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 2018
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting
August 15, 2011
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure
April 20, 2018
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
94/100
God of War is a continuation of Kratos's adventures in the slasher genre from a third-person perspective. The events unfold in the snowy mountainous region of...
Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)
July 21, 2017
Players:
6.2/10
Metacritic:
81/100
The vast majority of the planet was destroyed by a cataclysm that caused strange, zombie-like creatures to appear. The survivors call them Husks. The last of...
Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Role-playing game, Exploration
October 5, 2018
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a new game in the Assassin's Creed stealth-action series, set in Ancient Greece. Take fate into your own hands and write your own epic...
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Science fiction, Combat robots, Futurism (Future)
May 25, 2018
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Detroit: Become Human is an interactive adventure with a third-person view, from the creators of Fahrenheit and Heavy Rain. Players can expect an outstanding game...
Simulation, Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world
April 30, 2018
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
81/100
The Forest is an adventure action-horror game with survival elements set in an open world and presented from a first-person perspective. The main character is the...
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space, Sandbox
September 13, 2018
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
70/100
Breathedge is a science fiction adventure action game with a first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of an ordinary guy and his pet who...
Action, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Crafting, Role-playing game
August 15, 2018
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
60/100
Metacritic:
68/100
Graveyard Keeper is a simulator of a true manager of a medieval cemetery. In the game world, heroes await death in coffins and entire tombs of your cemetery. Each...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Open world, Space, Exploration
August 9, 2016
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
75/100
No Man's Sky is an adventure simulator with a first-person view set in a futuristic environment. You will embark on a journey to explore space and planets, some of...
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival, Open world, Horror
December 14, 2014
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
83/100
A single-player adventure in a vast open world, with a first-person view, survival elements, and sandbox features. Playing the game will evoke feelings associated...
Action, Online, MMO, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Tanks, Free game, Simulation
August 15, 2013
VGTimes:
6.8/10
Players:
4.4/10
Steam:
72/100
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...
Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Free game, Tactics, Survival, Battle Royale
December 12, 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...
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game
March 25, 2013
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
76/100
A dynamic online third-person action game where the warrior's journey takes place through an expansive interplanetary system torn by faction conflicts. Under the...
Online, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Free game, Survival, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, MMO
August 29, 2018
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
73/100
A hardcore multiplayer survival game with elements of a reality show, where prisoners fight for freedom in front of an audience hungry for spectacle. Players find...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic
November 29, 2016
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
82/100
Final Fantasy XV is a continuation of the popular role-playing action game with a third-person perspective set in the futuristic universe of Final Fantasy and is a...
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Survival, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Online, Zombies
December 13, 2018
Players:
7/10
Steam:
74/100
DayZ is a multiplayer survival horror game with an open world. Before us is the post-Soviet country of Chernarus, which was struck by an unknown virus. Most of the...
Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Adventure
March 20, 2018
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Multiplayer role-playing action with a pirate theme. Thanks to the extensive possibilities of the multiplayer mode, you and other players can manage a large pirate...
