Action 2003 for PC — top best games in the Action genre / Page 2

Thief: The Dark Project - a game in the Action genre

Action, Stealth, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Steampunk

Game released: PC → 1 October 2003

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Thief: The Dark Project is a stealth action game with a first-person view in a medieval setting. The plot tells the story of the adventures of the urban...

Beyond Good & Evil

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

Game released: PC → 13 May 2008

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 rebel organization...

Tomb Raider: Chronicles

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

Game released: PC → 10 August 2006

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 60/100

An action-adventure with platforming and puzzle elements follows four previously untold adventures of Lara Croft in search of ancient artifacts. The settings...

Conflict: Desert Storm

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

Game released: PC → 13 September 2002

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 confusion in...

Crimsonland (2003)

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 9 September 2003

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with RPG elements, pitting the player against aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and other enemies. The goal is to survive the...

Postal

Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric

Game released: PC → 14 November 1997

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Postal is a hardcore isometric shooter with dark...

Simpsons: Hit & Run

Action, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 21 November 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 Simpsons: Hit & Run...

Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal

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

Game released: PC → 24 April 2003

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 73/100

Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal is an atmospheric action adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell about the girl...

Platypus

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 25 January 2004

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Platypus is a fun side-scrolling arcade shooter. The events of the game will take you to an amazing plasticine world, where the peaceful country of Mungola is...

Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi

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

Game released: PC → 14 May 2004

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi is an action-horror adventure game with a first-person view. Events take place in the 19th century. The aristocratic Crowe family...

Dungeon Keeper 2

Action, Strategy, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, God Simulator

Game released: PC → 25 August 2011

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Dungeon Keeper 2 is a continuation of the legendary real-time management strategy with an isometric camera view. As before, you have to try on the role of a...

XIII (2003)

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

Game released: PC → 18 November 2003

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 up on the beach...

Legacy of Kain Series: Blood Omen 2

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

Game released: PC → 31 July 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This third-person action adventure with horror elements follows the vampire Kain and his attempts to rule Nosgoth. The story unfolds as he explores detailed 3D...

Ys 6: The Ark of Napishtim

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

Game released: PC → 28 April 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This action RPG follows Adol Christin after he washes ashore on an uncharted island in the world of Canaan. He battles deadly monsters and bosses with sword...

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2003)

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 13 November 2003

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 45/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This third-person adventure with puzzles follows Ariane, a photojournalist who is caught in a rockslide while working in Iceland and ends up in a world beneath the...

Elder Scrolls 3: Bloodmoon

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

Game released: PC → 16 October 2003

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 85/100

The expansion for Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind takes place on the frozen island of Solstheim, where the Empire is establishing a new mining colony. The venture is...

Project IGI: I'm Going In

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 14 December 2007

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 70/100

This first-person shooter follows the pursuit of a former Russian colonel who plans to turn Europe into a nuclear wasteland. Project IGI emphasizes stealth and...

Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams

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

Game released: PC → 17 April 2003

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams is an enhanced version of the game, first released on XBox and later ported back to PS2 and PC. Most of the gameplay consists of...

Red Faction 2

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

Game released: PC → 2 July 2009

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 52/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A first-person shooter set on twenty-second-century Earth, where a squad of super-soldiers moves against the dictator Sopot. Five years after the rebellion on Mars...

Gothic 2: Night of the Raven

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

Game released: PC → 9 September 2005

Players: 9.7/10

Gothic 2: Night of the Raven is an action role-playing fantasy game with a third-person view. The expansion brings many significant changes to the gameplay. A major...

Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction

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

Game released: PC → 8 April 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction is an add-on for an action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The expansion includes a new act, new...

Farscape: The Game

Action, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: PC → 7 February 2003

Metacritic: 43/100

An isometric action game with puzzles, set in the science-fiction world of the Farscape series, follows John Crichton, an American astronaut stranded in a distant...

Freedom Fighters

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC → 30 November 2003

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Freedom Fighters is a third-person action shooter set in an alternate-history New York under invasion by a foreign superpower. The player takes the role of Chris...

Commandos 3: Destination Berlin

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Historical, Action, Tactics

Game released: PC → 31 January 2008

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A real-time tactics game about an elite special forces unit operating behind enemy lines during World War II. The campaign spans several parts of the European...

Alias Underground Episode 7: Phase One

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

Game released: PC → 24 February 2003

Alias Underground Episode 7: Phase One is a first-person action game with elements of a shooter and stealth game from developers from the studio Dream Mechanics...

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 22 April 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 agency called Third...

Kreed

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

Game released: PC → 15 February 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 60/100

The events of the game unfold in the year 2944. The main character is an elite fighter of a military-religious organization, whose ship "Aspero" gets caught in a...

RoboCop (2003)

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

Game released: PC → 23 July 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 30/100

A first-person action game about the police cyborg RoboCop, who investigates a conspiracy involving OCP, local gangsters dealing a dangerous new synthetic drug, and...

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness

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

Game released: PC → 16 February 2007

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 60/100

An action-adventure with platforming and puzzle elements follows Lara Croft after she is accused of murdering her former mentor, Werner Von Croy, and forced to...

Chicken Shoot

Arcade, Shooter, First-person view, Action

Game released: PC → 1 November 2003

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 27/100

Chicken Shoot is a dynamic arcade shooter with a first-person view, where you have to destroy annoying chickens. You have to stop this hostile invasion of rampaging...

TRON 2.0

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

Game released: PC → 2004

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This first-person science-fiction shooter with role-playing elements is set inside a computer’s digital world. When the fCon corporation moves to take over...

Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance

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

Game released: PC → 21 January 2005

Steam: 66/100

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 power, while...

Iron Storm

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 19 December 2002

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Iron Storm — a first-person shooter set in an alternate 60s. The First World War did not end, but grew into large-scale battles between the Russian-Mongol...

MDK 2

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

Game released: PC → 28 October 2008

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A futuristic third-person action shooter and platformer, MDK 2 is a sequel to MDK about saving the world from aliens. It develops the theme of confronting an...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield

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

Game released: PC → 26 January 2007

Players: 4.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This tactical first-person shooter follows Rainbow, an international counter-terrorist team facing a threat across several countries. The squad races against time...

Hexen 2

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

Game released: PC → 3 August 2007

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 77/100

This dark fantasy first-person shooter with role-playing elements follows the fight against Eidolon, the last of the Serpent Riders, and his demonic forces. In...

Big Money! Deluxe

Action, Strategy, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: PC → 30 August 2006

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 95/100

This casual puzzle game with action and strategy elements centers on collecting coins and building wealth. The player gathers loot before the pile of coins reaches...

Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair

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

Game released: PC → 24 November 2003

Metacritic: 63/100

This third-person fantasy action platformer with puzzles follows Dirk the Daring, a brave but clumsy knight, through the dangerous, labyrinthine halls of a castle...

Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer (2002)

Action, Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts, Surfing

Game released: PC → 15 October 2003

Players: 3.2/10

Metacritic: 79/100

This surfing sports action game features Kelly Slater and eight other well-known surfers riding waves. Players can choose Free Surf, Career, or multiplayer modes...

Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death

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

Game released: PC → 26 March 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 55/100

This first-person shooter based on the Judge Dredd comics is set in Mega-City One in the third decade of the 22nd century. With unemployment widespread and boredom...

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