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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Best Games in the Action genre of 2023 (Game released)
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Science fiction, Exploration, Adventure, Open world
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 21 February 2023
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
73/100
The main character is Major Sergey Nechaev, nicknamed P-3, a KGB special agent assigned a particularly dangerous mission. The factory's robot control system has...
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 → 10 February 2023
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
91/100
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 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 17 October 2023
Players:
6/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
88/100
A role-playing slasher/action game with an isometric third-person camera, a service game, and an online looter. It brings back classic elements of the Diablo series...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 7 May 2021
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
83/100
First-person horror with survival and shooter elements, Resident Evil: Village continues the story started in Biohazard but moves the action to Eastern Europe...
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac → 19 September 2023
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
83/100
A dark action game in the spirit of Dark Souls Remastered and Bloodborne, based on the tale of Pinocchio. The main character, a reanimated mechanical boy...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Mac → 22 April 2024
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Continuation of the zombie action in the open world, which takes place in Los Angeles. Almost all the inhabitants turned into zombies. Players can choose from six...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, In real time, Fantasy, Medieval era, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 17 September 2024
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
79/100
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Steampunk, Science fiction, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 7 December 2023
Players:
9/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Players will take on the role of a Rogue Trader, descendant of an ancient dynasty of brave privateers, ruling their own trading empire and exploring the outskirts...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 14 July 2022
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
97/100
Metacritic:
77/100
PowerWash Simulator is an unusual first-person simulator where you have to open your own wash to get rid of dirt and old stains with relief. As you progress, you'll...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch → 13 March 2020
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
81/100
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, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS → 5 October 2023
Players:
6.5/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Adventurous stealth-action from a third-person perspective Assassin's Creed Mirage takes the franchise to the Middle East, in Baghdad of the 9th century. The main...
Adventure, Shooter, Cooperative (co-op), Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Procedural generation, Action
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 25 July 2023
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
82/100
The main character goes on an adventure through different terrifying worlds and fights demons to reach the most difficult bosses. It is possible to travel either...
Game released: PC, iOS, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Mac → 20 October 2022
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
98/100
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...
Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Zombies, Survival horror, Remake, Horror
Game released: PlayStation 5, PC → 2 September 2022
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Remake of the adventure action game The Last of Us, created on the engine of The Last of Us: Part 2. The new version features improved graphics, gameplay...
Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, DLC, Combat robots, Science fiction, Exploration, Action, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 2 August 2023
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
71/100
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 One, PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 4 October 2022
Players:
5.7/10
Steam:
41/100
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...
Shooter, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Science fiction, Adventure, Combat robots, Action, Cyberpunk
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Mac → 2 November 2023
Players:
8/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Futuristic shooter about the legendary RoboCop from the creators of Terminator: Resistance. The game takes place in Old Detroit, mired in crime. A police officer...
Cyberpunk, Adventure, Action, Role-playing game, Third-person view, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Stealth, Shooter, Open world
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 26 September 2023
Players:
8/10
Steam:
90/100
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...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Action, Historical, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Survival, Construction, Crafting, Online
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 17 December 2020
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
89/100
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...
Shooter, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Roguelike, Science fiction, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Action
Game released: PlayStation 5, PC → 30 April 2021
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
86/100
Selene's spaceship crashes on a hostile planet. The girl goes to explore the ruins of an ancient civilization filled with monsters and tries to survive. Each time...
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
Steam:
91/100
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: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 19 May 2022
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
64/100
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: 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, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 27 April 2023
Players:
8/10
Steam:
69/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Players once again take on the role of Cal Kestis, a young Jedi trying to survive in the dark times after Order 66. The events of the game take place several years...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 2 June 2023
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
91/100
Continuation of the popular series of arcade fighting games Street Fighter. The new part features fast and intense battles with colorful loot, including those done...