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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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Dead Island 2
Dead Island 2

Action 21 April 2023

The second installment of an FPP action series set during the zombie apocalypse. Dead Island 2 takes place in Los Angeles, where a few lucky survivors turn out to be immune to the zombie virus. They thus attempt to learn the origin of the epidemic by traversing the city, completing quests and wiping out hordes of undead.

Dying Light 2
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.

Dying Light: The Following
Dying Light: The Following

Action 09 February 2016

The first official expansion to a survival action game made by Polish studio Techland in 2015. The add-on is set after the events presented in the base game, and take you to the suburbs of Harran city. Playing as Kyle Crane, a character known from the original, you have to infiltrate a camp of a cult, whose members are immune to zombie bites and can use the monsters to their own means.

Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2

Action 25 January 2019

A remake of the second part of the famous survival-horror franchise Resident Evil, which debuted on the PlayStation console in 1998 and was later ported to other consoles and PC / Windows. Resident Evil 2 Remake was developed by the Capcom’s leading team, R&D Division 1, for the latest gaming platforms. The game is based on the original plot with slightly modified mechanics.

Resident Evil 0 HD
Resident Evil 0 HD

Action 19 January 2016

Remastered edition of Resident Evil Zero, a game that was initially released in year 2002 on the Nintendo GameCube console. It was a spin-off to the very popular survival horror series developed by Capcom. The plot of the game takes place before the events shown in the main series and tells the story of Rebecca Chambers, a rookie S.T.A.R.S. agent who travels to Raccoon City in order to investigate a series of mysterious murders.

Resident Evil 6
Resident Evil 6

Action 29 March 2016

Resident Evil 6 is the sixth installment of the popular action survival-horror game series. Resident Evil 6 was produced by a dedicated team of Capcom's developers led by Eiichiro Sasaki. Plot is set 10 years the after events of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. The world is threatened by terrorist attacks using the dangerous T virus. Resident Evil 6 features four campaigns in which we can play as Leon Kennedy, Chris Redfield, Jake Muller, and Ada Wong.

Dying Light
Dying Light

Action 27 January 2015

An first-person perspective survival horror game, created by the Polish developer Techland, known for Dead Island and the Call of Juarez series, among others. The player assumes the role of a character who is trying to survive in a zombie-infested metropolis. The sandbox gameplay of Dying Light is divided into two phases. During the day, the game puts main focus on exploration and acquisition of raw materials and weapons, while at night players must face hordes of the living dead.

State of Decay 2
State of Decay 2

Action 22 May 2018

An official sequel to the 2013’s sandbox action game by Undead Labs. The action of State of Decay 2 takes place in a post-apocalyptic open world after an outbreak of a zombie epidemic. While playing, we get a chance to led a group of survivors, each of whom has their own biography, skills, and character traits. We can freely switch between them while building a shelter, exploring the world, and searching nearby buildings for resources necessary for survival.

7 Days to Die
7 Days to Die

Action July 2024 (early access since 28 June 2016)

A post-apocalyptic sandbox FPS developed by a debuting indie studio The Fun Pimps. The game takes you to a near future, when a nuclear war allowed a dangerous virus to spread across the entire world. The virus kills its victims in 7 days, as the title suggests, and turns them into bloodthirsty zombies. You play as one of the few not infected people, fighting for survival in Navezgane County, Arizona. 7 Days to Die allows you to freely explore its open world, adjusting the story to your actions.

Resident Evil 3
Resident Evil 3

Action 03 April 2020

Remake of the third installment of the best-selling series of survival horrors titled Resident Evil. Resident Evil 3 was developed by Capcom, which is responsible for the development of the cycle.

Dead Island 2: SoLA
Dead Island 2: SoLA

Action 17 April 2024

The second major expansion to Dead Island 2, a first-person action game. Dead Island 2: SOLA Festival revolves around the titular LA festival, which was meant to raise money for ecological purposes.

DayZ
DayZ

Action 27 March 2019

A post-apocalyptic MMO first person shooter. The game, created by the Czech developer Bohemia Interactive Studios, is an expanded version of a popular ArmA II mod. DayZ features a world where most of the population turned into bloodthirsty zombies. The game is set in a fictional country called Chernarus, where the remaining humans try to survive at all cost.

