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 (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...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Open world
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 12 August 2016
Players:
7.9/10
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
Game released: PC, Xbox One, Mac, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch 2 → 23 January 2018
Players:
8.7/10
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 that arise...
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...
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 13 February 2018
Players:
8.1/10
Metacritic:
71/100
Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a medieval role-playing action game set in a fully open world with a first-person view. You will take on the role of a blacksmith's son...
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...
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...
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...
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, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Stadia, Android → 14 June 2018
Players:
8/10
Metacritic:
81/100
Wreckfest is a dynamic racing action game with a third-person perspective from the creators of the original FlatOut (2004). In the game, you will control a car on...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 15 August 2018
Players:
8.2/10
Metacritic:
68/100
Graveyard Keeper is a simulator of a true medieval cemetery manager. In the game world, heroes await death in coffins and entire tombs of your cemetery. Each new...
Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 16 November 2018
Players:
7.5/10
Metacritic:
82/100
Among Us is a casual multiplayer online game focused on social deduction. It is a simplified and fast-paced version of "Mafia": from 4 to 10 players try to survive...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia → 29 November 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...
