Action Video Games68
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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Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash
Action 26 September 2017
A spin-off of the Senran Kagura series and a third-person shooter that sees us take part in water battles. In Peach Beach Splash, the female ninja adepts take part in a water gun tournament – the victorious team will have its single wish granted. The players are given a wide arsenal consisting of ten types of weapons, each equipped with two firing modes that can be switched at will.
Horizon: Zero Dawn - The Frozen Wilds
Action 07 November 2017
Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds is the first DLC for Guerilla Games’ successful third-person action game Horizon Zero Dawn, where humanity is on the brink of extinction and fights for survival against mechanical beasts. This DLC takes us to a frigid area that lies beyond the mountain ridge in the far north of the game’s world and borders with the lands of the Banuk tribe. A new threat arises there and Aloy, the game's protagonist, must face it.
Planet Nomads
Action 03 May 2019
A survival sandbox game, in which the player assumes the role of an astronaut, who is trying to stay alive on a desolate planet. Developed by Craneballs, Planet Nomads offers the player with a procedurally-generated open world. One has to tend to his character’s basic needs - this means satisfying both hunger and thirst, as well as taking care of his general health condition.
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
Action 31 August 1998
Skradanka set in feudal Japan with a touch of fantasy. The production offers ten different missions in which the player takes on the role of a warrior or ninja warrior and, by means of various equipment such as rope launchers or shurikens, tries to silently infiltrate locations and eliminate selected targets. Before each task it is possible to choose the equipment that will be taken on the mission, but failure makes the equipment forfeited and should be retrieved from scratch.
Spider-Man: Homecoming VR
Action 30 June 2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming VR is an arcade action game developed by Sony Pictures Virtual Reality as a part of the promotional campaign for the Spider-Man: Homecoming film. We play as the titular super hero. Our job is to test the new suit and new web slingers that were given to us by Stark Industries. The fact that Vulture breaths down our back only complicates things. In the end we will be forced to face him.
The Day After: Origins
Action canceled
Developed by an independent Canadian studio Coconut Games, The Day After: Origins is an open world game, in which the player has to fight for survival during their stay in Grey Hill. This backwater town is under quarantine because of an unknown virus that turns the inhabitants into wild, aggressive creatures.
LEGO Quest & Collect
Action 12 July 2017
LEGO Quest & Collect is a mobile action-adventure game based on the LEGO license and developed by TT Fusion. The game's story focuses on the intrigues of the villain known as the Mad Creator, who imprisoned the inhabitants of the Brick World. Our job is to free them and defeat him. In terms of mechanics, LEGO Quest & Collect is an action-adventure game. As we play, we go through many locations filled with enemies and solve simple logic puzzles from time to time.
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil Remastered
Action 16 March 2017
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil Remastered is a remaster of the cult FPP shooter, developed by Night Dive. Many changes were made in the game: visuals, interface, gameplay mechanics, etc. The game now runs on Kex Engine 3.4, the enemies' A.I. was improved (now they can attack in groups and run away if required) and so was the character's movement (i.e. the hero can now climb onto some of the environmental elements).
The Persistence
Action 24 July 2018
A hybrid of survival horror and a roguelike game, designed exclusively for Virtual Reality headgear. Developed by Firesprite, The Persistence takes the players to the year 2521, when the interstellar voyages are a part of people’s everyday life. The main protagonist is a member of a spaceship crew, which, as a result of an unsuccessful experiment, has been turned into bloodthirsty mutants.
The Conjuring House
Action 25 September 2018
A first-person horror game inspired by the literary works of H. P. Lovecraft. The action of The Conjuring House is set at the beginning of the 20th century. A group of supernatural phenomenon researchers is dispatched to investigate an abandoned Victorian residence, which is said to feature certain anomalies. The main protagonist of the game is the journalist who accompanies the researchers.
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.
Hellgate VR
Action 31 March 2021
A first-person shooter game and a prequel of Hellgate: London. Developed by HanbitSoft, Hellgate VR allows the players to participate in the war between humans and demons, with the task to eliminate the creatures from Hell using various types of firearms, including i.a. machine guns. Even though the battlefields are mostly filled with hordes of minor adversaries, the player is bound to encounter bosses much more powerful than the rest of the enemies.
