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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. more

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Space Junkies
Space Junkies

Action 26 March 2019

A space shooter for VR goggles. The player assumes the role of a warrior taking part in the murderous competition called Dirty Bowl.

Deathtrap Dungeon
Deathtrap Dungeon

Action 25 June 1998

Three-dimensional action game based on one of the installments of the popular in the nineties series of text fiction games Fighting Fantasy. The player takes on the role of an Amazon or a barbarian and travels through vast undergrounds full of traps, puzzles and enemies to be defeated. A large arsenal of weapons and magical attacks was put at his disposal.

Drifting Lands
Drifting Lands

Action 05 June 2017

An unusual hybrid of a shoot'em up and an action RPG. The players are taken to a planet which was torn into pieces as a result of a global cataclysm. Those who survived the catastrophe had to conform to the harsh rule of megacorporations. In opposition to those, smaller and larger tribes emerged, whose members earn their living as mercenaries and smugglers.

Tiny Barbarian DX
Tiny Barbarian DX

Action 03 December 2013

Platform action game in which the player takes control of the title barbarian looking for revenge on his oppressors. The production draws on the output of eightbit titles - the pixelart graphic design is accompanied by a dynamic, chiptune soundtrack.

Unruly Heroes
Unruly Heroes

Action 23 January 2019

Platform action game inspired by Wu Cheng'en's Wandering West, one of the classic Chinese novels. In addition to the feature mode, which can be completed either alone or in cooperation with up to three people, the production offers the possibility of rolling online duels with other players. The whole was enriched with high quality graphics, looking like a moving image.

A Way Out
A Way Out

Action 23 March 2018

An action-adventure game developed by Hazelight in collaboration with Electronic Arts, and designed with co-op gameplay for two people in mind. The main protagonists in A Way Out are two convicts: Vincent and Leo. Together they are devising a way to escape from prison and then build their lives anew outside its walls. When it comes to mechanics A Way Out offers quite a variety in gameplay.

Fringe Wars
Fringe Wars

Action canceled

Fringe Wars is an online game focusing on space battles. The game mixes arcade combat mechanics inspired by space shooters with MOBA-like gameplay, in which the battles take place between two five-man teams attempting to destroy the enemy base, with every ship being an unique unit with statistics, special functions and an individual development tree.

Darwin Project
Darwin Project

Action 14 January 2020

The Darwin Project is a third-person Battle Royale-like action game developed by Scavengers. The game takes us to the post-apocalyptic Canada, whose citizens have to face the impending ice age. As a preparation before the cataclysm, incapacitated convicts are ordered to take part in a fight to death in order to find the master of survival. The Darwin Project, just like other similar games, takes place on a big arena where players fight each other until only one of them is left alive.

Doom VFR
Doom VFR

Action 01 December 2017

A first-person shooter developed by id Software for VR headsets. The player is taken to a UAC facility which is overrun by demons, and assumes the role of a sole survivor of their attack. After death, the protagonist’s consciousness is transferred to a computer matrix which allows him to take control of the robots present on site. The task he has to perform is to annihilate all hellish creatures and stop an incoming catastrophe.

RoboCraft Infinity
RoboCraft Infinity

Action TBA

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.

Unto the End
Unto the End

Action 09 December 2020

Unto the End is an action platform game developed by 2 Ton Studios, which takes us to the fantasy land inspired by Norse mythology. Production allows you to play as a Viking, whose family was murdered by a powerful beast. The plot revolves around attempts to take revenge on this monster. Both graphics and game mechanics are two-dimensional. During the gameplay we have to push to the right side of the screen, avoid traps and solve occasional puzzles.

Mayan Death Robots
Mayan Death Robots

Action 20 November 2015

Tactical action game representing the genre of artillery games. Players take control of one of the title robots and take part in battles played in two-dimensional arenas - the aim of the struggle is to destroy the energy core belonging to the opponent. Unlike the Worms series, the players don't take turns here - instead, they act simultaneously in one turn.

