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Best Games in the Action genre of 1998 (Game released)

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Mortal Kombat Trilogy - a game in the Action genre
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Arcade, Action, Fighting, Third-person view
Game released: DOS, Game.Com, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, PC → 1997
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) - a game in the Action genre
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
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 - a game in the Action genre
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 - a game in the Action genre
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 → December 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) - a game in the Action genre
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: 8.3/10
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 - a game in the Action genre
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 → December 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 - a game in the Action genre
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: 8.9/10
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 - a game in the Action genre
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...
Grand Theft Auto - a game in the Action genre
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...
Metal Gear Solid - a game in the Action genre
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...
Diablo - a game in the Action genre
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...
Vangers - a game in the Action genre
Vangers
Action, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Racing, Adventure
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 26 August 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 - a game in the Action genre
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...
Frogger (2010) - a game in the Action genre
Frogger (2010)
Arcade, Action, Top-down view
Game released: Android, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, BREW, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, Dragon 32/64, Game.Com, Game Boy Color, Genesis, Intellivision, J2ME, Mac, MSX, Odyssey 2, PC Booter, SNES, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo, VIC-20, Windows Phone, Xbox 360, ZX81 → 16 December 2010
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 - a game in the Action genre
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...
Thief: The Dark Project - a game in the Action genre
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...
Z - a game in the Action genre
Z
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Action
Game released: Android, DOS, iPad, iPhone, Mac, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, PC, iOS → 27 July 2012
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 - a game in the Action genre
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...
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D - a game in the Action genre
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Simulation, Science fiction
Game released: Nintendo 64, PC → 27 August 1999
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 - a game in the Action genre
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
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 - a game in the Action genre
AeroFighters Assault
Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view
Game released: Nintendo 64 → 19 March 1998
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 - a game in the Action genre
Guilty Gear
Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga
Game released: PlayStation, PC, PlayStation 4 → 10 November 1998
Steam: 79/100
Spyro the Dragon - a game in the Action genre
Spyro the Dragon
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP → 1 April 1999
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 - a game in the Action genre
Hexen: Beyond Heretic
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: DOS, Mac, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, PC → 30 October 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 - a game in the Action genre
Swarm
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)
Game released: PC → March 1998
Steam: 82/100
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) - a game in the Action genre
Battleship (1998)
Arcade, Simulation, Action, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Top-down view, Board / Group Game
Game released: DOS, PC, Windows 3.x → 1 April 1998
Battleship (1998) is a third-person arcade game with simulation, action and warship simulator...
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins - a game in the Action genre
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
Action, Stealth, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: PlayStation → October 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 - a game in the Action genre
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) - a game in the Action genre
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...
Armored Core - a game in the Action genre
Armored Core
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Combat robots
Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 1 June 1998
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 - a game in the Action genre
House of the Dead
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view
Game released: SEGA Saturn, PC → March 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 - a game in the Action genre
Extreme-G
Arcade, Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)
Game released: Nintendo 64 → 29 May 1998
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 - a game in the Action genre
Urban Assault
Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)
Game released: PC → September 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 - a game in the Action genre
Forsaken
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
Game released: Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PC → 27 May 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 - a game in the Action genre
Shadow Tower
Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP → December 1999
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 - a game in the Action genre
Tomb Raider 3: Adventures of Lara Croft
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure
Game released: Mac, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → October 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...
Mega Man 8: Anniversary Edition - a game in the Action genre
Mega Man 8: Anniversary Edition
Action, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga
Game released: PlayStation, SEGA Saturn → November 1998
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 - a game in the Action genre
WipEout XL
Arcade, Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)
Game released: Amiga, Mac, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, PC → December 1999
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 - a game in the Action genre
Bio FREAKS
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Fighting, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic
Game released: Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PC → May 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 - a game in the Action genre
Steam-Heart's
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Adult game
Game released: PC-98, SEGA Saturn, TurboGrafx CD → March 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...
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