World War Z
World War Z

Action 16 April 2019

A cooperative shooter based on the license of a movie by the same title. The players are taken to a world overrun by a zombie pandemic and fight for survival in Moscow, New York and Jerusalem.

Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 5

Action 28 June 2016

A TPP action game, another entry in the popular horror game series. Resident Evil 5 takes place 10 years after the destruction of Racoon City. Main hero – Chris Redfield – travels to Africa to investigate origins of the mysterious T Virus that changes humans into zombies. Gameplay combines dynamic shooting sequences with gory horror, as the player has to deal with hordes of enemies using various weapons: from pistols, shotguns and machine rifles, to knives and grenades.

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII

Action 12 October 2018

Another entry in the Call of Duty series and the fourth entry in the Black Ops sub-series. It was developed by Treyarch. Contrary to the previous installments, Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII lacks a single player campaign. Instead, the developers introduced a battle royale multiplayer mode called the Blackout.

Dead Island: Riptide - Definitive Edition
Dead Island: Riptide - Definitive Edition

Action 31 May 2016

A remastered version of the second installment in the Dead Island series, originally launched in 2011 by the Polish studio Techland. The game picks up after the events of its predecessor. While going back home, the four protagonists had to land on a military ship which soon after became a zombie-infested hell. Eventually, we end up on the entirely new island, Palanai, where we have to fight for survival. As far as gameplay is concerned, the title is practically identical to the 2013’s original.

Dead Rising 2: Off The Record
Dead Rising 2: Off The Record

Action 13 September 2016

Standalone expansion for Dead Rising 2 - open-world third-person action game with survival horror elements, created by Capcom in cooperation with Blue Castle Games studio. In this supplement photojournalist Frank West known from the first part of the series returns. Armed with his camera he goes to the town Fortune City. The main axis of the game is of course elimination of the hordes of zombies, which at one point can appear on the screen in thousands.

Back 4 Blood
Back 4 Blood

Action 12 October 2021

A shooter in which players find themselves in a world dominated by zombies. Back 4 Blood is the work of Turtle Rock Studios, who previously created such items as Evolve or best-selling Left 4 Dead.

Dead Rising 3
Dead Rising 3

Action 22 November 2013

The third installment in a series of original action games focusing on spectacular encounters with hordes of murderous zombies. The game was created by the fathers of the franchise - Capcom, though the player assumes the role of a completely new character here - Nick Ramos. As usual, Dead Rising 3 is set in an open environment, in which the protagonist completes a series of different tasks, eliminating entire crowds of zombies along the way.

Resident Evil 4 HD
Resident Evil 4 HD

Action 30 August 2016

A remastered edition of the fourth installment in the legendary Resident Evil series, regarded as the most important one in the franchise. The original title was published in 2005 on GameCube and PlayStation 2. In Resident Evil 4 you assume the role of Leon S. Kennedy, the famous policeman from the second installment, who travels to Spain in order to find the president’s lost daughter.

Dead Effect 2
Dead Effect 2

Action 13 January 2017

A continuation of the futuristic FPS horror developed by BadFly Interactive. The plot of Dead Effect 2 follows the events from the first installment – again you find yourself in the distant future on the deck of space ship ESS Meridian, the crew of which turned into bloodthirsty zombies. This time the player faces a much greater evil, that hides inside the vessel and threatens every survivor’s life and sanity.

State of Decay 3
State of Decay 3

Action TBA

State of Decay 3 is another part of the survival action game in an open, post-apocalyptic world full of zombies. Undead Labs studio, the creators of previous scenes, is responsible for the production.

The Walking Dead: Destinies
The Walking Dead: Destinies

Action 17 November 2023

An action adventure game based on the popular TV series of the same name. The Walking Dead: Destinies adapts the events of the show while letting the players change the canon course of events.

Research and Destroy
Research and Destroy

Action 26 April 2022

TPP action game with turn-based strategy elements. In Research and Destroy we eliminate hordes of enemies. During our round we have full freedom, and when it's our turn to move our adversary, we are reduced to the role of passive observers.