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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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Heliborne
Heliborne

Action 12 October 2017

An action combat game that combines elements of multiplayer shooters and arcade helicopter simulators. Heliborne is a debut production of JetCat Games. Mechanically, gameplay draws inspirations from MMO games, such as World of Tanks and World of Warplanes. The game features dozens of helicopter models from different countries and decades.

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Airheart: Tales of Broken Wings
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.

PCXONEPS4

Dear Charlotte
Dear Charlotte

Action TBA

A first-person perspective action psychological survival horror game. It is the first game developed by an independent Indian studio Method to Madness. In Dear Charlotte the player assumes the role of a man who once was a patient of an impoverished research facility. When an outbreak of a mysterious virus takes place in the facility, he is saved by dr Kremlin, a psychically unstable man who seems to be responsible for the situation.

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Breaking Point Standalone
Breaking Point Standalone

Action TBA

A stand-alone version of one of the most popular modifications to Arma III, changing this tactical shooting into a sandbox survival simulator in the world after the zombie apocalypse. Breaking Point Standalone runs on Unreal Engine 4 graphics engine and significantly develops many elements of the original mechanics.

PC

Niffelheim
Niffelheim

Action 26 September 2018

A two-dimensional exploration action adventure game with RPG and survival elements, developed by the debuting Ellada Games. The action is set in a fantasy world inspired by Viking mythology. We assume the role of a warrior whose funeral ship has been kidnapped by demons and taken into a mythical kingdom of cold and ice, the eponymous Niffelheim. The cursed creatures want the protagonist to seek out for them an ancient artifact that threatens their existence.

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Home Behind
Home Behind

Action 03 June 2016

HomeBehind is an adventure/RPG game and the first title developed by TPP STUDIO. HomeBehind tells the story of a refugee who lost his wife and contact with his daughter as a result of a civil war. Fighting for survival, he decides to get to Europe to find the missing members of his family. During the journey he will have to face many difficulties, such as hunger, illnesses, or lack of acceptance.

PC

Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star
Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star

Action 10 November 2016

Developed by Marvelous AQL, another installment of the third-person perspective action games subseries of the Fate franchise, which after a longer break returns to gaming consoles. The action of Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star takes place after events from Fate/EXTRA. As the previous war comes to an end, the supercomputer Moon Cell Automaton takes over the world and sends the players to a digital kingdom known as SE.RA.PH., where they have to fight one more battle for freedom.

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Sky Force Anniversary
Sky Force Anniversary

Action 22 October 2014

A remake of Sky Force - extremely warmly-received shoot'em up released in 2004. Players take control of futuristic fighters to stop the army of General Mantis trying to conquer the world.

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Sundered
Sundered

Action 28 July 2017

A two-dimensional metroidvania action game developed by independent studio Thunder Lotus Games – the producer of the warmly-received Jotun. In Sundered, the player assumes the role of a wanderer who travels through a ruined, post-apocalyptic world. The story of the game is strongly connected to its mechanics, as the price of the progress of the protagonist is paid with his humanity – what powers the player decides to wield, will have impact on the ending of the game.

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Rayman Legends Definitive Edition
Rayman Legends Definitive Edition

Action 12 September 2017

The final edition of a popular 2013 platform game created by Ubisoft. In Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition, released exclusively on Nintendo Switch, the players get to follow the adventures of Rayman, who, accompanied by Globox and the Teensies, begins a long and dangerous journey through the unknown, once again taking the fate of the entire world on his shoulders.

Switch

Blunt Force
Blunt Force

Action canceled

Blunt Force is a PC-based FPS game designed from the ground up with virtual reality technology and requiring a VR device. The game is divided into shooting and adventure sections, played in two different historical periods, which at the same time influence each other in different interesting ways.

PC

Evil Factory
Evil Factory

Action 01 February 2017

An oldschool shooter game utilizing a top-down point of view, developed by Korean studio Neople Games. The game is set in an unspecified future, after the Alliance defeated the malevolent Kraken organization. Rumor has it that the group was not entirely destroyed and is currently preparing for another invasion. The protagonist, Leo, is a secret agent, who is sent to the former Kraken base in the Arctic to determine if the rumors are true.

