Action Video Games88
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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Einar
Action 20 July 2017
Einar is a free slasher game in which we play the title wikinga, endowed with magical weapons. His mission is to clear a small village of mutant, ugly monsters before the plague they carry will consume further victims. The title was created as a credit project for students from the Dutch NHTV University.
Gigantic
Action 20 July 2017
An online action game with MOBA features set in fantasy world, and the debut project from the American studio, Motiga, established by veterans of the gaming industry led by James Phinney (StarCraft, Guild of Wars). Its story takes us to a land filled with magic and fantasy races, while the game itself concentrates on skirmishes between two teams of five people. Each player takes control of a selected hero with unique skills and equipment.
DreamWorks Universe of Legends
Action 19 July 2017
An action game in which we play the most popular characters brought to life by DreamWorks for the needs of its films and series. The task set before us is to interweave the plans of the evil King Globby, which is effective in crossing different worlds and fighting with the enemies we have met.
Archangel
Action 18 July 2017
A spectacular FPS created exclusively for VR by Skydance Interactive. The story takes place at a relatively not distant time in the future on a world destroyed by natural disasters and ruled with an iron fist by megacorporations. During the game, the player assumes the role of a pilot of a six-story-tall war machine, who works for the United States Free Forces resistance. He is tasked with a mission to fight a privately owned conglomerate - HUMNX.
Downward
Action 13 July 2017
An action-adventure game developed by Italian studio Caracal Games. Its action takes place a thousand years after the biblical apocalypse – a global cataclysm has destroyed Earth during the Middle Ages, decimating the human population. Some survivors have managed to live on, but they weren’t able to recreate even the foundations of the former civilization.
LEGO Quest & Collect
Action 12 July 2017
LEGO Quest & Collect is a mobile action-adventure game based on the LEGO license and developed by TT Fusion. The game's story focuses on the intrigues of the villain known as the Mad Creator, who imprisoned the inhabitants of the Brick World. Our job is to free them and defeat him. In terms of mechanics, LEGO Quest & Collect is an action-adventure game. As we play, we go through many locations filled with enemies and solve simple logic puzzles from time to time.
Iron Crypticle
Action 12 July 2017
A twin-stick shooter with RPG and rougelike elements, developed by the indie studio Confused Pelican. Iron Crypticle takes us to a fantasy land called Cryptonia. The land's princess was kidnapped and the crown jewels were stolen by mysterious enemies. When that happened the ruler of the land decided to ask his most respected knights for help – they must go down to castle's crypts and punish the thieves.
Serial Cleaner
Action 11 July 2017
An oldschool 2D action game with stealth elements and a gangster atmosphere, created by Polish studio iFun4all. Serial Cleaner takes place in America of the 1970s and you play as a seemingly ordinary citizen, who's really the eponymous “cleaner,” specializing in cleaning crime scenes—getting rid of the bodies, evidence, and blood.
BATTLECREW Space Pirates
Action 10 July 2017
A competition-oriented, online multiplayer action game created by DONTNOD Eleven - a French developer. The players assume the roles of charismatic space pirates fighting over the greatest treasures in the galaxy. The game offers four character classes - each has unique attacks and moves differently. Two teams of eight players at maximum fight one another here. Depending on the game mode, the players' goal is to gather as much gold as they can or eliminate all the enemies.
Unturned
Action 07 July 2017
Unturned is a sandbox MMO game that combines the mechanics of the popular DayZ mod with the visual style of Minecraft. The game is distributed for free and was created by a sixteen year old teenager – Nelson Sexton. The game takes place in an open world overrun by a zombie epidemic and forces the player into a fight for survival in this dangerous environment. Just like other, similar games, the main part of the gameplay is resource-gathering-oriented exploration.
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - Absolution
Action 06 July 2017
Third content pack for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare by Infinity Ward studio. The add-on introduces four new maps for multiplayer battles (Fore, Ember, Bermuda and Permafrost) and next episode of Zombie mode’s mini-campaign. Attack of the Radioactive Thing takes the players inside yet another movie of the mad director Willard Wyler, set in a Californian city of the 50s of 20th century.
World War Heroes
Action 04 July 2017
An FPS focused on online skirmishes. The game takes the players to the front during the WWII. Across different battlefields, players can use diverse firearms as well as combat vehicles. World War Heroes offers multiple game modes – one can freely create his or her own mode and invite other players. The game features high-quality visuals.
