Action 2011 — top best games in the Action genre

Arcade, Action, Online, MMO, Platformer, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S → 21 January 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Roblox is a huge online sandbox for creativity, where the toys are mini-games of various genres with arcade gameplay and a simple visual style that is not burdened...

Minecraft

Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Xbox 360, Mac, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 5 → 9 May 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An engaging sandbox focused on freedom of action and exploration of a virtually infinite open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Nintendo Switch → 11 November 2011

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 94/100

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is a role-playing game with action elements in an open world. It was developed and released by Bethesda for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC on...

Terraria

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PS Vita, Android, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Stadia, iOS → 16 May 2011

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Terraria is an adventure sandbox game with platformer elements and a side view. You will embark on a colorful journey where you can create various items, build...

Fallout: New Vegas

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 19 April 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Fallout: New Vegas is an adventure role-playing shooter with a first-person view in the post-apocalyptic Fallout universe. The events of the game will take you to...

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 → 15 August 2009

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a continuation of the popular series of games with endless possibilities of interaction in a large open world. Five years ago, Carl...

Shadow of the Colossus

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 → 17 February 2006

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Shadow of the Colossus — action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You take on the role of a hero named Wander, who must go through...

Mortal Kombat (2011)

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PS Vita, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 11 May 2012

VGTimes: 10.0/10

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Mortal Kombat (2011) is the ninth fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series. The game is both a continuation and a restart of the franchise. The game's plot begins...

Resident Evil 4 (2005)

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iPhone, iPad, Wii, PC, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Continuation of the action-horror adventure with a third-person view in the Resident Evil series. The story of the fourth part takes place in 2004, six years after...

Dark Souls

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

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 21 May 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Dark Souls is an action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the fictional kingdom of Lordran, reminiscent of...

World of Tanks

Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Historical, Tanks

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360 → 29 April 2021

Players: 3.8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

An online simulator in which players control tanks in battles on various maps. You can choose from over 600 tanks from different countries and eras, each with its...

CastleMiner Z

Action, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Xbox 360 → 9 November 2011

Players: 4.4/10

CastleMiner Z is a first-person action game with a touch of horror and indie games from developers from the DigitalDNA studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Assassin's Creed 2

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 → 9 March 2010

Players: 8.7/10

Assassin's Creed 2 is a stealth action game with a third-person view. The game will take you to Florence during the Renaissance. Your hero, the assassin Ezio...

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

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

Game released: Mac, Xbox 360, PC → 18 October 2012

VGTimes: 9.6/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 88/100

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is a continuation of the third-person role-playing game, based on the series of novels of the same name by Polish writer Andrzej...

Portal 2

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Mac, PC → 19 April 2011

VGTimes: 9.4/10

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 95/100

The game takes place several years after Portal. The main character Chell wakes up after a long sleep to find that the Aperture Science complex is now in ruins...

The Binding of Isaac

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 28 September 2011

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 84/100

The Binding of Isaac is a hardcore action game with roguelike elements and a top-down view. The plot is based on one of the biblical stories. She will tell the...

Grand Theft Auto 3

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view

Game released: Android, iPad, iPhone, Mac, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 → 14 December 2011

Players: 7.1/10

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...

Call of Duty: Black Ops

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Helicopters

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 3 May 2011

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 82/100

A first-person shooter in the Call of Duty series, set during the height of the Cold War. The story begins with CIA agent Alex Mason waking up in an interrogation...

Battlefield 3

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

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 9 August 2017

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Battlefield 3 is an online shooter with a first-person view. You will have battles on large-scale maps using modern weapons and military equipment. The...

Dead Island

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 9 September 2011

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Dead Island is an action role-playing game with elements of horror, shooter and first-person view. The heroes of the Game are tourists who had to deal with the...

L.A. Noire

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC → 20 May 2011

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

L.A. Noire is a third-person action-adventure game set in an open world. The game will take you to 1947, to the city of Los Angeles. The protagonist Cole Phelps...

Crysis

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

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 17 September 2008

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Wii → 24 April 2012

VGTimes: 8.6/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Prototype

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Tanks

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 9 June 2009

Players: 8.5/10

Prototype is a third-person action game with shooter and tank simulator elements from the masters from the Radical Entertainment studio. The game is published by...

Borderlands

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 3 December 2010

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk

Game released: Mac, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 26 April 2012

VGTimes: 9.4/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a continuation of the legendary first-person action role-playing game Deus Ex. The game will take you to 2027, in which you will play...

Bulletstorm

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

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 13 September 2011

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Bulletstorm is an adventure shooter with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. Charismatic Grayson Hunt is a former captain of the special unit “Dead Echoes...

Risen

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

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 2 October 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Risen is an atmospheric action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting from the creators of the Gothic series. In the game you have to...

Batman: Arkham City

Action, Stealth, In real time, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 25 November 2011

VGTimes: 9.6/10

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 94/100

Batman: Arkham City is a continuation of the adventure stealth action game with a third-person view, dedicated to Batman. Who is behind the creation of Arkham City...

Driver: San Francisco

Arcade, Action, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: Mac, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Wii → 8 March 2012

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Driver: San Francisco is a continuation of the legendary arcade racing game with a third-person view in the Driver series. The game tells the story of the events...

Trine 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Mac, PC, PlayStation 4 → 21 December 2011

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Trine 2 — is a 2D platformer in which the player controls three playable characters (the thief Zoe, the wizard Amadeus and the knight Pontius), solving...

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Puzzle, Historical

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 → 22 March 2011

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is a stealth action game with a third-person view in a historical setting. The game takes place in Renaissance Italy. YOU play as a...

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Historical

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 → 29 November 2011

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Assassin's Creed: Revelations is a stealth action game with a third-person view in a historical setting. In this part of the series about the adventures of Ezio...

Bayonetta

Action, Slasher, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 22 February 2011

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Bayonetta is a fantastic action-slasher game with a third-person view. Bayonetta is the only survivor of an ancient clan of witches that maintained the balance...

Super Meat Boy

Action, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Android → 18 November 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Super Meat Boy is a hardcore 2D side-scrolling platformer. You have to help the meat cube save his beloved, who was kidnapped by the evil scientist Dr. Fitus. The...

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 18 September 2009

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Saints Row: The Third

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

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Nintendo Switch → 15 May 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Saints Row: The Third is a continuation of the fun action game with a third-person view in the open world. In this world there is possible professional wrestling...

Dead Space 2

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

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 27 April 2017

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Dead Space 2 is a continuation of the action-horror adventure with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting, which takes place on a space station infected with...

Catherine

Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC → 17 February 2011

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Catherine is an adventure arcade puzzle game with visual novel elements. The game will tell the story of computer scientist Vincent, who is experiencing the peak of...

Bastion

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Xbox 360, PC, iOS, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 20 July 2011

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Bastion is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. You will go to a fairy-tale world, which, by the will of fate, is gradually...

Action

Best Games in the Action genre of 2011 (Game released)