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Action

Action is a genre of video games in which the success of completing a task depends on the player's reaction speed and ability to make quick, correct decisions. The dynamics of such games are high, although some allow for a slower pace. Most often, this genre includes fighting games, shooters, platformers, and some sub-genres of real-time strategy. Action games may include elements of exploration, racing, puzzles, and more, but the foundation is always built on visual-motor coordination.

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Best Games in the Action genre of 1998

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Mortal Kombat Trilogy

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Third-person view

October 10, 1996

Players: 7.7/10

Mortal Kombat Trilogy is a fighting game that brings together fighters and arenas from Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II and Mortal Kombat 3, including those featured...

Metal Gear Solid (1998)

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view

September 3, 1998

Players: 7.8/10

This stealth-action game follows an infiltration of Shadow Moses, an island facility for disposing of nuclear weapons seized by terrorists. Solid Snake must free...

Half-Life

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Online

November 19, 1998

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Half-Life is a legendary adventure shooter with a first-person view. You have to try on the role of a silent researcher named Gordon Freeman. The game takes place...

Quake

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Online

June 22, 1996

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Quake is a legendary sci-fi first-person shooter. You will try on the role of a nameless soldier who needs to fight the legions of death sent by a mysterious enemy...

Resident Evil 2 (1998)

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival horror

January 21, 1998

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This third-person survival horror game is set in Raccoon City during an outbreak of the T-virus, a mutagenic toxin developed for biological weapons. The player...

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, Online

December 10, 1998

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil is a classic dynamic first-person shooter where the brave hero Turok fights a huge number of dangerous enemies using all kinds of weapons...

Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time

Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Legend of Zelda

November 21, 1998

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 99/100

A fantasy adventure about young Link, who sets out to restore Hyrule after Ganondorf turns the land into a wasteland. To undo the consequences of his actions, Link...

Banjo-Kazooie

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

May 31, 1998

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This platformer follows Banjo, a bear, and his red-crested bird companion as they set out to rescue Banjo’s sister from the evil witch Gruntilda. The duo must work...

Grand Theft Auto

Action, Top-down view

December 14, 1997

Players: 7.8/10

Grand Theft Auto is a legendary top-down racing action game set in an open world. In the game you will try on the role of a criminal who will perform various tasks...

Metal Gear Solid

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

September 3, 1998

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 94/100

Metal Gear Solid is an adventure stealth action game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will tell about an anti-terrorist...

Diablo

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

December 31, 1996

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 94/100

Diablo is a legendary action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the gloomy city of Tristram, the capital...

Vangers

Action, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Racing, Adventure

August 26, 1998

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Vangers is a top-down racing action game set in a fantasy setting. Humanity learned to colonize new worlds thanks to technology and esotericism, but when faced with...

Tomb Raider 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

November 21, 1997

Players: 7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This third-person action platformer follows Lara Croft on a journey around the world to find the Dagger of Xian, an artefact said to grant its possessor the power...

Frogger (2010)

Arcade, Action, Top-down view

September 30, 1999

Metacritic: 61/100

Frogger (2010) is a top-down arcade game with action elements from the developers of Konami Industry Co. Ltd.. The game's primary publisher is Misosys, Inc.. In...

King of Fighters '97

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Online

September 25, 1997

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 80/100

King of Fighters '97 is a third-person action game with elements of a fighting game and an anime or manga game from the SNK Corporation studio. The game is...

Thief: The Dark Project

Action, Stealth, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Steampunk

November 30, 1998

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Thief: The Dark Project is a stealth action game with a first-person view in a medieval setting. The plot tells the story of the adventures of the urban...

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Action

September 2, 1996

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A real-time strategy war game in which robotic armies fight for territory and resources. Battles unfold across open environments, and the player must capture ground...

Delta Force 1

Action, Shooter, First-person view

September 30, 1998

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 90/100

A tactical shooter about Delta Force, a secret special operations unit carrying out missions around the world. The player undertakes operations swiftly and quietly...

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Simulation, Science fiction

November 17, 1998

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This arcade space shooter set in the Star Wars universe follows the Rebel Alliance’s fight against the Galactic Empire after the destruction of the first Death...

