Action 2012 for iOS — top best games in the Action genre

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - a game in the Action genre

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Open world, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 6 December 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 95/100

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a legendary spin-off of Grand Theft Auto 3, which developed the ideas and mechanics laid out in it, connected by common characters...

Max Payne

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Shooter

Game released: iOS → 12 April 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Max Payne is a cinematic action-adventure game with a third-person view. The main character of the game is Max Payne, a fair cop who single-handedly tries to...

Walking Dead: Season 1

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie, Zombies, Point & Click

Game released: iOS → 26 July 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Walking Dead: Season 1 is an episodic third-person interactive adventure based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comics. The main character is a black guy named...

Bastion

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: iOS → 30 August 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Bastion is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. You will go to a fairy-tale world, which, by the will of fate, is gradually...

The Amazing Spider-Man

Action, Adventure, Fighting, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: iOS → 28 June 2012

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 64/100

The Amazing Spider-Man is a new chapter in the life of Spider-Man, based on the popular film of the same name. The plot of the game originates in the Oscorp...

Metal Slug 3

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Arcade, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: iOS → 12 July 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A 2D arcade run-and-gun shooter in which a soldier fights through stages filled with enemies and giant bosses. Metal Slug 3 features five large stages with...

Jet Set Radio

Arcade, Third-person view, Stunts, Action, Platformer

Game released: iOS → 29 November 2012

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Jet Set Radio is an arcade game with a third-person view and stunt elements. You have to fight for Tokyo, mark your territory with graffiti, draw on walls, posters...

Fieldrunners 2

Action, Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

Game released: iOS → 19 July 2012

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 87/100

This tower defense strategy game centers on defending against an invasion by legions of fieldrunners. The player places weapon towers to create winding routes for...

Subway Surfers

Arcade, Action, Online, Platformer, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Runner

Game released: iOS → 24 May 2012

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Subway Surfers is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view. In this game, you have to run away from an angry guard, collecting coins and various...

SoulCalibur

Arcade, Action, Fighting

Game released: iOS → 19 January 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

This fighting game centers on duels between blade-wielding fighters. SoulCalibur features 19 playable characters and eight modes, including Story, local Versus for...

Block Story

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Sandbox

Game released: iOS → 19 December 2012

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 85/100

Block Story is an action role-playing game with elements of adventure and fantasy with a first-person view. A world of vast landscapes awaits you, where you are in...

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: iOS → 3 May 2012

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 is an adventure arcade action platformer with a third-person view in the Harry Potter universe. The game is based on the last three...

Super Crate Box

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 5 January 2012

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 75/100

An arcade platform action game inspired by classic games, built around chasing a high score while fighting endless hordes of enemies. The player collects weapon...

King's Bounty: Legions

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Free game

Game released: iOS → 21 August 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 53/100

King’s Bounty: Legions is an online fantasy strategy game built around turn-based battles in a world of magic, creatures, and monsters. Players assemble an army of...

Crazy Taxi

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Arcade

Game released: iOS → 11 October 2012

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Crazy Taxi is a racing action game with a third-person view. In this game you have to drive a crazy taxi. The main goal is to deliver the client, for this you will...

Street Fighter X Tekken

Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: iOS → 18 September 2012

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Street Fighter X Tekken is a fast-paced side-scrolling arcade fighting game that combines the two universes of Street Fighter and Tekken. Dozens of familiar heroes...

Hungry Shark Evolution

Arcade, Action, Side view

Game released: iOS → 24 October 2012

Players: 7.8/10

Hungry Shark Evolution is a side-scrolling arcade action game. You have to take control of a very hungry shark and head out into the frantic violence of the ocean...

Ravensword: Shadowlands

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 20 December 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Ravensword: Shadowlands is an action role-playing game with a first-person view in the fantasy style. After the fall of Ravengard, the world plunged into chaos. The...

Payback 2

Simulation, Action, Helicopters, Tanks, Third-person view, Adventure, Online

Game released: iOS → 31 October 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Payback 2 is a third-person action-adventure game with elements of driving and helicopter flights. You will find a lot of weapons, battles on tanks and helicopters...

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: iOS → 25 April 2012

Metacritic: 77/100

This fighting game brings together characters from Capcom and superheroes from the Marvel Universe. Players assemble a team of three and fight in 3-on-3 tag-team...

Alien Breed

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: iOS → 19 July 2012

Metacritic: 75/100

Alien Breed is a third-person action game with a touch of shooter from developers from the Team17 Software Limited studio. The game is published by Team17 Software...

