The most interesting action games this year (4)

All the best and most popular games of the year, upcoming releases, and hits from the past. Use filters to narrow down search.

Action

Outbreak Island

Action

2025

Outbreak Island is a survival game set on a mysteriously contaminated island. Our objective is to survive and learn the cause of the catastrophe.

Dune: Awakening

Action

Q1 2025

Dune: Awakening was developed by Funcom studio, which combines elements of MMO production and survival game. Thousands of players on the server are engaged in gathering resources, building bases and fighting against other people and forces of nature.

Lost Skies

Action

2025

An open world TPP action adventure game with survival elements. Lost Skies tasks the player with traversing a vast world and facing its dangers aboard a self-made airship.

Breeze in the Clouds

Action

2025

Breeze in the Clouds is a cheerful cartoonish action game staring a corgi. After acquiring powers that let him control weather, he sets out to save the world from pollution and disaster.

System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition

Action

2025

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.

33 Immortals

Action

2025, Early Access

An online action roguelike and an interpretation of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Players control damned souls rebelling against divine wrath.

Streets of Rogue 2

Action

2025, Early Access

The second installment in a series of sandbox action games with roguelike elements. Streets of Rogue 2 tasks us with overthrowing a corrupt president, giving us tons of freedom in how to achieve our objective.

Grime II

Action

2025

The sequel to an action platforming metroidvania with RPG elements. Grime II has as playing as a Formless, letting us absorb defeated enemies and use their skills against them.

Sand

Action

2025

Sand is a Ukrainian PvPvE FPS set in an alternate early 20th century. Players traverse a ruined planet on foot or in giant mecha, searching for resources and treasure.

StarRupture

Action

H2 2025, Early Access

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.

Across the Wonderlands

Action

2025, Early Access

A survival TPP game from the authors of Gord. To The Star offers a fantasy world inspired by Alice in Wonderland. It can be explored solo or in co-op. The game relies on a unique mechanic of preparing meals, which can be used to strengthen the hero or weaken the enemies.

Kingmakers

Action

Q1 2025, Early Access

A combination of a strategy and a TPP shooter, in which we fight medieval battles as a modern day soldier. Kingmakers takes place in England in 1461, allowing to influence the conflicts from the Medieval Ages using modern rifles, grenades, vehicles or helicopters.

Zombie Army VR

Action

2025

An FPS designed for virtual reality headsets, belonging to a series of Sniper Elite spin-offs. Zombie Army VR is set in an alternative version of WW2 Europe. We play as an elite Deadhunter, dealing with hordes of the living dead. We can play solo or in co-op mode.

Out of Action

Action

2025

A cyberpunk-themed FPS in which we use bullet time and perform Max Payne-style moves, including slow-motion jumps and slides. The game features futuristic weapons and gadgets. Out of Action supports singleplayer, but it's primarily meant for multiplayer combat.

Tormented Souls 2

Action

2025

The sequel to an acclaimed first-person survival horror adventure game. Like its predecessor, it was developed by a Chilean studio Dual Effect.

Projekt Z: Beyond Order

Action

2025

A first-person shooter by 314 Arts. Projekt Z: Beyond Order is set during alternate World War II, tasking the player with foiling the Nazis, who are planning to weaponize zombies.

Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core

Action

2025, Early Access

An FPS with roguelike elements, set in the world of Deep Rock Galactic. Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core has us playing as dwarves, exploring the mining facilities on the planet of Hoxxes IV and facing down dangers dwelling within.

Twisted Tower

Action

2025

A first-person action game set in a tower full of puzzles, traps and nightmarish enemies. Twisted Tower was developed by the indie studio Atmos Games, the creators of Neversong and Pinstripe.

Core Decay

Action

2025

Immersive sim in the style of an old-school FPS. In Core Decay we explore expansive locations, eliminate enemies using an extensive arsenal, hack security systems and develop the character, increasing its combat potential.

