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Best Games in the Action genre of 2021 (Game released)
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 25 May 2021
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
70/100
Metacritic:
65/100
Open world action RPG. The player takes on the role of a mutant who goes on a journey to save the world from a threat. The main character can mix up melee attacks...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 26 October 2021
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy — an action-adventure game with a third-person view set in the comic universe of the "Guardians of the Galaxy." In the game, you...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 10 December 2019
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
54/100
Terminator: Resistance — a first-person shooter from the creators of Rambo: The Video Game, based on the plot of the first two parts of "The Terminator". You will...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 4 September 2020
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
66/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Marvel's Avengers is a third-person action-adventure game based on the Avengers comic book series. You will take control of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Android → 18 September 2025
VGTimes:
7.4/10
Players:
6.9/10
Steam:
97/100
A vibrant co-op game where players explore a vast open world, encountering new quests and secrets every day. Over a hundred unique professions, from pizza delivery...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 23 September 2021
Players:
6.5/10
Steam:
86/100
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...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Helicopters, Open world
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: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2021
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Life is Strange: True Colors is the third season of an episodic adventure with a third-person perspective. The game tells the story of Alex Chen, who knows how to...
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 1 April 2021
Players:
9/10
Steam:
68/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Outriders is a 3-player co-op shooter with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The action takes place on the planet Inok, where people arrive in search of a...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 19 November 2021
Players:
6.3/10
Steam:
46/100
Metacritic:
64/100
The network competitive first-person shooter Battlefield 2042 sends 128 players into the near future and offers them to win according to the changed rules of war...
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
Steam:
89/100
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...
Action, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 3 December 2021
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
77/100
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, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Stadia, Android → 14 June 2018
Players:
8/10
Steam:
87/100
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...
Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 20 August 2019
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Cooperative game from the creators of Darksiders 3, set on a post-apocalyptic Earth. The world has been taken over by terrifying monsters from another dimension...
Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 27 November 2018
Players:
6.9/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
65/100
Darksiders 3 is an action-adventure hack-and-slash game set in a post-apocalyptic world from a third-person perspective. In this new installment of the saga...
Role-playing game, Action, Adult game, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Open world, Slasher
Game released: PC → 8 June 2021
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
84/100
BoneTown: The Second Coming Edition — a re-release of the adult third-person adventure action game, inspired by the controversial Hot Coffee modification for...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 27 October 2020
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Ghostrunner is a cyberpunk action game with a first-person view, set in a post-apocalyptic setting. The game will take you to the gloomy world of the future, in...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 5 October 2021
Players:
7.9/10
Metacritic:
80/100
Alan Wake Remastered — a remaster of the atmospheric third-person action-adventure game. The game features updated graphics and all expansions, as well as developer...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android → 21 January 2021
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Skul: The Hero Slayer is a side-scrolling pixel platformer. People have attacked the demon fortress and are trying to destroy their leader. Most of the inhabitants...
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Wii U, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, Nintendo Switch, Mac → 22 October 2013
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
81/100
An open-world action-adventure set in the Marvel Universe follows an original story of superheroes facing off against villains. Players control Iron Man...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Collection, Fantasy, Open world
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 → 11 November 2021
Players:
7.8/10
Metacritic:
73/100
The anniversary edition of the legendary first-person role-playing game The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. The edition includes all DLCs and over 500 paid mods from the...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 5 September 2019
Players:
8/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Green Hell is a survival-adventure game with a first-person view, where the danger comes from wildlife in the unexplored corners of the Amazon jungle. An open world...
Game released: PlayStation 5, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 21 September 2021
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Kena, a young spiritual counselor, goes to a godforsaken village in search of a sacred mountain altar. She is trying to find out the secrets of a lost settlement...