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Action 14 August 2018

An action title with elements of classic arcade shooters and roguelike productions. Developed by Blindflug, the game is a continuation of Cloud Crashers. The action takes us to a dieselpunk world. The main protagonist, Amelia, lives in the flying city Granaria. To make a living, the girl catches fish dwelling high in the clouds, and she is aware of the social inequalities of this sky utopia.

Action 14 May 2021

Quantum Replica is a cyberpunk stealth game with metroidvania elements developed by a small Colombian studio ON3D. The game is set in a distant future where people live in enormous metropolises and their lives are completely controlled by the government. Our protagonist is an exception of that rule. Not only he doesn’t remember who he actually is and what is he supposed to do, but he is also not registered, making him the most wanted person in the city.

Action 15 August 2017

Agents of Mayhem is an open-world action game that takes place in futuristic Seul. The game's plot focuses on the employees of M.A.Y.H.E.M., an organization that associates super agents from all over the world. They have to face the supervilians from L.E.G.I.O.N. who managed to take over almost the entire world. Only a group led by Persephone Brimstone can put an end to their rule. Their job is to defeat the forces of the evil Doctor Babylon.

Action 21 April 2017

A multiplayer-oriented, crazy action game created by Ready at Dawn - a California-based studio. Online duels taking place on shaky arenas floating in mid-air constitute the core of the experience. The players are divided into two teams and having assumed control of colorful round-shaped creatures, they try to eliminate the opponents. Each of the creatures has both its strong and weak points. An enemy can be taken out by ramming or pushing them off the arena, as well as simply shooting them down.

Action canceled

An online first-person shooter introducing a massive multiplayer mode inspired by the Japanese novel/manga Battle Royale and The Hunger Games. We assume the role of the participants of sadistic games held by a race of barbarous, high-tech aliens. The story is just a pretext to the actual game, though, as Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale is a multiplayer-only title with gameplay modes for up to 100 players.

Action 20 September 2016

Another major expansion to the multiplayer FPS by Bungie Software, published in autumn 2014. Destiny: Rise of Iron is the first expansion available exclusively for the 8th generation of consoles and it requires the previous extension, called The Taken King, to work. The plot revolves around a breach in the wall, located on the southern border of Old Russia, which let hordes of fallen mutants get into the Golden Age graves, filled with valuable artifacts.

Action 21 June 2016

Another DLC pack for the 2015 online multiplayer action game Star Wars: Battlefront by DICE. The expansion includes four new maps, which allow you do visit previously unavailable locations, such as Cloud City or the Administrator's Palace on the eponymous planet Bespin, as well as hunt your opponents in the Bioniip Laboratories and carbon-freezing chambers. On those maps, you can encounter e.g. the iconic AT-AT walkers and take to the skies in a new vehicle called the “cloud car.

Action 06 December 2016

The fourth installment in a series of zombie-themed, third-person action games developed by Capcom. The story campaign brings a continuation to the storylines presented in the first installment. The player assumes the role of Frank West (appeared first in the original game) - a photographer trapped in a town overrun by hordes of zombies. During the Christmas period, he has to somehow survive through a period of several days, waiting for help to arrive.

Action 16 May 2017

Phantom Dust HD is a remastered version of the 2004 action game released for Xbox. Just like the original, it was developed by one of Microsoft Studios' in-house developers. The game features improved visuals, interface, and controls. Multiplayer mode was also expanded. Phantom Dust HD takes us to a post-apocalyptic world, where Earth is covered with deadly dust that forced what was left of mankind to go underground.

Action 07 April 2017

A remastered version of People Can Fly’s first-person shooter that initially came out in 2011 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition offers, first and foremost, enhanced graphics, while the gameplay core remained unchanged. The action takes place in a distant future, and the player assumes the role of a former special forces operative of the charismatic general Sarrano, now wanted as the public enemy number one.

Action 08 June 2016

A 2D platform game by French studio Upper Byte, focusing on a co-op mode. The plot if centered on the villainous machinations of Dr. Nylus, who's trying to take over the world. The players take on the roles of the heroes trying to stop Nylus and his mindless servants, and face the many traps set by the antagonists. Mechanics-wise, the game is a classic platformer, in which you have to beat consecutive levels, fight your foes and solve logic puzzles of varied difficulty.

Action 22 September 2017

A science-fiction action game created by MercurySteam Entertainment. The game is set in distant future in the titular world, where a long time ago a mysterious substance was discovered, that allowed for substantial increase of capabilities of living organisms. In the wake of this discovery, the place soon was turned into fertile ground for rivalry among numerous criminal organizations aiming to seize control of the deposits, and in the long run of the entire galaxy.

