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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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Operation: Harsh Doorstop
Operation: Harsh Doorstop

Action 2024 (early access since 15 February 2023)

Multiplayer FPS with focus put on realism and tactical gameplay. In Operation: Harsh Doorstop, players find themselves on the modern battlefield and perform a variety of tasks that require close teamwork. The game is distributed in a free-to-play model.

PC

Industria
Industria

Action 30 September 2021

FPS was inspired by such titles as Half-Life 2 and Portal 2. In the game Industria we find ourselves in an alternative world of steam machines, where the main character is looking for her missing loved one. During the game we fight with humanoid robots and gradually learn the secrets of the world.

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Brutal Fate
Brutal Fate

Action TBA (early access since 2024)

Brutal Fate is a first person shooter in retro style, developing ideas from Brutal Doom mod. So we get a dynamic FPS with a rich arsenal of weapons, various enemy galleries and non-linear levels.

PC

Project Wingman
Project Wingman

Action 01 December 2020

Project Wingman is an alternative reality-based arcade game. During the adventure, the player takes on the role of a fighter pilot and takes part in a global conflict, covering almost the entire Earth.

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Prodeus
Prodeus

Action 23 September 2022

Prodeus is a dynamic space shooter observed from the first person perspective. The game is inspired by classic retro shooters, which put the emphasis on fun.

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Blight: Survival
Blight: Survival

Action 2024

Blight: Survival is a co-op action game with a medieval horror theme and souslike combat. We find ourselves in a war-ravaged region and try to deal with a plague of undead and bandits.

PC

Horizon 3
Horizon 3

Action TBA

The third installment in a series of action adventure games with RPG elements by Guerrilla Games. Horizon 3 once again stars the red-headed warrior Aloy, facing a rogue AI Nemesis.

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Roboquest
Roboquest

Action 07 November 2023

FPS with roguelike elements, in which we play the role of a robot exploring postapocalyptic Earth and fighting hordes of hostile machines. In Roboquest you can play solo or in a cooperative mode designed for two players.

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Warm Snow
Warm Snow

Action 19 January 2022

Action game with roguelike elements. In Warm Snow we find ourselves in a fantastic land inspired by the Far East and we play the role of a warrior who faces hordes of monsters trying to restore order in the land.

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Rooted
Rooted

Action 2025

Rooted is a survival TPP set in a postapocalyptic world, inspired by The Last of Us series. It was developed and published by a small studio - Headlight Studio.

PC

Dungeons of Hinterberg
Dungeons of Hinterberg

Action 18 July 2024

A TPP action adventure game with RPG elements. Dungeons of Hinterberg is set in a fictional Alpine village of Hinterberg. Its protagonist - Luiza - learns its secrets by exploring the beautiful overworld and the mysterious dungeons.

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Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra

Action 2025

A superhero action adventure game set in the occupied Paris during World War 2. Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra allows us to play as Captain America and Black Panther among other characters. The main goal of the game is to stop the mischievous Hydra organization.

PC

DayZ: Frostline
DayZ: Frostline

Action 2024

The second large expansion for the popular post-apocalyptic survival game from Bohemia Interactive. DayZ: Frostline introduces a new frozen Sakhal map with 83 square kilometers surface size. The add-on also has minor improvements, including a new fishing minigame.

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Terrorist Takedown 3
Terrorist Takedown 3

Action 04 May 2010

Terrorist Takedown 3 is the third installment of a series of action games by the Polish CITY Interactive studio. The player takes on the role of a member of an anti-terrorist unit, which is sent to Somalia in order to rebound a ship kidnapped off the coast there. There are a number of dangerous missions that require the use of various military vehicles and equipment.

PC

K.O.S. Secret Operations
K.O.S. Secret Operations

Action 28 January 2010

K.O.S. Secret Operations is a free-to-play network FPS, manufactured by YNK Interactive. Players take on the role of soldiers of various specializations and take part in battles with living opponents and computer artificial intelligence. In terms of technology, the title is based on the capabilities of the Source engine.

PC

Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII
Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII

Action 04 September 2003

The second official addition to the award-winning action game Battlefield 1942. Thanks to him, the player gets the opportunity to try out several extremely deadly "toys", which were created in German and Allied laboratories during the Second World War.

PC

UberSoldier
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.

PC

Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend
Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend

Action 25 November 2004

The first major expansion to 2003's Postal 2, the game requires the base game to run along with Share the Pain, a multiplayer add-on. Apocalypse Weekend brings with it 10 new story missions set in brand new locations in the fictional town of Paradise City, including an elephant sanctuary and an Islamic terrorist camp. There are also a whole host of new characters, such as crazy cats and victims of the infamous mad cow disease.

PC

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45

Action 14 March 2006

A dynamic first person shooter, with an action set on the eastern front of World War II. The idea for this game was born out of a modification called Red Orchestra, which won the competition for the best addition to Unreal Tournament 2003 and 2004, i.e. "$1,000,000,000 Make Something Unreal".

PC

Sniper: Path of Vengeance
Sniper: Path of Vengeance

Action 20 September 2002

Dynamic action game, viewed from a first-person perspective, including elements of adventure and RPG, based on LithTech, one of the most famous and stable graphic enginas in the world.

PC

Brutal Legend
Brutal Legend

Action 13 October 2009

Another game developed by Tim Schafer, the creator of Monkey Island and Psychonauts. This time he takes the player to a world inspired by the covers of metal band’s music discs. There the protagonist must destroy hordes of monsters by using an axe, a guitar and a crazy army.

PCX360PS3

Soldier of Fortune: Payback
Soldier of Fortune: Payback

Action 13 November 2007

Payback is the title of the third installment of the popular series of action games, Soldier of Fortune. The company Activision took care of its release again, but its development was entrusted to the Slovak studio Cauldron (among others Civil War).

PCX360PS3

Conflict: Vietnam
Conflict: Vietnam

Action 03 September 2004

Conflict: Vietnam is another product from the series, the two preceding parts of which dealt with the war in the Persian Gulf region - a reference to the first American Iraqi operation (early 1990s), codenamed the Desert Storm. This time the action was moved further east and deeper into the past, because the plot represents the most intensive phase (1966-1969) of the United States military intervention in Vietnam.

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Legendary
Legendary

Action 31 October 2008

A first-person shooter developed by Spark Unlimited. Members of the studio worked formerly mainly on the famous Call of Duty and Medal of Honor franchises. The player is put in the shoes of Charles Deckard - an art thief. Unfortunately, he obtains the legendary Pandora's box and literally opens it.

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