Action 2000 for PlayStation — top best games in the Action genre

Tomb Raider (1996)

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

Game released: PlayStation → 14 February 1997

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This third-person action-adventure follows Lara Croft as she searches for the pieces of an ancient artifact called the Scion. Her quest takes her through Incan...

Tomb Raider: Chronicles

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

Game released: PlayStation → 30 November 2000

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 60/100

An action-adventure with platforming and puzzle elements follows four previously untold adventures of Lara Croft in search of ancient artifacts. The settings...

Dino Crisis 2

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

Game released: PlayStation → 29 November 2000

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Dino Crisis 2 is an action game with a third-person view. The story follows the events of the first game, Regina is now sent on another mission, to a facility...

Command & Conquer: Red Alert

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Action, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation → 7 July 2000

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a legendary top-down real-time strategy game set in a sci-fi...

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (2000)

Action, Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts

Game released: PlayStation → 8 March 2001

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 92/100

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (2000) is a third-person action game with elements of a sports game and a stunt game from Neversoft Entertainment, Inc.. The game is...

Colin McRae Rally 2.0

Simulation, Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: PlayStation → 5 December 2000

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Colin McRae Rally 2.0 — the game features 8 countries in which the competition will take place: Finland, Sweden, France (on the island of Corsica), Greece...

Blade

Action, Shooter, Horror, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 23 November 2000

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 51/100

Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 26 March 2004

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

This third-person action platformer follows space hero Buzz Lightyear as he sets out to rescue his friend Woody. A greedy toy collector has kidnapped Woody, and...

Evil Dead: Hail to the King

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Survival

Game released: PlayStation → 5 December 2000

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 47/100

Legend of Mana

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation → 7 June 2000

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 78/100

This fantasy role-playing game follows a hero searching for the Mana Tree seen in a dream. The world map begins empty; during the journey, the player collects...

Fear Effect

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Old school, Cyberpunk

Game released: PlayStation → 25 February 2000

Players: 8/10

Steam: 78/100

The game takes you to a dark Hong Kong in 2052, where reality intertwines with visions from the Chinese hell. The story begins with the funeral of Wee Ming: a crowd...

MediEvil 2

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation → 5 October 2000

Players: 10/10

This action-adventure with horror elements and puzzles follows Sir Dan on missions advised by the Mad Professor. The player fights an unusual cast of villains with...

Disney/Pixar Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

Action, Platformer, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation → 26 September 2000

Metacritic: 55/100

A futuristic top-down action platformer about Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear and his team as they set out to stop Emperor Zurg’s plans for universal domination. The...

Tales of Eternia (Premium Box)

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation → 30 November 2000

Tales of Eternia (Premium Box) is an isometric role-playing game with elements of action, fighting, anime/manga and fantasy games from the developers of Wolf Team...

Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge

Action, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 15 March 2001

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 61/100

This third-person action adventure follows Aladdin as he travels across Agrabah to rescue Jasmine and the Sultan and confront Nasira. He must make his way through...

Rayman 2: The Great Escape

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 15 September 2000

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Rayman 2: The Great Escape is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view. The game takes place on a world called the Glade of Dreams and revolves...

Driver 2

Action, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 15 September 2001

Players: 2.9/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Driver 2 — former race car driver John Tanner now works for the Miami Police Department and is sent by management to a complex undercover operation in a city...

Ball Breakers

Action, Futurism (Future), Top-down view

Game released: PlayStation → 26 July 2000

Metacritic: 68/100

A futuristic action game about a prisoner in an intergalactic penitentiary, sentenced for a crime he did not commit. To regain his freedom, he fights the galaxy’s...

Re-Volt

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Sandbox, Arcade, Online

Game released: PlayStation → 6 January 2000

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

This arcade racing game follows remote-control cars that have come to life and escaped into the world, causing chaos. In Re-Volt, the player controls one of 28 cars...

007: Tomorrow Never Dies

Action, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 10 February 2000

Players: 8.3/10

007: Tomorrow Never Dies — third-person shooter with stealth elements. MI6 agent James Bond is a playable character for most of the game, and Chinese agent...

