Best First-Person Action Games of All Time
Often, people mistakenly take action games for shooters; however, shooting is not at all a mandatory mechanic for projects in this genre. Nevertheless, combat mechanics are almost always present in one form or another.
One could even say that shooters are a specific case of action games, which can also have different perspectives: side view, first-person, and third-person.
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Open world
March 20, 2007
VGTimes:
7.0/10
Players:
8.4/10
Metacritic:
82/100
Post-apocalyptic shooter with role-playing elements and first-person view. The events take place in an alternative universe, where on April 12, 2006 at 14:33, an...
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox
December 13, 2013
Players:
8.2/10
Metacritic:
41/100
Players find themselves in a world gripped by a zombie apocalypse, where the main task is survival. During the day, they search for resources, build shelters and...
Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting
October 16, 2019
Players:
7/10
Metacritic:
78/100
A first-person shooter with exploration elements and horror. While exploring locations, the player collects resources to build a base and craft useful items, while...
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Survival, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Online, Zombies
December 13, 2018
Players:
7/10
DayZ is a multiplayer survival horror game with an open world. Before us is the post-Soviet country of Chernarus, which was struck by an unknown virus. Most of the...
Online, Action, Horror, Science fiction, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Survival, Fantasy, Cooperative (co-op)
July 18, 2022
Players:
1/10
Abominations once confined to video store tapes have escaped the tape and become deadly realities. Experience pulsating 4v1 combat amid neon-drenched cinematic...
Free game, Simulation, First-person view, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Sandbox, Stealth
May 3, 2023
Players:
4/10
Free prologue for the thief simulator Thief Simulator 2. The main character, along with a friend, successfully robs the mafia. But the good life didn't work out...
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