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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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Resident Evil VII: Biohazard - End of Zoe
Resident Evil VII: Biohazard - End of Zoe

Action 12 December 2017

One of the expansion packs to the survival horror Resident Evil VII: Biohazard. In the title, the player learns the fate of Zoe – a woman who helped Ethan in the base version of the game.

Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Blade of Galadriel
Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Blade of Galadriel

Action 06 February 2018

An expansion for the game Middle-earth: Shadow of War, in which you play as Eltariel, an elite assassin, who hunts creatures corrupted by the Ring of Power. The new protagonist uses new equipment and battle abilities, and her weapons of choice are two elvish blades and the Light of Galadriel.

Apex Construct
Apex Construct

Action 20 March 2018

An action game with certain adventure elements that takes the players to the future. The main protagonist is tasked with surviving in a world overtaken by robots. The game is designed for virtual reality headgear and requires players to own both the googles and dedicated motion controllers.

Immortal Redneck
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.

Steel Rats
Steel Rats

Action 07 November 2018

Steel Rats is the production of Tate Multimedia, Polish studio known for KAO The Kangaroo series. This is an action racing game, in which we play as a member of a motorcycle gang - Steel Rats, and the aim is to clear the city of fearsome robots with our own wheels. Steel Rats is characterized by a 2.5D perspective and retro-futuristic design.

Shooty Fruity
Shooty Fruity

Action 20 December 2017

A simple FPS game for VR headsets, developed by nDreams and Near Light. You play as an employee of Super Megamart store, who has to face an army of hostile mutant fruits, such as giant watermelons, kamikaze limes or ninja lemons. The gameplay in Shooty Fruity focuses on shooting the enemies, but you also should check out the items at the counter, as it unlocks new weapons. You can use e.g. pistols, machine guns, shotguns, explosives and grenades. There are also various power-ups to use.

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 - The Sabotage
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 - The Sabotage

Action 05 September 2017

An expansion for Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3. It's set before the events of the original game. CI Games allows the players to become Robert North, brother of Jonathan who was the main hero of the Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3. His task is to set foundations for a separatist revolution by sabotaging Georgian army controlled by Otar Leonidze. Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 – The Sabotage doesn't make any bigger changes to the gameplay.

Battlefield 1: Revolution
Battlefield 1: Revolution

Action 21 August 2017

A complete edition of one of installments in the popular first-person shooter series from DICE that was originally released in 2016. This time the player arrives at the battlefields of World War I as one of soldiers fighting in that great conflict. Gameplay in Battlefield 1: Revolution is a bit different from several previous games, bringing back larger, more open maps and the freedom known from the first entries in the series.

Mulaka
Mulaka

Action 27 February 2018

An action-adventure game featuring elements of platforming, set in a fantasy version of Mexico's Sierra Tarahumara. The game was inspired by legends and cultural achievements of the Tarahumara tribal people living in the region. Sukurúame, the protagonist and a shaman, sets out for a long journey aiming to gain the trust of gods watching over the region. The mission is to save the inhabitants from total destruction that is already on its way.

Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back
Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back

Action 31 October 2017

Another installment of the series of platform games. The predecessor of this title, Bubsy 3D, title considered one of the worst platform games ever made, debuted in 1996. Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back was developed by Black Forest Games and published by Accolade, a company that came back to life after being inactive for seventeen years. The player assumes the role of the titular lynx that starts a dangerous journey in order to find the mythical Golden Fleece.

Gungrave VR
Gungrave VR

Action 06 March 2019

An expanded and refreshed edition of a 2002 action game called Gungrave, which has been published on PlayStation 2 and based on an anime series under the same title. This remastered edition has been designed to support Virtual Reality headgear. The story of the game includes the episodes from the original as well as a number of new ones – the player is taken to a futuristic city full of criminals and ruled with iron fist by an organization known as Millennion.

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - Retribution
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - Retribution

Action 12 October 2017

The fourth and last expansion included in the season pass (the DLC can be also purchased separately) to the popular FPS title Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. In the add-on developed by Infinity Ward (the studio responsible for creating the base game), one can complete another chapter of the Zombies in Spaceland mode called Beast From Beyond. The game takes the players to a distant future aboard a faulty spaceship.

