Action 2017 for Android — top best games in the Action genre

Shadow Fight 3 - a game in the Action genre

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Android → 16 November 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Shadow Fight 3 is a side-scrolling arcade fighting game for mobile platforms. There are three factions in the game: the brutal Legion, the secretive Dynasty and the...

Middle-earth: Shadow of War

Action, Stealth, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Role-playing game

Game released: Android → 27 September 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Middle-earth: Shadow of War is a continuation of the action slasher with a third-person view Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Talion returns again as the main...

ICEY

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Action, Anime / Manga, Slasher

Game released: Android → 25 October 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 79/100

ICEY is a side-scrolling sci-fi arcade action platformer. At first glance, this game is a regular platformer where you follow directions and go where you are told...

Lords of the Fallen 2014

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Android → 6 February 2017

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 51/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Set in a dark fantasy world, this third-person action RPG follows Harkyn, a convicted sinner tasked with stopping the Rhogar invasion and the return of their god...

Super Bear Adventure

Action, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: Android → 10 June 2017

Players: 8/10

The main character travels through different regions of the cube kingdom, where he needs to save his bear friends. The world was once safe, but bees have appeared...

Soul Knight

Free game, Arcade, Roguelike, Action, Top-down view

Game released: Android → 16 February 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Soul Knight is a free-to-play pixel roguelike with randomly generated dungeons and a top-down view for mobile platforms. In the game you need to clear levels from...

Injustice 2

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Comics, Side view, Online

Game released: Android → 11 May 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Injustice 2 is a sequel to the side-scrolling arcade fighting game set in the DC Comics universe. The plot continues exactly from the same moment where the first...

Defense Zone 3

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Android → 11 February 2017

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 79/100

Defense Zone 3 Ultra HD is an indie tower defense strategy game with a top-down view in real time. This is a sequel to the famous Defense Zone strategy, only now...

Portal Knights

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Adventure, Online, Sandbox

Game released: Android → 6 December 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Portal Knights is an action role-playing game with a procedurally generated world in a fantasy setting from the creators of Sacred 3. The ideological inspiration...

Rules of Survival

Online, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Battle Royale, Survival

Game released: Android → 15 November 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 61/100

Rules of Survival — an online action game with a third-person view. You will parachute onto an island full of various ammunition and hostile players. Your...

Garena Free Fire

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Science fiction

Game released: Android → 1 October 2017

Players: 7.1/10

Garena Free Fire is an action battle royale game where 50 players land on an island and try to defeat each other. The island is quite large in size, and you can...

Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Comics, Interactive movie, Space, Action

Game released: Android → 18 April 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Guardians of the Galaxy — The Video Game — is a third-person episodic adventure based on the Marvel Comics Guardians of the Galaxy comic book of the same name...

Last Day on Earth: Survival

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Free game

Game released: Android → 25 May 2017

Players: 8.2/10

Last Day on Earth: Survival is an isometric online shooter with survival and horror elements. In this game you will find yourself on a land that has turned into an...

The Sun Origin

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Android → 22 October 2017

Players: 8.3/10

The Sun Origin is a post-apocalyptic role-playing shooter with a first-person view for mobile platforms. The game takes place in 2050 on a planet scorched by solar...

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

Action, Platformer, Top-down view, Horror

Game released: Android → 6 December 2017

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 84/100

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy is an unusual side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You will play as a naked man in a cauldron, moving around the world...

The Escapists

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, Isometric, Crafting

Game released: Android → 2 March 2017

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The Escapists is a fun indie prison escape game. This can be done by any means. For example, organize a riot. Or dig a tunnel right under the prison. Or quietly...

MadOut 2 BigCityOnline

Adventure, Racing, Third-person view, Action, Online, Open world

Game released: Android → 2 May 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 74/100

MadOut 2 BigCityOnline is an adventure racing action game with a third-person view. In this game you will be able to explore a large, completely open game...

Time Recoil

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Adventure

Game released: Android → 18 October 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Time Recoil is a top-down sci-fi shooter from the creators of the cult classic Crimsonland. In the game, every successful kill involves slowing down time, just like...

Death Road to Canada

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Zombies, Survival

Game released: Android → 22 March 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Death Road to Canada is a top-down action RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world. You will go to the center of a full-scale invasion of the living dead. Having taken...

Into the Dead 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game

Game released: Android → 11 October 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Into the Dead 2 — continuation of the zombie shooter with a first-person view and horror elements for mobile platforms. The sequel focuses on telling the...

