Action 2012 — top best games in the Action genre / Page 4

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Arcade

January 24, 2000

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Crazy Taxi is a racing action game with a third-person view. In this game you have to drive a crazy taxi. The main goal is to deliver the client, for this you will...

Hungry Shark Evolution

Arcade, Action, Side view

October 24, 2012

Players: 7.8/10

Hungry Shark Evolution is a side-scrolling arcade action game. You have to take control of a very hungry shark and head out into the frantic violence of the ocean...

SoulCalibur

Arcade, Action, Fighting

August 5, 1999

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

This fighting game centers on duels between blade-wielding fighters. SoulCalibur features 19 playable characters and eight modes, including Story, local Versus for...

Royal Quest

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Free game, Fantasy, Adventure

April 3, 2012

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 67/100

Royal Quest is a free-to-play multiplayer role-playing game with an isometric camera view. The game takes place in a world called Aura, where magic, technology and...

Red Faction

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

May 22, 2001

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Set on Mars, this first-person science-fiction shooter follows miners working for the Ultor Corporation, where a deadly plague and abuse by the guards fuel growing...

Dungeon Fighter Online

Arcade, Online, Free game, Side view, MMO, Action, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga

June 11, 2010

Players: 10/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Dungeon Fighter Online is a free-to-play Japanese-style side-scrolling multiplayer action role-playing game. Expect an exciting 2D action game with an epic...

LEGO The Lord of the Rings

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, The Lord of the Rings, Fantasy

October 30, 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 74/100

LEGO The Lord of the Rings is an arcade action adventure game with a third-person view in the Lord of the Rings universe. The game is based on the film adaptations...

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

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

November 17, 2004

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is a stealth action adventure game with first and third person views. The player-controlled Snake must sneak through enemy territory...

Air Conflicts: Secret Wars

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Historical, Simulation, Arcade

June 30, 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 56/100

This arcade flight simulator stages aerial combat during World War I and World War II. Its seven campaigns, based on resistance movements of the Second World War...

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance

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

November 4, 2002

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance is a stealth action game with a third-person view. This is a special edition of the game MGS2: Sons of Liberty, which fans of this...

King's Bounty: Legions

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Free game

May 25, 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 53/100

King’s Bounty: Legions is an online fantasy strategy game built around turn-based battles in a world of magic, creatures, and monsters. Players assemble an army of...

War of the Roses

Action, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

October 2, 2012

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 73/100

War of the Roses — The game is focused on multiplayer, there are only a few single missions that are designed to teach the player the basics of gameplay and...

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

October 22, 2012

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer that is the spiritual successor to 1987's Great Giana Sisters for the Commodore 64...

Nayuta no Kiseki

Role-playing game, Action, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game

July 26, 2012

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This fantasy action role-playing game follows Nayuta, an islander who wonders what lies beyond the horizon. While the people around him believe the sea is flat and...

Disney Universe

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

October 25, 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Disney Universe is a multiplayer action-adventure game with a third-person view set in the Disney universe. You'll play through levels based on famous animated...

Dust: An Elysian Tail

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania

August 15, 2012

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits you, filled with...

Saving Yello

Puzzle, Logic, Action

November 17, 2011

Metacritic: 79/100

Saving Yello is a physics-based action puzzler about Yello, a goldfish whose seven-year-old owner, Mathilda, takes him out of his bowl. The player flings Yello back...

Street Fighter X Tekken

Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view

March 6, 2012

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Street Fighter X Tekken is a fast-paced side-scrolling arcade fighting game that combines the two universes of Street Fighter and Tekken. Dozens of familiar heroes...

Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Platformer

September 22, 2011

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This science-fiction action platformer follows young scientist Lester Knight Chaykin, who is hurled through space and time when a nuclear experiment goes wrong...

Thomas Was Alone

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction

June 30, 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Thomas Was Alone is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer with puzzle elements. In this game, you have to guide a group of rectangles through a series of...

Alien Breed

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

July 19, 2012

Metacritic: 75/100

Alien Breed is a third-person action game with a touch of shooter from developers from the Team17 Software Limited studio. The game is published by Team17 Software...

Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition

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

August 24, 2012

VGTimes: 4.6/10

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition is a re-release of an action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting for PC. The game takes place in the...

Sea Dogs: To Each His Own

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Historical, Sandbox

December 7, 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 72/100

Corsairs: To each his own — a new role-playing adventure from the Corsairs series. The main character of the sequel is the sea wolf Charles de Maur. You will...

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op)

November 11, 2011

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 is an adventure arcade action platformer with a third-person view in the Harry Potter universe. The game is based on the last three...

Choplifter HD

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Helicopters, Arcade

January 10, 2012

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Choplifter HD is a fast-paced arcade action game where you take on the role of a rescue pilot. You are a member of an elite international rescue team that travels...

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1

Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure

October 7, 2010

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 36/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 is a side-scrolling action platformer. Dr. Eggman has returned and in an attempt to finally get rid of Sonic, he returns to his best...

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

Arcade, Fighting, Action, Online

November 15, 2011

Players: 8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is an arcade fighting game that features familiar characters from two big universes: the Marvel comic book and Capcom games. Two...

Warriors Orochi

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

March 21, 2007

Metacritic: 55/100

Warriors Orochi is a fast-paced third-person action RPG that combines characters from Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors into one game where they battle each...

Jak 3

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure

November 9, 2004

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

This post-apocalyptic action game with shooter and platforming elements follows Jak and Daxter after they are banished from Haven City and left to survive in a...

Toy Soldiers

Action, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

March 3, 2010

Players: 8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A strategy game with action and tower-defense elements, set on Europe’s trench-filled battlefields in a First World War toy diorama. Players command toy soldiers...

Double Dragon: Neon

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Cooperative (co-op)

September 11, 2012

Players: 9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This arcade beat ’em up follows brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee as they set out to rescue Marian and fight the villain Skullmageddon. Trained in the martial art of...

Shatter

Arcade, Action, Music game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Arkanoid, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

July 23, 2009

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Shatter is a top-down futuristic arkanoid game where you need to clear the playing field from colorful blocks using a ball and a moving...

Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical

October 30, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation is a stealth action game with a third-person view in a historical setting. You have to take control of a girl assassin &mdash...

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim — Dragonborn

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, DLC, In real time, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

December 4, 2012

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 82/100

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - Dragonborn is an expansion pack for the open world adventure RPG The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. A return to Morrowind awaits you - and...

Toki Tori

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade, Side view, Indie, Casual game

May 20, 2008

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Toki Tori is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer where the goal of each level is to collect all the scattered eggs. And to achieve this goal, the player will...

Prince of Persia Classic

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure

June 13, 2007

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Prince of Persia Classic is a platform action game in which a prince must rescue the imprisoned princess after a vizier seizes the throne while the Sultan is away...

Darkstone

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

July 30, 1999

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Nihilumbra

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Adventure

June 27, 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Nihilumbra is a platform puzzle game developed by BeautiFun Games that will take you into a world of unusual adventures and abstract inclination. You will play as a...

Canabalt

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action, Runner

October 1, 2009

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Canabalt is a fantasy arcade platformer. You have to escape from the destruction of your city with just one button. The game that popularized the endless runner...

Unit 13

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

March 6, 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

This third-person tactical shooter features 45 missions focused on helping dismantle global terrorist networks and proving a place in the military elite. Unit 13...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2012