Reverie: Sweet As Edition
Reverie: Sweet As Edition

Action 28 June 2023

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.

ARK: Aberration
ARK: Aberration

Action 12 December 2017

ARK: Aberration is a non-standalone expansion for ARK: Survival Evolved, developed by Studio Wildcard. The basics of the gameplay remained the same, blending a multiplayer action game with sandbox and survival elements. Instead of introducing revolutionary mechanics, the expansion focuses on new content. ARK: Aberration allows you to visit a new ark with irradiated areas and expansive underground sections. It is inhabited by mutant animals and a humanoid monster race known as the Nameless.

Battle Chef Brigade
Battle Chef Brigade

Action 20 November 2017

An arcade action game featuring numerous logic puzzles. In Battle Chef Brigade, the player assumes the role of one of the available chefs, participating in cooking competitions, similar to those featured in numerous TV shows such as Iron Chef. The only difference is that the game is set in a fantasy world, and acquiring particular ingredients requires the player to visit diverse locations and find them on their own.

TauCeti Unknown Origin
TauCeti Unknown Origin

Action TBA

First person shooter for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles, PC and mobile devices. BadFly Interactive studio, famous for Dead Effect series, is responsible for its production. Players find themselves on inhospitable planet, where live creatures like big spiders or dinosaurs. Our task is to survive in this dangerous environment, using futuristic weapons and making tools within the crafting system. Survival elements are complemented by solutions known from the RPG genre, e.g.

GRIDD: Retroenhanced
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.

GORN
GORN

Action 18 July 2019

A first-person action game designed for virtual reality sets in which the player takes part in extremely brutal gladiatorial duels. In the course of the struggle, he unlocks new equipment for the fighter, with the help of which he arranges bloody butcheries in various arenas.

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - The Diaries of Agent Silent Death
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - The Diaries of Agent Silent Death

Action 30 January 2018

One of several story expansions included in the season pass to Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - a well-received first-person shooter game developed by Machine Games. The main protagonist of Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - The Diaries of Agent Silent Death is Jessica Valiant, a former agent of the American Secret Service that operated during WWII. She is tasked with discovering the plans of Nazis operating in California and learn the details of Operation San Andreas.

The Pirate: Plague of the Dead
The Pirate: Plague of the Dead

Action 13 October 2017

A continuation of The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt - a popular action game with strategy elements developed by the Polish studio Home Net Games. Like its predecessor, The Pirate: Plague of the Dead takes the players to Caribbean islands, until recently under control of the pirate community. The main protagonist of the story is John Rackham, who is the only survivor of the slaughter orchestrated by the Grand Inquisitor.

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.

Morphite
Morphite

Action 20 September 2017

A combination of a first-person shooter, adventure game and 3D platformer inspired by Metroid, Ratchet & Clank and the Turok series. In Morphite, we play as a young woman called Myrah, who embarks on a journey through space. During her adventure the players can visit many randomly generated planets using a a space ship. When we are on the planets' surfaces we can, e.g. jump on platforms, drive various vehicles, solve environmental puzzles, find resources and fight with enemies.

Hidden Dragon: Legend
Hidden Dragon: Legend

Action 22 January 2018

Hidden Dragon: Legend is a 2.5D platform game developed by MegaFun Games and published by the Chinese company Oasis Games. The game is set in a fantasy version of ancient China, where historically accurate elements where combined with legends and beliefs of that period. We play as a warrior who, as a result of the machinations of a mysterious organization, was turned into a mindless killing machine with the help of an ancient artifact.

The Amazing Eternals
The Amazing Eternals

Action canceled

Developed by seasoned developers from Digital Extremes, The Amazing Eternals is an online first-person shooter with LCG elements. The game has been based on the free-to-play business model. The story of The Amazing Eternals revolves around the adventures of numerous characters who traverse the multiverse fighting each other for power. All this because of the mysterious board game. Gameplay mechanics are based on such games as Team Fortress 2, Overwatch, and Paladins: Champions of the Realm.