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

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Minecraft - a game in the Action genre
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 exciting sandbox game focused on freedom of action and exploration of a virtually endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - a game in the Action genre
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 - a game in the Action genre
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 - a game in the Action genre
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 - a game in the Action genre
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 - a game in the Action genre
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 - a game in the Action genre
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 - a game in the Action genre
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...
Slime Rancher - a game in the Action genre
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...
Hollow Knight - a game in the Action genre
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...
Horizon Zero Dawn - a game in the Action genre
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...
Middle-earth: Shadow of War - a game in the Action genre
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 - a game in the Action genre
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...
Darkest Dungeon - a game in the Action genre
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...
Cuphead - a game in the Action genre
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...
Assassin's Creed: Origins - a game in the Action genre
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...
Dead by Daylight - a game in the Action genre
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...
Call of Duty: WWII - a game in the Action genre
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...
Killing Floor 2 - a game in the Action genre
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...
Rayman Legends - a game in the Action genre
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...
Sniper Elite 4 - a game in the Action genre
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...
Mass Effect: Andromeda - a game in the Action genre
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...
NieR: Automata - a game in the Action genre
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 - a game in the Action genre
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
Darkwood - a game in the Action genre
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 - a game in the Action genre
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...
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands - a game in the Action genre
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...
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 - a game in the Action genre
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...
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - a game in the Action genre
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...
Hello Neighbor - a game in the Action genre
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...
Prey - a game in the Action genre
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...
The Evil Within 2 - a game in the Action genre
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 - a game in the Action genre
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...
Unturned - a game in the Action genre
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...
Mass Effect 2 - a game in the Action genre
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 - a game in the Action genre
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...
Mass Effect 3 - a game in the Action genre
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...
L.A. Noire - a game in the Action genre
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...
Tekken 7 - a game in the Action genre
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...
Injustice 2 - a game in the Action genre
Injustice 2
Arcade, Action, Fighting, Comics, Side view
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, PC → 16 May 2017
Players: 8.5/10
Metacritic: 87/100
Injustice 2 is a sequel to the side-scrolling arcade fighting game set in the DC Comics universe. The plot continues exactly from the same moment where the first...
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