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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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Predecessor
Predecessor

Action 20 August 2024

TPP MOBA action game and spiritual successor to Paragon. Predecessor lets you take part in team-based clashes involving 10 players, during which players fight each other and mobs and gradually develop their characters.

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ARK II
ARK II

Action 2025

ARK 2 is the second installment of an open world survival game with RPG elements, combining the science fiction with dinosaurs, base building and crafting.

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Shieldwall
Shieldwall

Action 18 April 2023

Shieldwall is a strategy action game created by the independent studio Nezon Production. The title allows us to lead Roman legions to victory against hordes of barbarians - and all this in a fun, simplified form.

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Relic Hunters Legend
Relic Hunters Legend

Action 25 September 2023

Looter shooter, in which we observe the action from a top-down view, distributed in free-to-play model. In Relic Hunters Legend, we play as the titular Relic Hunters who travel the galaxy in an attempt to restore knowledge of the past and end the regime of Duke Dukan.

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Moonscars
Moonscars

Action 27 September 2022

Moonscars is a metroidvania action platform game about a clay warrior Grey Irma, who wanders the dark world in search of the truth about herself. It was developed by Black Mermaid, an indie studio.

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Ghost Song
Ghost Song

Action 03 November 2022

Ghost Song is a 2D metroidvania action platform game developed by Old Moon. We explore the dark and mysterious world of the moon Lorian V, playing as Deadsuit awakened from a long sleep.

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Ferocious
Ferocious

Action 2025

An FPS inspired by the movies King Kong and Jurassic Park, as well as games Far Cry and Crysis. Ferocious is set on an island overrun by dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures, tasking us with surviving and discovering the truth about it.

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Warhaven
Warhaven

Action 21 September 2023

Multiplayer TPP action game in which two teams of sixteen players fight for victory in battles set on fantastic battlefields. The Warhaven game is a development by Nexon, distributed on a free-to-play model.

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Combat Champions
Combat Champions

Action December 2024

A multiplayer FPS, in which we participate in a spectacular game show, battling enemies on elaborate arenas. Combat Champions requires the player to be effective in combat and entertaining to the crowds.

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Paragon: The Overprime
Paragon: The Overprime

Action 08 December 2022

Paragon: The Overprime is a MOBA made in the TPP shooter convention and one of the heirs to the unreleased game by Epic Games. Players compete in teams of five and try to destroy the opponent's base by playing diverse characters.

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Level Zero: Extraction
Level Zero: Extraction

Action 13 August 2024

Level Zero: Extraction is an FPS extraction shooter, with elements of survival horror and asymmetrical multiplayer titles. We can play as mercenaries fighting for the collection of valuable data, or as aliens hunting for them and vulnerable only to light.

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Risk of Rain Returns
Risk of Rain Returns

Action 08 November 2023

The remastered version of a 2013 roguelike platformer. Risk of Rain Returns has us playing as the survivors of a spaceship crash, uncovering the secrets of the monster-inhabited planet of Petrichor V.

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South of Midnight
South of Midnight

Action 2025

South of Midnight is a TPP action adventure game, its artstyle inspired by stop motion animated movies and its world inspired by southern USA folklore. We play as Hazel, using her supernatural abilities to defeat various enemies and to repair the surrounding world.

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Outbreak Island
Outbreak Island

Action 2025

Outbreak Island is a survival game set on a mysteriously contaminated island. Our objective is to survive and learn the cause of the catastrophe.

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Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons
Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons

Action 27 July 2023

A spin-off of an iconic beat'em up series, featuring roguelike elements. Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons is set in post-apocalyptic New York City, tasking us with fighting against the gangs terrorizing its ruins.

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Streets of Rogue 2
Streets of Rogue 2

Action December 2024 (early access since 31 December 2024)

The second installment in a series of sandbox action games with roguelike elements. Streets of Rogue 2 tasks us with overthrowing a corrupt president, giving us tons of freedom in how to achieve our objective.

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Horizon: Call of the Mountain
Horizon: Call of the Mountain

Action 22 February 2023

Horizon: Call of the Mountain is a spin-off of the popular series, developed for virtual reality sets. PlayStation VR2 goggles are required to play this game.

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Core Decay
Core Decay

Action 2025

Immersive sim in the style of an old-school FPS. In Core Decay we explore expansive locations, eliminate enemies using an extensive arsenal, hack security systems and develop the character, increasing its combat potential.

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Soulstice
Soulstice

Action 20 September 2022

TPP action RPG with slasher-like combat system. In Soulstice we play as Briar and Lute - sisters who as so called Chimera have to face monsters plaguing the city of Ilden. The game was developed by Reply Game Studios.

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Control 2
Control 2

Action TBA

Control 2 is a third person action game by Remedy Entertainment studio. During the game we fight with the enemies using many special abilities and we explore complicated maps designed in a style known from the metroidvania genre.

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Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed
Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed

Action 30 August 2022

Remake of the second installment of the humorous action game series, in which we play as an alien named Crypto. In Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed we traverse the Earth (but not only) wreaking havoc and trying to take revenge on the enemies of the hero who destroyed his mother ship.

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Eternal Return
Eternal Return

Action 20 July 2023

Eternal Return is a multiplayer game with elements of MOBA and battle royale. Players choose a character from a list of warriors and then go to an island where they have to eliminate other players using an arcade combat system.

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Final Form
Final Form

Action 2026

Final Form is a futuristic FPS developed by Warsaw-based Reikon Games. We control a humanoid avatar of a living spaceship and fight hordes of enemies using an acrobatic skirmish system.

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Blacktail
Blacktail

Action 15 December 2022

FPP action adventure game in which we play as a young witch - Yaga. In Blacktail we wander through the picturesque forest and face enemies, completing various tasks and gradually growing in strength. The game was developed by the Polish studio The Parasight.

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