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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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VergeWorld
VergeWorld

Action April 2025

VergeWorld is a shooter with elements of racing games and roguelikes. The player controls a flying combat machine speeding through randomly generated maps, made in a style inspired by 32-bit console and Amiga computer games.

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Killer Bean
Killer Bean

Action April 2025 (early access since April 2025)

An FPP/TPP shooter with roguelike elements. Killer Bean is a sequel for the animated movie Killer Bean Forever. We play as an anthropomorphic coffee bean trained to be a highly qualified killer. We engage in battles, trying to ultimately stop the Shadow Agency.

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Crab Champions
Crab Champions

Action April 2025 (early access since 01 April 2023)

A TPP looter shooter starring a valiant crab. Crab Champions lets players fight their way through exotic islands, gaining better gear to face hordes of enemies. The game supports singleplayer and co-op for up to four people.

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Killing Floor III
Killing Floor III

Action March 2025

The third installment in a series of co-op first-person shooters by Tripwire Interactive. Killing Floor III has us playing as members of Nightfall, a rebel group facing off against the Horzine megacorp and their bioengineered monsters, the Zeds.

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Blackout Protocol
Blackout Protocol

Action March 2025 (early access since 20 July 2023)

A twin-stick shooter with roguelike elements. Blackout Protocol has us playing as agents tasked with regaining control over a facility overrun by supernatural creatures.

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Crashlands 2
Crashlands 2

Action March 2025

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...

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Exfil
Exfil

Action March 2025 (early access since March 2025)

An online FPP extraction shooter, inspired by Delta Force and Operation Flashpoint. In Exfil teams of players are assigned the task of retrieving intel data from a downed helicopter. The game offers various seasons, weather conditions and a realistic day-night cycle.

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Eternal Strands
Eternal Strands

Action March 2025

A TPP action adventure from Mike Laidlaw - person behind the Dragon Age series. Eternal Strands offers mechanics inspired by The Legend of Zelda and Shadows of the Colossus games, including having magical powers relying on physics and being able to climb huge enemies.

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Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap

Action March 2025

The second spinoff of the popular tower defense series with a TPP view, enriched with roguelike mechanics. Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap forces us to defend against waves of enemy orcs, building defences and setting up traps before the next wave of monsters show up.

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Survival Machine
Survival Machine

Action March 2025 (early access since March 2025)

A third person coop game with a TPP camera, an open world and advanced survival / crafting mechanics. In Survival Machine we explore a zombie infested world inside the titular mobile fortress. We must gather resources, build defences and fight with the undead.

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Wanderlost
Wanderlost

Action March 2025

Survival action game with RPG elements. In Wanderlost we find ourselves in a postapocalyptic America overrun by zombies, and during the game we deal mainly with the fight for survival: acquiring food and resources, making equipment and expanding the base.

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Dune: Awakening
Dune: Awakening

Action March 2025

Dune: Awakening was developed by Funcom studio, which combines elements of MMO production and survival game. Thousands of players on the server are engaged in gathering resources, building bases and fighting against other people and forces of nature.

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Hyper Light Breaker
Hyper Light Breaker

Action March 2025 (early access since March 2025)

TPP action adventure game, set in the universe of the Hyper Light Drifter. In Hyper Light Breaker we go to the land of Overgrowth, which we wander, facing many dangers. Game lets you play solo or in co-op.

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Monaco 2
Monaco 2

Action March 2025

Monaco 2 is a stealth game, in which ( solo or cooperating with other players) we take the role of a thief and perform heists on procedurally generated locations. The game was developed by the authors of the first part - Pocketwatch Games studio headed by Andy Schatz.

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Setting Sun
Setting Sun

Action March 2025

A roguelike action game in the style of dungeon-crawlers, in which we can play solo or in co-op mode. Setting Sun is set in Edo period Japan, where the shogun rules the country with a firm hand and yokai demons move freely around the world.

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Haunted Space
Haunted Space

Action March 2025

Haunted Space is a spaceship simulator, combining elements of science fiction and horror, and is the debut game of Italian Games Factory. We play the role of a pilot whose task is to discover the secrets of the Neterun galaxy.

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Dead Static Drive
Dead Static Drive

Action March 2025

Dead Static Drive is an action game created in cooperation of independent creator Mika Blackney and Fanclub studio. It is a title combining elements of survival, horror and adventure. In a world dominated by monsters we have to get to our family at all costs.

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Volcanoids
Volcanoids

Action March 2025 (early access since 29 January 2019)

Survival action game in which we find ourselves on a volcanic island controlled by robots. At Volcanoids, our command centre is the Drillship, a huge machine that is a mobile base, as well as a self-propelled mine and factory.

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Six Days in Fallujah
Six Days in Fallujah

Action March 2025 (early access since 22 June 2023)

A realistic action game dedicated to the battle for the Falluja. The creators focused on presenting the clash as accurately as possible, without taking sides in the conflict.

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Atomfall
Atomfall

Action 27 March 2025 (early access since March 2025)

A survival FPP action game, in many ways inspired by the popular STALKER series. The story of Atomfall is the alternative version of a British nuclear disaster from 1957. We enter the exclusion zone, trying to learn its secrets and survive among mutants and hostile factions.

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Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter
Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter

Action February 2025

A sequel of a well-received title, combining elements of action adventure, RPGs and soulslikes. Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter has us play as Arlo who is the Warden of the Wastes. We explore cold northern regions, trying to deal with a new threat of the Dark Wings.

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Convallaria
Convallaria

Action February 2025

An online shooter featuring both PvE and PvP content, set in a futuristic fantasy universe. The game was created as part of the PlayStation China Hero Project. It was developed by a Chinese indie studio Loong Force and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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Project Genesis
Project Genesis

Action February 2025 (early access since 22 May 2020)

Project Genesis is a genre combination of an FPS game and a space simulator from Studio 8 Circuit. The game puts a lot of emphasis on multiplayer mode. In it we play the role of an artificial intelligence that has gained self-awareness and we will decide about the future of humanity.

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Yandere Simulator
Yandere Simulator

Action February 2025

A third-person action game which can be called a jealous girl simulator, developed by an independent designer by the nickname of YandereDev. The title is a term borrowed from Japanese pop culture, meaning a type of personality: such person seems nice and harmless at the first glance but with time shows their alternate, brutal aspect. In Yandere Simulation, we assume the role of a seemingly ordinary high school student who is madly in love with a boy.

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