70 weapons, Boring Man is the most chaotic and hilarious 2D online shooter on the internet. Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat is a side scroller, pixel graphics and shooter game developed and published by Spasman Games. Released on February 20th 2015 has received 5,451 reviews of which 4,800 were positive and 651 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. The game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played free violent games on Steam.
8.5
4,800
651
5
players
5. FUCK STALIN
Avenge millions of innocent victims and inflict brutal violence on the communist dictator Joseph Stalin using a wide range of torture tools thanks to the blessing of the free market. FUCK STALIN is a free to play, sandbox and dark humor game developed and published by Sunday's Games. Released on January 12th 2024 has received 733 reviews of which 625 were positive and 108 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. The game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played free violent games on Steam.
8.0
625
108
3
players
6. BOMJMAN
BOMJMAN is a hardcore indie shooter, based on the author’s cartoon of the same name, about a hobo-superhero, who punishes evil in the futuristic city, ridden with crime. Evil must be defeated but our hero must answer one question – what for? BOMJMAN is a indie, action and violent game developed and published by Unique Media. Released on December 15th 2020 has received 1,301 reviews of which 1,109 were positive and 192 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. The game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played free violent games on Steam.
8.1
1,109
192
2
players
7. Martial Arts Brutality
In this turn based tactical card fighter, you will learn the secrets of Kung Fu, master control of your formidable Chi Energy and perfect the legendary Dim Mak death touch. Martial Arts Brutality is a free to play, violent and strategy game developed and published by Cold Beam Games. Released on January 31st 2018 has received 706 reviews of which 600 were positive and 106 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. The game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played free violent games on Steam.
8.0
600
106
2
players
8. Blood Spear
Blood Spear is a unique ranged action-adventure student game in which you play as a demonic spear. Emerging from a deep slumber, you are thirsty for blood. Throw with precision to impale and defeat powerful foes inside grandiose environments where a long-coveted power lies. Blood Spear is a violent, indie and blood game developed and published by Blood Spear Dev. Released on August 13th 2021 has received 2,223 reviews of which 2,123 were positive and 100 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. The game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played free violent games on Steam.
9.1
2,123
100
1
players
9. LOEK
LOEK is a FPS where the goal is to shoot farm animals with a rocket launcher. LOEK is a indie, action and free to play game developed and published by Ulbe. Released on February 10th 2020 has received 1,047 reviews of which 977 were positive and 70 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. The game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played free violent games on Steam.
8.8
977
70
1
players
10. Dies irae ~Amantes amentes~
Night after night, the same dream of a guillotine. A headhunting serial killer. And the "knights" in black who follow soon after. Irrationality that defies the realm of common sense begins to assault and devour the city. Dies irae ~Amantes amentes~ is a visual novel, anime and free to play game developed by light and published by views Co. and Ltd. Released on June 02nd 2017 has received 611 reviews of which 534 were positive and 77 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played free violent games on Steam.
8.2
534
77
1
players