Action 2003 for PlayStation 2 — top best games in the Action genre

Grand Theft Auto 3 - a game in the Action genre

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view, Open world, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 25 September 2003

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 95/100

Grand Theft Auto 3 is a continuation of the dynamic action game with a third-person view in the open world. Working for the mafia sooner or later...

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 10 December 2003

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a continuation of the exciting action game with a third-person view, which continues the tragic story of police...

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 12 December 2003

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Among the scorched sands of Persia, an...

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 31 October 2003

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 96/100

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is a continuation of the legendary stealth action game with a third-person view. Technological data about the...

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 30 May 2003

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a legendary first-person shooter with elements of mysticism and horror. The game takes place in 1940 during World War...

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Action, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 21 March 2003

Players: 8/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is a fast-paced top-down action RPG set in the fantasy universe of Baldur's Gate. The combat system is based on the...

Simpsons: Hit & Run

Action, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 29 October 2003

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A mission-based action game with driving and a third-person view unfolds in an interactive Springfield and uses the humor of The Simpsons. In...

Manhunt

Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 21 November 2003

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This stealth action game with horror elements takes place in Carcer City, where James Earl Cash becomes the target of a brutal blood sport. After his...

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 9 May 2005

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person fantasy action-adventure follows two vampires: Kain, an all-powerful demigod, and Raziel, a demonic angel of death. They travel...

Devil May Cry 2

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 25 January 2003

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Devil May Cry 2 is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person...

I-Ninja

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 13 February 2004

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

I-Ninja — The game begins with a ninja in training (whose name is simply Ninja) sneaking into the enemy camp to save his sensei (who is simply...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 22 January 2004

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone — the gameplay of the game is presented in the form of an arcade with a third-person view, combining...

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance

Action, Fighting

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 24 February 2004

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is a fighting game built around a combat system that gives each fighter three styles, including hand-to-hand combat...

Metal Slug 3

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 5 November 2004

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...

Silent Hill 3

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 5 August 2003

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

The game is a direct continuation of the first Silent Hill and tells about the already matured Heather, who finds herself in a heap of incredible...

Giants: Citizen Kabuto

Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 4 July 2003

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This science-fiction action game with strategy elements is set on the Island, a vast fragment of a lost planet where three peoples collide. Kabuto, a...

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 24 October 2003

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A stealth action game about a retired contract killer forced back into service by treachery. The protagonist takes on assignments around the world...

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 27 November 2003

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is a spy stealth action game with a third-person view. The game tells the story of a mysterious US national security...

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 24 April 2003

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance is a stealth action game with a third-person view. This is a special edition of the game MGS2: Sons of Liberty, which...

Beyond Good & Evil

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 14 November 2003

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This science-fiction action adventure takes place on Hyllis, a planet under siege by an alien race. Young reporter Jade becomes involved with the...

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 November 2003

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

This 3D platformer follows a fight for the fate of Bikini Bottom after Plankton sets out to take over the world. Players control SpongeBob, Patrick...

Midnight Club 2

Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 2 May 2003

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Midnight Club 2 is an arcade street-racing game set in the open cities of Los Angeles, Paris, and Tokyo. Players race against other drivers in cars...

XIII (2003)

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 5 August 2004

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

XIII (2003) — a cult adventure shooter with a first-person view. The game is a parody of old spy films. In the story, the main character wakes...

Operative: No One Lives Forever

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 June 2003

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Operative: No One Lives Forever — first person shooter. The main character of the game is Kate Archer, a spy working for the secret...

Spawn: Armageddon

Action, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 12 March 2004

Players: 4.5/10

Metacritic: 58/100

This 3D action-adventure based on the Spawn comics follows the hero caught between the forces of good and evil. He struggles to break free from the...

Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 27 November 2003

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 66/100

A fantasy action slasher about a gladiator fighting to restore the Roman Empire in 106 AD. After Emperor Trajan’s death, the despotic Arruntius takes...

Curse: The Eye of Isis

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 15 December 2004

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Set in 1890, this survival horror adventure begins at a British natural history museum, where a gang of thugs has stolen the Egyptian statue known as...

Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 21 November 2003

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu — Like Batman, Batgirl, Robin and Nightwing, the player must fight groups of enemies. The story mode, which forms the...

SWAT: Global Strike Team

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 5 December 2003

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 39/100

Metacritic: 69/100

SWAT: Global Strike Team — The game is set in the futuristic year 2008, where an international SWAT team, called the Global Strike Team, is...

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 7 February 2003

Metacritic: 72/100

Star Wars: The Clone Wars — The game is divided into two segments: vehicles and third-person Jedi combat. The vehicle segments include most of...

Spider-Man: The Movie

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 13 February 2003

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Spider-Man: The Movie — The plot of the game coincides with that of the title film. Peter Parker gains super powers after being bitten by a...

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 11 December 2003

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 90/100

This third-person sci-fi action platformer continues the adventures of Ratchet and Clank. Ratchet fights enemies, growing stronger through a system...

Kya: Dark Lineage

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 May 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 69/100

This action platformer with puzzles follows Kya, who is stranded in a mysterious world and searches for her brother and a way home. She encounters...

Conflict: Desert Storm

Action, Shooter, In real time, Third-person view, Historical, Tactics, Online

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 18 December 2003

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 61/100

A third-person tactical shooter about a special forces squad deployed behind enemy lines. The squad must seek out and destroy enemies while sowing...

Rogue Ops

Action, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 12 February 2004

Players: 1.9/10

Metacritic: 63/100

A third-person tactical action game about Nikki Conners, a former Green Beret who joins a covert government agency after an explosion kills her...

Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 12 February 2005

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This survival horror story follows twin sisters Mio and Mayu Amakura as they find themselves in an abandoned village. After spotting a crimson...

Resident Evil: Outbreak

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 11 December 2003

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 71/100

A third-person action horror game about eight survivors amid a biological disaster in zombie-infested Raccoon City. In cooperative and competitive...

Resident Evil: Dead Aim

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 11 July 2003

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 65/100

A horror shooter set in the Resident Evil universe follows Bruce MacGavin, an agent on a search-and-pursuit team investigating Umbrella’s latest...

Conflict: Desert Storm 2: Back to Baghdad

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 2 → June 2006

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

A third-person tactical shooter set during the 1991 Gulf War. The player commands a squad of special forces operatives carrying out strikes against...

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 20 February 2004

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence — The game's plot begins in 1094 and shows the beginning of the eternal conflict between vampire hunters from...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2003 for PlayStation 2 (Game released)