Alien Resurrection

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation → ноябрь 2000

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 61/100

This first-person sci-fi shooter with horror elements follows a fight for survival aboard a research vessel bound for Earth. Two hundred years after Ellen Ripley’s...

Strider 2 (2000)

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation → 24 February 2000

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 69/100

This futuristic action game with arcade elements follows Strider Hiryu as he fights for peace and justice in a dark future. Armed with his light sword, Cypher, he...

Star Wars: Episode 1 - Jedi Power Battles (2000)

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars

Game released: PlayStation → 4 April 2000

Players: 9.4/10

Mr. Driller

Arcade, Simulation, Strategy, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Puzzle, Action

Game released: PlayStation → 29 June 2000

Mr. Driller is an arcade puzzle game in which Susumu Hori drills through blocks to make his way underground. Players dig downward, dodge falling blocks, and aim to...

Disney's The Little Mermaid 2

Action, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 25 September 2000

Players: 5.5/10

Disney's The Little Mermaid 2 is an action game with a third-person view from developers from the studio Blitz Games Limited. The main publisher of the game is THQ...

Rampage Through Time

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation → 9 June 2000

Rampage Through Time is an arcade game with a mixture of action and fighting from developers from the Midway studio. The main publisher of the game is Midway. There...

Mortal Kombat: Special Forces

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 30 June 2000

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 28/100

This third-person action game set in the Mortal Kombat universe follows Jax as he searches for his arch-enemy, the criminal Kano. The hero fights through complex...

Spyro: Year of the Dragon

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation → 10 November 2000

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 91/100

This platform action game follows Spyro as he sets out to recover a brood of stolen dragon eggs. A gateway to the Forgotten World has been uncovered in the Dragon...

Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PlayStation → январь 2000

Players: 7.7/10

Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes is a third-person action game with fighting game elements from the developers of Capcom Co., Ltd.. The game is published by...

Hogs of War

Third-person view, Turn-based, Tactics, Action, Strategy

Game released: PlayStation → 14 November 2003

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 51/100

Metacritic: 62/100

A turn-based tactical game featuring anthropomorphic pigs. In battles, players use explosions, while the characters trade comic remarks. The game includes a mode...

Gran Turismo 2

Simulation, Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 28 January 2000

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 93/100

Gran Turismo 2 — the game uses 2 completely different modes — arcade and simulator. In the first, the player can freely choose cars and tracks and...

King of Fighters: Evolution

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation → 18 April 2001

King of Fighters: Evolution is an arcade game with elements of action, fighting and games in the anime or manga genre from developers from the SNK Corporation...

Star Ixiom

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation → 12 April 2000

Star Ixiom is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter from the studio Kuusoukagaku Corp.. The main publisher of the game is Namco Limited. For some...

Razor Freestyle Scooter

Action, Third-person view, Skateboards

Game released: PlayStation → 11 December 2000

Metacritic: 65/100

Razor Freestyle Scooter is a third-person action game with elements of a skateboard simulator from the masters from the Shaba Games LLC studio. The game is...

Beatmania Append 5th Mix: Time to get Down

Arcade, Action, Music game

Game released: PlayStation → 2 March 2000

Beatmania Append 5th Mix: Time to get Down is an arcade game with a mixture of action and music from Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc.. The main publisher...

Battle Arena Toshinden 4

Action, Fighting

Game released: PlayStation → 30 June 2000

Players: 10/10

Battle Arena Toshinden 4 is an action game mixed with a fighting game from the masters from the Tamsoft Corporation studio. The game is published by Studio3, TAKARA...

Countdown Vampires

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation → 21 August 2000

Countdown Vampires is a third-person action game with a touch of horror and puzzles from developers from the Polygon Magic, Inc. studio. The game is published by...

Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 6 April 2001

Metacritic: 37/100

This third-person science-fiction shooter is set in a distant future where hostile aliens rule Earth. The surviving women have been enslaved by the invaders, and...

Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters

Action, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 24 November 2000

Players: 10/10

Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters is an action game with a third-person view from the developers from the studio Artificial Mind & Movement. The game is...

Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere

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

Game released: PlayStation → 2 March 2000

Players: 10/10

Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere — The game's plot takes place in the future (the game's main menu interface shows the year 2040) and tells of a war between groups...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2000 for PlayStation