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 2023 (Game released)
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 → 10 February 2023
Players:
7.1/10
Metacritic:
84/100
The first AAA blockbuster in the Harry Potter universe - Hogwarts Legacy - is a sandbox in a large open world, a third-person action game with RPG elements. The...
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, In real time, Fantasy, Medieval era
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 17 September 2024
Players:
8.6/10
Metacritic:
86/100
The game takes place in the world of Valisteya, where among people there are the most powerful creatures — icons. These dangerous creatures live in dominants...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch → 13 March 2020
Players:
8.1/10
Metacritic:
80/100
Borderlands 3 is a role-playing adventure first-person shooter with action elements and the first game in the series where players visit new planets, where they...
Game released: PC, iOS, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 20 October 2022
Players:
8.4/10
Metacritic:
87/100
A gothic action roguelike about vampires where players fight off hordes of monsters. All that is required of the player is to move around the arena and collect...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Science fiction, Exploration
Game released: PC, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5 → 26 April 2023
Players:
8.8/10
Metacritic:
80/100
Adventure role-playing action game from the creators of Genshin Impact. The game tells the story of the passengers of the space train "Astral Express". The player...
Cyberpunk, Adventure, Action, Role-playing game, Third-person view, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Stealth, Shooter
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 26 September 2023
Players:
8/10
Metacritic:
88/100
Phantom Liberty is a spy thriller set in the world of Cyberpunk 2077 and a new large-scale adventure. The plane of the president of the New United States of...
Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, DLC, Combat robots, Science fiction, Exploration, Action, Futurism (Future)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 2 August 2023
Players:
7.3/10
The expansion tells about the events after the ending of Atomic Heart. Major Sergey Nechaev embarks on a journey through the "Mendeleev" complex and the...
Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch 2 → 21 December 2010
Players:
7.9/10
Metacritic:
95/100
The events of the game take place in America in 1911, in which the Wild West, as such, had almost collapsed, and technologies like cars and machine guns had already...
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 4 October 2022
Players:
5.7/10
Metacritic:
78/100
A team-based first-person shooter that continues the story of a future world experiencing a technological crisis from Overwatch 2016. The disbanded Patrol is a...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 19 May 2022
Players:
5.5/10
Metacritic:
64/100
Adventure role-playing game, which takes place in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe in accordance with the rules of the fifth edition of the board game. Vampires...
Game released: iOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 4 May 2023
Players:
8.1/10
Metacritic:
75/100
Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael set off on a journey through New York in search of Master Splinter, who has been kidnapped by the Foot Clan. The...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 8 February 2022
Players:
8.4/10
Metacritic:
81/100
Hurricane hand-to-hand combat with a multitude of enemies from the creators of Absolver. A young kung fu student embarks on a path of revenge. Chasing shadows...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2 → 15 February 2024
Players:
7.8/10
Metacritic:
72/100
Continuation of the crazy goat simulator. As in previous parts, the game has a lot of humor and crazy fun. The player finds himself in an open world filled with...