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.
Years
Platforms
PlayStationSNESGame BoyWindows 3.xNintendo 64SEGA SaturnGame Boy ColorWonderSwanDOSNeo Geo CDLynxWindows MobileNeo GeoNeo Geo Pocket ColorAcorn 32-bitGame.ComArcade
Statuses
Best Games in the Action genre of 1999 (Game released)
Game released: Dreamcast, GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 15 November 2000
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is a continuation of the series of popular action-horror games with a third-person view. You will once again plunge into the chaos of the...
Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 22 December 2000
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Dino Crisis is an action game with a third-person view. A special forces group lands on the small tropical island of Ibis with the task of finding and delivering...
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...
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...
Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Space, Online
Game released: PC → 10 January 2005
Players:
10/10
Steam:
82/100
Game released: Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 4 August 2000
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
70/100
This futuristic podracing game recreates the race from Star Wars: Episode I, with Jedi-to-be Anakin Skywalker among the competitors. Races pit the player against...
Action, Strategy, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, God Simulator
Game released: PC → 25 August 2011
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
92/100
Dungeon Keeper 2 is a continuation of the legendary real-time management strategy with an isometric camera view. As before, you have to try on the role of a...
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...
Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, BBC Micro, BlackBerry, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, DOS, Electron, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, Genesis, J2ME, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum → 1989
Players:
2.7/10
Metacritic:
71/100
This arcade game follows a paperboy riding a bicycle along an isometric suburban street to deliver newspapers. The goal is to reach subscribers while avoiding...
Game released: Dreamcast, iOS, Nintendo 64, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC, Game Boy Color → 23 March 2000
Players:
9.9/10
Metacritic:
70/100
Rayman 2: The Great Escape is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view. The game takes place on a world called the Glade of Dreams and revolves...
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...
Game released: Atari 2600, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, Genesis, Lynx, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC-98, SAM Coupé, SEGA Master System, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx-16, ZX Spectrum → 1990
Klax is an arcade puzzle game built around colored tiles moving down a conveyor belt toward a paddle at the bottom of the screen. The player moves the paddle to...
Game released: Android, DOS, PC, iPad, iPhone, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, Xbox 360, Nintendo 64 → 1 November 2011
Players:
8.5/10
Metacritic:
81/100
This first-person science-fiction shooter follows Duke as he fights a deadly alien invasion of futuristic Los Angeles. Its 28 levels span city streets, an orbiting...
