Action Video Games81
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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Bulletstorm VR
Action 18 January 2024
A remastered release of the FPS Bulletstorm from 2011 developed with VR in mind. The game is set on the planet of Stygia and stars Grayson Hunt, a space pirate wielding futuristic weapons against hordes of enemies.
StarRupture
Action 2024 (early access since 2024)
A sci-fi co-op FPS, combining fast-paced combat, survival mechanics and base management. It was developed and published by a Polish studio Creepy Jar - the creators of Green Hell.
Crashlands 2
Action 2024
The second installment in an acclaimed series of action games by an indie studio Butterscotch Shenanigans. Crashlands 2 has us once again playing as Flux Dabes, a galactic courier setting out back home for a well-earned vacation. Unfortunately, the universe has other plans...
Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered
Action 2024
A remastered release of a TPP shooter with horror elements from 2011. Shadows of the Damned: Remastered stars Garcia Hotspur, a demon hunter delving down into hell to save his beloved.
System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition
Action 2024
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.
Kill It With Fire 2
Action 16 April 2024
The second installment in a series of humorous FPP action games, starring a professional spider exterminator. Kill It With Fire 2 tasks us with waging war against the arachnids through time and space.
Crossfire: Sierra Squad
Action 29 August 2023
A VR first-person shooter. Crossfire: Sierra Squad has us playing as the leader of the titular squad, fighting for the Global Risk organization against the competing group Black List.
Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus
Action 17 July 2024
A crowdfunded indie game inspired by Japanese folklore. Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus is an action adventure game with metroidvania elements, in which we play as a mythical fox-like tentaihana.
Deceit 2
Action 14 September 2023
The second installment in the series of asymmetrical multiplayer action games with survival horror elements. In Deceit 2 all players are divided into Innocents and Infected; the former must escape an asylum alive, while the latter try to stop them.
Farworld Pioneers
Action 30 May 2023
Platform action game with survival elements. In Farworld Pioneers, we play as an astronaut who must do everything to survive on an alien planet, as well as find other survivors and together with them build a large, prosperous colony from scratch.
Resident Evil 4: The Mercenaries
Action 07 April 2023
The Mercenaries is a free expansion to the survival horror game Resident Evil 4. It introduces a new game mode revolving around combat, killing enemies quickly and achieving high scores.
Strayed Lights
Action 25 April 2023
A TPP action adventure game with RPG and soulslike elements. Strayed Lights puts us in the shoes of a luminous creature traversing a dreamlike world, facing enemies and trying to restore balance to the land.
Vernal Edge
Action 14 March 2023
Vernal Edge is a 2D fantasy metroidvania platformer. The game emphasizes exploration and combat against hordes of enemies using melee weapons and destructive spells.
Armored Core 2: Another Age
Action 21 August 2001
A sequel and a standalone expansion to Armored Core 2. Armored Core 2: Another Age is a TPP shooter with tactical elements, in which we plot futuristic mechs.
Dreadhunter
Action 2024 (early access since 18 October 2023)
Twin-stick shooter with elements of action RPG and roguelike. In Dreadhunter we play the title hunter, who, sitting at the helm of a mecha, eliminates hordes of monsters in futuristic locations.
Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania
Action 06 March 2023
The largest and most ambitious expansion for Dead Cells, released in 2018. The expansion offers a storyline directly related to the Castlevania series, two new biomes, three bosses and fourteen weapons.
Far Cry 6: Lost Between Worlds
Action 06 December 2022
Far Cry 6: Lost Between Worlds is the fourth major expansion for Far Cry 6, featuring roguelike elements. In it, we find ourselves in a world torn by rifts, full of oddities and dangerous enemies, including shardfaces.
Boris and the Dark Survival
Action 10 February 2020
An indie survival horror game from Joey Drew Studios, a prequel to the first installment of the Bendy and the Ink Machine series. In Boris and the Dark Survival, we play the title character, who struggles every day to survive in a ghoul-infested comic book studio.
Oblivion Override
Action 25 January 2024
Platform action game with roguelike elements. In Oblivion Override, we play as a robot who roams the Dulce base and eliminates enemies, learning more and more about the fate that has befallen humanity, as well as the limitations imposed on machines by their creators.
DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace
Action 15 July 2022
Rail shooter on the license of the movie. In DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace, as the dogs Krypto and Ace swoop over the streets of Metropolis and eliminate hosts of vile LexBots.
Arma 4
Action TBA
Arma 4 is the fourth installment of the shooter series from Bohemia Interactive. The title uses a completely new graphics engine.
Soulframe
Action TBA
Soulframe is a free-to-play online game set in an open-world fantasy world. The gameplay revolves around exploration, character development and combat using a heavily arcade-based skirmish system.
Blackwind
Action 20 January 2022
An action adventure game that lets us take on the role of a combat mecha operator and face whole hoards of monsters. In Blackwind we can play both solo and in local cooperative mode.
