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 2021 (Game released)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 7 May 2021
Players:
8.2/10
Metacritic:
83/100
First-person horror game with survival and shooter elements Resident Evil: Village continues the story started in Biohazard, but moves the action to Eastern Europe...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PS Vita, Android, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Stadia, iOS → 16 May 2011
Players:
8.4/10
Metacritic:
82/100
Terraria is an adventure sandbox game with platformer elements and a side view. You will embark on a colorful world where you can create various items, build...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 20 February 2024
Players:
8.4/10
Metacritic:
85/100
A large-scale role-playing action game in the Tales series, telling the story of two worlds — Dana and Rena. For centuries, the inhabitants of Rena oppressed the...
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, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 11 November 2021
Players:
6.1/10
Metacritic:
51/100
GTA: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition — a collection of remasters of the legendary GTA series, which includes enhanced versions of Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand...
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch 2 → 14 May 2021
Players:
9/10
Metacritic:
80/100
Continuation of the adventure action Subnautica in first-person view, combining elements of role-playing games, sandbox gameplay, and a bit of exploration and...
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...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Action, Historical, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Survival
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5 → 17 December 2020
Players:
8.1/10
Metacritic:
73/100
Medieval Dynasty is a first-person action-adventure RPG set in an open world inspired by the medieval era. The main character is an ordinary poor man who has to...
Action, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 3 December 2021
Players:
7.6/10
Metacritic:
70/100
Cooperative action with survival elements from the creator of DayZ, where a group of prospectors lands on the dangerous planet Icarus in search of rare resources...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 20 March 2020
Players:
8.3/10
Metacritic:
86/100
Doom Eternal is a first-person shooter that incorporates elements of action, platforming, and RPG. The first game in the new Doom franchise, created after the...
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, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 15 November 2019
Players:
7.9/10
Metacritic:
80/100
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – a new chapter in the history of "Star Wars", a canonical story from Disney, EA, and Respawn. As a young padawan, the player will have...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 23 September 2021
Players:
6.2/10
Metacritic:
80/100
Diablo 2: Resurrected is a remake of the cult isometric action-RPG Diablo 2. In the updated version of the game, a new graphics engine has been implemented, the...
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...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 7 October 2014
Players:
8.4/10
Metacritic:
80/100
Alien: Isolation is a first-person stealth horror adventure set in the Alien universe. The plot of the game takes place fifteen years after the events of Ridley...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS → 17 September 2020
Players:
8.6/10
Metacritic:
93/100
Isometric action-roguelike from the creators of Bastion and Transistor. The main character is the god Zagreus (the son of the ancient Greek god Hades), who...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Stadia, Nintendo Switch 2, iOS → 20 January 2021
Players:
8.1/10
Metacritic:
86/100
The new series of games about agent 47 is the famous killer playing in dressing and peeping. The bald killer will return for the sake of the most important...
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...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy, Action, Open world, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Online
Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 26 March 2021
Players:
8.6/10
Metacritic:
87/100
The action takes place 50 years after the great disaster. The hunters are faced with a new and terrifying monster that is ready to plunge everything around into...
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...