Action Video Games75
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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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.
Pine
Action 10 October 2019
Pine is an open world action adventure game developed for PCs. While playing, we try to survive on a mysterious island, full of predators and intelligent races, whose behavior is controlled by advanced modules of artificial intelligence, capable of causing major changes in the whole ecosystem.
Ravenfield
Action 2024 (early access since 18 May 2017)
A team FPS game featuring colorful visuals, designed solely to deliver a single-player experience. The game has been developed by one man - Johan "SteelRaven7" Hassel. In Ravenfield, the player assumes the role of an infantryman fighting for one of the two armies (red and blue) and engages in huge battles waged across diverse battlefields. An army comprises not only infantry units but also tanks, fighters, airplanes, and battleships. Different game modes feature various gameplay rules.
Foxhole
Action 28 September 2022
A multiplayer shooter game played from an aerial view. Foxhole emphasizes logistics-related tasks performed by the players - they have to gather resources, produce and deliver equipment, but also construct defensive structures. Developed by the Canadian studio Clapfoot, the game casts the players in the roles of regular soldiers fighting for one of two factions. The experience was inspired by battles fought during both World Wars.
Marvel Powers United VR
Action 26 July 2018
Marvel Powers United VR is a PC FPP action game requiring a VR headset. You play as one of the many Marvel comic book characters, each of them possessing their distinct characteristics and special abilities. The gameplay consists mostly of fighting hordes of enemies.
Police Stories
Action 19 September 2019
A tactical top-down shooter, and at the same time a debut production from Mighty Morgan. The main protagonists – John Rimes and Rick Jones – are police operatives specializing in high-risk operations, such as rescuing hostages and infiltrating gang hideouts. As the enemies need only 2-3 shots to kill the main protagonist, the players have to exercise caution and react quickly.
Tannenberg
Action 13 February 2019
A standalone expansion to a well-received online FPS developed by BlackMill Games. Like in the base game, the action of Tannenberg takes the players to the World War I. However, this time around one gets to travel to the less known eastern front of the Great War and participate in the historical battles between the Russian Empire and the forces of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
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.
Guilty Gear Isuka
Action 21 March 2006
Another installment in the 2D fighting game for PlayStation and arcades, developed by Arc System Works. Guilty Gear Isuka allows you to participate in a grand fighting tournament, in which human martial arts masters and magical bio-warriors called “Gears” compete with each other. You can choose from 23 varied characters, including three brand new ones, each of them having distinct standard and combo attacks. There are also more game modes available, allowing for e.g.
Gatling Gears
Action 11 May 2011
A dynamic action shooter with a top-view perspective by Vanguard Games. The action takes place in a fictional universe, where as a soldier we cross the Earth, which is disintegrating as a result of the exploitation of natural resources. A combat moss was put at our disposal, which we will have to carry out various tasks. The system of destruction used in the game is very impressive.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Action 08 November 2004
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is a third party action game (TPP). At the same time this is the second video game based on the famous manga Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow.
Bakugan: Battle Brawlers
Action 20 October 2009
Bakugan: Battle Brawlers, created by Japanese developer NOW Production, is based on the popular anime series under the same title.
Blacklight Retribution
Action 03 April 2012
Blacklight Retribution is a continuation of the 2010 Blacklight tactical shooter: Tango Down. The action of the game has been set in the near future. The player directs the actions of the members of the elite commando unit, and his task is to effectively eliminate the opponents. Developers from Zombie Inc. studio have prepared several variants of multiplayer gameplay.
Shrek Forever After
Action 18 May 2010
Shrek Forever After is an action game produced by XPEC Entertainment studio based on the themes of the fourth film with a nice ogre in the lead role. Players direct the actions of their favourite characters - Shrek, Fiona, Cat in Shoes and Donkey, who try to restore the old order in the fairy-tale land, changed by the mysterious Rumpelstiltskin. The game contains many arcade elements and simple puzzles that require the use of special abilities of individual characters.
Ben 10: Alien Force - Vilgax Attacks
Action 27 October 2009
Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks is the next installment of a series of games whose plot is derived from an animated TV series presented by Cartoon Network.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow
Action 27 June 2006
The Legend of Jack Sparrow is the successor of Pirates of the Caribbean published in 2003. Players are confronted with an extensive action/TPP game with adventurous elements and role-playing, whose plot focuses on the careers of two characters: Captain Jacek Sparrow and Villa Turner.
Rogue Trooper
Action 21 April 2006
Rogue Trooper is a dynamic action game with stealth elements created by Rebellion Software studio (Aliens vs. Predator, Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death) based on one of the best selling comic book series in the UK.
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Action 25 October 2005
A console edition of Battlefield 2, the second installment in the multiplayer FPS game series by Swedish studio DICE. As implied by the subtitle of the game, this time you play as a new-generation soldier, equipped with state-of-the-art technology and deadly weaponry. The plot of Battlefield 2: Modern Combat focuses on a fictional conflict between NATO and China, taking place in Kazakhstan.
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Action 19 November 2006
Rayman Raving Rabbids is a spin-off version of the popular series of 3D platformers, containing 70 mini-games prepared by the development team of Ubisoft concern. This time, the title character, whose actions are directed by the player, has to face crazy daughters who have invaded the peaceful Land of Dreams.
Coded Arms
Action 06 July 2005
Coded Arms is an FPS game. The player takes on the role of a computer hacker who explores a forgotten and abandoned system of virtual reality, which in the past was supposed to serve as a simulator to help train soldiers in the event of an alien invasion.
Bounty Hounds
Action 12 September 2006
Bounty Hounds is a three-dimensional action game in which the course of events was shown from the perspective of a third person. This title is also the name of a group of virtual mercenaries who search for planets suitable for settlement by human civilization conquering the cosmos. The leader of this ruthless team is Maximillian, who is also the protagonist of this product.
Barbarian Returns
Action 25 May 2004
Barbarian Returns is a remake of a classic action game called Death Sword (also known as Barbarian, hence the analogous title). The program was prepared by an amateur group Delphi Games Development and was implemented using a fully three-dimensional Basilisk engine.
Vietnam: Black Ops
Action 27 September 2000
After an unsuccessful special action caught by Vietcong commandos Donald "Flak" Johnson must escape the bamboo prison and break through the enemies hiding in the jungle.
Blade Kitten
Action 22 September 2010
A combination of a platformer with an action game, telling about the adventures of the title character. Kit Ballard, a crossroads between a woman and a cat, is a mercenary cat, known for the comic strips created by Steve Stamatadis. In the game we go through complicated levels and fight enemies with an unusual, levitating blade. Support for the Kit is provided by her companion, the demonic Skiffy.