Defense Zone 2

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

Game released: iOS → 24 October 2012

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Defense Zone 2 is a continuation of the top-down tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre. New interesting levels with even more beautiful graphics and...

Gunman Clive

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: iOS → 3 April 2012

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Gunman Clive is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with a beat 'em up style. The game takes place in 1800, where the player controls the main character...

One Epic Knight

Action

Game released: iOS → 23 August 2012

Metacritic: 74/100

One Epic Knight is an endless runner in which a knight ventures through a dungeon filled with traps, chasms and creatures in search of loot. A mistake ends the run...

Zombie Wonderland 2: Outta Time!

Action

Game released: iOS → 12 January 2012

Metacritic: 70/100

This arcade action game follows Chuck as he fights a zombie invasion in Niceville and travels through time to help the eccentric Dr. Krause create a weapon against...

Shoot the Zombirds

Action

Game released: iOS → 24 May 2012

Metacritic: 82/100

Shoot the Zombirds is an arcade shooter about defending little pumpkin children from hordes of undead birds. The birds are hunting Pumpkin Boy’s now slightly older...

Mutant Mudds

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie

Game released: iOS → 6 December 2012

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A retro-styled action platformer in which the hero, Max, fights mutants with a water cannon. Armed with the cannon and a jetpack, he makes his way through levels by...

Tiny Troopers

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Tactics, Indie, Tanks, Warships / Submarines, Strategy

Game released: iOS → 7 June 2012

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Tiny Troopers is an arcade indie action game with tactical elements and an isometric view. This game puts you in charge of a team of little soldiers. You must guide...

Stunt Star: The Hollywood Years

Action

Game released: iOS → 4 October 2012

Metacritic: 73/100

This arcade game follows a Hollywood stuntman as his life flashes before his eyes during one final leap. To perform each stunt, the player sets the ramp angle...

Raiden Legacy

Action, Arcade, Shooter

Game released: iOS → 4 December 2012

Steam: 54/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Raiden Legacy is a collection of four vertical-scrolling arcade shooters from the RAIDEN series: RAIDEN, RAIDEN FIGHTERS, RAIDEN FIGHTERS 2 and RAIDEN FIGHTERS JET...

Rise of the Blobs

Action

Game released: iOS → 28 December 2012

Metacritic: 79/100

An arcade puzzle game about Marsh Mal, a marshmallow threatened by waves of hungry blobs climbing a column. To stop them, the player fills the blobs with fruit and...

Frederic: Resurrection of Music

Arcade, Action, Music game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 19 January 2012

Steam: 85/100

Frederic: Resurrection of Music is a dynamic musical arcade game with a colorful visual style. You will be able to join Fryderyk, one of the most important...

Shellrazer

Action

Game released: iOS → 26 July 2012

Metacritic: 79/100

A side-scrolling game about a war turtle’s journey through the Goblin Kingdoms. The player takes the role of a Klang Clan turtle wrangler and guides the creature on...

Rayman Jungle Run

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action

Game released: iOS → 20 September 2012

Players: 5.2/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Rayman Jungle Run is a side-scrolling arcade platformer. The legendary platformer hero makes the leap to your favorite mobile...

Vector (2012)

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Stunts, Parkour, Indie

Game released: iOS → 11 October 2012

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 90/100

This arcade platformer follows a freerunner escaping a totalitarian society while pursued by Big Brother. The character crosses rooftops using parkour moves...

Monsters, Inc. Run

Action

Game released: iOS → 13 December 2012

Metacritic: 78/100

This action platformer based on Monsters, Inc. follows teams of monsters running through Monstropolis to rescue Boo. Players control Mike, Sulley, and other...

Extinction Squad

Action

Game released: iOS → 17 May 2012

Metacritic: 79/100

This arcade game follows a team of zoological defenders led by scientist Chuck Darwin as they travel the world to save endangered animals. The player guides a...

Men in Black 3

Action

Game released: iOS → 17 May 2012

Metacritic: 68/100

Based on Men in Black, the game combines agency management with battles against aliens in New York in 1969 and 2012. Radiant has arrived on Earth, and the agency...

Robbery Bob: Man of Steal

Indie, Casual game, Action

Game released: iOS → 3 May 2012

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This comedy stealth game follows Bob, a burglar who wants to leave crime behind but is forced to complete a few final jobs first. In each stage, he sneaks past...

Razor: Salvation

Action

Game released: iOS → 29 May 2012

Metacritic: 64/100

A first-person sci-fi shooter about an alien invasion of Earth. As commander of the dropship Salvation, the player rescues the planet’s inhabitants and supports...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2012 for iOS