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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. more

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AC-130: Operation Devastation
AC-130: Operation Devastation

Action 29 January 2009

AC-130: Operation Devastation is an airborne target sight shooter produced by the Frozen Codebase studio. The player plays the role of an artiller operating an AC-130 aircraft and his task is to destroy enemy units and targets in several missions inspired by authentic military operations carried out in Vietnam, Iraq and Panama.

Chernobyl 2: Back to Zona
Chernobyl 2: Back to Zona

Action 26 November 2012

Chernobyl 2: Return to Zone is the sequel to the 2011 shooter. Players will learn about the fate of Yuriy Ryakov, an officer of the Russian secret service, who must stop terrorists planning to build the so-called dirty bomb from radioactive waste. The production was created by the development studio Silden.

Secret Ponchos
Secret Ponchos

Action 13 October 2015

A western online shooter that makes the player act as outlaw gunslingers and take part in fights at the Wild West scenery. Developers from Switchblade Monkeys studio prepared six different characters with unique skills and equipment, including guns. Heroes are also proficient at melee combat, which further increases their battle potential.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault

Action 28 July 2016

A cyberpunk online FPS game based on the popular Ghost in the Shell franchise, and more precisely, on the animated TV series Stand Alone Complex. This title was created by a Nexon company’s subsidiary who specialize in online games. The story is set in the year 2030 in New Ports, a fictional Japanese city. Most of the society has enhanced their bodies with implants or even exchanged their bodies for fully mechanical shells.

Chernobyl 3: Underground
Chernobyl 3: Underground

Action 22 April 2013

Chernobyl 3: Underground is the third installment of the First Person Shooting series (FPS) developed by Silden studio and Play Way publishing house. The player plays the role of a mercenary at the service of an armaments corporation and fights against criminals hiding in the deserted zone around the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Army Men III
Army Men III

Action 01 December 2011

Independent production by the Lord Iheanacho Productions studio, in which we play as plastic soldiers, one of the attractions of childhood of many people who were not strangers to "play war". This is an action game in which we observe the events from the perspective of a third person.

Cargo 3
Cargo 3

Action 08 December 2014

A brutal science fiction FPS. The game is a debut title of the studio Vinci Games from Poland. In the game the player assumes the role of an ex-commando. In search for his missing family, he arrives at a mining colony on planet Argos 9. Soon he discovers that the place hides rich deposits of a valuable resource called nitium. The resource is an alternative for the waning natural resources of Earth.

Shadow Company: The Mercenary War
Shadow Company: The Mercenary War

Action canceled

Shadow Company: The Mercenary War is a free online free-to-play shooting game where up to twenty-four players can compete simultaneously. We play the role of armed to the teeth mercenaries who fight on behalf of mega corporations striving to gain global domination. The title drives Unreal Engine 3.

Line of Defense
Line of Defense

Action canceled

A futuristic MMOFPS developed by 3000AD. Line of Defense takes us to Lyrius, a remote planet which is also a major site of the research conducted by GALCOM, a powerful space corporation/empire. After a period of extended research, the planet’s resources have been almost completely depleted, an event which forces the empire to focus its attention on other similar sites.

Mercenary Ops
Mercenary Ops

Action canceled

Mercenary Ops is a multi-person shooter with a third person perspective that combines the features of games such as Counter-Strike and Gears of War. This is the production of Yingpei Games, also known as Epic Games China.

Sezon na polowanie
Sezon na polowanie

Action 14 March 2011

Hunting season is a shooter game developed by ClockStone studio for enthusiasts of virtual hunting. Players have the opportunity to hunt wild birds, foxes and wild boars. The creators took care of, among other things, photorealistic representation of the environment and complex scripts of artificial intelligence, faithfully imitating the behavior of real animals.

Bullet Run
Bullet Run

Action 01 August 2012

Another free-to-play first person shooter. This time we play the role of the participants of the TV program, who fight against each other in the arenas with guns, rifles and other weapons. The creators allowed players to influence the appearance and settings of characters and their equipment. A lot of micro-transactions appear in the game.

