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 3Xbox 360PS VitaPSPWiiNintendo 3DSNintendo DSWindows PhoneAmazon Fire TVNvidia ShieldOuyaSNESiPhoneJ2MEWindows MobileBlackBerryArcade
Statuses
Best Games in the Action genre of 2014 (Game released)
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...
Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 1 October 2013
VGTimes:
9.2/10
Players:
7.8/10
Metacritic:
92/100
Legendary continuation of the popular Grand Theft Auto series. The action takes place in the city of Los Santos, beloved since Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. For...
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 world where you can create various items, build...
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...
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...
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Mac, Android, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 17 September 2012
VGTimes:
9.4/10
Players:
8.8/10
Metacritic:
83/100
Borderlands 2 is a continuation of a dynamic cooperative shooter with a first-person view and role-playing elements in a post-apocalyptic world. A new era of...
Action, Online, MMO, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Tanks, Free game
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 15 August 2013
VGTimes:
6.8/10
Players:
4.4/10
Metacritic:
79/100
War Thunder combines aviation, tanks, and ships in one combat space, offering historically accurate models of equipment and realistic damage physics. It is the...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 7 October 2014
Players:
8.4/10
Metacritic:
80/100
Alien: Isolation is a first-person stealth horror adventure set in the Alien universe. The plot of the game takes place fifteen years after the events of Ridley...
Game released: Mac, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Stadia, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 23 January 2014
VGTimes:
8.2/10
Players:
8.7/10
The game reinterprets the story of Lara Croft, showing her not as an immortal legend, but as a living person, facing the wild and ruthless environment for the first...
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, PS Vita, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Switch → 18 February 2014
Players:
8.3/10
Metacritic:
90/100
Rayman Legends is a continuation of the exciting side-scrolling arcade platformer Rayman Origins. Rayman and his friends find a mysterious tent in the magical...
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 13 August 2012
VGTimes:
9.6/10
Players:
8.3/10
Metacritic:
81/100
The game takes place in Hong Kong from the perspective of secret agent Wei Sheng, embedded in the local triads. The game pays special attention to combat mechanics...
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 15 November 2013
VGTimes:
5.8/10
Players:
7.7/10
Metacritic:
77/100
Need for Speed: Rivals is a third-person arcade game with simulation, action and racing elements from the masters of Criterion Games, EA Vancouver and Ghost Games...
Simulation, Action, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Strategy
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS → 14 September 2012
Players:
8.8/10
Metacritic:
86/100
FTL: Faster Than Light is a unique management simulator with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. The cruiser Kestrel was lucky to find out secret information...
Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 22 February 2011
Players:
7.8/10
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...