Jydge
Jydge

Action 04 October 2017

A dynamic, science-fiction shooter played from a top-down view and developed by 10tons - an experienced Finnish studio. Jydge is set in a universe created as part of the studio's previous games, such as Neon Chrome or Crimsonland; the player is taken to Edenbyrg, a futuristic metropolis dominated by crime. Assuming the role of the titular judge, the player deals with criminals and brings back justice.

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - Absolution
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - Absolution

Action 08 August 2017

Third content pack for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare by Infinity Ward studio. The add-on introduces four new maps for multiplayer battles (Fore, Ember, Bermuda and Permafrost) and next episode of Zombie mode’s mini-campaign. Attack of the Radioactive Thing takes the players inside yet another movie of the mad director Willard Wyler, set in a Californian city of the 50s of 20th century.

Guns of Icarus Alliance
Guns of Icarus Alliance

Action 31 March 2017

A cooperation-based action game set in a post-apocalyptic steampunk world. The players assume the roles of crew members aboard combat airships and fight for survival during air battles. The creators of the game, the American studio Muse Games, had planned to release Alliance as a DLC expansion for their previous game - Guns of Icarus: Online.

Past Cure
Past Cure

Action 23 February 2018

Inspired by the Inception movie, Past Cure is a third-person action game with elements of stealth and horror. It is also a debut project of the German developer Phantom 8 Studio. The main protagonist of the game is Ian - an ex-soldier, who for years has been locked in prison and subjected to mysterious experiments that resulted in him acquiring supernatural abilities that enabled him to control human minds and use telekinesis.

City of Brass
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.

Shadow Warrior Classic Redux
Shadow Warrior Classic Redux

Action 08 July 2013

A remastered version of the cult action game from 1997, in which, as Lo Wang, we face hordes of monsters summoned from another dimension by the head of the Zilla Corporation. The gameplay consists primarily in crossing vast levels and eliminating diverse opponents using an extensive arsenal of white weapons (katana), broomed weapons (shuriken) and firearms (UZI, rocket launchers, grenade launchers).

Aliens Online
Aliens Online

Action 31 March 1998

FPS online shooting based on the themes of the popular science fiction film Alien: Deciding Friction. While playing, players can take the side of the United States Colonial Marines or the famous xenomorphs, and the game continues until all aliens have been beaten on the map or the Commandos have exhausted their respawn limits.

Thief of Thieves: Season One
Thief of Thieves: Season One

Action 16 July 2018

Thief of Thieves is an action-adventure game by Rival Games, released in an episodic model. The first season consists of four episodes. The production was based on the comic by Robert Kirkman.

XField Paintball 3
XField Paintball 3

Action 30 May 2017

The third installment in a series of paintball games developed by XField Paintball SAS and advertised as the official video game devoted to that popular activity. The game was created in cooperation with professional paintballers and video-gamers themselves. XField Paintball 3 gives us an opportunity to take part in multiplayer competitions based on the official rules of paintball.

Archangel
Archangel

Action 02 August 2017

A spectacular FPS created exclusively for VR by Skydance Interactive. The story takes place at a relatively not distant time in the future on a world destroyed by natural disasters and ruled with an iron fist by megacorporations. During the game, the player assumes the role of a pilot of a six-story-tall war machine, who works for the United States Free Forces resistance. He is tasked with a mission to fight a privately owned conglomerate - HUMNX.

Dragon Bros
Dragon Bros

Action 16 September 2016

A shoot'em up game developed by the independent developer Space Lizard Studio. In the game, the player assumes control of young dragons tasked with fighting an army of hostile robots called Mechaliches, who were able to conquer the protagonists' home planet and kidnap their mother. During the game, the character constantly moves rightwards, eliminates hordes of enemies, and avoids the ever-present obstacles.

Tannenberg
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.