Bushiden

Action

2025

Action platform game with metroidvania elements. In Bushiden we play as a ninja warrior who follows the trail of his lost sister through various stages, jumping on platforms, avoiding traps and eliminating hordes of enemies.

ARC Raiders

Action

2025

ARC Raiders is a free-to-play TPP shooter, focusing strongly on players' cooperation in the fight against murderous robots. The game was developed by Embark studio, including many veterans from EA DICE.

Skate Story

Action

2025

TPP action adventure skateboarding arcade game. In Skate Story we go to the Otherworld, which we wander as a demon of pain and glass, trying to regain our lost freedom.

Matcho

Action

March 13, 2025

An FPP action game in which we play as the protagonist traversing colorful locations, solving puzzles and overcoming numerous terrain obstacles. Like in match-3 games, eliminating enemies in Matcho requires marking at least three targets of the same color.

Enemy of the State

Action

June 2025

Enemy of the State is a third-person shooter set in the Prohibition Era. Player's task is to create a mafia empire, which requires completing various missions and expanding the hideout. Game allows to play solo, in co-op mode and in PvP online battles.

Wanderlost

Action

2025, Early Access

Survival action game with RPG elements. In Wanderlost we find ourselves in a postapocalyptic America overrun by zombies, and during the game we deal mainly with the fight for survival: acquiring food and resources, making equipment and expanding the base.

Glaciered

Action

2025

A TPP action adventure game in which we sail across vast oceans. Glaciered takes us 65 million years into the future, when the Earth was hit by another glaciation and the new ecosystem was dominated by Tuai - descendants of birds and successors of dinosaurs.

Luna Abyss

Action

2025

A dark sci-fi FPS with platform game and bullet hell shooter elements. The main character of the game Luna Abyss is a prisoner who traverses the Abyss stretching under the surface of the moon Luna.

Lost Viking: Kingdom of Women

Action

2025

An action adventure game with clearly defined survival elements. Lost Viking: The Kingdom of Women is set in the ninth century AD, but does not approach history with 100% seriousness. Its development is the responsibility of the Forestlight Games studio.

Dead Static Drive

Action

Q1 2025

Dead Static Drive is an action game created in cooperation of independent creator Mika Blackney and Fanclub studio. It is a title combining elements of survival, horror and adventure. In a world dominated by monsters we have to get to our family at all costs.

SteamDolls: Order of Chaos

Action

2025

A metroidvania, enriched with elements of stealth games. In SteamDolls: Order of Chaos, we find ourselves in a steampunk world; as an an anarchist and thief known as The Whisper, we follow a conspiracy that can shake the foundations of a fixed order.

We Are Legion: Rome

Action

2025

Action adventure game with RPG elements, developed by Polish studio Titanite Games. We are Legion: Rome allows us to take the role of a legionnaire and participate in bloody battles, in which tactical skills are as important as agility and reflexes.

Akatori

Action

2025

Metroidvania game, created in the form of a platformer action. In DeathStick, we play Mako, who traverses a fantastic world, eliminating hordes of enemies and trying to find a way to break the dark ritual that threatens the whole land.

Instinction

Action

2025

Action game that takes us to a land overrun by dinosaurs. Moving through the world of Instinction, we face both huge dinosaurs and smaller, but faster and more agile creatures. We eliminate reptiles using an extensive arsenal of firearms and cold weapons.

XDefiant

Action

June 3, 2025

An online free-to-play 6v6 FPS revolving around faction combat. Players compete against each other in various modes and on different maps.

King of Meat

Action

2025

An action platforming game published by Amazon Games. King of Meat is mostly about multiplayer gameplay - we take part in the titular TV show, trying to beat other players and win. We must deal with various traps, obstacles and enemies on the way to the exit.

Borderlands 4

Action

2025

The fourth main installment in the popular FPP looter shooter series from Gearbox Software. In Borderlands 4 we end up on the planet Kairos, facing off against a dictator known as The Timekeeper. We can fight various enemies and collect randomly generated loot, playing alone or in 4-player coop.