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Best Games in the Action genre of 2021 (Game released)
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, 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, 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...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Mac, Linux → 25 August 2021
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
89/100
Psychonauts 2 is a fantastic sequel to the third-person action platformer that takes players back to the world of psychonauts. The dream of the protagonist of the...
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...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 20 October 2020
Players:
9.9/10
Steam:
70/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods — Part One is a standalone expansion for the dynamic first-person shooter Doom Eternal. This time the events will take place...
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...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 7 October 2021
Players:
10/10
Steam:
87/100
Re-release of the classic action-slasher Blade of Darkness (2001), originally released in 2001. The game features support for widescreen monitors and resolutions...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 21 October 2021
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Echo Generation is an action-adventure RPG with turn-based combat and a third-person view. Summer 1993. You and your friends set out to investigate the source of a...
Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 10 August 2010
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
69/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game is a fun side-scrolling action game based on the original Scott Pilgrim vs. the World movie. Following the story of the...
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...
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...
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Combat robots
Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 10 November 2021
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Binary Domain is a dynamic tactical shooter with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. Tokyo, 2080. On the streets of the metropolis, people and robots clashed...
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 27 May 2021
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
73/100
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is a sci-fi action game with a first-person view. The game will take you to a sci-fi universe where several factions fight each other for...
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...
Role-playing game, Horror, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Mysticism / Supernatural, Adventure
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 4 February 2021
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
69/100
Metacritic:
53/100
Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Earthblood is a dark and cruel game based on the cult universe of everyone's favorite Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines...
Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5 → 1 April 2021
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
76/100
Totally Reliable Delivery Service — a fun third-person action game about a "reliable" delivery service that is actually not reliable at all. The main idea is to go...
Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Survival
Game released: PC → 3 June 2021
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
63/100
Until We Die is an exciting action game with strategy elements and a side view, where you have to defend your base from the invasion of extraterrestrial monsters...
