Action Video Games27
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.
Browse genres/themes ?
Browse the Encyclopedia by genre and tags. Each game has one main genre: Action, Fighting, Puzzle, Adventure, RPG, Sports, Strategy, Simulation, Party, Racing, Arcade. You can search multiple tags and filter games by platforms, scores, or release dates.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - Vietnam
8.1 Game Score
An expansion pack intended exclusively for the multiplayer mode of the tactical FPS Battlefield: Bad Company 2 by EA Dice. The expansion casts the players into the harsh reality of the titular Vietnam War and features five entirely new maps, none of which lacks the distinctive elements of the said conflict. Therefore, the countless trenches, tunnels, and narrows will make for excellent locations in which you can ambush your opponents.
Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice
8.1 Game Score
Pursuit Force: Extreme takes us into the world of impressive police chases. We find ourselves in a fictional metropolis called Capital City to join an elite squad to fight crime.
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
8.1 Game Score
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.
Mirror's Edge
8.1 Game Score
An unorthodox action game developed by studio EA DICE. The game combines the dynamic of typical first-person perspective shooters with platform game elements. The story of the game takes place in the future, in a large metropolis where every citizen is being watched “for his own good” by a totalitarian government.
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue
8.1 Game Score
Three-dimensional platforming game in which players play the title Tiger of Tasmania. Their task is to confront the sinister Cass trying to take control of the planet - in order to do so they create an army of reptiles. The game is based on the exploration of extensive maps and the fight against encountered opponents - however, the game is diversified by uncomplicated riddles and arcade sections.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
8.1 Game Score
The third part of the series of tactical action games, created in the Red Storm team under the supervision of the popular writer of sensational novels - Tom Clancy. The action of this production takes place in 2013 in Mexico City.
Ninja Blade
8.1 Game Score
Action game, shown from the perspective of a third person. We play the role of a ninja warrior who has to fight hordes of various opponents. The hero can use a wide range of tools such as katana, shuriken or rope to jump from tall buildings.
Sine Mora
8.1 Game Score
Sine Mora is a steampunk action game created by Japanese studio Grasshopper Manufacture in cooperation with Hungarian Digital Reality. The game refers to classic shoot up shooters, enriching them with innovative elements, including the ability to manipulate time.
Singularity
8.1 Game Score
A science-fiction action game played from the first-person view and created by Raven Software - an experienced developer popular mainly for series such as Hexen, Heretic, Soldier of Fortune, or the latest installments in both the Quake and the Wolfenstein series. The player assumes the role of an American soldier sent on a mission to investigate a mysterious, post-Soviet island. It turns out that the place is constantly traveling in time as a result of mysterious forces affecting it.
Prototype
8.1 Game Score
A sandbox action game with third-person perspective, developed by Radical Entertainment studio, known from Scarface and a few games from the popular Crash Bandicoot series. The game takes place in future Manhattan, plagued by a mysterious virus that can transform people into monsters. We take on the role of Alex Mercer – a hero with unknown identity, who gained superhuman powers due to genetic experiments.
Medal of Honor: Airborne
8.1 Game Score
After a series of spin-off productions released for the 6th-generation consoles, the popular FPS franchise comes back in a full-fledged multiplayer installment. In accordance with the title, the events of the World War II are observed through the eyes of Boyd Travers, a paratrooper of the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division.
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
8.1 Game Score
A spin-off to the iconic Grand Theft Auto series. The game was first developed for the PlayStation Portable handheld console. The story of Liberty City Stories takes place a few years before the events shown in GTA3, on the streets of the same metropolis. During the game player becomes Tony Cipriani who after coming to the city is caught up in the dirt of corruption, mafia wars, and drug traffic.
Just Cause 2
8.1 Game Score
A continuation to the 2006 action game developed by Avalanche Studios. In the game, we learn the later fate of agent Rico Rodriguez, who set out on another dangerous mission; this time around, to Panau, an island in Southeast Asia. The new installment of the series features nearly unchanged gameplay mechanics, giving the players complete freedom in deciding the quest order and exploration of the climatically diverse isle.
Red Faction
8.1 Game Score
An action game, developed by Volition, combining the features of a classic FPS game with extensive adventure game elements. The plot of Red Faction has been set in the year 2100, and takes place on Mars. In one of the mines, a rebellion breaks out against the ruthless regime of the Ultor Corporation, and is further fueled by a virus decimating the workers.
Ultimate Spider-Man
8.1 Game Score
Another entry in a video game series, developed by Activision, aimed at fans of Spider-Man. Unlike the previous two games, Ultimate Spider-Man is not based on the movie series directed by Sam Raimi. Instead, the game is based entirely on the comic book under the same name, which is a modernized version of Peter Parker's early years as a superhero.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
8.1 Game Score
The sequel to the highly acclaimed third-person action game by Ubisoft Montreal studio, in which we play as Sam Fisher - a secret government agent and member of a special operations group called the Third Echelon. The action of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow takes us from heavily urbanized areas to the tropical region of Indonesia, where a host of new tasks await us, such as sabotage of a submarine base or infiltration of a local village where secret documents are hidden.
Chaos Legion
8.1 Game Score
Arcade action game, full of dynamic clashes, which we observe from the third person's perspective. The plot of the program tells the story of two powerful and brave fencers. During combat we can summon seven different types of demons equipped with unique abilities. The fun is enhanced by light RPG elements.
Gun
8.1 Game Score
An open-world action game developed by Neversoft Entertainment, the studio known from the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series. Gun takes us to the American Frontier in XIX century and sees us assume control of Colton White – a young cowboy searching for his real family, following the tragic death of his foster father. The game offers an extensive world consisting of vast wastelands, as well as small towns and Indian settlements.
XIII (2003)
8.1 Game Score
Action/FPS game based on the themes of one of the most interesting comic series created by Jean Van Hamme. The player becomes an agent who has to overcome the dangers hanging over the world.
Gift (2000)
8.1 Game Score
Gift is an adventure game with a view from the perspective of a third person in which we play the role of a small, plump and red creature. His task will be to go through a series of dangerous stages, overcome obstacles and opponents and find and save his beloved Princess Lolita.
Freedom Force
8.1 Game Score
Play as many of the most famous cartoon heroes of the world and in a huge number of fights with so-called dark characters show courage and impeccable will to fight in defence of everything that is good and righteous on Earth.
Tribes 2
8.1 Game Score
Tribes 2 is a sequel to Starsiege Tribes action tactical action game, released in 2008 and maintained in the climates of science fiction. The story shows the struggle of the once conflicting fractions of Blood Eagles, Phoenix Children, Diamond Swords and Star wolves against the mutated BioDerm race. The game was developed by Dynamix studio for multiplayer online gameplay, in which over 50 players can participate at the same time.
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
8.1 Game Score
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil is a continuation of the 1998 First Person Shooting (FPS) - Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. The title character, in which the player plays, accidentally released the Primagens imprisoned for hundreds of years under the crust of the Lost Land. Now he is the only one who can stop the beasts threatening the planet. Produced by Iguana studio, the game offers several fun modes, including a multiplayer online multiplayer for up to 15 participants.
World's Scariest Police Chases
8.1 Game Score
World's Scariest Police Chases is a third person perspective action car game (TPP) based on the license of the popular TV show World's Wildest Police Videos. The player plays the role of a policeman who, in the streets of a virtual American metropolis, takes part in spectacular chases after criminals.