Action Video Games90
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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Inner Chains
Action 18 May 2017
The debut production from Telepath's Tree, a Polish studio consisting of the former members of CD Projekt RED, People Can Fly, and Flying Wild Hog. The game is a horror first-person shooter that takes the player to a dark world combining biology and mechanics, where terrifying monsters pose a constant threat. The gameplay combines classic shooter mechanics with those of a surrealistic horror. Dealing with enemies requires the player to use bith conventional weapons and the environment.
Ravenfield
Action 18 May 2017
A team FPS game featuring colorful visuals, designed solely to deliver a single-player experience. The game has been developed by one man - Johan "SteelRaven7" Hassel. In Ravenfield, the player assumes the role of an infantryman fighting for one of the two armies (red and blue) and engages in huge battles waged across diverse battlefields. An army comprises not only infantry units but also tanks, fighters, airplanes, and battleships. Different game modes feature various gameplay rules.
Farpoint
Action 17 May 2017
An first-person shooter game by American Studio Impulse Gear. The game requires the PlayStation VR headgear and utilizes the PlayStation Move motion controllers, as well as a simplified rifle called PlayStation VR Aim Controller. The game is set in the far future, in which interplanetary flights are a part of daily life. The ship carrying the protagonist crashes on an alien world. It quickly turns out that the planet is inhabited by hostile creatures resembling giant insects.
Phantom Dust HD
Action 16 May 2017
Phantom Dust HD is a remastered version of the 2004 action game released for Xbox. Just like the original, it was developed by one of Microsoft Studios' in-house developers. The game features improved visuals, interface, and controls. Multiplayer mode was also expanded. Phantom Dust HD takes us to a post-apocalyptic world, where Earth is covered with deadly dust that forced what was left of mankind to go underground.
GRIDD: Retroenhanced
Action 16 May 2017
A rail shooter game developed by the independent Italian developer Antab Studio. GRIDD: Retroenhanced draws its inspirations from both cyberpunk and hacker culture of the 1980s. The player gets to assume the role of an operator of a battle ship that traverses the virtual reality with a task to bypass a computer defense system and defeat a dangerous Artificial Intelligence. During the game, one gets to sweep through procedurally generated maps and fight numerous enemies.
Best Sniper: Shooting Hunter 3D
Action 16 May 2017
A mobile first-person shooter game by T-Bull, utilizing a free-to-play model with microtransactions. Best Sniper: Shooting Hunter 3D takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, when North America became a wasteland after a failed experiment, whose goal was reviving dinosaurs. When the remnants of humanity are being threatened by the bloodthirsty humanosaurs and hungry zombies, the protagonist's only choice is to grab their weapon and face the danger.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Zombies Chronicles
Action 15 May 2017
An expansion pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops III, created by Treyarch, the authors of the original game. The Zombies Chronicles add-on is a compilation of remastered versions of the top eight zombie mode levels from the previous Call of Duty games.
Polybius
Action 10 May 2017
A rail shooter created by Llamasoft. The player is placed in control of a combat ship, which constantly goes forward and whether it is over a surface or inside a tunnel, the player's role remains to maneuver to the sides, perform dodges, attack enemies and destroy countless obstacles. The player fights smaller and larger adversaries coming in large numbers.
Strafe
Action 09 May 2017
Set in a science fiction world, an old-school first-person shooter in a retro style inspired by similar productions from the 90s. In this debut project of Pixel Titans, you take control of a scavenger who suddenly loses a huge space cruiser ICARUS from his radar during one of the scouting missions. He decides to see what is wrong and ends up having to fight for his life on the deck of this humongous ship.
Prey
Action 05 May 2017
An in-name-only sequel to a best-selling science-fiction FPS released in 2006. After many perturbations haunting the series, the development has been commissioned to Arkane Studios, the creators of the Dishonored series.
Atomine
Action 04 May 2017
Three-dimensional, isometric twin-stick shooter, characterized by minimalistic graphic design, high speed of action and high simplicity of gameplay. The game offers randomly generated boards.
Battle Bay
Action 04 May 2017
Battle Bay is an online action game with MOBA elements, developed for mobile platforms by Rovio studio, known for the immensely popular Angry Birds franchise. Battle Bay is focused entirely on multiplayer, in which two five-member teams fight. Each of the players controls a motorboat, chosen from an array of models, which in practice serves as classes. The players can choose weapons that suit their style – different kinds of cannons, torpedoes, and grenades are available.