Tempest: Pirate Action RPG

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Open world

Game released: Android → 18 April 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 60/100

An adventure action game with role-playing elements, dedicated to pirate life, naval battles, and treasure hunting. Journeys across the open sea are accompanied by...

Sniper: Ghost Warrior

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Online

Game released: Android → 29 August 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 51/100

Sniper: Ghost Warrior is a sniper shooter with a first-person view and stealth elements. Two hundred missions await you, a war with deadly mercenaries, killing...

Comix Zone

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Post-apocalyptic, Comics, Side view

Game released: Android → 10 May 2017

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Comix Zone is an arcade action game with fighting game elements and a side view in the style of comics. Sketch Turner is an artist based in New York. One day...

Neverending Nightmares

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator

Game released: Android → 29 November 2017

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Neverending Nightmares is a side-scrolling adventure horror game. You have to get used to the role of Thomas — a man who has fallen into a long string of...

Meganoid

Action, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Metroidvania, Dungeons

Game released: Android → 29 March 2017

Steam: 63/100

Meganoid is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. As a mysterious hero, you have to go into dungeons and destroy as many enemies as...

Shadow Fight 2

Arcade, Action, Fighting

Game released: Android → 17 August 2017

Players: 7.5/10

Shadow Fight 2 is an arcade fighting game with action and role-playing elements. This game allows you to equip your character with countless deadly weapons and rare...

Cat Quest

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Android → 12 September 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Cat Quest is an unusual action RPG with an isometric camera view. The game invites you to get into the role of a cat who wanders around the world and fights...

Iron Marines

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Science fiction, Action

Game released: Android → 20 October 2017

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 77/100

Iron Marines is a tower defense strategy game in a futuristic setting from the creators of Kingdom Rush. In this game you will act as the commander of a huge army...

Ubisoft Game

Action, Shooter, Adventure, DLC, Third-person view, Collection

Game released: Android → 27 October 2017

Players: 8/10

Ubisoft Game — a game of limitless possibilities in which you are free to do whatever you want. In the center of the plot — The main character is still...

RUINS

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Frozen: Android → 22 July 2017

Anticipation Rating: 5.7/10

RUINS — arcade role-playing action game in a fantasy setting. The main character is an emperor who woke up in the ruins of his own state, eager to get to the...

Taichi Panda 3: Dragon Hunter

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Android → 9 October 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Taichi Panda 3: Dragon Hunter is a free-to-play multiplayer role-playing game with a third-person view for mobile platforms. You will be able to move around a huge...

Pirate: Plague of the Dead

Action, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Simulation

Game released: Android → 31 July 2017

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Pirate: Plague of the Dead is a free-to-play action adventure game dedicated to pirate sea battles for mobile platforms. You will take on the role of Captain Jack...

Shadow of Death: Fighting Game

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Arcade, Tactics

Game released: Android → 29 August 2017

Players: 7.5/10

Shadow of Death: Fighting Game is a side-scrolling arcade fighting game in the fantasy style. You can fight the way you want, with 4 unique Shadow Knights to choose...

Morphite

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Roguelike, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Android → 22 November 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Morphite is a first-person action platformer with a procedurally generated world. You have to go on a journey to unknown planets. Their landscapes are generated...

Penarium

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Android → 27 April 2017

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This 2D arena platforming game is set in a sinister circus where contestants must entertain a cruel crowd. Willy tries to survive the show by running, jumping and...

Road Rage

Action, Third-person view, Motorcycle racing, Racing, Open world

Game released: Android → 14 November 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 33/100

Metacritic: 26/100

Road Rage is a biker action game with a third-person view. The game takes place in the city of Eshen, where the main criminals and bandits are members of a biker...

Escape From The Dark

Survival horror, Action, Third-person view, Horror, Adventure

Game released: Android → 4 August 2017

Players: 8/10

John Cowans returns home to a small village. Along the way, he discovers that a cliff has formed on the central road and the hero decides to get there along a path...

Minecraft: Story Mode - Season 2

Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Action

Game released: Android → 11 July 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 91/100

Minecraft: Story Mode — Season 2 is the second season of an episodic adventure from the developers at Telltale Games in the Minecraft universe. Along with...

Arena of Valor

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Tactics, MOBA

Game released: Android → 11 August 2017

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Arena of Valor is a free-to-play MOBA in a fantasy setting for mobile platforms. The game features three lanes and a jungle, various gameplay modes including 5v5...

Xenoraid

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie

Game released: Android → 12 January 2017

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Xenoraid is a vertically scrolling shoot ’em up set in the near future, where humanity is fighting an alien invasion. Its campaign spans more than 40 procedurally...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2017 for Android