Action Video Games74
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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We Happy Few
Action 10 August 2018
An unordinary action-adventure game which uses the style and tune of the 60s. The title was created by an independent studio Compulsion Games known for creating Contrast, a title that used similar style. In the game, the player travels to a fictional town in which, due to indoctrination and a wonderful drug, the citizens are constantly happy and all traits of dissatisfaction are immediately eliminated. The protagonist is one of the defiant citizens who are resistant to the system.
Squad 44
Action 09 August 2018
A realistic FPP shooter game, focused on the multiplayer mode for dozens of players at once. Post Scriptum is based on Operation Market Garden, which took place during World War II.
Dead Cells
Action 07 August 2018
An action game with roguelike and metroidvania elements by indie French studio Motion Twin. During the game, you explore a grim castle, whose elements (such as chambers, cloisters, and sewers) are procedurally generated. Given the permadeath system, it means that each new gameplay is a fresh experience, during which you can discover new parts of the fortress. An important aspect of Dead Cells is combat, which is very difficult.
Flat Heroes
Action 02 August 2018
A platform action game, in which you play as the eponymous flat heroes and have to complete over 300 levels. Apart from the campaign mode, the game also features special challenges, as well as a multiplayer mode for up to 3 players.
Forsaken Remastered
Action 31 July 2018
A refreshed version of Forsaken - the first-person shooter released in 1998 on PC, PlayStation and Nintendo 64. In Forsaken Remastered we direct a small flying ship that can move in all three dimensions.
Code of Princess EX
Action 31 July 2018
A refreshed and expanded version of Code of Princess. The story told in the game focuses on the character of princess Solange of DeLuxia, who is tasked with restoring the order in her homeland. During the adventure, the players are traveling through levels and fighting encountered enemies.
Fractured Lands
Action 31 July 2018
An online FPP shooter based on the battle royale formula, created by Unbroken. The players find themselves in the middle of the post-apocalyptic wilderness, where they have to compete with others for the title of the last living person on the map. Weapons, armor, upgrades, and vehicles scattered around the area will help you survive. The latter play an exceptional role in the title.
Sleep Tight
Action 26 July 2018
An arcade twin shooter game with tower defense elements. You play as a child fighting monsters at night. During the day you prepare for battle by building and upgrading your base and placing towers. Once the night falls, you shoot everything that moves.
Marvel Powers United VR
Action 26 July 2018
Marvel Powers United VR is a PC FPP action game requiring a VR headset. You play as one of the many Marvel comic book characters, each of them possessing their distinct characteristics and special abilities. The gameplay consists mostly of fighting hordes of enemies.
War Tech Fighters
Action 25 July 2018
An action game in which we sit at the helm of a moss and take part in dynamic clashes in space. While playing in War Tech Fighters we develop the combat potential of our machine, gaining new levels of experience and various percussions and upgrades. In addition to the fictional campaign, the title has a survival mode and special challenges for veterans.
The Persistence
Action 24 July 2018
A hybrid of survival horror and a roguelike game, designed exclusively for Virtual Reality headgear. Developed by Firesprite, The Persistence takes the players to the year 2521, when the interstellar voyages are a part of people’s everyday life. The main protagonist is a member of a spaceship crew, which, as a result of an unsuccessful experiment, has been turned into bloodthirsty mutants.
Airheart: Tales of Broken Wings
Action 24 July 2018
An action title with elements of classic arcade shooters and roguelike productions. Developed by Blindflug, the game is a continuation of Cloud Crashers. The action takes us to a dieselpunk world. The main protagonist, Amelia, lives in the flying city Granaria. To make a living, the girl catches fish dwelling high in the clouds, and she is aware of the social inequalities of this sky utopia.
Soviet Lunapark VR
Action 23 July 2018
A first-person shooter game, set on an island full of retro-futuristic inventions created in the alternate Soviet Union. In Soviet Lunapark VR, you try to escape a facility controlled by rogue machines and zombies.
Far Cry 5: Lost on Mars
Action 17 July 2018
An expansion for the 2018 FPS game Far Cry. The DLC is set on the red planet Mars, where you face dangerous aliens. The expansion was developed by French company Ubisoft, known for e.g. Assassin's Creed and Watch Dogs.
Mothergunship
Action 17 July 2018
A roguelike FPS, in which the players must exhibit great skill and quick fingers, fighting and dodging a storm of bullets from many ships of a hostile armada. Randomly generated levels provide more and more challenges, while the unique weapon creation system lets us create true avatars of destruction in gun form, like ten-barrel rocket-launcher or welded miniguns.
Tempest 4000
Action 17 July 2018
Another entry in a classic s-f representative of the so-called tunnel shooters genre. The game was developed by Llamasoft, led by Jeff Minter, who also created a remake of the original arcade version of Tempest for Atari Jaguar back in 1994. Just like in the earlier games from this series, this one is also about controlling a "claw-shaped" space ship that moves in a network of tunnels.
Mugsters
Action 17 July 2018
A mix between an adventure and a dynamic action game, in which the players save enslaved humans from the clutches of space invaders.
Gene Rain
Action 17 July 2018
A shooter presenting a dystopian vision of the future, in which the modification of the human genotype led to a global catastrophe. In Gene Rain, the player takes control of the heroes trying to restore the old order before the world meets its final annihilation.
Thief of Thieves: Season One
Action 16 July 2018
Thief of Thieves is an action-adventure game by Rival Games, released in an episodic model. The first season consists of four episodes. The production was based on the comic by Robert Kirkman.
Earthfall
Action 13 July 2018
A first-person shooter designed for cooperation mode for up to four players. The game enables the players to face an invasion of terrifying aliens by using a variety of futuristic weapons.
Out of Reach
Action 13 July 2018
A sandbox MMO game which emphasizes the survival aspects, developed by polish studio Space Boat with the financial help from Indiego’s users. Players take roles of castaways, who land on one of the islands of an unknown archipelago, and their main task is to survive in a foreign, unknown environment. To achieve this, we explore the diversified open world in search of a shelter and materials, which will allow us to craft basic tools, weapons, armor, and other useful items.
The Walking Dead: Our World
Action 12 July 2018
A unique action game based on The Walking Dead TV series, produced by AMC. What makes the production distinct among other games is the fact that you battle hordes of zombies in the real world — like in the popular Pokemon GO, the opponents appear near the you, in an environment observed through the camera of your tablet or smartphone.
Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale
Action 12 July 2018
An online first-person shooter introducing a massive multiplayer mode inspired by the Japanese novel/manga Battle Royale and The Hunger Games. We assume the role of the participants of sadistic games held by a race of barbarous, high-tech aliens. The story is just a pretext to the actual game, though, as Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale is a multiplayer-only title with gameplay modes for up to 100 players.