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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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Total Conflict: Resistance
Total Conflict: Resistance

Action 21 April 2023

Total Conflict: Resistance combines elements of a strategy game, tactical game and an FPS. The game revolves around political, economical and military activities in a fictional country. The player can command armies and directly participate in combat.

System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition
System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition

Action 2025

A remastered version of an iconic 1999 immersive sim. System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition has us playing as a soldier facing dangers aboard the Von Braun spaceship. Compared to the original game, the remaster features enhanced visuals.

Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks
Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks

Action 06 August 2024

A free-to-play online action game. Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks is a dynamic, brutal cross between a shooter and a racing game set in the popular sci-fi universe.

United 1944
United 1944

Action 12 December 2023

United 1944 is an online first-person shooter set during World War 2, featuring survival elements such as resource gathering, weapon crafting, building structures and developing skill trees.

Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion
Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion

Action TBA

The second installment in a series of TPP action games, in which we pilot futuristic mecha known as Arsenals. Just like the original game, Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion was developed by Marvelous Interactive.

Turbo Overkill
Turbo Overkill

Action 11 August 2023

The debut game of Trigger Happy Interactive. Turbo Overkill stars Johnny Turbo, a cyborg mercenary returning to his hometown of Paradise, tasked with eliminating the AI controlling the city.

Setting Sun
Setting Sun

Action March 2025

A roguelike action game in the style of dungeon-crawlers, in which we can play solo or in co-op mode. Setting Sun is set in Edo period Japan, where the shogun rules the country with a firm hand and yokai demons move freely around the world.

ARC Raiders
ARC Raiders

Action 2025

ARC Raiders is a free-to-play TPP shooter, focusing strongly on players' cooperation in the fight against murderous robots. The game was developed by Embark studio, including many veterans from EA DICE.

Morbid Metal
Morbid Metal

Action 2025

TPP slasher with roguelike elements. In Morbid Metal we explore semi-procedurally generated locations and fight hordes of enemies. During the battles we can switch between four characters.

Fallen Aces
Fallen Aces

Action 14 June 2024

The FPP action game kept in the noir style. Fallen Aces takes us to Switchblade City where we eliminate gangsters. As an immersive sim, the game has an open structure. There are several ways to reach each target and we get rid of our enemies in different ways.

Akatori
Akatori

Action 2025

Metroidvania game, created in the form of a platformer action. In DeathStick, we play Mako, who traverses a fantastic world, eliminating hordes of enemies and trying to find a way to break the dark ritual that threatens the whole land.

Zelter
Zelter

Action 22 October 2020

Zelter is a two-dimensional top-down survival game in which we try to survive in the world after the zombie apocalypse. The game was developed by G1 Playground studio and released by Super.com.

Necromunda: Hired Gun
Necromunda: Hired Gun

Action 01 June 2021

A dynamic FPS in the Warhammer 40,000 universe from the Streum on Studio team. In Necromunda: Hired Gun, as a mercenary with a cybermastiff, you'll take on numerous assignments on the corruption-ridden planet Necromunda, using your superhuman mobility to fight your enemies.

Orcs Must Die!
Orcs Must Die!

Action 12 October 2011

Orcs Must Die! Death of Orcs is a dynamic combination of arcade and RTS. Orcs Must Die! takes place in the land of fantasy, where the greatest threat to the inhabitants are the hordes of orcs. We play the role of an unlucky magician, who has to repel the invasion of green leather on an extremely important fortress. The game approaches the subject with a pinch of salt and its graphic design is maintained in a cartoon style.

Infernal
Infernal

Action 23 February 2007

Infernal is an extensive action game created by the Polish studio Metropolis Software known mainly from the Gorky series. The player takes on the role of Ryan Lennox, a super-agent working in the service of his devilish character, hellish equivalent of the well-known James Bond.

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance

Action 27 March 2003

Expanded edition of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. The game follows two secret agents - Snake, known from the first game in the series, and a young and inexperienced Raiden - as they try to stop dangerous terrorists in two separate scenarios.

Armed & Dangerous
Armed & Dangerous

Action 21 February 2003

Another project of Planet Moon Studios employees, creators of an extraordinary game Giants: Citizen Kabuto. It is a position combining a lot of dynamic action with strategic elements, realized in full three-dimensional graphic design.

Clive Barker's Jericho
Clive Barker's Jericho

Action 23 October 2007

Clive Barker's Jericho is another (after Clive Barker's Undying, Demonik and Nightbreed) action game in the production of which the creator of the film Hellraiser: The Messenger of Hell. We take control of several different characters exploring various hellish mysteries.

Conflict: Global Terror
Conflict: Global Terror

Action 30 September 2005

Conflict: Global Storm is the fourth part of the popular series, the previous editions of which dealt with the war in the Gulf region (the first two episodes) and the military intervention of the United States in Vietnam from 1966-1969. This time we find ourselves on the battlefield from the beginning of the 21st century, and the heroes known from Conflict: Desert Storm and Conflict: Desert Storm II - Back to Baghdad enter the battlefield again.

Mafia II: Joe’s Adventures
Mafia II: Joe’s Adventures

Action 23 November 2010

DLC add-on to Mafia II allows you to take on the role of Joe Barbaro - a friend of Vito Scaletta, whom we know as the main character of the basic adventure. The missions range from daring car driving to typical shooting levels.

Battlefield 1943
Battlefield 1943

Action canceled

An online multiplayer FPS game focused on the co-op aspect, developed by EA DICE, and created only for digital release (and as extra content for the console editions of Battlefield: Bad Company 2). Similarly to the first installment in the cult series, Battlefield 1942, the game takes place during World War Two, although it's focused on the Pacific region only.

Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII
Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII

Action 18 September 2007

Blazing Angels: Secret Missions is the second part of a successful game about air battles from the Second World War. This time, users play the role of a pilot, being a member of an elite squadron, performing various operations of a strictly secret nature.

Painkiller: Resurrection
Painkiller: Resurrection

Action 27 October 2009

The third installment of the popular FPP shooter series, started in 2004 by the Polish studio People Can Fly. The task of developing this production was entrusted to the Austrian team Homegrown Games. This time, players take on the role of Wild Bill Sherman - a former assassin working on behalf of the CIA and high-ranking government officials, who died while on a mission to assassinate a political rival of his employers.

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy

Action 11 February 2005

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy is a science fiction-based dynamic third person view (TPP) action game. The player directs the actions of Nick Scryer's agent, who uses innate psional skills to try to filter the terrorist organization The Movement. The producer and publisher of the game is Midway Games.