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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Statuses
Best Games in the Action genre of 2017 (Game released)
Arcade, 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 focused on freedom of action and exploring a practically endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 2 November 2017
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
87/100
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world
Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Nintendo Switch → 11 November 2011
VGTimes:
9.0/10
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
94/100
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...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 28 October 2016
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
82/100
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition is a re-release of the role-playing fantasy game with an open world The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Legendary Edition for...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Adventure
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 5 December 2017
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
89/100
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Adventure
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 1 March 2017
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
89/100
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...
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival horror, Adventure, Zombies, Horror
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Mac → 23 January 2017
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
94/100
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...
Action, Shooter, Online, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Open world
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 6 September 2017
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Released in 2017, Destiny 2 is a sequel to the MMOFPS from the first person Destiny. The last city of humanity fell under the onslaught of a massive army led by...
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
Steam:
80/100
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...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Stadia → 14 June 2016
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
79/100
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...
Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Free game, Tactics, Survival, Battle Royale
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 21 December 2017
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
64/100
Metacritic:
81/100
PUBG: Battlegrounds is a free-to-play multiplayer tactical shooter in third-person perspective, where only the last surviving participant wins. In this survival...
Game released: PC, Mac, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Linux → 24 February 2017
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
97/100
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...
Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC → 20 May 2011
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
83/100
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...
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
Steam:
91/100
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...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5 → 21 April 2016
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
95/100
A standalone multiplayer version of the famous survival simulator Don't Starve, where exploration, building, and the fight for survival become even more interesting...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PC, Mac, iPad, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Linux → 27 September 2016
Players:
8/10
Steam:
90/100
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Open world
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 11 June 2020
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
72/100
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...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 8 August 2017
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The game takes you on a dark and ruthless journey into the depths of the mind, where the lines between reality and madness blur. The story follows a warrior named...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 13 February 2017
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
68/100
Metacritic:
78/100
For Honor is a competitive medieval-fantasy action game about sword fights and large-scale battlefields. You will take part in team battles for territory with many...
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, PS Vita, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Switch → 18 February 2014
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
86/100
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...
Action, Warships / Submarines, Isometric, Historical, Free game, Tactics, MMO, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Shooter
Game released: PC → 17 September 2015
VGTimes:
7.6/10
Players:
5/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
81/100
A multiplayer online action game that immerses you in the world of large-scale naval battles of the first half of the twentieth century. More than a hundred...
