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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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Don't Starve: Hamlet
Don't Starve: Hamlet

Action 14 May 2019

Another expansion to the survival action game developed by Klei Entertainment. This time the players can reveal the mysteries of the lost city of Pigmen. The DLC introduces new biomes, characters and creatures.

Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris
Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris

Action 08 December 2017

Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris is an expansion pack for the popular PC game Destiny 2. The expansion is set on Mercury and features new adventures, co-op challenges, PvP maps, and new types of raids.

Steel Rats
Steel Rats

Action 07 November 2018

Steel Rats is the production of Tate Multimedia, Polish studio known for KAO The Kangaroo series. This is an action racing game, in which we play as a member of a motorcycle gang - Steel Rats, and the aim is to clear the city of fearsome robots with our own wheels. Steel Rats is characterized by a 2.5D perspective and retro-futuristic design.

Into the Dead
Into the Dead

Action 30 December 2013

Hybrid first-person action game and endless runner production, in which the player-controlled hero hits the territory controlled by living corpses. The task set for him is to stay alive for as long as possible, and his realization is possible thanks to the tools of murder obtained in the course of the struggle.

Heat Signature
Heat Signature

Action 21 September 2017

An independent tactical arcade game developed by Suspicious Developments, known for creating an espionage platform game called Gunpoint. In the game the player assumes the role of a thief-assassin and completes numerous assignments aboard procedurally generated space stations. Sometimes, one has to steal something or eliminate a VIP; however, most of the time one is bound to spend on fighting multiple enemies. Combat combines the elements featured in Hotline Miami and SUPERHOT.

Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Desolation of Mordor
Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Desolation of Mordor

Action 08 May 2018

The DLC to Middle-earth: Shadow of War, in which the player assumes the role of Baranor - the commander of Minas Ithil who faces the threat coming from the East. This Add-on offers not only a number of new story-related quests but also an entirely new region and additional pieces of gear that the main protagonist can upgrade at his dwarf friend – Torvin.

Shin Megami Tensei: Synchronicity Prologue
Shin Megami Tensei: Synchronicity Prologue

Action 16 October 2017

A two-dimensional platform game that is part of the promotional campaign for Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux. The players assume the role of a cold demon Jack Frost and they travel through various locations while facing challenges and hordes of enemies. The game features some RPG mechanics.

GORN
GORN

Action 18 July 2019

A first-person action game designed for virtual reality sets in which the player takes part in extremely brutal gladiatorial duels. In the course of the struggle, he unlocks new equipment for the fighter, with the help of which he arranges bloody butcheries in various arenas.

Marvel Powers United VR
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.

Ravenfield
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.

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - The Adventures of Gunslinger Joe
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - The Adventures of Gunslinger Joe

Action 14 December 2017

The second DLC pack included in the season pass for the first-person shooter Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus from Machine Games. The expansion called The Adventures of Gunslinger Joe puts you into the shoes of Joseph Stallion, whom you had a chance of meeting in the Episode Zero DLC. The hero used to be a quarterback in a football team and now he is fighting the Nazis occupying the United States.

TauCeti Unknown Origin
TauCeti Unknown Origin

Action TBA

First person shooter for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles, PC and mobile devices. BadFly Interactive studio, famous for Dead Effect series, is responsible for its production. Players find themselves on inhospitable planet, where live creatures like big spiders or dinosaurs. Our task is to survive in this dangerous environment, using futuristic weapons and making tools within the crafting system. Survival elements are complemented by solutions known from the RPG genre, e.g.

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.

Fight Knight
Fight Knight

Action 30 November 2021

Developed by the independent studio Boen Saw, Fight Knight is an action game which casts the player in the role of a knight who is trying to reach the last floor of a magic tower filled with traps and enemies. The game constitutes a mixture of genres, for it combines various old-school mechanics in order to construct an experience that feels fresh. Exploration resembles dungeon crawlers from the 80s and the first half of the 90s.

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.

Dispatcher
Dispatcher

Action 12 November 2015

A first-person horror with RPG elements set in science fiction reality, and a debut production for the Russian Civil Savages studio. The spaceship on board of which the action takes place fell into a trap set by a hostile alien race. However, it seems that it might not have been an accident, and one of your crewmates may be behind the whole plot. The fact that you are the only healthy organism among the infected crew makes the puzzles even more difficult to solve.

Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

Action 30 May 2017

Developed by Tripware Interactive in cooperation with Antimatter Games, an FPS which is a continuation to Rising Storm. As the title suggests, the action takes place in Vietnam, where you assume the roles of American or Vietnamese soldiers. The mechanics do not differ considerably from those in the previous installment and once again emphasize realism. Due to the different historical period and realities of the conflict presented, the game now features choppers, booby-traps, and machine guns.

Batman: Arkham Knight - Batgirl: A Matter of Family
Batman: Arkham Knight - Batgirl: A Matter of Family

Action 28 October 2015

The first story DLC for the game Batman: Arkham Knight, developed by WB Games Montreal, the creators of e.g. the first installment in the series. The story takes place before Arkham Asylum. You play as Batgirl, who, together with Robin, sets out to rescue Commissioner Gordon, kidnapped by the Joker. During the game you visit a brand new location of Seagate Amusement Park, built on an oil platform. This is where you fight Joker's mooks and face new main quests and side quests.

MEG 9: Lost Echoes
MEG 9: Lost Echoes

Action 21 September 2017

An action game with strategy game elements and plot written by William Gibson, the legendary science-fiction writer, known as the father of cyberpunk subgenre. MEG 9: Lost Echoes takes us into distant future, to an alternative dimension created for scientific purposes. When the communication between the research facility located in the research area and Earth gets cut off, the player enters action as a pilot of a massive battle vehicle to find out what is going on.

God's Trigger
God's Trigger

Action 18 April 2019

A game that combines shooter and hack and slash mechanics. It was created by One More Level - a Polish developer popular for Warlocks vs Shadows. The protagonist is called Zoran and he is a veteran of the Balkan Wars, who escapes from war atrocities to New York. To serve his penance, he becomes a local priest. Unfortunately, once it turns out that ruthless mobsters have become a threat to the people he serves, Zoran decides to bring justice the hard way.

River City Ransom: Underground
River City Ransom: Underground

Action 28 February 2017

A retro style two-dimensional beat'em up game with RPG elements, and a continuation to the cult-classic production for NES released in 1989.

Burstfire
Burstfire

Action 24 September 2015

An online first person-shooter emphasizing intense action, teamwork, as well as tactical aspects. Burstfire was developed by Free Reign Entertainment - a studio comprising of the creators of Hawken. Burstfire focuses entirely on multiplayer - two teams comprised of a few players each, face one another by trying to achieve contradictory goals - while team one has to defend a spot, the other group is trying to conquer it.

Take No Prisoners
Take No Prisoners

Action 30 September 1997

Postapocalyptic 3D shooter, made in classic top view. The action takes place in San Antonio of the future, destroyed after a nuclear explosion. The player takes on the role of a mercenary, who must reclaim a special crystal, necessary to build a dome to protect against contamination.

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia
Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia

Action 09 February 2016

The third installment in a 2.5D platform game series that exists as a spin-off to the Assassin’s Creed franchise. This time you visit the 1918 Russia, when two bloody revolutions lead to some radical changes in the government. The brutal Bolshevik rule ignites a civil war, while the never ending struggle between the Templars and the Assassins rages on in the background.