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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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Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life

Action 17 April 2018

The 6th installment in the series of gangster action games published by SEGA, which is popular in Japan. The titular Yakuza is the Japanese word used to describe local organized criminal structures and its members.

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Gal*Gun 2
Gal*Gun 2

Action 13 April 2018

Another installment in a series of hilarious rail-shooters that require the player to confront groups of the protagonist's female schoolmates that have fallen in love with him. The girls are victims of a devilish curse the protagonist has to alleviate using angelic weapons and gadgets.

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Streets of Red: Devil's Dare Deluxe
Streets of Red: Devil's Dare Deluxe

Action 12 April 2018

A 2D beat'em up game with roguelike elements. The players are taken to a world overrun by monsters, where they have to fight for survival and money. The currency can be used to develop the character by acquiring new powers.

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Don't Starve: Nintendo Switch Edition
Don't Starve: Nintendo Switch Edition

Action 12 April 2018

A new version of the popular survival game Don’t Starve. This edition was developed for Nintendo Switch. In addition to the base game that originally debuted in 2013, it includes two expansions – Reign of Giants and Shipwrecked. The expansions greatly expand the gameplay with new features.

Switch

Rogue Aces
Rogue Aces

Action 12 April 2018

A mix of a dynamic shoot’em up and a roguelike, in which we assume the role of a fighter pilot fighting on procedurally-generated battlefields inspired by World War II locations. As the game progresses, we can upgrade our plane, increasing its battle potential and enabling us to face more and more difficult opponents.

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Dusty Raging Fist
Dusty Raging Fist

Action 12 April 2018

Developed by PD Design Studio, Dusty Raging Fist is a 2D brawler and a prequel to the well-received Dusty Revenge. The story of the game is set before the events shown in the previous installment. The main protagonist - Dusty - accompanied by two of his most faithful friends faces the task of defeating the ancient forces responsible for the disappearance of children from all over the fantastical realm.

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SpyParty
SpyParty

Action 12 April 2018

An original indie spy game inspired by the Turing test, the controversial test that verifies a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent, human-like behavior. Spy Party concentrates on the psychological aspect of being a spy and subtlety of human character, personality, and social behavior. In this multiplayer game one of the players becomes a sniper, and the other one assumes the role of the spy.

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Phobos Vector Prime: The First Ring
Phobos Vector Prime: The First Ring

Action 12 April 2018

A twin-stick shooter, in which we sit at the helm of a space fighter and take part in clashes with waves of enemy units and powerful bosses. All this in the vicinity of Phobos - one of the moons of Mars, over which the various sides of the conflict want to take control because of its strategic location.

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RoboCraft Infinity
RoboCraft Infinity

Action 11 April 2018

An improved version of RoboCraft, created by the authors of the original title – studio Freejam. The gameplay focuses on multiplayer battles with other players. The matches are played by controlling special vehicles, constructed from more than one hundred modules and components. So many parts enable the player to experiment and try various things, making each machine on the battlefield unique. The vehicles can be stored in the garage and freely modified if needed.

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Extinction
Extinction

Action 10 April 2018

An action-adventure game developed by Iron Galaxy that tells about a war between humans and powerful ogres. The developers of Extinction claim that while humans always kept fighting with each other, the aforementioned monsters were the real threat and they finally decided to step out of shadows. Only specially trained Sentinels can face them and there aren’t that many of them left. The player assumes the role of one of the last Sentinels – a warrior named Avil.

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Call of Duty: WWII - The War Machine
Call of Duty: WWII - The War Machine

Action 10 April 2018

The War Machine is the second DLC to an FPS game called Call of Duty: WWII. This expansion introduces 3 new PvP maps (Dunkirk, Egypt, and Nazi rocket base), a new mission in War mode that allows players to participate in the night siege of Sicily, and another chapter of the cooperative zombie mode, in which players are taken to Berlin overrun by the living dead.

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Super Daryl Deluxe
Super Daryl Deluxe

Action 10 April 2018

A 2D arcade title with RPG elements. In Super Daryl Deluxe, we control a student of a high school plagued by portals leading to different dimensions. The game features a large dose of humor.

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Radical Heights
Radical Heights

Action 10 April 2018

A battle royale shooter developed by Boss Key Productions, also known for creating LawBreakers. The game features a wacky 80s atmosphere. During the game, the players ride BMX bikes, jump on trampolines, and (obviously) fight for survival in online matches.

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Deployment
Deployment

Action 10 April 2018

Deployment is a multiplayer-only shooter, in which we assume control of computers fighting for digital data systems. The action is seen from an isometric perspective.

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Masters of Anima
Masters of Anima

Action 10 April 2018

An action-adventure game with strategic elements developed for PC. The players control a young wizard who can summon and command magical creatures. The hero can lead even hundreds of those such allies to battle, while also solving puzzles and overcoming obstacles that we come upon during exploration.

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Confederate Express
Confederate Express

Action 10 April 2018

An action game, in which you assume control of a hero attempting to deliver a mysterious package. The game contains over fifty levels filled with various types of opponents. The game is characteristic for its pixel-art visuals.

PC

PWND
PWND

Action 06 April 2018

An online first-person shooter developed by Skydance Interactive - PWND is inspired by the early representatives of the FPS genre. The game allows the players to participate in multiplayer battles on diverse arenas. Unlike other FPS games, in PWND killing an enemy is not enough to acquire points - additionally, the player has to humiliate his foe by performing a dance over the body of the fallen adversary.

PC

Will to Live Online
Will to Live Online

Action 05 April 2018

An MMOFPS title, which sends the players to a post-apocalyptic vision of Eastern Europe infested with hordes of blood-thirsty mutants. Will to Live Online lets us traverse an open world while we perform tasks given by its inhabitants, develop our character (and ensure their survival) and learn the truth behind humanity’s near-extinction.

PC

Crisis on the Planet of the Apes
Crisis on the Planet of the Apes

Action 03 April 2018

An action game developed by FoxNext VR Studio in cooperation with Imaginati. In Crisis on the Planet of the Apes, the players assume the role of one of the intelligent Apes, known as Specimen 139, and are faced with the objective to escape the research facility to join the tribe led by Caesar, the leader of the rebellion known from the movies.

PCPS4

Sir Eatsalot
Sir Eatsalot

Action 03 April 2018

A combination of an adventure and a platform game developed by an independent German studio called Behind The Stone. The game takes the player to a fantasy realm of Gluttington, which faces a grave danger as an evil witch known by the name of Hysterice was able to poison the entire land with a bitter lemonade.

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DC Unchained
DC Unchained

Action 29 March 2018

Developed by the South Korean developer 4:33 Creative Lab, DC Unchained is a mobile action game based on the free-to-play business model and offering mainly PvE and PvP multiplayer modes. The action of the game is set in the universe created by DC Comics for their comic books, animated series, and movies.

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Reverie: Sweet As Edition
Reverie: Sweet As Edition

Action 29 March 2018

An action-adventure game inspired by titles like the first entries in The Legend of Zelda series and Maori myths. Players lead the boy traversing a fictional Toromi Island to deal with malicious ghosts haunting its inhabitants.

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Far Cry 5
Far Cry 5

Action 27 March 2018

Far Cry 5 is the fifth installment of the first-person action game series from Ubisoft. Unlike the previous installments of the series that took place in various exotic locations, Far Cry 5 takes the players to Montana, one of the least populated states of the USA.

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BattleRush
BattleRush

Action 27 March 2018

A multiplayer oriented first-person shooter that takes place during World War II. The game is characteristic for its highly destructible environments (buildings, objects).

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