Action Video Games58
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.
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Defiance
Action 02 April 2013
Futuristic first-person shooter MMO (Massive Multiplayer Online), plot related to the series broadcasted by the American television station SyFy. Game was produced by Trion World Network studio. In unspecified future, the Earth became a target for alien colonization mission. Despite peaceful declarations, a war broke out between humans and Voltans. Alien fleet in orbit was destroyed, which led to spreading and mutation of alien species of flora and fauna.
Shinobido: Tales of the Ninja
Action 07 February 2007
Shinobido: Tales of the Ninja is a typical sneaky, also known under the Japanese name Shinobido: Homura. The title was created together with his bigger brother, Shinobido: Way of the Ninja, released on PlayStation 2.
Painkiller: Redemption
Action 25 February 2011
Another installment of the Painkiller series, this time developed by Eggtooth Team, a studio that started its career by creating fan mods for the previous installments in the franchise. The story is focused on Daniel Garner and Belial who join forces to put an end to the bloody conflict between heaven and hell. The developers prepared a new solo campaign in which we have to kill six thousand enemies.
ArmA: Queen's Gambit
Action 28 September 2007
ArmA: Queen's Gambit is the first official extension of the tactical action game ArmA: Armed Assault, released in 2006. Just like the basic version, the add-on was developed by specialists from Bohemia Interactive Studio (Operation Flashpoint's fathers), and they were supported in the development by people from Black Element Software - creators such as Alpha Prime.
Code of Honor 2: Conspiracy Island
Action 19 August 2008
Code of Honor 2: Conspiracy Island is an official continuation of the action/FPS Code of Honor: The French Foreign Legion, which was launched in February 2007. As in the first part, we are dealing with a low-budget shooting.
The Rage
Action 12 October 2001
The Rage is an action game inspired by classic film fights, produced by the Fluid Games development team. The player takes control of one of the three masters of martial arts and fights with opponents - punks, skins, hooligans, etc. - encountered in the streets of the virtual city. The creators have prepared several variants of the game, including the option to play in multiplayer mode.
Hitman Trilogy (2007)
Action 20 June 2007
A set of three games from the highly popular third-person stealth game series from Danish studio Io-Interactive. Hitman Trilogy pack consists of Hitman: Codename 47, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin and Hitman: Contracts, all from 2000-2004. We play as the mysterious assassin codenamed 47, owner of a characteristic (lack of) haircut and a barcode tattoo.
Terrorist Takedown: Covert Operations
Action 08 November 2006
Terrorist Takedown: Secret Operations is a first person shooter (FPS) produced by City Interactive's development studio. The action of the game was set in South America. The player takes on the role of Lieutenant Jake Morche, a member of a special unit to fight drug cartels. Its task is to help colleagues understood by an influential criminal organisation.
Descent II
Action 30 November 1996
A three-dimensional FPP action game that gives players freedom of movement in a state of weightlessness. Working for the PTMC corporation, a material defender tries to stop a nanovirus that turns robots into assassins.
Wolfschanze 1944: The Final Attempt
Action 28 April 2006
A first-person shooter developed by Studio Calaris. The story of Wolfschanze: The Final Attempt was inspired by historic events – the player assumes the role of count Klaus Schenk von Stauffenberg, a German military officer that attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in order to dispose the Nazi party of power and stop the war. As we know from history, the plot was unsuccessful, but the game offers an alternative, more spectacular version of the events.
Code of Honor: The French Foreign Legion
Action 23 February 2007
Code of Honor: French Legia Cudzoziemska is a game developed by Polish development studio City Interactive, known mainly from a series of historical and war productions such as Battlestrike, Combat Wings, Terrorist Takedown or Wings of Honour.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
Action 17 November 2006
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire is a game about the battles of giant robots in a futuristic reality. This product is part of a popular brand, including animated films, cartoons and toys. We are therefore in the very middle of an armed conflict, the stake of which is control over the Earth.
Codename: Outbreak
Action 12 October 2001
An addictive action game from the perspective of the FPS, in which we become a fighter of those fighting to defend humanity. Eliminate the cosmic plague spreading on earth with your powerful weapon. Instead of leading a single character, we take command of the entire unit. In addition to the solo campaign, there is also a multiplayer mode.
Iron Storm (2002)
Action 22 October 2002
A FPS game set in an alternative past. In 1964 the First World War continues and the player becomes one of the hundreds of soldiers who fight in it. As an Allied officer called Weazel, we are given the task of penetrating enemy lines, filtering the secret research complex and destroying the weapons prepared there.
Delta Force: Xtreme
Action 21 April 2005
Delta Force One: Next Gen is a kind of return to the roots of the famous Novalogic studio cycle. Developers from this company have given players a much refreshed and improved version of the precursor of the series, Delta Force, released in 1998.
Terrorist Takedown: War In Colombia
Action 19 May 2006
War In Colombia is another part of a series of dynamic action games called Terrorist Takedown. Employees of the Polish development studio City Interactive are again responsible for its creation. As the name of this production indicates, this time the players move to South America.
UberSoldier
Action 18 November 2005
The first action game of the Russian programming studio Burut, which in 2004 created another game of the same genre called Kreed. Inspiration to create the East Front was drawn from such titles as Call of Duty, Counter-Strike and Shogo: Mobile Armor Division.
One Must Fall 2097
Action 20 June 1994
One Must Fall 2097 is an extremely powerful killing, which will allow you to take part in robot battles. As one of the pilots, you will take control of the selected unit, lead it to victory and earn a fortune at the same time. As long as, of course, you manage to master the machine in such a way as to beat all the competitors trying to do the same.
Ringriker
Action 12 October 2002
An action game set in a fictional fantasy world. The land to be explored has been controlled by the evil forces commanded by a certain Vorge. He is the Lord of demons. Vorge plans to destroy the world. The player's task is, of course, to thwart these plans.
Wolfenstein III
Action TBA
The ninth installment in the Wolfenstein series, and a continuation of Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. The production developed by the Swedish Machine Games studio once again puts the players in the role of B.J. Blazkowicz, who continues his fight against the Nazis.
Spider-Man: The Heist
Action 23 October 2018
A part of a 3-episode DLC for Marvel's Spider-Man. The add-on contains fresh challenges and crimes, a previously unseen faction and new costumes for Spider-Man. In Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps, as the DLC itself is called, both Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson play an important role, as well as the protagonist's former love interest Felicia Hardy, also known as Black Cat.
Tunguska: The Visitation
Action 04 June 2021
Survival action game in isometric view inspired by the S.T.A.L.L.K.E.R. series. The title takes us to an alternative reality, where around the place where the Tunguska meteorite hit a zon hiding both numerous riches in the form of artefacts, as well as beings mutated as a result of radiation. The player takes on the role of one of the daredevils looking for the possibility of quick enrichment in this zone, who quickly find themselves in the middle of the war waged by divided factions.
Guacamelee! 2
Action 21 August 2018
A sequel to the well-received game Guacamelee!. The players once again assume the role of Juan Aguacate who faces a global threat.
Dead Sea
Action TBA (early access since 25 March 2016)
A sandbox survival simulator with adventure and horror features from Thai studio Phoenix. It is an extended version of a 2013 amateur project built on CryEngine. We play as an anonymous character, who wakes up on endless desert. Naturally, his only goal is to survive and escape from the hellish place, which requires solving many puzzles, exploring the game’s world and developing our character, who learns new, useful skills.