ANDiOS

Redeemer
Redeemer

Action 01 August 2017

A brutal hack'n'slash game filled with action and created by Sobaka Studio - a Russian developer. The protagonist is called Vasily, a well-built monk with a series of dark events lurking in his past. As a mercenary working for a ruthless military-industrial corporation, Vasily used to commit the worst kind of crimes - he murdered, tortured, and extorted from people.

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AeternoBlade II
AeternoBlade II

Action 11 October 2019

Platform action game with elements of RPG and metroidvania genre. The production continues the plot started in the first part of the cycle - this time during the game we take control not only over Freya, but also over two new protagonists, which are Bernard and Felix. Heroes are once again given the opportunity to manipulate time, which they use to explore vast levels and solve puzzles, as well as to fight enemies they encounter.

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River City Ransom: Knights of Justice
River City Ransom: Knights of Justice

Action 30 April 2014

Scrolled brawl with jRPG grade elements. While playing, we play as a hero trying to free the world from evil. We do this by fighting with hundreds of opponents standing in our way.

3DS

Horizon: Zero Dawn - The Frozen Wilds
Horizon: Zero Dawn - The Frozen Wilds

Action 07 November 2017

Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds is the first DLC for Guerilla Games’ successful third-person action game Horizon Zero Dawn, where humanity is on the brink of extinction and fights for survival against mechanical beasts. This DLC takes us to a frigid area that lies beyond the mountain ridge in the far north of the game’s world and borders with the lands of the Banuk tribe. A new threat arises there and Aloy, the game's protagonist, must face it.

PCPS4

Sir, You Are Being Hunted
Sir, You Are Being Hunted

Action 01 May 2014

An unusual first-person shooter featuring open-world environment, created by an independent studio, Big Robot. The game ridicules the habits of British aristocracy. The action takes place in an alternative version of Great Britain, swarming with intelligent robots that wish to destroy every human they lay their lenses upon. The player takes control of one of their potential victims, whose mission is simply to survive.

PC

Sanctum 2
Sanctum 2

Action 15 May 2013

Continuation of the original production of Coffee Stain studio from 2011, which is a unique combination of classic FPS shooter with tower defense strategy elements. In terms of mechanics, Sanctum 2 does not introduce any revolutionary changes to the gameplay, focusing in particular on the new set of maps. The game still boils down to the proper deployment of defensive structures to prevent the next waves of aliens from destroying the energy nucleus, located in the central part of each location.

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Intruder
Intruder

Action 01 March 2019

First-person tactical shooter focusing mainly on multiplayer games. Playing mechanics and arranging levels reward cleverness and stealth skills. The authors provided access to a mass of ingenious gadgets to set traps on enemies. The game offers both competition and cooperation modes.

PC

ArmA II: Army of the Czech Republic
ArmA II: Army of the Czech Republic

Action 30 July 2012

Third non-self-reliant addition to ArmA II war simulator created by Czech studio Bohemia Interactive Studio. This time the creators focused on imitating the national army of their country.

PC

DoDonPachi Resurrection
DoDonPachi Resurrection

Action 25 November 2010

A two-dimensional shooter created by the genre-oriented Japanese studio Cave. The title is the fifth installment of the DoDonPachi series and an improved port of the original version of the game, which was released on slot machines in 2008.

X360

Killer is Dead
Killer is Dead

Action 27 August 2013

Killer is Dead is an action game, in which players get to use melee weapons to eliminate their enemies. The game has been developed by the Japanese studio Grasshopper Manufacture known for Lollipop Chainsaw and two installments in the No More Heroes series.

PCX360PS3

InFamous 2: Festival of Blood
InFamous 2: Festival of Blood

Action 25 October 2011

A powerful DLC add-on for inFamous 2. The main character of the previous scenes, Cole McGrath, returns to face the vampires. To liquidate their leader for only 24 hours. The title is distributed only through digital distribution.

PS3

White Gold: War in Paradise
White Gold: War in Paradise

Action 24 October 2008

White Gold: War in Paradise is a dynamic action game with strong cRPG elements, in which we observe events from the first person perspective (FPP). In many ways this title resembles such games as Far Cry, Just Cause or Boiling Point.

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