Action 2012 — top best games in the Action genre / Page 2

Metal Slug 3 - a game in the Action genre

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Arcade, Cooperative (co-op)

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...

The Amazing Spider-Man

Action, Adventure, Fighting, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, PS Vita, iOS → 13 August 2012

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 64/100

The Amazing Spider-Man is a new chapter in the life of Spider-Man, based on the popular film of the same name. The plot of the game originates in the Oscorp...

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Online

Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 24 March 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is a continuation of the popular real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting, which tells the story of...

Postal 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Open world, Comedy

Game released: Mac, PC, Linux → 9 December 2004

Players: 9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 50/100

Postal 2 is an open-world satirical action-adventure game with a first-person view. The main character in the game is a certain Dude, who is used to solving his...

Darkness 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac → 10 February 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Darkness 2 is a continuation of the fantastic first-person shooter in the Darkness universe. You will once again play the role of Jackie Estacado - the head of the...

Saints Row: The Third

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Comedy

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

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

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 Rising 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Zombies, Open world

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 27 September 2010

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Dead Rising 2 is an adventure zombie action game with horror elements and a third-person perspective. It expands on the ideas and universe established in Dead...

Risen 2: Dark Waters

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

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC → 31 July 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 59/100

A third-person role-playing game set in a pirate-themed fantasy world, where sea monsters have halted seafaring after titans devastated the land. The hero, now a...

Prototype 2

Action, Beat them all, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 24 July 2012

VGTimes: 6.7/10

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Prototype 2 is a continuation of the action-slasher adventure with a third-person view in the open world. In the game you will try on the role of the new hero James...

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

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

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 9 February 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The story of the game begins with the amazing resurrection...

I Am Alive

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival

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

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This post-apocalyptic survival action game follows a man struggling to stay alive in a ruined city and find his missing wife and daughter, one year after a...

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360 → 10 December 2003

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a continuation of the exciting action game with a third-person view, which continues the tragic story of police officer Max...

Mass Effect

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 19 December 2008

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Mass Effect is a sci-fi action RPG with a third-person perspective. The events of the game will take you to XXII, when humanity mastered the technology of...

Bully: Scholarship Edition

Action, Adventure, Fighting, Third-person view, Open world

Game released: Wii, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 → 18 March 2008

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Bully: Scholarship Edition is an improved edition of the action-adventure game with a third-person view in the open world. The game is an original simulator of a...

Super Mario Bros.

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Mario Game

Game released: Game Boy Advance, NES, Nintendo 3DS, Wii → 10 July 2004

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Super Mario Bros. — The goal of the game is to destroy all enemies appearing on the level. Mario and Luigi can move left and right and can also jump. The main...

Serious Sam 3: BFE

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Linux → 23 April 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Set in a future Egypt amid crumbling cities and ancient temples, this first-person shooter is a prequel to Serious Sam: The First Encounter, following Earth’s final...

Tomb Raider: Underworld

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC, Xbox 360, Mac, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS → 3 March 2009

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Tomb Raider: Underworld is a third-person adventure action game in which Lara Croft explores ancient and uncharted locations concealing mysteries of the underworld...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Action, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Mac, iOS, Android, PS Vita, Linux → 8 October 2012

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 88/100

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based tactical strategy game about the secret organization XCOM fighting a global alien invasion. The player manages the...

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath

Action, Third-person view, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Xbox, iOS, Android, Ouya, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 20 December 2010

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in the fantasy universe of Oddworld. The game will take you into an adventure world...

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Puzzle, Historical, Open world, Adventure

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

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Blades of Time

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Mac, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Nintendo Switch → 18 April 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 48/100

Blades of Time is an action-adventure slasher game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot tells about the brave hunter Ayumi, who goes on a journey...

Alan Wake

Action, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox 360 → 16 February 2012

VGTimes: 6.2/10

Players: 8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Alan Wake is a horror action game with a third-person view. Strange events are happening everywhere, and our hero, writer Alan Wake, who is looking for his missing...

Duke Nukem Forever

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adult game, Comedy

Game released: Mac, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 → 18 August 2011

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 51/100

Duke Nukem Forever is a continuation of the legendary first-person shooter in the sci-fi series of games about Duke Nukem. Bloodthirsty aliens are stealing every...

RAGE

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Open world

Game released: Mac, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 → 2 February 2012

VGTimes: 7.4/10

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This post-apocalyptic action game combines shooting with driving across a devastated landscape. Players explore the surroundings and engage in...

Darksiders 2

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

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PlayStation 4 → 16 August 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Darksiders 2 is a continuation of the action-slasher adventure game with a third-person view. The events of the sequel are directly related to the original plot of...

Alpha Protocol

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Stealth

Game released: PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 → 1 June 2010

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Alpha Protocol is a spy role-playing action game with a third-person view. You will get into the role of a young agent Michael Thorton, who was framed by the US...

Spelunky

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 4 July 2012

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Spelunky is a fun adventure that takes you to explore dangerous but rich mines. You will control a rather big-nosed but cute gold digger who came to the mines for...

Bastion

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

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

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Darksiders

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 → 8 January 2010

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Set in a demon-ravaged post-apocalyptic world, this third-person action game follows War, the first Horseman of the Apocalypse, who is accused of bringing about the...

Lollipop Chainsaw

Action, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 12 June 2012

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 69/100

A third-person action horror game about Juliet, a zombie hunter investigating the cause of a widespread outbreak. Armed with a chainsaw, she fights through hordes...

Resident Evil: Revelations

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo 3DS, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 27 January 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Resident Evil: Revelations is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view set in the Resident Evil universe. The game takes place between the events of...

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

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...

Subway Surfers

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

Game released: iPad, iPhone, iOS → 23 May 2012

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Subway Surfers is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view. In this game, you have to run away from an angry guard, collecting coins and various...

ZombiU

Action, Survival

Game released: Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC → 18 November 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

ZombiU is an action game. The player controls a survivor who needs to survive in zombie-infested London. The game makes extensive use of the new Wii U controller's...

Halo 4

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

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One → 17 November 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 49/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Halo 4 is the sequel to the sci-fi first-person shooter set in the Halo universe. The game takes place four years, seven months and ten days after the end of Halo...

BioShock 2

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

Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One → 29 March 2012

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 88/100

BioShock 2 is an adventure shooter with a first-person view. On the streets of the city of Rapture, the echoes of past sins are heard again. All along the Atlantic...

LEGO Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars

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

Game released: Mac, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, PSP → 27 October 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This action-adventure platformer retells stories from Star Wars: The Clone Wars in the LEGO universe, bringing together characters from the animated series and the...

Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Collection, Online

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 28 February 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition is a complete side-scrolling edition of the arcade fighting game, which includes all the released add-ons. The game takes place 25...

Doom 3: BFG Edition

Action, Shooter, Horror, DLC, First-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Android → 19 October 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Doom 3: BFG Edition is a special edition of the first-person shooter Doom 3 with enhanced graphics and a number of other innovations. In addition to the game...

Castle Crashers

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

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, PlayStation 4, Mac → 27 August 2008

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Castle Crashers is a furious side-view co-op action game designed for 4 people. The game takes place in the fictional Middle Ages, in which an evil sorcerer steals...

Action

Best Games in the Action genre of 2012 (Game released)