PS5 Action Video Games
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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Resident Evil 4
Action 24 March 2023
Resident Evil 4 is a remake of the cult horror game of the same name, announced at Sony's State of Play event in 2022. Resident Evil 4 has received graphical improvements, among other things.
God of War: Ragnarok
Action 09 November 2022
The sixth main part of a series of TPP action adventure games, published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. In God of War: Ragnarok we once again play the role of Kratos, who together with his son Atreus takes part in the conflict of Nordic gods and giants.
The Last of Us: Factions
Action TBA
TPP online shooter from Naughty Dog studio set in the universe known from The Last of Us and The Last of Us: Part II. It is the developer's biggest game to date.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Action 2023
The second installment of Insomniac Games' hit series about Spider-Man's adventures. The game was developed for PlayStation 5. During the adventure players take on the role of both Peter Parker and Miles Morales.
Horizon: Forbidden West
Action 18 February 2022
Continuation of Horizon Zero Dawn, an action adventure action game with a TPP view from Guerrilla Games studio. Players return to the postapocalyptic world, dominated by mechanical creatures.
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
Action 12 November 2020
The 12th main installment of the Assassin's Creed series - TPP sandboxes, from 2018 representing the RPG action genre. In Ubisoft's game we travel around the open world (which makes the complex parkour system more attractive), we perform various tasks and eliminate hosts of opponents. We gain experience points for our activities and advance to the next levels, thanks to which the combat potential of our character increases with time.
Dead Island 2
Action 21 April 2023
A second major installment in the sandbox action game series created by the Polish studio Techland. This time, the development has been entrusted to Yager Development, an independent developer team mainly known from the shooter Spec Ops: The Line. As far as the plot goes, the game follows the events shown in previous chapter. The plague that transformed people into living dead has gone out of control, and began spreading throughout California.
Forspoken
Action 24 January 2023
Forspoken (originally known as Project Athia) is a TPP action adventure game, in which players find themselves in a fantastic world. The game was developed by Japanese studio Luminous Productions (made up of people responsible for Final Fantasy XV) and released by Square Enix.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Action 28 October 2022
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person shooter from the studio Infinity Ward. The game is a sequel to 2019's CoD: Modern Warfare and, like the first part, offers a story campaign, a co-op mode, and online PvP skirmishes against other players.
Meet Your Maker
Action 04 April 2023
Meet Your Maker is an action game developed by the creators of Dead by Daylight. We create our own fortress, saturated with traps, which will be impregnable to others. At the same time, we can raid other people's projects ourselves.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Action 28 April 2023
The second game in the Star Wars Jedi series from the Respawn Entertainment studio, published by Electronic Arts. The project - as in the case of Fallen Order - was headed by Stig Asmussen.
Dying Light 2
Action 04 February 2022
A sequel to the popular open-world game created by the Polish developer, Techland. The players get to explore a ruined city infested by zombies.
Grand Theft Auto V
Action 15 March 2022
The fifth major installment in the massively popular action game series developed by Rockstar North in cooperation with Take Two Interactive. Grand Theft Auto V is set in a fictional city of Los Santos (based on Los Angeles). The story revolves around adventures of three characters: Michael De Santa, Trevor Philips, and Franklin Clinton, men infamous for brushing up against the law.
Horizon: Forbidden West - Burning Shores
Action 19 April 2023
A story expansion for the game Horizon: Forbidden West, set in the ruins of the city of Los Angeles. Unlike the main game - which came out on PS4 and PS5 - the add-on was released exclusively on PlayStation 5.
The Last of Us: Part I
Action 02 September 2022
The Last of Us is a third-person action game by Naughty Dog. The game is characterized by its cinematic nature, places great emphasis on the plot and the relationships between the characters, and is one of the highest-rated titles for PlayStation consoles.
Atomic Heart
Action 21 February 2023
A first-person perspective shooter, in which the players are taken to a retro-futuristic version of the Soviet Union. In Atomic Heart, the players assume the role of a secret agent tasked with examining a secret facility connection with which had been lost. The protagonist must face an army of hostile robots and hordes of zombies.
Fortnite
Action 12 November 2020
Fortnite: Battle Royale is a free-to-play multiplayer action game developed by Epic Games. The game is based on the battle royale formula and is similar to e.g. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. A hundred players are transported onto an island with almost nothing in their inventory. The player is tasked with finding or looting weapons, traps, and other pieces of gear.
Apex Legends
Action 29 March 2022
A free-to-play online FPP battle royale shooter, set in the futuristic universe of the Titanfall series. Respawn Entertainment studio developed the game, and the publisher is Electronic Arts.
Grand Theft Auto VI
Action TBA
Another entry in one of the most popular series of video games in history. The title enables the players to travel through a vast, open world filled with adventures and side activities.
Like a Dragon: Ishin
Action 21 February 2023
Like a Dragon: Ishin is a remake of the samurai spin-off of the Yakuza series. The game takes us to 19th century Japan and casts us in the role of a samurai searching for the murderer of his mentor. The game offers an open world, an arcade combat system and a rich set of mini-games.
Ghostwire: Tokyo
Action 25 March 2022
GhostWire: Tokyo is the new game from the legendary Shinji Mikami, announced at the Bethesda conference at E3 2019.
Dead Space
Action 27 January 2023
Dead Space is a remake of survival horror developed by Visceral Games team. Game, in which we have to face the cosmic horror, was refreshed by EA Motive studio.
Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition
Action 18 June 2021
Metro Exodus is the third installment of the popular FPS series based on the books by Dmitry Glukhovsky and developed by 4A Games. Once again we play as Artyom who ventures through what remains of Russia after a nuclear war that took place twenty years before the action of the game. Metro Exodus is kind of an evolution of what we saw in the series' previous installments.
Lemnis Gate
Action 28 September 2021
Lemnis Gate is an original game that tries to combine turn-based strategy game with a first-person shooter. The key role in this game is to control yourself in time and play the same moments once again.