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Best Games in the Action genre of 2021 (Game released)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Mac, PlayStation 5, Linux → 26 January 2021
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4 → 9 July 2021
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is a continuation of the role-playing adventure in the fantasy universe of Monster Hunter. A new and unique experience...
Game released: Android, iOS, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 24 September 2013
Players:
8/10
Steam:
96/100
An arcade clicker game where everything revolves around baking endless amounts of cookies. Every click brings a tasty reward, and the more cookies you bake, the...
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...
Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 17 November 2005
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is a third-person action-comedy horror game in which you take on the role of a real zombie who has risen from the depths...
Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 31 August 2021
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
59/100
Rustler is a fun arcade action game with an isometric camera view, the developers of which are inspired by GTA 2. The game takes place in the Middle Ages. An open...
Arcade, Side view, Horror, Platformer, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Collection, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 24 September 2021
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Castlevania Advance Collection is a classic collection of the Castlevania series, which includes the classic Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania...
Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Crafting, Survival, Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 14 October 2021
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The Riftbreaker is a sci-fi action game with real-time strategy elements. You will take on the role of Captain Ashley Novak — Riftbreaker, an elite commando...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game released: PC, Xbox One, Mac, iOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android → 11 June 2020
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
79/100
A hardcore roguelike in which a group of prisoners suddenly become explorers of a hostile world. After a prison ship crashes on the mysterious planet Auriga, the...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5 → 11 February 2020
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
93/100
Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in which there will...
Action, Strategy, Tactics, Side view, Third-person view, In real time, Shooter, Online, Battle Royale
Game released: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 1 December 2020
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
60/100
Metacritic:
70/100
Worms Rumble is a new part of the tactical action strategy with a side view in the legendary Worms series of games about funny worms. The sequel was the first game...
Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Strategy, Historical, First-person view, Online, Survival, Open world
Game released: PC → 20 October 2021
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
67/100
This Land is My Land is a dynamic stealth action game with a third-person view in the open world of the American Wild West. The main character is the leader of an...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 12 December 2019
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
75/100
CRSED: F.O.A.D. is a free-to-play first- and third-person shooter in the battle royale genre. It was released on Steam Early Access in 2018 as an independent...
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Simulation, Shooter, Stealth, Open world, Walking Simulator, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PlayStation 5, PC, Mac, iOS, Xbox Series X/S → 24 September 2021
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
87/100
An expanded and updated version of Death Stranding. The game features even more storylines, new missions, and expanded locations. As you progress, you will be...
Warships / Submarines, Simulation, Tactics, Historical, Top-down view, First-person view, Stealth, Action
Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 2 April 2021
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
95/100
Crash Dive 2 is a tactical simulator about submarines with historical elements and a first-person view. You have to hunt enemy convoys, combat destroyers, attack...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC → 23 April 2021
Players:
9/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
82/100
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... is a remaster of the third-person action RPG set in the fantasy world of NieR. The plot follows a young boy named Nier, who is...
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Stadia, PC → 21 June 2019
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Judgment is an action-adventure game with a third-person view from the creators of the Yakuza series. The game takes place in the same universe where the events of...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 → 28 July 2020
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Destroy All Humans! — a remake of the adventure shooter with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting, released in 2005. In the game you have to try on the...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 9 September 2021
Players:
10/10
Steam:
59/100
BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites — remaster of the dynamic side-scrolling slasher BloodRayne Betrayal, where the main character, the seductive half-breed Rayne...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Mac, Linux → 17 September 2021
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Tails of Iron is a side-scrolling action-adventure game in a fantasy setting. Playing as Reggie, heir to the Rat throne, you will have to save your kingdom and...
Virtual Reality (VR), Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Action
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 9 December 2021
Players:
6/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
77/100
After the Fall is a dynamic first-person shooter from the creators of Arizona Sunshine for virtual reality devices. The game takes place in the icy ruins of Los...
Action, Hack and slash, Slasher, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC → 19 February 2021
Players:
10/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Persona 5 Strikers is a spin-off of Persona 5, continuing the story of the Joker and the Phantom Thieves of Hearts and incorporating mechanics from the Dynasty...
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Stadia → 6 July 2021
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Watch Dogs: Legion — Bloodline is an expansion for the multi-genre sandbox game with a third-person perspective, Watch Dogs: Legion. In the story expansion, you...
Indie, Action, Adventure, Side view, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 28 July 2022
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
54/100
Dungeon Munchies is a side-scrolling adventure role-playing action platformer in a fantasy setting. The game will tell a story about a necromancer cook who hunts...
Action, Stealth, Fantasy / Medieval, Third-person view, DLC, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 16 October 2020
Players:
8.5/10
Ghost of Tsushima: Legends is a co-op mode for the dynamic stealth action game Ghost of Tsushima. The mode will allow you to play as one of the legendary warriors...
