Action 2021 for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Action genre

Resident Evil Village - a game in the Action genre

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Action, Virtual Reality (VR), Shooter

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 May 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 83/100

First-person horror game with survival and shooter elements Resident Evil: Village continues the story started in Biohazard, but moves the action to Eastern Europe...

GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition

Adventure, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Helicopters, Simulation, Warships / Submarines

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 November 2021

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 51/100

GTA: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition — a collection of remasters of the legendary GTA series, which includes enhanced versions of Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand...

Far Cry 6

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Stealth

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 October 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Far Cry 6 is a sandbox in a huge open world, the first-person luter-player with RPG and Crafts elements. The player again finds himself on the island, where in the...

Tales of Arise

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 September 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

A large-scale role-playing action game in the Tales series, telling the story of two worlds — Dana and Rena. For centuries, the inhabitants of Rena oppressed the...

Subnautica: Below Zero

Action, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 May 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Continuation of the adventure action Subnautica in first-person view, combining elements of role-playing games, sandbox gameplay, and a bit of exploration and...

Mass Effect Legendary Edition

Action, Shooter, Role-playing game, Third-person view, Science fiction, In real time

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 May 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is a remastered collection of the cult role-playing series Mass Effect, which includes Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2 , and Mass...

Nioh 2: Complete Edition

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Third-person view, Action, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 February 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Nioh 2: Complete Edition — the complete edition of the hardcore role-playing action game Nioh 2 with a third-person view in Japanese style, including all...

Among Us

Science fiction, Action, Arcade, Isometric, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 December 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Among Us is a casual multiplayer online game focused on social deduction. It is a simplified and fast-paced version of "Mafia": from 4 to 10 players try to survive...

Diablo 2: Resurrected

Role-playing game, Isometric, Horror, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 September 2021

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Diablo 2: Resurrected is a remake of the cult isometric action-RPG Diablo 2. In the updated version of the game, a new graphics engine has been implemented, the...

Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Medieval era

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 August 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Enhanced and expanded edition Ghost of Tsushima. The main feature of the edition is the new Iki Island, located next to Tsushima. According to the plot, Jin...

Rust

Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Crafting

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 May 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Rust has come a difficult path from the alpha version of another DayZ clone in 2013 to an independent survival simulator. The basics of the game are standard for...

Hitman World of Assassination

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 January 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 86/100

The new series of games about agent 47 is the famous killer playing in dressing and peeping. The bald killer will return for the sake of the most important...

NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 April 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 82/100

NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... is a remaster of the third-person action RPG set in the fantasy world of NieR. The plot follows a young boy named Nier, who is...

Green Hell

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 June 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Green Hell is a survival-adventure game with a first-person view, where the danger comes from wildlife in the unexplored corners of the Amazon jungle. An open world...

Hades

Action, Isometric, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 August 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 93/100

Isometric action-roguelike from the creators of Bastion and Transistor. The main character is the god Zagreus (the son of the ancient Greek god Hades), who...

Outriders

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 April 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Outriders is a 3-player co-op shooter with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The action takes place on the planet Inok, where people arrive in search of a...

Back 4 Blood

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 October 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Back 4 Blood is an exciting co-op first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. In the game you will find yourself in...

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 September 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is a sci-fi action game with a first-person view. The game will take you to a sci-fi universe where several factions fight each other for...

Lost Judgment

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Continuation of Judgment, a third-person adventure action game from the creators of the Yakuza series. The main character remains detective Takayuki Yagami, who...

Enlisted

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 October 2021

Players: 4.8/10

Enlisted is a free-to-play team-based first-person shooter that reconstructs large-scale battles of World War II. Players choose between the USSR, Germany, the...

Biomutant

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 May 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Open world action RPG. The player takes on the role of a mutant who goes on a journey to save the world from a threat. The main character can mix up melee attacks...

Quake

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 August 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Quake is a legendary sci-fi first-person shooter. You will try on the role of a nameless soldier who needs to fight the legions of death sent by a mysterious enemy...

Carrion

Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 October 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

The game's protagonist is a creature created in a laboratory that managed to escape from a glass container and start hunting its creators. The huge complex and its...

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 September 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Kena, a young spiritual counselor, goes to a godforsaken village in search of a sacred mountain altar. She is trying to find out the secrets of a lost settlement...

Orcs Must Die! 3

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 July 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Orcs Must Die! 3 is a continuation of the tactical action game with elements of “tower defense” and a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The new part of the...

Aliens: Fireteam Elite

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Horror, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 August 2021

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a third-person cooperative shooter set in the sci-fi Alien universe. The game follows a team of three as they fight hordes of xenomorphs...

Scarlet Nexus

Anime / Manga, Slasher, Action, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 June 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Scarlet Nexus is a colorful adventure slasher game with a third-person view in the Japanese style from the creators of the Tales of series. In the distant future...

Alan Wake Remastered

Adventure, Action, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 October 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Alan Wake Remastered — a remaster of the atmospheric third-person action-adventure game. The game features updated graphics and all expansions, as well as developer...

Paint the Town Red

Arcade, Action, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 July 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Paint the Town Red is an arcade action game with a first-person view in a pixel style. The action takes place in a bar, where your task is to deal with opponents in...

Skul: The Hero Slayer

Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 October 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Skul: The Hero Slayer is a side-scrolling pixel platformer. People have attacked the demon fortress and are trying to destroy their leader. Most of the inhabitants...

Crysis Remastered Trilogy

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 October 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Crysis Remastered Trilogy — a remaster of the popular first-person shooter series in a science fiction setting, which includes enhanced versions of Crysis...

Necromunda: Hired Gun

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 June 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 56/100

Necromunda: Hired Gun is a spine-tingling first-person shooter set in the sci-fi universe of Warhammer 40,000. The events of the game will take you to the dark and...

Rustler

Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Arcade

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 31 August 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Rustler is a fun arcade action game with an isometric camera view, the developers of which are inspired by GTA 2. The game takes place in the Middle Ages. An open...

Breathedge

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 April 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Breathedge is a science fiction adventure action game with a first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of an ordinary guy and his pet who...

Gods Will Fall

Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 January 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Gods Will Fall is an RPG adventure in which you lead a handful of Vikings in a daring fight against the cruel gods. For the latter, you either blindly worship and...

Battlefield 2042

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Flight Simulator, Tanks

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 November 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 64/100

The network competitive first-person shooter Battlefield 2042 sends 128 players into the near future and offers them to win according to the changed rules of war...

Mr. Prepper

Simulation, Action, Business / Management, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 December 2021

Players: 8/10

Mr. Prepper is an interesting management simulator with survival elements and a side view. Events in the world heated up to the limit and the threat of nuclear war...

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Adventure, Action, Comics, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Shooter

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 October 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in the Guardians of the Galaxy comic universe. In the game, you take on the...

BloodRayne: Terminal Cut

Action, Slasher, Adventure, Third-person view, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 November 2021

Players: 10/10

BloodRayne: Terminal Cut — updated version of the action-adventure slasher Bloodrayne. The original game has received support for modern gamepads and optimization...

The Last Stand: Aftermath

Roguelike, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Shooter, Action, Survival, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 November 2021

Players: 9.6/10

The Last Stand: Aftermath is a post-apocalyptic action game with roguelike elements and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in a world in which humanity...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2021 for PlayStation 4