Kratos, the god of war, leaving his vengeful self behind, traverses through the lands of Midgard, with his son, Atreus, on an epic journey of father and son battling deities, monsters and fate itself.

After exiling himself from his blood-soaked past in ancient Greece, Kratos, the God of War, hangs up his weapons forever in the Norse realm of Midgard. But when his beloved wife dies, Kratos sets off on a dangerous journey with his estranged son to spread her ashes from the highest peak in all the realms.