Best God Of War Mods

Even though God of War is already an outstanding hack n’ slash game complete with intense combat and compelling characters, there’s always room for improvement.

Since bringing the PlayStation exclusive to PC, Sony has opened the floodgates for modders to dive into God of War’s files and start making some substantial alterations.

In this list, we’ll showcase “the finest God of War mods for PC in 2025” and guide you through how they each influence the game’s performance and visuals.

We’ll continue to update this list as new mods capture our attention, so make sure to check back and let us know if we missed any of your favorite God of War PC mods!

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If you’ve been looking forward to playing God of War on PC for a while, there’s a strong chance you’ve already had some of the game spoiled, whether that be segments of the story or gameplay.

There’s also a fantastic chance you’d like to see everything the game has to offer on your first playthrough, which is only possible by using a modded save like enzonahuy’s God of War NG Plus Save File.

This mod downloads an imported save from the PS4 version with nearly complete progression across three versions with varying predetermined stat amounts based on your intended balance.

It can feel surprising to see the Ghost of Sparta bringing a shield into battle for any longtime fans that have been with the series from the very beginning.

With trollaxethrowerr’s Invisible Shield mod, you can get recapture Kratos’ famed days (or nightmare depending on how you look at it) by stripping him of his protective items, at least visually.

Of course, the shield still functions at a gameplay level, only now you don’t have to look at it while slicing up evil guys with the Leviathan Axe or Kratos’ reliable Blades of Chaos.

If removing Kratos’ shield wasn’t enough, players can take things a step further by stripping him of all of his inventive armor in God of War 2018.

Created by VVVvisalVVV, the Clean Invisible Armor and Wrist Armor mod aims to strip the powerful warrior of his new Midgard upgrades and keep just the crucial essentials.

For Kratos, this boils down to a pair of trousers, a belt/skirt, and his wrist wraps; the upper half of his body is left entirely bare, allowing you to see more of his renowned Spartan tattoo.

Whether for performance or artistic purposes, God of War tends to be heavy-handed with its atmospheric haze in certain regions such as the realm of Alfheim.

This can make it challenging to make out parts of the scenery and player-sensitive objects like chests and artifacts if you’re not being too observant.

If this is something that concerns you, feel free to install Poponos’ Less Fog and No Fog mod, which serves the purpose of either reducing or completely eliminating God of War’s in-game fog.

Sony has gotten a lot better at ensuring their PC ports are well-optimized at launch with every new release, with God of War having the most flawless performance out the box.

This isn’t too surprising seeing as it was designed to run on older hardware but if you still find yourself having trouble getting it to run, particularly on AMD graphics cards, this mod is for you.

With Instanity’s Vulkan Launcher altered DLL file, you can run God of War on the Vulkan API, in turn, netting you a performance enhancement of about 10 FPS on most AMD GPUs.

Thanks to a host of optical enhancements for the PC port, God of War manages to look just as breathtaking as it did when it first debuted on the PS4 years ago.

However, it still features some controversial graphical processes, namely TAA or Temporal Antialiasing, which has a tendency of smoothening rougher edges at the cost of making objects appear more blurry.

Therefore, players running the game on resolutions above 1080p may want to consider installing Poponos’ No TAA No DOF mod to remove its effects along with Depth of Field for sharper visuals.

Anyone who wishes to improve God of War’s visuals further is invited to explore the expanding selection of reshade mods available for the game.

Our two favorites at the moment are William252555’s GOW Regrade and kwz’s Odin Reshade, which go for entirely distinct looks compared to vanilla God of War.

GOW Regrade focuses on subtle enhancements to colors, shadows, and sharpness of tone mapping, while Odin changes colors and increases contrast to highlight shadows and make the world more gloomy.

A typical grievance regarding console ports, or really AAA games in general is the sheer number of intro videos and startup screens they have to cycle through before getting to the actual game menu.

It would appear this PC gaming gripe is shared by many considering modder Instanity went out of their way to make a God of War mod that bypasses the PlayStation intro video on startup.

Even if the difference is only a few seconds, that’s less time spent reminded of who funded and produced the game and more time spent slicing up Draugr with an enchanted axe.

Last but not least, this mod harkens back to Kratos’ early days before he grew out his thick beard and became everyone’s beloved dad.

Yet again courtesy of modder Poponos, the Kratos No Eyebrows No Beard mod makes a simple fix to the Ghost of Sparta’s appearance that leaves him entirely hairless, well almost.

Kratos does manage to hold onto some of his rugged through visible five o’clock shadow across his upper lip, lower jaw, and neck areas.