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
PlayStation 2PlayStationXboxMobileGame Boy AdvanceMophunVideopac+ G7400Windows 3.xBREWDoJaGameCubeExEnN-GageJ2MEGame Boy ColorSEGA CDAtari 5200Odyssey 2SymbianDOSPalm OSWindows MobileNeo GeoAtari 2600Arcade
Statuses
Best Games in the Action genre of 2003 (Game released)
Game released: Mac, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 → 12 November 2010
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
95/100
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a legendary spin-off of Grand Theft Auto 3, which developed the ideas and mechanics laid out in it, connected by common characters...
Game released: Android, iOS, Mac, Xbox, PlayStation 2, PC, PlayStation 4, Game Boy Advance → 14 June 2012
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Max Payne is a cinematic action-adventure game with a third-person view. The main character of the game is Max Payne, a fair cop who single-handedly tries to...
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: Android, iPad, iPhone, Mac, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 14 December 2011
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
66/100
Metacritic:
95/100
Grand Theft Auto 3 is a continuation of the dynamic action game with a third-person view in the open world. Working for the mafia sooner or later ends in trouble...
Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, GameCube, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 → 26 May 2000
Players:
9/10
Metacritic:
70/100
Resident Evil Code: Veronica is a dark action-horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. The game will tell about the events taking place...
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: PC, J2ME, Mac, Palm OS, PlayStation 3, Windows Mobile, Xbox, Xbox 360 → 8 December 2003
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Zuma Deluxe is a fun logic puzzle game with match-3 elements and a top-down view. Simple and interesting gameplay awaits you. While controlling the frog, you need...
Action, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, City Building, Construction
Game released: PC → 25 September 2002
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
78/100
A real-time strategy game with city-building elements, Stronghold Crusader focuses on battles and sieges during the Crusades. Players lead either the Crusaders or...
Game released: iOS, Neo Geo, PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 12 July 2012
Players:
10/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
77/100
A 2D arcade run-and-gun shooter in which a soldier fights through stages filled with enemies and giant bosses. Metal Slug 3 features five large stages with...
Game released: PC, Mac, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation, Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Color → 31 January 2006
Players:
8.6/10
Metacritic:
76/100
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — summer holidays. After 1 year of study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry is once again forced to...
Game released: DOS, N-Gage, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, Windows Mobile, PC, Xbox 360 → 8 September 2000
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
86/100
This third-person action-adventure follows Lara Croft as she searches for the pieces of an ancient artifact called the Scion. Her quest takes her through Incan...
Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 24 September 2001
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
71/100
Metacritic:
73/100
This third-person survival horror adventure follows supernatural detective Edward Carnby as he investigates a murder on Shadow Island. After his friend Charles...
Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox, Game Boy Advance → 26 February 2004
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
88/100
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Among the scorched sands of Persia, an ancient legend...