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.
Subterrain
Action 21 January 2016
A survival game in which we find ourselves in a city located under the surface of Mars, controlled by bloodthirsty mutants. The player's task is to discover the mystery behind the events of the past and to find a way to escape. Of course, before the hero is able to accomplish this mission, he has to fight for survival, taking care of his body condition and creating useful elements of equipment.
L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files
Action 15 December 2017
A special edition of the detective game L.A. Noire created for virtual reality headsets. Unlike the original, which was developed by Team Bondi, L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files was produced by a Rockstar Games’ subsidiary. In the game you visit Los Angeles of the year 1947. The game’s main protagonist is detective Cole Phelps, a World War II veteran, gradually climbing the steps of a career in the police force.
Door Kickers: Action Squad
Action 10 September 2018
2D retro shooter and spin-off to the Door Kickers series. Door Kickers: Action Squad has you play as a member of an elite anti-terrorist squad. You take part in a series of missions, which usually require you to infiltrate a building and save hostages. This, however, is not easy, as your character can die at the hands of all sorts of criminals: sprinters armed with knives, terrorists wearing bomb vests, or mobsters armed to the teeth.
Titanfall Online
Action canceled
Network free-to-play shooter based on the first part of the Titanfall series. In the game we fight with pilots, i.e. soldiers of the future using special mosses summoned during the skirmish.
Nimbatus: The Space Drone Constructor
Action 14 May 2020
Nimbatus: The Space Drone Constructor is a 2D dexterity simulator, in which we build more and more perfect drones from available parts. The player has to adapt the machine parameters to a specific mission using a special editor or take into account the annihilation of the drona by enemy robots. A bit of engineering inventiveness is also useful - in some tasks manoeuvrable scouts will perform better, while others require large combat platforms.
Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol
Action 05 June 2000
A tactical action game in which we lead a two-person branch of American rankings, performing various missions in different parts of the world. One of the distinguishing elements of production is the cooperation mode for two players on a split screen.
Dark Devotion
Action 25 April 2019
Dark Devotion is a two-dimensional action game by French team Hibernian Workshop. Production takes us to the gloomy fantasy land, ruled by omnipotent church. Players control the warrior trained by the religious order, sent on a mission to purify the cursed temple. During the game we deal mainly with exploration, solving puzzles and most of all fighting. Skirmishes are played at a slow pace, requiring the right timing of attacks and effective anticipation of enemies' movements.
ARKTIKA.1
Action 10 October 2017
ARKTIKA.1 is a VR science fiction first-person shooter developed by 4A Games, creators of the Metro game series. The game takes place in the 22nd century, a couple of decades into the new ice age. Humans are forced to live in areas near the equator, but the territories in the north and south are yet to be completely abandoned because they are still rich in natural resources. Some people still live in the icebound parts of the planet in order to gather them.
Redeemer
Action 01 August 2017
A brutal hack'n'slash game filled with action and created by Sobaka Studio - a Russian developer. The protagonist is called Vasily, a well-built monk with a series of dark events lurking in his past. As a mercenary working for a ruthless military-industrial corporation, Vasily used to commit the worst kind of crimes - he murdered, tortured, and extorted from people.
8DAYS
Action 22 July 2016
Developed by independent Spanish studio Santa Clara Games, 8DAYS is a 2D twin-stick shooter. The game is set in an alternative future, in which the world is controlled by two powerful organizations: an army of mercenaries on the government’s payroll known as G.O.D. and the eponymous 8DAYS, a newspaper which spreads propaganda that favors the ruling class. In the game you control two soldiers, whose job is to nip any developing conflicts in the bud.
Celeste
Action 25 January 2018
A platform game by indie studio Matt Makes Games, in which you play as a red-haired girl called Celeste, who lives in a fantasy world. She decides to complete a dangerous challenge of climbing a tall mountain, and you help her to achieve her goal. The game utilizes a side view, and the gameplay focuses on traversing over 300 varied levels, jumping on platforms, and avoiding countless traps. The game features some unusual mechanics, most notably the possibility to climb vertical walls.