Action Video Games74
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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City of Brass
Action 04 May 2018
A first-person action game developed by Uppercut Games, the company also known for creating Submerged. The game was inspired by The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, and tells the story of a thief who is trying to steal a treasure from a cursed city haunted by evil ghosts and monsters. The players get to traverse randomly generated locations in search for loot and gold, fighting numerous foes on the way.
Juicy Realm
Action 03 May 2018
A twin-stick shooter with roguelike elements. In Juicy Realm, the players assume the roles of scientists exploring the kingdom of intelligent and very dangerous plants. One can do it alone or in a company through a local co-op mode.
Midair
Action 03 May 2018
Midair is an online FPS inspired by the Tribes series. The game revolves around battles between two teams, members of which are equipped with jetpacks providing them with extreme mobility and enabling them to travel between different parts of a map incredibly fast.
Battlezone: Gold Edition
Action 01 May 2018
An upgraded version of Battlezone, a VR title from 2016. The biggest novelty is the ability to play without virtual reality equipment. Moreover, the developers added all DLCs previously released for the game.
Marvel End Time Arena
Action 30 April 2018
Marvel End Time Arena is a MOBA game, the story of which is based on the universe of Marvel comics. The game presents an apocalyptic vision of colliding dimensions, which causes a great war between heroes from various corners of the multiverse. The game was developed by the Korean studio Smilegate.
Tiger Knight
Action 30 April 2018
An MMO game featuring elements of action, real-time strategy and role-playing. The game was created by NetDragon; it is a free-to-play title that uses microtransactions. Tiger Knight: Empire War is set in the second century AD. The player picks a side and assumes the role of a general - the game features Rome, the Parthian Empire, the Kushan Empire and the Chinese Han dynasty - those were the largest empires of the period. The gameplay formula was based on two pillars.
The Forest
Action 30 April 2018
A first-person perspective (FPP) sandbox survival horror game. The Forest is the work of an independent studio SKS Games, known mainly for the smartphone hit, End Night. The player assumes the role of a sole survivor of a plane crash. The hero ends up on an isolated island far away from civilization, inhabited by a tribe of cannibalistic mutants. The gameplay focuses on the exploration of land (forest, caves, etc.), survival skills (building a shelter, searching for food, setting traps, etc.
Murderous Pursuits
Action 26 April 2018
A multiplayer stealth-action title. The players assume the roles of contestants in a game which consists of eliminating other participators role-playing the HMCS Britannic passengers.
Earth Defense Force 4.1: Wingdiver The Shooter
Action 26 April 2018
A spin-off of the Earth Defense Force series. It was created and developed by D3 Publisher. Contrary to the main entries in the series, it is a classic shoot’em up. The story of the game takes place a few months after the events presented in Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair. The player controls members of the Pale Team. They are equipped with completely new jetpacks and their task is to eliminate space insects that attacked Earth. The action in Earth Defense Force 4.
Paladins Strike
Action 25 April 2018
Paladins Strike is an online action game developed mostly with the Android system in mind, combining the elements of MOBA and shooter games. The gameplay involves two teams of five players each battling each other, the mechanics of which are based on multiplayer FPS games.
Pizza Titan Ultra
Action 25 April 2018
A humorous action game with brawler elements, in which we take control of a giant mech and deliver pizza in a futuristic city.
Bud Spencer & Terence Hill: Slaps and Beans
Action 20 April 2018
A two-dimensional beat ‘em up starring Bud Spencer and Terence Hill – a famous acting duo that has starred in many action and western movies during 60’s and 70’s.
MyDream
Action 20 April 2018
Another sandbox game that takes place in a fully modifiable, three-dimensional world generated by voxel technology. The developers used solutions from the popular Minecraft and mixed them with traits typical for modern MMORPG games.
God of War
Action 20 April 2018
Another major entry in the famous hack-and-slash action game series that is one of the most important franchises available exclusively on subsequent generations of the PlayStation consoles. In previous parts of the series, we have been following a story of Spartan warrior named Kratos, and the gameplay concentrated mainly on spectacular and incredibly bloody action and eye-catching fighting system.
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
Action 17 April 2018
The 6th installment in the series of gangster action games published by SEGA, which is popular in Japan. The titular Yakuza is the Japanese word used to describe local organized criminal structures and its members.
Gal*Gun 2
Action 13 April 2018
Another installment in a series of hilarious rail-shooters that require the player to confront groups of the protagonist's female schoolmates that have fallen in love with him. The girls are victims of a devilish curse the protagonist has to alleviate using angelic weapons and gadgets.
Streets of Red: Devil's Dare Deluxe
Action 12 April 2018
A 2D beat'em up game with roguelike elements. The players are taken to a world overrun by monsters, where they have to fight for survival and money. The currency can be used to develop the character by acquiring new powers.
Don't Starve: Nintendo Switch Edition
Action 12 April 2018
A new version of the popular survival game Don’t Starve. This edition was developed for Nintendo Switch. In addition to the base game that originally debuted in 2013, it includes two expansions – Reign of Giants and Shipwrecked. The expansions greatly expand the gameplay with new features.
Rogue Aces
Action 12 April 2018
A mix of a dynamic shoot’em up and a roguelike, in which we assume the role of a fighter pilot fighting on procedurally-generated battlefields inspired by World War II locations. As the game progresses, we can upgrade our plane, increasing its battle potential and enabling us to face more and more difficult opponents.
Dusty Raging Fist
Action 12 April 2018
Developed by PD Design Studio, Dusty Raging Fist is a 2D brawler and a prequel to the well-received Dusty Revenge. The story of the game is set before the events shown in the previous installment. The main protagonist - Dusty - accompanied by two of his most faithful friends faces the task of defeating the ancient forces responsible for the disappearance of children from all over the fantastical realm.
SpyParty
Action 12 April 2018
An original indie spy game inspired by the Turing test, the controversial test that verifies a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent, human-like behavior. Spy Party concentrates on the psychological aspect of being a spy and subtlety of human character, personality, and social behavior. In this multiplayer game one of the players becomes a sniper, and the other one assumes the role of the spy.
Phobos Vector Prime: The First Ring
Action 12 April 2018
A twin-stick shooter, in which we sit at the helm of a space fighter and take part in clashes with waves of enemy units and powerful bosses. All this in the vicinity of Phobos - one of the moons of Mars, over which the various sides of the conflict want to take control because of its strategic location.
RoboCraft Infinity
Action 11 April 2018
An improved version of RoboCraft, created by the authors of the original title – studio Freejam. The gameplay focuses on multiplayer battles with other players. The matches are played by controlling special vehicles, constructed from more than one hundred modules and components. So many parts enable the player to experiment and try various things, making each machine on the battlefield unique. The vehicles can be stored in the garage and freely modified if needed.
Extinction
Action 10 April 2018
An action-adventure game developed by Iron Galaxy that tells about a war between humans and powerful ogres. The developers of Extinction claim that while humans always kept fighting with each other, the aforementioned monsters were the real threat and they finally decided to step out of shadows. Only specially trained Sentinels can face them and there aren’t that many of them left. The player assumes the role of one of the last Sentinels – a warrior named Avil.