World of One
Action 27 April 2017
An independent action platformer with logic elements inspired by the popular Limbo and the novel The Little Prince. In World of One, you assume the role of a boy living on a small planet, who begins to question his existence. Interested in learning about the reality he lives in, the boy sets out on a journey to different planets. While observing the action from the side-view, the player solves logic puzzles based on physics and fights enemies.
Bendy and the Ink Machine
Action 27 April 2017
An action-adventure game in the form of a survival horror, created by TheMeatly Games - an independent Canadian developer. The game was divided into episodes to be released on a regular basis - the first of them can be tried out for free. Henry, the game's protagonist, is a former employee of an animation studio who revisits his old workplace in response to an invitation he received from his previous boss.
Gun Gun Pixies
Action 27 April 2017
A combination of a three-dimensional shooter and a platformer. Players embody two aliens several centimetres long, which were sent with the mission of researching human behaviours and customs. During the game we visit rooms belonging to five different students living in a women's dormitory.
Immortal Redneck
Action 25 April 2017
Hybrid FPS and roguelike, in which we play the title peasant. In unexplained circumstances, the protagonist ends up in ancient Egypt - as a living mummy he goes deep into the pyramids, where he hopes to find answers to the questions that bother him. This, of course, means having to face up to the enemy's taboons.
The Last Journey
Action 25 April 2017
A post-apocalyptic exploration game created by a Polish studio – Sleepless Clinic. The game takes us to a world where Earth has been destroyed as a result of a nuclear war. Taking control of a crew of a spaceship, we traverse the uncharted areas of the galaxy in search of a new home for the human race. The game world is procedurally generated, so each journey can take a completely different course.
Outlast 2
Action 25 April 2017
The sequel to Outlast, a 2013 first-person survival horror and a successful debut of the Red Barrels studio. As the authors decided to abandon the themes initiated in the first part of the series, the game does not return to the dark psychiatric hospital located somewhere in the mountains of Colorado. Instead, Outlast 2 takes place in a completely new location and tells the story of new characters.
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3
Action 25 April 2017
The third installment in a popular first person shooter developed by Polish developer CI Games. Unlike the previous games in the series, most of the development process was done by a second party studio, comprised of creators of game franchises like Sniper Elite, Full Spectrum Warrior, and Killzone. The game features a growing conflict between Russia and the United States.
Deformers
Action 21 April 2017
A multiplayer-oriented, crazy action game created by Ready at Dawn - a California-based studio. Online duels taking place on shaky arenas floating in mid-air constitute the core of the experience. The players are divided into two teams and having assumed control of colorful round-shaped creatures, they try to eliminate the opponents. Each of the creatures has both its strong and weak points. An enemy can be taken out by ramming or pushing them off the arena, as well as simply shooting them down.
Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
Action 20 April 2017
Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop is an improved version of Alien Swarm, a 2010 shooter developed by Reactive Drop Team. The game is free-to-play and, in comparison with the original one, it has new kinds of enemies (like the Antilon Guards from Half-Life 2), new weapons, such as combat rifle, Devastator, or Desert Eagle, and better bots that will fight with you side by side on all of the official maps. Nonetheless, Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop focuses on co-op matches, this time for up to eight players.
Cloud Pirates
Action 19 April 2017
Cloud Pirates is an action MMO game created by the Russian studio Allods Team. The game takes place in the fantasy world of Sarnaut that suffered a mysterious cataclysm thousand years ago. In its result, the world was shattered into floating islands. To improve communication between them, and in order to search for treasures and ancient artifacts, special airships were constructed. In time, the adventurers operating those ships received a new name - cloud pirates. We play as one of them.
Man O' War: Corsair
Action 19 April 2017
A video game adaptation of Man O’ War – a popular tabletop game from the Warhammer Fantasy universe. Man O’ War: Corsair is an action game developed by Evil Twin Games, giving us the opportunity to command our own pirate ship. The game is focused mainly around the exploration of an open world – aside from lengthy naval travels, we can visit various ports and engage in trade, or battle enemy vessels.
Orcs Must Die! Unchained
Action 19 April 2017
A spin-off to the humorous series of action strategy games that focus on fighting Orcs. This time the developers from Robot Entertainment mixed in even more genres by adding MOBA and card games elements. The game focuses on multiplayer and uses a free to play distribution model with microtransactions. Two factions face each other in the game – the Human Order that was rebuilt after the events shown in the second game and the Unchained, faction that consists of various monsters.