Pistol Whip

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Inspired by revered action movies like John Wick and Equilibrium, Pistol Whip stylishly dovetails the pulse-pounding energy of a rhythm game with explosive first-person shooter gameplay. Journey through a cinematic bullet hell powered by a breakneck soundtrack to become the ultimate action hero.

Game Features

Infiltrate a fever dream of 30 hand-crafted scenes, from bank heists to android uprisings, each uniquely designed to intense music tracks.

Immerse yourself in two cinematic campaigns: fast forward to the future in 2089 or enjoy a blast from the past in Smoke & Thunder.

Join the party: action heroes can challenge each other and see where their score falls on local Party Mode leaderboards.

Constant momentum and comfort-first design allow non-stop speed without the fear of motion sickness.

Featuring music from Magic Sword and Seeking Blue, along with artists from Kannibalen Records, including HVDES, Black Tiger Sex Machine, and more.

All past campaigns and updates have been included for FREE in Pistol Whip!

The Styles System: Enjoy Endless Replayability

Whip the way you want with the Styles system sandbox, featuring five distinct weapon types and an ever-growing selection of gameplay modifiers.

Each unique modifier combination creates a new leaderboard, so you can challenge friends or compete solo to dominate the leaderboard for that Style.

Cinematic Campaigns: Immerse Yourself in The Story

Smoke & Thunder: A notorious gunslinger re-emerges to roam the Old West in search of her missing sister, unwinding a deep conspiracy on the cusp of the industrial revolution. Become your favorite badass action hero, this time leveraging the classic Western trope and dropping you into the middle of the Wild Wild West, guns-ablazin, where trains, tesla technology, and explosions set the scenes fraught with danger at every turn.

2089: The robot-plagued future is here, and it needs the perfect hero. It needs you. The 2089 campaign features a gritty sci-fi story and five linked scenes. Become John Asimov, as you use new weapons to survive an off-world plague of killer machines and unravel the mystery behind their violent uprising, all set to a sweet synth-wave inspired soundtrack.


Offline single player
PlayStationVR headset required
PlayStationCamera required
PlayStationMove motion controller required
Online features require an account and are subject to terms of service (playstationnetwork.com/terms-of-service), privacy policy (playstationnetwork.com/privacy-policy), and the game publishers privacy policy.


Online features require an account and are subject to terms of service and applicable privacy policy (playstationnetwork.com/terms-of-service & playstationnetwork.com/privacy-policy).

Software subject to license (us.playstation.com/softwarelicense).

One-time license fee for play on accounts designated primary PS4 system and other PS4 systems when signed in with that account.