Action 2001 for Dreamcast — top best games in the Action genre

Sonic Adventure 2 - a game in the Action genre

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

Game released: Dreamcast → 23 June 2001

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...

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

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

Game released: Dreamcast → 24 September 2001

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...

Pro Pinball: Trilogy

Action, First-person view, Top-down view, Collection, Pinball

Game released: Dreamcast → June 2001

Pro Pinball: Trilogy is a first-person action game with a dash of pinball simulator from Cunning Developments. The game's primary publisher is Empire Interactive...

Unreal Tournament

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Cyberpunk

Game released: Dreamcast → 13 March 2001

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This multiplayer first-person shooter centers on combat between players and bots. Unreal Tournament includes Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Domination, and Assault...

Record of Lodoss War (2000)

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

Game released: Dreamcast → 26 February 2001

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 76/100

This fantasy action RPG follows a mysterious warrior from the past, resurrected to save the future. In Record of Lodoss War, the warrior sets out on a far-reaching...

Mars Matrix

Action, Shooter, Top-down view

Game released: Dreamcast → 30 April 2001

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 78/100

This top-down sci-fi shooter takes place on Mars, where, half a century after colonization began, the planet declares independence from Earth. Contact is lost...

Spider-Man (2001)

Action, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: Dreamcast → 19 April 2001

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

A third-person action game based on the Spider-Man comics. The hero fights a host of villains, jumps and travels across the city by swinging on webs; locations...

Crazy Taxi

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Arcade

Game released: Dreamcast → 25 February 2001

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 69/100

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...

Illbleed

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

Game released: Dreamcast → 16 April 2001

Metacritic: 61/100

Illbleed is a survival horror game set across seven worlds styled after B-movies. Their deranged producer, known for a twisted sense of humor, offers a million...

Zero Gunner 2

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Helicopters

Game released: Dreamcast → 15 May 2001

Zero Gunner 2 is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter, flight simulator and helicopter simulator from the masters from the Psikyo studio...

Iron Aces

Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, First-person view

Game released: Dreamcast → 6 February 2001

Metacritic: 67/100

An action-leaning flight simulator that puts the player in the cockpit of a P-51 Mustang. Before launching from an aircraft carrier, the pilot prepares for a...

Rez

Action, Shooter, Music game, Third-person view, Cyberpunk

Game released: Dreamcast → 22 November 2001

Metacritic: 84/100

This cyberpunk shooter with musical elements takes place inside a computer network, where the artificial intelligence Eden suffers a crisis and becomes lost deep...

Razor Freestyle Scooter

Action, Third-person view, Skateboards

Game released: Dreamcast → 8 August 2001

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...

Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga

Game released: Dreamcast → 14 June 2001

Metacritic: 74/100

This crossover fighting game centers on a conflict between two corporations, which they seek to resolve through a large martial arts tournament. More than 30...

Cleopatra's Fortune

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

Game released: Dreamcast → 21 June 2001

Cleopatra's Fortune is a third-person action game with a mixture of strategy, puzzle and anime/manga game from Taito Corporation. The game is published by Taito...

Kao the Kangaroo (2000)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: Dreamcast → 13 February 2001

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 63/100

A 3D platformer about Kao, a kangaroo kidnapped from his home who is trying to make his way back to Australia. He travels across colorful landscapes by hopping...

Bangai-O

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Combat robots

Game released: Dreamcast → 21 March 2001

Metacritic: 87/100

An arcade action shooter about pilots Riki and Mami Makishi, who take on an intergalactic crime syndicate in the giant robot Bangai-O. Across 44 levels, players...

Worms World Party

Action, Strategy, Tactics, Side view

Game released: Dreamcast → 3 June 2001

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Worms World Party is a continuation of the tactical action game with strategy elements in the popular Worms universe. As usual, the goal of the game is to destroy...

Soldier of Fortune (2001)

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: Dreamcast → 24 July 2001

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

A first-person shooter whose single-player mode unfolds as a long series of firefights. In Soldier of Fortune, combat encounters follow one another throughout the...

Williams Arcade Classics

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Collection, Emulator

Game released: Dreamcast → 1 July 2001

Williams Arcade Classics is a top-down arcade, action, shooter and Emulator game from Digital Eclipse Software, Inc.. The game is published by Williams...

