Action 1996 for PC — top best games in the Action genre

Resident Evil (1996)

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

Game released: PC → 6 December 1996

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Resident Evil (1996) — action-horror with a third-person view and puzzle elements. July 24, 1998. Monstrous murders began to occur in the...

Diablo

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

Game released: PC → 31 December 1996

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 94/100

Diablo is a legendary action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the gloomy city of...

Command & Conquer: Red Alert

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

Game released: PC → 31 August 2008

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...

Quake

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Online

Game released: PC → 22 June 1996

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall

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

Game released: PC → 20 September 1996

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall is a continuation of the adventure role-playing game with a first-person view in the Elder Scrolls fantasy universe. The...

Mortal Kombat 3

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PC → September 1996

Players: 8.1/10

Mortal Kombat 3 is a fighting game in which warriors battle the returning Shao Kahn, who has resurrected his bride Sindel and begun an invasion of...

Rayman

Platformer, Side view, Action, Arcade

Game released: PC → 1996

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Rayman is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. In this game you have to find and save all the Electuns — unusual little creatures. After...

Duke Nukem 3D (1996)

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

Game released: PC → 29 January 1996

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This first-person science-fiction shooter follows Duke as he fights a deadly alien invasion of futuristic Los Angeles. Its 28 levels span city...

Gex

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 7 November 1996

Players: 9/10

Gex is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The events of the game will tell the story of a witty gecko named Hex, who by chance ends up in...

Sonic CD (1993)

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 3 October 1996

Players: 7.9/10

Sonic CD is a classic side-scrolling platformer about the blue hedgehog Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog and Amy Rose travel to Never Lake and discover the...

Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 1 January 1996

Steam: 75/100

An expansion for Hexen, this dark fantasy first-person shooter continues the story after the Chaos Sphere transports the hero to the Realm of the...

Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 30 September 1996

Steam: 63/100

This action platformer follows Maui as he searches for the missing Shabuhm Shabuhm idol to save his island from disaster. He can switch between his...

Ecco the Dolphin

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: PC → 1 June 2010

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 53/100

This action-adventure with puzzles follows Ecco, a dolphin searching for his family after a strange whirlpool sweeps them from their home bay. He...

Earthworm Jim 2

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

Game released: PC → 30 April 1996

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 45/100

This side-scrolling platformer follows the intergalactic chase of Earthworm Jim, whose route leads from Evil the Cat’s Circus of the Scars to the...

3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night

Action, Horror, Isometric, Pinball

Game released: PC → 1996

3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night is an isometric action game with elements of horror and pinball simulator from the masters of the studio Dynamix...

Disney's: The Hunchback of Notre Dame 5 Topsy Turvy Games

Action, Shooter, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Anime / Manga, Board / Group Game

Game released: PC → 13 August 1996

Disney's: The Hunchback of Notre Dame 5 Topsy Turvy Games is a first-person action game with a mixture of shooter, educational game and game in...

Wing Commander 4: The Price of Freedom

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

Game released: PC → 5 July 2007

This space-combat simulator is set in a galaxy adjusting to life after the Terran-Kilrathi War, where civilians and former soldiers try to rebuild...

Deathkeep

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

Game released: PC → 27 May 1996

Steam: 58/100

Deathkeep is a first-person role-playing game with a touch of action and fantasy from the developers of Lion Entertainment Inc.. The game is...

MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy

Simulation, Action, DLC, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots

Game released: PC → 30 June 1996

MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy — is an optional expansion pack for MechWarrior 2, released in November 1995. The expansion pack allows...

Mortimer and the Riddles of the Medallion

Action, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → June 1996

Players: 10/10

Mortimer and the Riddles of the Medallion is a first-person action game with educational game and puzzle elements from LucasArts Entertainment...

Battle Arena Toshinden

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 22 April 1996

Battle Arena Toshinden is an arcade game with elements of action, fighting and fantasy games from developers from the studio Tamsoft Corporation. The...

Ионов Кирилл

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, In real time, First-person view, Sports game, Historical, Snowboard, Logic, Cyberpunk, Bicycles, Tactics

Game released: PC → 16 May 1996

Players: 7.4/10

Tempest 2000

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 19 November 1996

Tempest 2000 is a top-down arcade game with a mixture of action and shooter from the developers from the studio Llamasoft Ltd.. The game is published...

Deus

Simulation, Action, Business / Management, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 31 December 1996

Deus is a hardcore survival simulator with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. In the world of the future, interplanetary terrorism poses a...

Top Gun: Fire at Will

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

Game released: PC → 1997

Top Gun: Fire at Will is a first-person simulator with action and flight simulator elements from the studio Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.. The game is...

Brain Dead 13

Action, Interactive movie

Game released: PC → January 1996

Players: 9.5/10

This interactive action movie follows Lance, a young computer expert called to repair a computer in a dilapidated castle. After fixing a...

Warhawk (1995)

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 14 August 1996

Metacritic: 84/100

Warhawk (1995) is a third-person simulator with elements of action, shooter and flight simulator from developers from the studio SingleTrac...

Time Commando

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Historical

Game released: PC → 5 January 2012

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This third-person action game follows a virus that has invaded a top-secret military supercomputer and is disrupting the flow of time. To restore its...

Deadly Tide

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

Game released: PC → 3 October 1996

Deadly Tide — In 2445, a race of hostile aquatic aliens arrives on Earth. One of their ships sits on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean...

Sapiens

Action, Adventure, Fighting, In real time, First-person view

Game released: PC → April 1996

Players: 6/10

Steam: 78/100

Sapiens is a first-person action game with adventure and fighting elements from developers from Myriad studio. The game is published by...

Russian Roulette

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

Game released: PC → 28 September 1996

Players: 2.5/10

Steam: 70/100

Russian Roulette is a first-person action game with shooter elements from developers from Logos studio. The game is published by...

Bug Too!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 10 December 1996

Bug Too! is a third-person arcade game with action and platform elements from the masters of the studio Realtime Associates, Inc.. The main publisher...

Arcade America

Action, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 9 January 1996

Arcade America is an action game with platformer and puzzle elements from developers from the studio 7th Level, Inc.. The main publisher of the game...

Die Hard Trilogy

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

Game released: PC → 31 December 1996

Die Hard Trilogy is a first-person arcade game with a mixture of action and shooter from the studio Probe Entertainment Ltd.. The main publisher of...

Freddi Fish & Luther's Maze Madness

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: PC → 22 November 1996

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

This arcade puzzle game follows Freddi Fish and Luther as they navigate a maze of underwater caves and collect scattered kelp seeds. Players explore...

M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Action, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 30 December 1996

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 88/100

This science-fiction strategy game centers on colonizing distant planets and competing human factions fighting for resources and territory. The...

Bug!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 9 September 1996

Bug! is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action and platforming from the masters at Realtime Associates, Inc.. The game is published by SEGA...

Williams Arcade Classics

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

Game released: PC → 1 June 1996

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

Pro Pinball: The Web

Action, Pinball

Game released: PC → 24 October 1996

Pro Pinball: The Web is an action game with elements of a pinball simulator from developers from the studio Cunning Developments. The game is...

Putt-Putt and Pep's Dog on a Stick

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Adventure, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 31 October 1996

Steam: 88/100

This arcade game follows Pep, a dog hopping on a stick to collect goodies before his rivals catch up. Players make their way through levels...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 1996 for PC (Game released)