Games Game Genres Action

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.

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2017 (Game released)

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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...

Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 26 September 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition is a special edition of the role-playing game in the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout 4. The game includes all the latest...

Star Wars: Battlefront 2

Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC → 17 November 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 is a continuation of the multiplayer online shooter with a first-person view in the Star Wars universe. The game features a full-fledged...

The Long Dark

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Post-apocalyptic action adventure with first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of pilot Will McKennzie, who caught his plane in a...

Resident Evil 7 Biohazard

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival horror, Adventure, Zombies

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Mac → 23 January 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 85/100

The main character Ethan receives a message from his girlfriend, who disappeared without a trace three years ago. She invites him to meet in the vicinity of the...

ARK: Survival Evolved

Online, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Shooter, Survival, Open world

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia → 27 August 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 56/100

ARK: Survival Evolved is an open-world action game with a first-person view and survival elements. You have to become a real dinosaur hunter. You will go to a large...

Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 5 December 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Complete Edition Horizon Zero Dawn, which includes the original game and the expansion The Frozen Wilds. You will have to immerse yourself in a world where you...

Horizon Zero Dawn

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 1 March 2017

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Horizon Zero Dawn is an action role-playing game with a third-person view in the world of a futuristic post-apocalypse. The game is dedicated to the confrontation...

Hollow Knight

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 24 February 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 89/100

An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange creatures. A dark...

Cuphead

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view

Game released: Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 29 September 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 87/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the style of classic animation from the 30s. The main character lost his life to the devil at dice, and is now forced to run...

Slime Rancher

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 1 August 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A bright first-person adventure that combines elements of farming, exploration, and arcade shooting. The action takes place on a distant planet where humanity has...

Darkest Dungeon

Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike

Game released: PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PC, Mac, iPad, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 27 September 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Darkest Dungeon is a unique party RPG, where the skills of your heroes are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a very real...

Middle-earth: Shadow of War

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android → 9 October 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Middle-earth: Shadow of War is a continuation of the action slasher with a third-person view Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Talion returns again as the main...

Doom

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Stadia → 12 May 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Doom is another installment of the famous series, in which the player, as a space marine, will embark on a long journey through the corridors of an abandoned space...

Dead by Daylight

Action, Horror, Online, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Stadia → 14 June 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Dead by Daylight is a multiplayer action-horror game with a third-person view, which tells the story of four teenagers and a maniac who wants to shred everyone and...

Assassin's Creed: Origins

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 27 October 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Assassin's Creed: Origins — an action-adventure game with a third-person view in an open world set in the Assassin's Creed universe. The game takes place in ancient...

Rayman Legends

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

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...

Mass Effect: Andromeda

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 11 June 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Mass Effect: Andromeda is a continuation of the space action role-playing game with a third-person view in the Mass Effect universe. Events take place after the...

Darkwood

Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Survival, Simulation

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 17 August 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Top-down survival action-horror adventure. Events take place in a mysterious forest, where every night threatens to be the last. Players control a nameless hero who...

ELEX

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 17 October 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 62/100

ELEX is a role-playing action game with a third-person perspective set in a sci-fi environment, created by the makers of Risen and Gothic. A comet has struck the...

NieR: Automata

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One → 17 March 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 86/100

NieR Automata is an action RPG with a third-person view. The game is a direct continuation of NieR. Events revolve around an alien invasion of Earth. Due to its...

Dead Space 3

Action, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 18 June 2020

VGTimes: 8.5/10

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Killing Floor 2

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 18 November 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Killing Floor 2 is a cooperative zombie shooter with a first-person view. The action takes place in Europe after the appearance of zombie-like creatures. Up to six...

Prey

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

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC → 5 May 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Prey is a futuristic first-person shooter. The main character's name is Morgan. The year is 2034. The hero under your control will be on the space station Talos 1...

Sniper Elite 4

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia, iOS, Mac → 14 February 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A direct sequel to Sniper Elite 3, in which the main character travels to Italy in 1943. He acts in the ranks of the Italian resistance and tries to free the...

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 24 April 2017

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 is a sniper shooter with a first-person view and stealth elements. The third part will take place in modern Eastern Europe in the midst of a...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 6 March 2017

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands is the first military shooter in the history of the series in the open world, which can be played either alone or in the company...

Call of Duty: WWII

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 2 November 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Call of Duty: WWII is the continuation of the popular first-person shooter in the Call of Duty series. The events of the new part will tell the story of the 1st US...

The Evil Within 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 12 October 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Continuation of the action-horror with a third-person view. You are Detective Sebastian Castellanos, and you are at rock bottom. But when you get the chance to save...

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...

Hello Neighbor

Action, Horror, Stealth, First-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 8 December 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 40/100

Hello Neighbor! — adventure horror with stealth elements and first-person view. The game is about a guy who witnesses a terrible crime. While still a boy, he...

Mass Effect 2

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, In real time, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 29 January 2010

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 95/100

Mass Effect 2 is a continuation of the space role-playing trilogy with a first-person view. The events of the game continue the story told in the original. Captain...

Outlast 2

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Indie

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 24 April 2017

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Outlast 2 is a continuation of the popular horror adventure with stealth elements from the developers from the Red Barrels studio. The events of the game are...

Tekken 7

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 1 June 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Tekken 7 is an arcade fighting game with action elements in anime style. Colorful 3D battles and complex combinations await you. Choose a character you like and use...

Mass Effect 3

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

Game released: Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 8 December 2012

VGTimes: 8.3/10

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Mass Effect 3 is the final part of the space role-playing trilogy with a third-person view. Events begin with a devastating attack on Earth by an army of an ancient...

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

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

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 27 October 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a sequel to the jaw-dropping first-person shooter Wolfenstein: The New Order. America, 1961. Having killed the Nazi general...

Unturned

Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, Linux → 12 November 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Unturned is a multiplayer sandbox action game with a first-person view. The main goal here is to survive by defending yourself from zombies and hostile players...

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: 8.4/10

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...

SOMA

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Mac, Linux, Xbox One → 21 September 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

SOMA is a new project from Frictional Games, the creators of Penumbra and Amnesia. The plot revolves around the underwater research facility PATHOS-2, where...

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