Action 07 January 2019

A third-person action game created by former Ubisoft employees. Absolver invites the players to a fantasy realm styled after the Far East. The player assumes the role of a warrior, who wishes to join the eponymous group of elite guardians of peace and stability. The heart of gameplay is the complex system of short-range combat. The game lets you use four fighting styles interchangeably, all of which offer a wide array of melee weapons, starting with character’s own fists.

Action 18 May 2016

A crazy local multiplayer action game with platformer elements. The prototype by Tyler Edwards comes from Global Game Jam in 2013, after which it was fully developed by his own studio Tiny Horse. Mimic Arena is a minimalistic 2D action game, in which players fiercely fight on small levels. The key to success consists in manual abilities of the players and skillful avoiding of enemies’ attacks. The unusual use of respawns is the title’s most original element.

Action 11 March 2016

An expanded edition of the warmly received platform game developed by Moon studio in 2015. The story of Ori and the Blind Forest focuses on the titular spirit of the forest who is trying to learn something about itself and the world that surrounds it. The game lacks any dialogues and the story is told by using the gameplay and mute cutscenes. As for the mechanics, the game belongs to the subgenre called metroidvania.

Action 14 July 2017

An oldschool 2D action game with stealth elements and a gangster atmosphere, created by Polish studio iFun4all. Serial Cleaner takes place in America of the 1970s and you play as a seemingly ordinary citizen, who's really the eponymous “cleaner,” specializing in cleaning crime scenes—getting rid of the bodies, evidence, and blood.

Action 29 April 2016

First person shooter with elements of corguelike in woksel graphic design. In the game we eliminate more than 40 types of opponents and bosses, gradually gaining better armor and weapons. The game takes place on procedurally generated maps, and each death of the hero is final and means that you have to start playing from the beginning.

Action 03 June 2016

A third-person action game that combines hack and slash and roguelike elements. Heart&Slash started out as a minor project of an indie developer, which grew in time thanks to the financial support gathered on Kickstarter. The action takes place in a distant future, where humanity no longer exists. In the game, we assume the role an unusual robot who wants to discover his own identity and become loved.

Action 20 April 2016

A tongue-in-cheek action-adventure game by Big Ant Studios from Australia, which is a combination of a brawler and a 3D platformer. Masquerade: The Baubles of Doom takes you to a fantasy world invaded by an army of maniacs named Clowns. They want to find Druid Orbs – the mythical artifact granting its possessor the power to rule the world. You assume the role of Jaxx, one of the Clowns, who decides, together with his friend Comedia, to look for the Orbs on his own.

Action 20 September 2019

A two-dimensional exploration action adventure game with RPG and survival elements, developed by the debuting Ellada Games. The action is set in a fantasy world inspired by Viking mythology. We assume the role of a warrior whose funeral ship has been kidnapped by demons and taken into a mythical kingdom of cold and ice, the eponymous Niffelheim. The cursed creatures want the protagonist to seek out for them an ancient artifact that threatens their existence.

Action canceled

A science-fiction roguelike shooter employing isometric view and created by Monothetic - a studio established by active members of Half-Life 2 modding community. The player assumes the role of Freja - a hired female pilot whose ship crashes on the surface of an unknown planet. Although the protagonist dies, she gets revived by a cloning station which survived the crash.

Action 15 November 2016

A sequel to the two-dimensional action game with logic features created in 2013 by Swedish studio Ludosity Interactive. Ittle Dew 2 presents further adventures of the titular female protagonist and her companion Tippsi. The two crashed on another unknown island filled with mysteries and weird creatures. By using a magic map the pair of heroes will have to find six pieces of a raft which will allow them to leave the island.

Action 18 March 2016

An arcade twin-stick shooter game focused around a co-op experience. It was developed by Rusto Games - a small developer team specializing in production of mobile games. Spareware takes the player to a dystopian, futuristic version of Helsinki, where the machines start a rebellion against humans. The player assumes the role of a robot allied with humanity, whose task is to reach the so-called Core and set free the friendly HelOS AI.

Action 06 March 2018

The third installment in the Fear Effect series of action games. Both the previous installments were released for the PlayStation console. The game was created by Kronos Digital Entertainment, under the auspices of Square Enix - the owner of the franchise. Contrary to its predecessors, Fear Effect Sedna is a tactical action game played from an isometric view and inspired by Shadowrun Returns - a role-playing game. The action takes place in a cyberpunk world featuring fantasy elements.