Sonic Adventure 2 (10th Anniversary Birthday Pack)

Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: Dreamcast → 23 June 2001

Players: 8.5/10

Sonic Adventure 2 (10th Anniversary Birthday Pack) is a third-person action game with an anime/manga twist from the Sonic Team studio. The game is published by SEGA...

Carrier

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Dreamcast → 5 July 2001

Steam: 84/100

Carrier is a third-person action game with horror elements from the developers of Jaleco Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is Jaleco USA, Inc.. Carrier is also...

Shenmue 2

Action, Adventure, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: Dreamcast → 23 November 2001

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 80/100

An action-adventure with fighting elements, Shenmue II continues Ryo Hazuki’s story as he arrives in Hong Kong to avenge his father’s death and uncover the truth...

Giga Wing 2

Action, Shooter, Top-down view

Game released: Dreamcast → 16 May 2001

Metacritic: 70/100

This arcade space shooter centers on a rebellion whose forces seek to dominate the universe. Players choose an aircraft and engage high-tech enemies in dogfights...

Last Blade 2

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Arcade

Game released: Dreamcast → August 2001

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This fighting game continues the story of The Last Blade, bringing its battles at the gates of hell to a climax. Players choose from 16 swordsmen and select one of...

Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future

Action, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Dreamcast → 25 January 2001

Metacritic: 78/100

This futuristic action game follows Ecco, a dolphin who must save Earth from a mysterious foe capable of altering time. After a millennium of peace, the enemy...

Death Crimson OX

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Dreamcast → August 2001

Metacritic: 46/100

A first-person arcade shooter set in the post-apocalyptic city of Saronica, destroyed by the mysterious organization SMO. Its agents, known as Subliminers, oppress...

Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2

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

Game released: Dreamcast → 26 February 2002

Metacritic: 80/100

This futuristic third-person action RPG sends players into combat against a range of enemies. Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2 includes the original game’s content and...

Headhunter

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Dreamcast → 16 November 2001

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 74/100

This third-person futuristic action game follows disgraced bounty hunter Jack Wade, who is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of the head of the...

Phantasy Star Online

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

Game released: Dreamcast → 29 January 2001

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 89/100

This futuristic third-person role-playing game takes place in a persistent online world. The ship Pioneer 2 completes its long voyage to a new home world, but an...

Project Justice

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: Dreamcast → 16 May 2001

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

This 3D fighting game follows a group of longtime friends who team up to investigate a series of unusual events. Players assemble a team from more than 20...

Typing of the Dead

Arcade, Action, Horror, Educational game (Education), First-person view

Game released: Dreamcast → 23 January 2001

Metacritic: 79/100

A first-person arcade horror game that reworks the progression of House of the Dead 2 around typing instead of firing a light gun. Words appear in front of...

Crazy Taxi 2

Action, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: Dreamcast → 31 May 2001

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

These arcade racing games take place on the streets of New York City, where the Crazy Taxi Cab Co. is looking for passengers. The player gets behind the wheel and...

Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view

Game released: Dreamcast → 7 August 2001

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 44/100

This third-person action role-playing game is set on Pern, where dragons and their riders have protected the world from the alien threat known as Thread for...

Fighting Vipers 2

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: Dreamcast → 18 January 2001

Fighting Vipers 2 is a third-person action game with fighting game elements from the developers from the studio SEGA-AM2 Co., LTD.. The game is published by SEGA...

Gunbird 2

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Anime / Manga

Game released: Dreamcast → 2 February 2001

Metacritic: 64/100

This vertically scrolling shooter follows a band of adventurers searching for ingredients to make an all-purpose medicine, with pirates standing in their way...

Disney/Pixar's Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Dreamcast → 15 February 2001

Disney/Pixar's Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the developers at Travelers Tales (Uk) Ltd. The game is...

Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Arcade

Game released: Dreamcast → November 2001

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This fighting game centers on a tournament held ten years after the death of Geese Howard. His son Rock has inherited his father's martial arts skills and emerges...

Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium

Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga

Game released: Dreamcast → 13 September 2001

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

This fighting game brings together characters from the Capcom and SNK fighting universes. Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium features a roster of more than 44...

Floigan Bros.: Episode 1

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Dreamcast → 30 July 2001

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 64/100

This third-person action game with puzzles follows the Floigan brothers as they defend their junkyard from the greedy Baron Malodorous and his gang of Mercenary...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2001 for Dreamcast (Game released)