Action Video Games70
Action games. Wide category of games that require reflex, accuracy and agility. It includes, among other things, shooters (e.g. Call of Duty and Battlefield series) and action-adventure games (Tomb Raider). First and third person perspective (FPP/TPP) is used. In most cases we are playing as a character who has to defeat some enemies and reach a specific point. We can use a wide range of weapons, including pistols, rocket launchers, swords, knives and like. Action-adventure is a particular category within action games genre. Such titles put less emphasis on action and combat, focusing more on story, exploration and puzzles.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate
Action 04 May 2023
An isometric action game with elements of a roguelike. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate allows us to play as one of the turtles and it's their mission to save their master. The game features a lot of random elements, including arenas, bosses and pickups.
Afterblast
Action November 2024
An FPP shooter with roguelike elements. Afterblast allows us to play as a chosen one going against powerful evil. We explore planets and eliminate hordes of enemies, gradually becoming stronger. The campaign in the game can be played in singleplayer or coop.
Empyrion: Galactic Survival - Dark Faction
Action 06 February 2024
An expansion for the sandbox action survival game from 2020. Empyrion: Galactic Survival - Dark Faction introduces a brand new storyline, as well as innovations to melee combat and previously inaccessible planets, crafting projects & resources and weapons.
Arksync
Action 21 March 2024
A 2D platformer primarily focused on using weapons in combat, enriched with roguelike elements. Arksync offers a sci-fi setting and the action takes place on the Deimos moon. We have to face mechanical armies of opponents, controlling a fast moving battle droid.
Saviorless
Action 02 April 2024
A platformer with hand drawn 2D graphics, created in Cuba. Saviorless offers 3 playable characters (young Antar, avatar named The Savior and a hunter Nento), each with their own abilities and moves. The game features combat, exploration and occasional puzzles.
Risk of Rain: Hostile Worlds
Action November 2024
A twin-stick shooter with RPG and roguelike elements, and a spin-off of the Risk of Rain series. Risk of Rain: Hostile Worlds has us traverse the Versanto System, dispatching enemy hordes, unlocking new character classes and gathering new equipment.
Earth Defense Force 6
Action 25 July 2024
The third main installment in a series of third-person shooters, in which we face off against cosmic invaders. Earth Defense Force 6 tasks us with exterminating swarms of overgrown insects, reptiles, amphibians and other beasts invading Earth.
Projekt Z: Beyond Order
Action 2024
A first-person shooter by 314 Arts. Projekt Z: Beyond Order is set during alternate World War II, tasking the player with foiling the Nazis, who are planning to weaponize zombies.
Bootlegger's Mafia Racing Story
Action 02 January 2024
An action racing game set in the 1930s, during American Prohibition. Bootlegger's Mafia Racing Story has us playing as a smuggler, illegally transport alcohol while running from the law.
Son and Bone
Action November 2024
A fast-paced first-person shooter reminiscent of the modern Doom games. Son and Bone has us playing as a sheriff transported into a world full of dinosaurs and other strange creatures.
Temtem: Swarm
Action September 2024
A spin-off of the Temtem series, using an isometric view and inspired by Vampire Survivors. Temtem: Swarm allows us to control creatures called Tems, which we use to fight on the areas occupied by hostiles. The game allows for both solo and online co-op play.
Marvel's Blade
Action TBA
A third-person action game by Arkane Lyon, creators of Dishonored 2 and Deathloop. Marvel's Blade stars the titular vampire hunter, dealing with an outbreak in quarantined Paris.
The Axis Unseen
Action September 2024
An open-world action adventure game with horror elements. The Axis Unseen is set in a fantasy land, the player tasked with taking up a bow and hunting fantasy creatures originating from old folklore.
Shadowman: Darque Legacy
Action 2024
Shadowman: Darque Legacy is an action adventure game based on an American comic book series published by Valiant. The playable character can travel between the worlds of the living and the dead, using this power in combat and during puzzles.
Armored Core 2: Another Age
Action 21 August 2001
A sequel and a standalone expansion to Armored Core 2. Armored Core 2: Another Age is a TPP shooter with tactical elements, in which we plot futuristic mechs.
Nocturnal
Action 07 June 2023
A side-scrolling action platformer, in which we face a deadly mist enveloping the protagonist's homeland. Our task in Nocturnal is to traverse the island in question, learn its secrets and eliminate hordes of enemies in our way.
White Day 2: The Flower That Tells Lies
Action 16 February 2023
The second installment of an FPP survival horror series, released episodically. White Day 2: The Flower That Tells Lies puts us in control of various characters, arriving at the haunted Yeondu High School to solve its past mysteries.
Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks
Action August 2024
A free-to-play online action game. Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks is a dynamic, brutal cross between a shooter and a racing game set in the popular sci-fi universe.
Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR
Action 16 November 2023
A VR, first-person spin-off of Assassin's Creed. Assassin’s Creed: Nexus VR has us reliving the memories of Kassandra, Ezio Auditore and Connor Kenway, trying to solve the mystery of the artifacts they've hidden.
Crashlands 2
Action 2024
The second installment in an acclaimed series of action games by an indie studio Butterscotch Shenanigans. Crashlands 2 has us once again playing as Flux Dabes, a galactic courier setting out back home for a well-earned vacation. Unfortunately, the universe has other plans...
Alterborn
Action September 2024
TPP action game with looter shooter, roguelike and soulslike elements. In Alterborn we find ourselves in dark world, which we explore and fight with mutated enemies. As we progress we develop our character, meet allies and get better equipment.
Song of Iron 2
Action September 2024
The second installment in a series of 2.5D action games. Song of Iron 2 has us playing as a viking, uniting four clans against a common enemy - a technologically advanced empire enslaving the northern people.
Dreadhunter
Action November 2024 (early access since 18 October 2023)
Twin-stick shooter with elements of action RPG and roguelike. In Dreadhunter we play the title hunter, who, sitting at the helm of a mecha, eliminates hordes of monsters in futuristic locations.
Oblivion Override
Action 25 January 2024
Platform action game with roguelike elements. In Oblivion Override, we play as a robot who roams the Dulce base and eliminates enemies, learning more and more about the fate that has befallen humanity, as well as the limitations imposed on machines by their creators.