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

Game released: iOS → 6 December 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 95/100

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

Max Payne

Action, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: iOS → 12 April 2012

Players: 8.6/10

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...

Bastion

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

Game released: iOS → 30 August 2012

Players: 8.7/10

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: 6.7/10

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...

Tiny Troopers

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

Game released: iOS → 7 June 2012

Players: 9.9/10

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...

Metal Slug 3

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: iOS → 12 July 2012

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Walking Dead: Season 1

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie

Game released: iOS → 26 July 2012

Players: 9.3/10

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...

Fieldrunners 2

Action, Strategy

Game released: iOS → 19 July 2012

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Fieldrunners 2 is an action game with a dash of strategy from the developers at Subatomic Studios. The main publisher of the game is Subatomic Studios. It seems...

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7

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

Game released: iOS → 3 May 2012

Players: 7.2/10

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...

Gunman Clive

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

Game released: iOS → 3 April 2012

Players: 9.5/10

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...

Commando Jack

Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Free game

Game released: iOS → 2 August 2012

Metacritic: 70/100

Commando Jack is a free-to-play first-person shooter in the tower defense genre for mobile platforms. You — Commando Jack — are the best, harshest...

Block Story

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

Game released: iOS → 19 December 2012

Players: 7.8/10

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...

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...

Karateka (2012)

Arcade, Fighting, Indie, Action, Tactics, Side view

Game released: iOS → 6 December 2012

Metacritic: 60/100

Karateka (2012) is an indie tactical fighting game with action and arcade elements. The game takes place in a feudal universe. Your mission is to save your beloved...

Chicken Invaders 4

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

Game released: iOS → 5 November 2012

Players: 6.8/10

Chicken Invaders 4 is a top-down, sci-fi arcade action game. They came without warning, squawking menacingly, their ruffled feathers darkening the sun. An invasion...

Rigonauts

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Futurism (Future)

Game released: iOS → 8 August 2012

Rigonauts is an arcade game with a mixture of action and strategy from developers from the Engient studio. The game is published by Engient. Rigonauts is definitely...

Defense Zone 2

Strategy, Tactics, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: iOS → 24 October 2012

Players: 3.2/10

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...

Street Fighter X Tekken

Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: iOS → 18 September 2012

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Nihilumbra

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: iOS → 28 June 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Nihilumbra is a platform puzzle game developed by BeautiFun Games that will take you into a world of unusual adventures and abstract inclination. You will play as a...

Crazy Taxi

Action, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: iOS → 10 October 2012

Players: 8.9/10

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...

10,000,000

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Indie, Match-3 (Three in a row), Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: iOS → 29 August 2012

Players: 5.5/10

10,000,000 — Action role-playing roguelike in a fantasy style with puzzle elements and a side view. In this game you have to run non-stop, overcome obstacles...

Crow

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: iOS → 12 April 2012

Crow is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, adventure and indie games from the Sunside studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Candy Box

Arcade, Action

Game released: iOS → 27 January 2012

Candy Box is an arcade game with action elements from the masters from the KeilaniSoftware studio. The game is published by KeilaniSoftware. But Candy Box has not...

Payback 2

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

Game released: iOS → 31 October 2012

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Ravensword: Shadowlands

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

Game released: iOS → 20 December 2012

Players: 7.5/10

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...

Sky Hero

Arcade, Action

Game released: iOS → 29 November 2012

Sky Hero is an arcade game with a touch of action from the masters from the Chillingo studio. The main publisher of the game is Chillingo. For some reason the game...

RayStorm

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

Game released: iOS → 22 June 2012

Metacritic: 46/100

RayStorm is a top-down arcade action game in a futuristic style. In 2119 AD, space travel became a reality. Because all the nations on Earth worked together...

SoulCalibur

Arcade, Action, Fighting

Game released: iOS → 19 January 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Mutant Mudds

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer

Game released: iOS → 6 December 2012

Metacritic: 75/100

Mutant Mudds is an arcade game with elements of action, shooter, beat 'em up and platformer from the studio Renegade Kid LLC.. The game is published by Renegade Kid...

Vector (2012)

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Stunts

Game released: iOS → 11 October 2012

Players: 7/10

iBomber Attack

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: iOS → 1 November 2012

Metacritic: 79/100

iBomber Attack is a top-down arcade game with a dash of action and indie game from the masters at Cobra Mobile Limited. The game is published by Chillingo and Cobra...

Puzzle & Dragons

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Free game

Game released: iOS → 14 November 2013

Puzzle & Dragons is an arcade game with elements of a role-playing game, an action game, a game in the anime or manga genre, a fantasy game, a card game and a...

Walking Dead: Assault

Action, Isometric

Game released: iOS → 29 November 2012

Walking Dead: Assault is an action game with an isometric view from the developers from the Gamagio studio. The game is published by Gamagio. For some reason the...

CreaVures

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: iOS → 5 April 2012

CreaVures is a third-person action game with a mixture of platforming and puzzles from the studio Muse Games Corp.. The game is published by Muse Games Corp.. In...

LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: iOS → 10 May 2012

Metacritic: 86/100

Brutal Street

Side view, Action, Arcade, Beat them all, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: iOS → 22 May 2012

Brutal Street is a side-scrolling arcade action game in the beat 'em all genre with the possibility of co-op. The bloodiest gang war has begun. You will be able to...

Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders

Arcade, Action, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: iOS → 29 November 2012

Desert Falcon

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Isometric

Game released: iOS → 7 March 2012

Desert Falcon is a third-person arcade game with action and shooter elements from developers from the Atari studio. The main publisher of the game is Atari. The PC...

Respawnables

Arcade, Online, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Free game

Game released: iOS → 13 December 2012

Players: 9.8/10

Respawnables is a free-to-play multiplayer third-person shooter for mobile platforms. The game has many different classes with their own unique abilities and type...

Wizorb

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

Game released: iOS → 3 August 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2012 for iOS