Spider-Man: Homecoming VR
Action 30 June 2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming VR is an arcade action game developed by Sony Pictures Virtual Reality as a part of the promotional campaign for the Spider-Man: Homecoming film. We play as the titular super hero. Our job is to test the new suit and new web slingers that were given to us by Stark Industries. The fact that Vulture breaths down our back only complicates things. In the end we will be forced to face him.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Master Trials
Action 30 June 2017
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Master Trials is the first expansion for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild that was developed by Nintendo. It is a typical game expansion that does not introduce any major changes to gameplay mechanics. Nintendo focused on adding new content to the game and, by doing so, expanding our adventures in Hyrule. The biggest introduction that comes with the expansion is the new adventure called Trials of the Sword.
Final Fantasy XV: Episode Prompto
Action 27 June 2017
The second story-based DLC for Final Fantasy XV. The player takes on the role of Prompto - one of the close friends of the base game's protagonist. After getting separated from the rest of the team, Prompto sets out for a lonely journey; during the adventure, he has to face his own past.
Ancient Amuletor
Action 27 June 2017
Ancient Amuletor is a VR action game with tower defense elements developed by the Chinese studio TiGames. Players are taken to a unique universe where mages and gunslingers fight with enemies on maps inspired by ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Action is presented from a first-person perspective (FPP). Gameplay focuses on defending magical crystals against waves of enemies. The game offers four playable heroes: mage equipped with a characteristic staff, gunslinger, archer, and doll maker.
Vostok Inc.
Action 26 June 2017
Developed by Nosebleed Interactive, a space shooter enriched with elements of so-called clickers. Vostok Inc. is set in the distant future and the player assumes the role of a newly chosen chairperson of the titular company. The protagonist's goal is to gather a gigantic fortune through the completion of assigned tasks. The gameplay formula was based on two pillars.
Get Even
Action 23 June 2017
An FPS created by Polish developer The Farm 51, mainly known for the NecrovisioN franchise and the latest installment in the Painkiller series. The game tells a story of a man whose profession involves tying up loose ends for governments and influential persons. The protagonist’s situation complicates when one of his potential victims decides to fight back. The story is presented from the twin perspectives of the two rivaling characters.
Argo
Action 22 June 2017
An online tactical FPP shooter built around team battles, developed by Bohemia Interactive studio. It is a conversion of 2011 military simulator Arma III. Argo takes the players to a fictional island of Malden, which is a new version of a location from 2001 title Operation Flashpoint from the same developer.
Master X Master
Action 21 June 2017
A hybrid MMO game combining PvP duels typical for MOBA titles with an extensive, story-based PvE component; it was created by NCSoft - an experienced, Korean developer. The game is set in a universe that mingles together elements of NCSoft's earlier games, and the player can explore various colorful sceneries. Both popular and completely new characters were included - each has their different active and passive abilities.
Dungeon Defenders II
Action 20 June 2017
A sequel to a popular action-RPG with tower defense elements, originally released in 2011 as a debut game of indie developer Trendy Entertainment. In contrast to the first game, this one is based on the free-to-play business model, and offers two entirely different multiplayer modes. The first one is a traditional co-op, in which players of different skills and specializations join forces against waves of enemies of increasing difficulty.
Nex Machina: Death Machine
Action 20 June 2017
A science fiction shooter from Housemarque, the creators of Outland, Alienation, Dead Nation, and Resogun. The action of Nex Machina: Death Machine is set in a future world in which technologically-advanced robots rebel against unsuspecting humans. The player controls one of the few people who are aware of the terror and decides to stop the hostile machines. The creators of Nex Machina: Death Machine combine modern gameplay with the charm of classic shooters from arcade machines.
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
Action 20 June 2017
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour is a spin-off of the Serious Sam series developed by Crackshell in cooperation with Croteam. Once again we play as the fearless Sam who has to face hordes of enemies. Gameplay is based on the series' classic scheme. We fight with numerous enemies and use against them guns like pistols, machine rifles, swivel guns, and flamethrowers. The more monsters we slay, the more experience points we get to level up and progress our hero.
Cryptark
Action 20 June 2017
Hybrid "croissant" and classic shoot'em upa, in which we play the role of an armed to the teeth mercenary specializing in destroying from the inside spacecraft belonging to foreign civilization. During the game we explore the procedurally generated interiors of the ships and we break through hosts of adversaries, gradually increasing our combat potential. The whole was enriched with two-dimensional graphics maintained in cartoon style.