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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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007: Blood Stone
007: Blood Stone

Action 02 November 2010

Action game with a view from behind the hero combining various elements of the most famous genres and treating the adventures of James Bond. Unlike most cycle productions, this one is not based on any of the films.

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China
Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China

Action 21 April 2015

The first installment in the Assassin's Creed Chronicles series of spin-offs, created in the form of a 2.5D adventure platformer. The game was developed by Ubisoft as a bonus for users who bought the season pass for Assassin's Creed: Unity. The game is set in the sixteenth-century China, and the players assume the role of female assassin Shao Jun – a student of Ezio Auditore and the protagonist of the animated film Assassin's Creed: Embers.

Hard Truck: Apocalypse
Hard Truck: Apocalypse

Action 08 December 2005

Hard Truck: Apocalypse is a quite unusual combination of RPG and action racing games created by Targem Games studio. Unusual, because we drive not a character, but a powerful vehicle. The authors focused on postapocalyptic atmosphere, and the player's task is to try to find the remains of the lost civilization.

Marauders
Marauders

Action 03 October 2022

Marauders is an online shooter where we control space pirates carrying out boarding missions on star frigates. Their crews are led by artificial intelligence, but on the decks we also have to fight with rival groups of players.

Forgive Me Father
Forgive Me Father

Action 07 April 2022

An old school FPS, in which players travel to a world straight out of H.P. Lovecraft's works. In Forgive me Father we play as a priest or journalist, who are looking for answers to their questions, eliminating hordes of monsters.

Mist Survival
Mist Survival

Action 15 August 2018

Mist Survival is a first-person survival game, set in a zombie-controlled world. While playing the game, the player explores the open world, fights against encountered enemies and collects resources necessary for survival.

Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR
Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR

Action 16 November 2023

A VR, first-person spin-off of Assassin's Creed. Assassin’s Creed: Nexus VR has us reliving the memories of Kassandra, Ezio Auditore and Connor Kenway, trying to solve the mystery of the artifacts they've hidden.

Mini Royale
Mini Royale

Action 2025 (early access since 2025)

A battle royale multiplayer shooter. Mini Royale has us playing as a plastic soldier inside the children's bedroom transformed into a battlefield. We can rely on various weapons and toys, like an RC car or a train set. We can treat everyone as enemies or form teams.

The Thing: Remastered
The Thing: Remastered

Action December 2024

A new version of the survival horror from 2002, based on the popular horror movie license. The Thing: Remastered was created by Nightdive Studios, offering much refreshed graphics. We play as Captain J.F. Blake, trying to solve the mystery of Outpost 31 in Antarctica.

Atomic Heart
Atomic Heart

Action 21 February 2023

A first-person perspective shooter, in which the players are taken to a retro-futuristic version of the Soviet Union. In Atomic Heart, the players assume the role of a secret agent tasked with examining a secret facility connection with which had been lost. The protagonist must face an army of hostile robots and hordes of zombies.

Maneater
Maneater

Action 22 May 2020

Action RPG game in which we play the role of a shark orphaned by its mother. In order to survive, the eponymous genocide has to fight for survival in the dangerous waters of the Gulf Coast, devouring everything that can be eaten and gradually growing in strength.

Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Action 11 March 2020

The second part of the metroidvania series, in which the players play the title ghost. In Ori and the Will of the Wisps, the protagonist leaves Nibel forest to discover his true destiny as he travels through an exotic world.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Action 18 June 2019

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an action-adventure platform game set in a gothic horror setting. The game is a spiritual successor to the Castlevania series. The person in charge of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was Koji Igarashi, who previously worked on the Castlevania series over the course of many years. The game revolves around exploring a large castle, which is crawling with demons the players need to fight against, you also develop your character and gather items.

I Am Alive
I Am Alive

Action 06 September 2012

Third-person action game with survival elements, developed by Ubisoft. I Am Alive was set in the modern city after huge earthquake. We play as a man who among the ruins of the house is trying to find his missing wife and daughter. In the face of tragedy, the city is ruled by the law of the stronger. The hero, armed only with a bow and a gun with limited ammunition, tries to survive among the ruthless hoodlums. Due to the modest weaponry, the key to survival is cunning and perceptiveness.

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway

Action 07 October 2008

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway is the third development version of the well-known FPS tactical shooting series. Like the previous parts, Hell's Highway retreats players to 1944, throwing them into the vortex of the most eminent battles of World War II.

Avatar: The Game
Avatar: The Game

Action 01 December 2009

Avatar: The Game is an action game based on the blockbuster movie Avatar and developed by Ubisoft. The game depicts the events that took place before the action of the movie. Players end up on Pandora, right in the middle of the conflict between Na'vi - the locals, and the RDA corporation. Ryder, our protagonist, has to join one of the fighting parties. This decision influences the game's plot, ending, and gameplay mechanics.

Severance: Blade of Darkness
Severance: Blade of Darkness

Action 21 February 2001

Centuries after the creation of the Sun, Moon and Earth, evil awakens on earth, spreading terror and havoc. You need a chosen one who will bear the holy sword to victory and eventually defeat the enemy.

Ruiner
Ruiner

Action 26 September 2017

A cyberpunk tactical top-down shooter game inspired by the Syndicate series. It's the first title created by Polish studio Reikon Games, previously involved in the production of such games as Dead Island: Riptide, Dying Light and the Witcher franchise. The game takes place in a futuristic world plagued with violence, injustice and oppression. You play as a lower-class citizen, a sociopath plugged into virtual reality, who declares war on the corporation ruling his city.

We Happy Few
We Happy Few

Action 10 August 2018

An unordinary action-adventure game which uses the style and tune of the 60s. The title was created by an independent studio Compulsion Games known for creating Contrast, a title that used similar style. In the game, the player travels to a fictional town in which, due to indoctrination and a wonderful drug, the citizens are constantly happy and all traits of dissatisfaction are immediately eliminated. The protagonist is one of the defiant citizens who are resistant to the system.

Broforce
Broforce

Action 15 October 2015

An old school platform shooter developed by independent South African studio Free Lives. The game employs a parodic style to resurrect the legend of classic side-scrolling arcade shooters and the cult of movie tough guys from eighties and nineties. Playing as such icons like John Rambo, Texas Ranger, John McClane, B.A. Barracus, Robocop, or Conan, the player moves through levels filled with typical evil mooks and villains.

Terrorist Takedown 3
Terrorist Takedown 3

Action 04 May 2010

Terrorist Takedown 3 is the third installment of a series of action games by the Polish CITY Interactive studio. The player takes on the role of a member of an anti-terrorist unit, which is sent to Somalia in order to rebound a ship kidnapped off the coast there. There are a number of dangerous missions that require the use of various military vehicles and equipment.

Pioner
Pioner

Action 2025

The debut shooter of the independent Russian studio GFA Games, inspired by the series S.T.A.L.K.E.R. In Pioner we play as a former special forces soldier trying to survive on the island filled with mutants and anomalies.

Devour
Devour

Action 28 January 2021

Devour is a co-op survival horror. Players take on the role of cultists who try to exorcise a person possessed by Azazel. The whole game takes place on procedurally generated maps.

Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra

Action 2025

A superhero action adventure game set in the occupied Paris during World War 2. Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra allows us to play as Captain America and Black Panther among other characters. The main goal of the game is to stop the mischievous Hydra organization.