Action 2012 for PlayStation 3 — top best games in the Action genre

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - a game in the Action genre

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 12 December 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a continuation of the popular series of games with endless possibilities of interaction in a large open world. Five years ago, Carl...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Free game

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 21 August 2012

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) is a popular competitive team shooter with a first-person view. The main ideology is the confrontation between two teams...

Borderlands 2

Action, Shooter, Beat them all, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 18 September 2012

VGTimes: 9.4/10

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Borderlands 2 is a continuation of a dynamic cooperative shooter with a first-person view and role-playing elements in a post-apocalyptic world. A new era of...

Max Payne 3

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Online, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 15 May 2012

VGTimes: 10.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Max Payne 3 is a continuation of the legendary action game with a third-person view. Max Payne, the famous fighter for justice, returns after several years. The...

Resident Evil 6

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 4 October 2012

VGTimes: 7.2/10

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Resident Evil 6 is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view in the popular Resident Evil series. Ten years have passed since that memorable night...

Far Cry 3

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 November 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Multiplatform shooter-action Far Cry 3 with RPG elements was released by Ubisoft in 2012 and immediately gained huge popularity. The game is dedicated to survival...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 13 November 2012

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A first-person shooter that continues the story of the series and combines events from two eras. The plot takes players from the end of the 20th century to the near...

Sleeping Dogs

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 14 August 2012

VGTimes: 9.6/10

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The game takes place in Hong Kong from the perspective of secret agent Wei Sheng, embedded in the local triads. The game pays special attention to combat mechanics...

Hitman: Absolution

Action, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 24 February 2013

VGTimes: 8.4/10

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Hitman: Absolution is a stealth action game with a third-person view. You play as the famous Agent 47. You are a global killer working for a mysterious Agency. But...

Walking Dead: Season 1

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 25 April 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...

Dishonored

Action, Stealth, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 11 October 2012

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Dishonored is a stealth action game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the plague-ridden fictional city of Dunwall, inspired by...

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 February 2012

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is a continuation of the series of popular action-horror games with a third-person view. You will once again plunge into the chaos of the...

Mass Effect 3

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Space

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 5 March 2012

VGTimes: 8.3/10

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Mass Effect 3 is the final part of the space role-playing trilogy with a third-person view. Events begin with a devastating attack on Earth by an army of an ancient...

Assassin's Creed 3

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 31 October 2012

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 84/100

An action-adventure game from a third-person perspective with stealth elements in a historical setting and an open world, Assassin's Creed 3 was released in 2012...

Sniper Elite V2

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 2 May 2012

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A tactical shooter set in Berlin during the final days of World War II. American sniper Karl Fairburne must prevent the Red Army from acquiring technology from the...

Zombie Driver

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Racing, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Sports game

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 23 January 2013

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Zombie Driver is a whirlwind racing action game with a top-down view in the dangerous world of the zombie apocalypse. You have to travel around a city inhabited by...

Rayman Origins

Arcade, Platformer, Adventure, Action

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 15 November 2011

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This 2D platform adventure with action elements takes place in the Glade of Dreams, which has been overrun by Darktoons. The Fairy Council calls on Rayman to save...

Spec Ops: The Line

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 26 June 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Spec Ops: The Line is an unusual cinematic third-person shooter that will force you to confront not only real opponents, but even your own principles. Get ready to...

Catherine

Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 17 February 2011

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Catherine is an adventure arcade puzzle game with visual novel elements. The game will tell the story of computer scientist Vincent, who is experiencing the peak of...

The Amazing Spider-Man

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 26 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...

Darkness 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 10 February 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Darkness 2 is a continuation of the fantastic first-person shooter in the Darkness universe. You will once again play the role of Jackie Estacado - the head of the...

Prototype 2

Action, Beat them all, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 24 April 2012

VGTimes: 6.7/10

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Prototype 2 is a continuation of the action-slasher adventure with a third-person view in the open world. In the game you will try on the role of the new hero James...

Risen 2: Dark Waters

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 31 July 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 59/100

A third-person role-playing game set in a pirate-themed fantasy world, where sea monsters have halted seafaring after titans devastated the land. The hero, now a...

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 20 September 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The story of the game begins with the amazing resurrection...

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 1 May 2012

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 officer Max...

I Am Alive

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 3 April 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This post-apocalyptic survival action game follows a man struggling to stay alive in a ruined city and find his missing wife and daughter, one year after a...

Mass Effect

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 5 December 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Mass Effect is a sci-fi action RPG with a third-person perspective. The events of the game will take you to XXII, when humanity mastered the technology of...

Bully: Scholarship Edition

Action, Adventure, Fighting, Third-person view, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 18 December 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Bully: Scholarship Edition is an improved edition of the action-adventure game with a third-person view in the open world. The game is an original simulator of a...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Action, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 9 October 2012

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 88/100

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based tactical strategy game about the secret organization XCOM fighting a global alien invasion. The player manages the...

Blades of Time

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 6 March 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 48/100

Blades of Time is an action-adventure slasher game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot tells about the brave hunter Ayumi, who goes on a journey...

Darksiders 2

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 November 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Darksiders 2 is a continuation of the action-slasher adventure game with a third-person view. The events of the sequel are directly related to the original plot of...

Lollipop Chainsaw

Action, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 12 June 2012

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 69/100

A third-person action horror game about Juliet, a zombie hunter investigating the cause of a widespread outbreak. Armed with a chainsaw, she fights through hordes...

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 22 May 2012

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person survival horror adventure follows supernatural detective Edward Carnby as he investigates a murder on Shadow Island. After his friend Charles...

Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Collection, Online

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 28 February 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition is a complete side-scrolling edition of the arcade fighting game, which includes all the released add-ons. The game takes place 25...

Doom 3: BFG Edition

Action, Shooter, Horror, DLC, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 22 November 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Doom 3: BFG Edition is a special edition of the first-person shooter Doom 3 with enhanced graphics and a number of other innovations. In addition to the game...

Sonic Adventure 2

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Platformer, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 2 October 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Sonic Adventure 2 is a continuation of the action-adventure game with a third-person view in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. Doctor Eggman once again strives to...

Binary Domain

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Combat robots

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 16 February 2012

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Binary Domain is a dynamic tactical shooter with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. Tokyo, 2080. On the streets of the metropolis, people and robots clashed...

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 15 May 2012

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is a third-person action-adventure game that tells the story of treasure hunter Nathan Drake, who is a direct descendant of the legendary...

Red Faction

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 24 April 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Set on Mars, this first-person science-fiction shooter follows miners working for the Ultor Corporation, where a deadly plague and abuse by the guards fuel growing...

Yakuza 5

Action, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 8 December 2015

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 83/100

This third-person crime action game follows Kazuma Kiryu, a former underworld figure who has severed ties with his old life and works as a taxi driver in Hakata...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2012 for PlayStation 3