CryZone: Sector 23
CryZone: Sector 23

Action canceled

Inspired by the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series, a first-person shooter (FPS) created by the OWL Game Studio development team. CryZone: Sector 23 is a development of ideas from the popular Crysis game modification. The plot of the main campaign takes the player to a closed zone contaminated with radioactivity. Disregarding the dangers, the main character searches for a way to bring his son back to life in this place.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands - Narco Road
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands - Narco Road

Action 18 April 2017

The first big expansion to Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands – a third-person open-world shooter created by Ubisoft. This time, players are tasked with eliminating a gang led by so-called El Invisible. In order to reach their goal, first your squad has to infiltrate smaller organizations: Kamikazes, Jinetes Locos, and Death Riders. The Narco Road DLC offers 15 new story-driven missions, 4 new types of side quests and special racing challenges.

World of One
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.

Remorse: The List
Remorse: The List

Action 22 April 2022

First-person survival horror from the creators of Grey modification to Half-Life 2 shooter. In the production we play Adrian, who one day wakes up in an abandoned warehouse, where he finds a mysterious letter and a flashlight. This is how his terrifying adventure begins.

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Action 04 March 2016

Prequel to a series of 2D action platformers, Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight tells a story of a young priestess named Kaho, whose home village falls victim to a dark curse, which slowly engulfs the entire realm. In the face of an imminent annihilation, Kaho sets out on a quest to find a way to lift the curse. As befits a platform game, Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight features a side-view camera, which scrolls as you fight your way through locations filled with enemies.

SUPERHOT VR
SUPERHOT VR

Action 06 December 2016

A special edition of the unusual Polish game, SUPERHOT, developed specifically for virtual reality devices and dedicated movement controllers. The game’s most prominent feature (same as in the original) is the fact that in SUPERHOT VR, time flows only when the player moves. Contrary to the original, however, the player cannot move freely around the environment; instead, they are teleported to another section of the level after clearing the current section of all enemies.

Katana ZERO
Katana ZERO

Action 18 April 2019

A retro pixel art game developed by the independent studio Askiisoft. The title is a combination of platform game and a dynamic action game. Katana ZERO takes place in a city full of contrast, during the eighties’ of twenty century. Next to rich districts there are slums with night clubs that attract shady people. The player controls a ninja warrior who wants to have his revenge.

A Way Out
A Way Out

Action 23 March 2018

An action-adventure game developed by Hazelight in collaboration with Electronic Arts, and designed with co-op gameplay for two people in mind. The main protagonists in A Way Out are two convicts: Vincent and Leo. Together they are devising a way to escape from prison and then build their lives anew outside its walls. When it comes to mechanics A Way Out offers quite a variety in gameplay.

Hacktag
Hacktag

Action 14 February 2018

An original stealth game developed by the independent developer Piece of Cake Studios from France. The story in the game is set in 2029 - the world now belongs to big corporations that intend to expand their sphere of influence by hook or by crook. During the game, the player assumes the role of a freelance hacker tasked with stealth infiltration of the opponents’ headquarters and completing various, not entirely legal assignments.

The Conjuring House
The Conjuring House

Action 25 September 2018

A first-person horror game inspired by the literary works of H. P. Lovecraft. The action of The Conjuring House is set at the beginning of the 20th century. A group of supernatural phenomenon researchers is dispatched to investigate an abandoned Victorian residence, which is said to feature certain anomalies. The main protagonist of the game is the journalist who accompanies the researchers.

Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher
Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher

Action 21 May 2020

A first-person shooter/survival horror developed by Chinese studio VIVA Games. The player assumes the role of an adventurer attempting to discover the secret behind human experiments undertaken by a powerful organization whose sole objective is to hold the key to immortality, disregarding collateral damage in the form of bloodthirsty beings that inhabit the isolated areas of the lone island which serves as a background to the game.

Arma III: Laws of War
Arma III: Laws of War

Action 07 September 2017

Developed by the Dutch developer Bohemia Interactive in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross, Laws of War is a large expansion to the popular military simulator Arma III, published in 2013. The main element of the expansion is the new, however relatively short, story campaign, in which the player assumes the role of Nathan MacDade – a bomb disposal expert working for the International Development & Aid Project (IDAP).