Games Game Genres Action

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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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: 8.4/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

Mortal Kombat Trilogy

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Third-person view

October 10, 1996

Players: 7.8/10

Mortal Kombat Trilogy is a third-person arcade game with action and fighting elements from the developers of Avalanche Software LLC. The game is published by...

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...

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...

Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time

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

November 21, 1998

Players: 8.7/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers

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

April 29, 1998

Steam: 82/100

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers is a third-person arcade game with elements of action, fighting and games in the anime or manga genre from the masters of the...

Fighting Force

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

October 31, 1997

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Fighting Force is a third-person action game with a touch of fighting from developers from the Core Design Ltd. studio. The game is published by Eidos Interactive...

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...

King of Fighters R-1

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

October 28, 1998

King of Fighters R-1 is a third-person arcade game with elements of action, fighting and anime or manga games from the developers of the SNK Corporation studio. The...

X-Men: Children of the Atom

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Comics

November 22, 1995

X-Men: Children of the Atom is a third-person action game with fighting game elements from the developers of Capcom Co., Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is...

Mortal Kombat 4

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Isometric, Side view

June 23, 1998

Players: 6.6/10

Mortal Kombat 4 is a fighting game from the cult Mortal Kombat series. The game was released in 1997 for arcade machines, and a year later it was transferred to...

Eternal Destiny

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Cyberpunk

September 1, 1998

Steam: 78/100

Eternal Destiny is an adventure shooter with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game involve time travel, where you have to visit different...

Hexen

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Fantasy

October 30, 1995

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 86/100

This fantasy first-person shooter follows the defense of Cronos against Korax, the second Serpent Rider. As the elf Corvus battles D'Sparil, the other Serpent...

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...

Army Men

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Adventure

May 1, 1998

Steam: 78/100

Army Men is a third-person action game with strategy elements from the masters at the 3DO Company studio, The. The main publisher of the game is...

Metal Gear Solid (1998)

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

September 3, 1998

Players: 7.8/10

Quake 2 Mission Pack: Ground Zero

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

September 11, 1998

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 63/100

An expansion for Quake 2, Ground Zero continues the battle on Stroggos after a marine landing. With the Strogg fleet under siege and only a fraction of the ground...

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...

Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game

1999

Players: 10/10

Steam: 64/100

Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard — action game with a third person view. Events take place during the invasion of Hammerfell, the homeland of the game's...

Micro Machines V3

Arcade, Action, Racing, Top-down view, Sandbox

January 1, 1998

Micro Machines V3 is a top-down arcade racing action game. This game in the series has 2 new modes: Prize Class and Keepsies. You gain access to Prize Class mode if...

Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold

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

December 3, 1993

Steam: 89/100

This futuristic first-person shooter follows agent Blake Stone as he takes on Dr. Pyrus Goldfire, who has learned to replicate pure gold and uses it to fund his...

Star Ocean: The Second Story

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game

July 30, 1998

Metacritic: 80/100

This science-fiction role-playing game with action elements follows two people from different worlds whose paths cross at the edge of the universe. The Gods hurl a...

Beast Wars: Transformers

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots

December 5, 1997

Beast Wars: Transformers — Each level of the game is a maze, at the end of which a boss often awaits (otherwise the player simply needs to get to a certain...

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...

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (1997)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

September 29, 1997

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...

Quake 2 Mission Pack: The Reckoning

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

May 27, 1998

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 84/100

An expansion for Quake 2, in which a member of an elite commando force infiltrates a hostile alien base. The player clears industrial areas, moves through waterways...

Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now

Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie

November 30, 1998

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Arcade racing with action elements turns each event into a contest of destruction. The player must climb from 99th place to the top of the rankings while competing...

Thunder Force 5: Perfect System

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

July 11, 1997

Metacritic: 70/100

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 '98: Dream Match Never Ends

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

September 23, 1998

King of Fighters '98: Dream Match Never Ends is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, fighting and games in the anime or manga genre from...

Buck Bumble

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

November 20, 1998

Players: 6/10

Buck Bumble is a third-person action game with shooter elements from developers from Argonaut Software Ltd.. The game is published by Ubisoft. The PC version of...

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...

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