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 (Game released)

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Half-Life

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 2, Mac, Linux → 12 September 2003

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

Game released: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, DOS, Linux, Mac, Nintendo 64, SEGA Saturn, PC, Windows Mobile, Zeebo, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → декабрь 1999

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

Game released: PlayStation, Game.Com, PC, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, PlayStation 3, GameCube → 8 May 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

Game released: DOS, Game.Com, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, PC → 1997

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...

Diablo

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

Game released: Mac, PlayStation, PC → 28 April 1998

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...

Grand Theft Auto

Action, Top-down view

Game released: DOS, Game Boy Color, PlayStation, PC → 2003

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...

Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time

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

Game released: Nintendo 64, Wii → 11 December 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

Game released: Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Mac, Linux → декабрь 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...

Banjo-Kazooie

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo 64, Xbox 360 → 6 December 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...

Delta Force 1

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 30 September 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...

Thief: The Dark Project

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

Game released: PC → 1 October 2003

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...

Metal Gear Solid

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation, Game Boy Color → 20 October 2000

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...

Fighting Force

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 30 April 1999

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...

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers

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

Game released: Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD → 29 April 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...

Hexen

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Fantasy

Game released: PC, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, SEGA Saturn, Mac → 30 October 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...

Star Ocean: The Second Story

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

Game released: PlayStation → 31 May 1999

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...

Micro Machines V3

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

Game released: Game Boy Color, PlayStation, PC → декабрь 2000

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...

Tomb Raider 2

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

Game released: Mac, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 1998

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...

Army Men

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

Game released: Game Boy Color, PC → март 2000

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...

Quake 2 Mission Pack: Ground Zero

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

Game released: PC → 3 August 2007

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...

King of Fighters R-1

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

Game released: Neo Geo → 28 October 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...

Beast Wars: Transformers

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

Game released: PlayStation, PC → 26 March 1998

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...

Quake 2 Mission Pack: The Reckoning

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

Game released: PC → 3 August 2007

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...

Eternal Destiny

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

Game released: Acorn 32-bit, DOS, PC, Windows 3.x → 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...

Metal Gear Solid (1998)

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

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP → 30 September 1998

Players: 7.8/10

Steam-Heart's

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

Game released: PC-98, SEGA Saturn, TurboGrafx CD → март 1994

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Buck Bumble

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo 64 → 18 December 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...

Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now

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

Game released: Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PC → 30 November 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...

X-Men: Children of the Atom

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: DOS, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn → 1997

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...

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (1997)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, PC → 18 December 1997

House of the Dead

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

Game released: SEGA Saturn, PC → март 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...

King of Fighters '97

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

Game released: Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, Wii, PC → 25 September 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...

Mortal Kombat 4

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Isometric, Side view

Game released: Game Boy Color, PC, PlayStation, Nintendo 64 → декабрь 1999

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...

Tomb Raider 3: Adventures of Lara Croft

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

Game released: Mac, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → октябрь 1999

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...

Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold

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

Game released: DOS, PC, Mac → 5 January 1998

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...

R-Types

Action, Shooter, Collection, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP → 28 February 1999

R-Types is an action game with a touch of shooter from the masters from the studios Irem Software Engineering, Inc. and Racdym. The main publisher of the game is...

Tekken 3

Action, Fighting, Arcade, Side view

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 1 September 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

Game released: Mac, PC → 1999

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...

Thunder Force 5: Perfect System

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

Game released: PlayStation, SEGA Saturn → 13 November 1998

Metacritic: 70/100

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