God of War

His vengeance against the Gods of Olympus years behind him, Kratos now lives as a man in the realm of Norse Gods and monsters. It is in this harsh, unforgiving world that he must fight to survive… and teach his son to do the same.

Developer: Santa Monica Studio, Jetpack Interactive
Publisher: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Franchise: —
Release date: Jan 14, 2022
Store page updated: Nov 13, 2025
Price: $49.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

87.3/ 100

Based on 438 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 😄 Very Positive 93% of 748

All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 96% of 184,825

“completely pulled in, totally hooked, 10/10”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

+1.49

Controls & feel +2.93

“combat moves and cinematic set pieces well put together” (47)

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Story & World

+4.04

Story +4.11

“incredible story with great combat and beautiful visuals” (164)

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Content Volume

+1.02

Variety -2.03

“repetitive puzzle design and reskinned enemies dilute gameplay experience” (69)

[h2]恩怨至此了结，我们必须学会成长[/h2] 早就听说过战神系列的大名，但是战神4却是我玩的战神系列里面的第一部作品，我相信和我一样情况的玩家不在少数，从游玩体验上来讲还是去云一下前面几作的剧情解析能够获得更好的游玩体验。本作讲的是奎托斯在完成对奥林匹斯诸神的复仇以后来到了北欧众神的领地，本想以一个普通人的身份和自己的孩子生活下去，但是各种各样的麻烦不断找上门来，最终不得已奎托斯带上了还不够成熟的孩子一起踏上了旅途，为了生存不断战斗下去的故事，看似是一个老父亲带娃的套路，事实上这是一个不够成熟稳重的孩子和一个笨拙的父亲在一场场冒险战斗中不断成长的故事，孩子终于懂事儿了，而我们的奎爷这一次终于学会了除了战斗以外的能力，爱。对于从战神4才开始入坑的玩家们来说难免会感到一些失望，因为和想象中那个神挡杀神的战神奎托斯不同，本作向玩家展示的是一个生硬老父亲的形象，试想一下那个只会“战斗爽”的奎爷一下子斯文起来，不生气了，不发火了，学会控制自己的情绪了，这种和印象中不同的违和感，那个只会通过战斗来解决问题的奎爷竟然也有温柔的一面，只是不知道怎么把这种关心去正确的传递给爱自己的人，到最后反而伤害了爱自己的人。这样的一个战神形象看起来逼格变低了，但实际上你奎爷还是那个奎爷，在游戏中各种各样的动作都充斥着奎爷当年的狂野感，人物外貌形象虽然沧桑了很多但是从无形中透露出的力量感还是能让人感觉到一

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Visuals & Sound

+4.38

Visuals +4.45

“Graphics marked as Good, Audio marked as Very good” (64)

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Multiplayer

+3.83

Not enough data — only 1% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +3.83

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Fairness

-1.16

Not enough data — only 6% of reviews mention this.

Balance -2.11

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Tech & Ops

+2.55

Performance +3.00

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