Fighting Force

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

October 31, 1997

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 80/100

This futuristic beat ’em up follows four heroes fighting their way through city streets to confront a criminal leader and his army. Players choose one of the four...

AeroFighters Assault

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view

November 1, 1997

AeroFighters Assault is a third-person simulator with elements of action, shooter and flight simulator from the masters from the studio Paradigm Entertainment Inc...

Guilty Gear

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

May 14, 1998

Steam: 79/100

Spyro the Dragon

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

September 9, 1998

Players: 10/10

Spyro the Dragon is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game will give you the opportunity to take control of a purple...

Hexen: Beyond Heretic

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

October 30, 1995

Players: 8.8/10

Set in the fantasy world of Cronos, overrun by the Serpent Rider Korax, this first-person shooter follows a hero who sets out to stop him. The player chooses a...

Swarm

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

March 1998

Steam: 92/100

This top-down space shooter follows an assault-craft pilot fighting the insectoid Clagnor in the Praulac Nebula. After negotiations between humans and the Clagnor...

Battleship (1998)

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Top-down view, Board / Group Game

April 1, 1998

Battleship (1998) is a third-person arcade game with simulation, action and warship simulator...

Tenchu: Stealth Assassins

Action, Stealth, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

February 26, 1998

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 87/100

This stealth action game follows ninja assassins Rikimaru and Ayame in 16th-century feudal Japan. They move unseen through towns, temples, forests, caves and...

Tekken 3

Action, Fighting, Arcade, Side view

March 26, 1998

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 96/100

Tekken 3 is a side-scrolling arcade action fighting game. Set fifteen years after the King of the Iron Fist Tournament 2, the story begins with Jun Kazama living a...

Unreal (1999)

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox

April 30, 1998

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 89/100

This science-fiction first-person shooter follows the crash of a prison ship on a mysterious planet marked by alien architecture. The player explores the world...

Armored Core

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Combat robots

July 10, 1997

Players: 10/10

This mech-action game is set in a world devastated by a war known as the Great Destruction. With countries and governments gone and humanity driven into underground...

House of the Dead

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

March 26, 1998

Players: 9.1/10

House of the Dead — the game is a virtual shooting gallery in which the camera moves independently and independently of the player. The player is given only...

Extreme-G

Arcade, Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

September 30, 1997

Metacritic: 82/100

Extreme racing on cyber-cycles takes place across tracks with loops, corkscrews and halfpipe sections. The player races against 12 rivals armed with lasers and...

Urban Assault

Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

July 31, 1998

Players: 10/10

Urban Assault is a unique symbiosis of futuristic real-time strategy and third-person shooter. You will be able to create and command groups of tanks and planes as...

Forsaken

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

April 24, 1998

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Forsaken is a futuristic first-person shooter modeled on Descent. It features a broad selection of weapons and a series of levels that form the core of its...

Shadow Tower

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

June 25, 1998

Shadow Tower is a first-person action role-playing game in which mercenary Ruus Hardy descends into the underworld to save Zeptar and its inhabitants. Returning...

Tomb Raider 3: Adventures of Lara Croft

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

November 21, 1998

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This action-adventure platformer with puzzle elements follows Lara Croft’s search for an ancient meteorite rumored to have life-giving powers. The journey spans...

Mega Man 8: Anniversary Edition

Action, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

December 17, 1996

Mega Man 8: Anniversary Edition is an action game mixed with an anime or manga game from developers from the Capcom Co., Ltd. studio. The game is published by...

WipEout XL

Arcade, Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

September 30, 1996

Metacritic: 93/100

WipEout XL is a first-person arcade game with a dash of action and racing from the masters at Psygnosis Limited. The game is published by Psygnosis Limited. WipEout...

Bio FREAKS

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Fighting, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

May 21, 1998

This 3D fighting game is set in a futuristic Neo-Amerika, where rival GI-Corps settle disputes through a tournament of combat synthoids known as Bio F.R.E.A.K.S...

Steam-Heart's

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Adult game

March 22, 1996

Steam-Heart's is a top-down arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter, anime or manga games and games for adults from developers from the GIGA studio. The...

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