Action 2004 for PC — top best games in the Action genre / Page 2

Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade - a game in the Action genre

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

Game released: PC → 23 July 2004

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade is a first-person action game with a dash of fantasy from the masters at Starbreeze Studios AB. The main publisher of the...

Hidden & Dangerous 2

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

Game released: PC → 8 June 2005

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Hidden & Dangerous 2 — The player, controlling a team of 4 (or 1) British Special Air Service (SAS) soldiers during World War II, must conduct a series of...

Chicago 1930

Action, Strategy, Fighting, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 16 June 2008

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 70/100

A real-time tactical game about a war between the Mafia and the police in 1930s Chicago. Don Falcone seeks control of the city’s districts, while a special task...

Ground Control

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Tanks, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 21 October 2005

Metacritic: 86/100

Ground Control — The main goal of the game is to destroy enemy troops and buildings using the terrain features and the strengths of your own army. Combat...

Sonic Heroes

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

Game released: PC → 4 February 2005

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Sonic Heroes is a 3D platformer. It gives you the opportunity to manage a team of three characters. The player directly controls one of them, but if necessary, he...

Counter-Strike: Condition Zero

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

Game released: PC → 26 March 2004

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is a redesigned and expanded version of the competitive tactical shooter with a first-person view. The game has a full-fledged single...

Sacred

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

Game released: PC → 1 May 2005

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Set in the fantasy kingdom of Ancaria, this is an isometric action RPG about a land threatened by evil. The hero travels through an open world populated by orcs...

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...

Ground Control 2: Operation Exodus

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 6 August 2009

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Set in 2741, this real-time strategy game with action elements follows a war in which the Terran Empire besieges the Northern Star Alliance, a coalition of colonies...

Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Helicopters, Historical, Tanks

Game released: PC → 9 July 2004

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis — the campaign's plot is based on a fictional conflict between NATO and the USSR during the Cold War. In addition, two...

Conflict: Vietnam

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 21 September 2007

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Conflict: Vietnam — the game's plot develops in January-February 1968, starting on the eve of the Tet Offensive and ending with the capture of the Hue...

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...

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

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

Game released: PC → 4 October 2008

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A stealth action game about a retired contract killer forced back into service by treachery. The protagonist takes on assignments around the world, including in...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

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

Game released: PC → 26 June 2008

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) — the game is very similar to its predecessors, such as the Philosopher's Stone and Know Wonder's Chamber of...

Men of Valor

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 12 November 2004

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A first-person shooter set during the Vietnam War in 1965, following recruit Dean Shepard as he heads to the front with his platoon. The campaign features battles...

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...

Metal Slug 5

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Tanks

Game released: PC → 17 September 2004

Metal Slug 5 is an arcade game with elements of action, shooter, flight simulator, platformer, anime or manga game and tank simulator from developers from the...

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...

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...

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...

Astropop

Action, Strategy, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: PC → 30 March 2004

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A space-themed puzzle game in which the player uses a powerful magnet to move blocks and match those of the same color. The blocks descend toward the spaceship and...

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

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

Game released: PC → 1 November 2004

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch is a dynamic multiplayer action game with a first-person view in the Half-Life 2 universe. Epic battles with other players await you, built...

18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal

Simulation, Action, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Casual game

Game released: PC → 25 November 2005

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 94/100

18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal is a realistic truck driver simulator with first and third person views. The game invites you to go to conquer America, where...

Hidden & Dangerous 2: Courage Under Fire

Action, Shooter, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Collection, Strategy, Tactics

Game released: PC → 8 May 2008

Steam: 96/100

A tactical shooter about Allied covert operations behind enemy lines during World War II. The player commands a squad of Special Air Service soldiers on missions...

Postal 2: Share the Pain

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

Game released: PC → 20 May 2008

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 59/100

An expansion for Postal 2, combining the POSTAL 2 single-player game with the Share The Pain multiplayer mode. The game takes place in open 3D environments where...

City of Heroes

Role-playing game, Online, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PC → 4 February 2005; The project is closed: PC → 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 85/100

City of Heroes is an exciting multiplayer action role-playing game with a third-person view. You have to play the role of a hero and go fight evil in the vastness...

Enclave

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

Game released: PC → 11 May 2010

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This third-person fantasy action game takes place in a world where the lands of Light and the realms of Darkness are divided by a bottomless rift that has begun to...

Half-Life: Source

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

Game released: PC → 1 June 2004

Players: 8/10

Steam: 64/100

Half-Life: Source is a re-release of the adventure first-person shooter Half-Life, released in 1998. The new version runs entirely on the Source game engine, which...

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...

Re-Volt

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Sandbox, Arcade, Online

Game released: PC → 5 November 2004

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

This arcade racing game follows remote-control cars that have come to life and escaped into the world, causing chaos. In Re-Volt, the player controls one of 28 cars...

Gold Miner Joe

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 16 January 2004

Gold Miner Joe is a third-person arcade game with action and platform elements from the masters from the Arcade Lab studio. The game is published by Arcade...

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...

Empires: Dawn of the Modern World

Action, Strategy, In real time, Educational game (Education), Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 30 August 2007

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This real-time historical strategy game spans the period from the Middle Ages to World War II. Players command one of several civilizations, including China...

Ricochet Lost Worlds

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Arkanoid

Game released: PC → 20 April 2007

Players: 5.5/10

A futuristic arcade game in the style of Breakout and a sequel to Ricochet Xtreme. The player bounces a ball to break bricks, with new types of bricks and power-ups...

Space Rangers

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 10 November 2010

Players: 8.3/10

Space Rangers — the game takes place in space, in the distant future, at the beginning of the 31st century. The galaxy is inhabited by 5 intelligent...

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...

Vietcong: Purple Haze

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

Game released: PC → 22 April 2004

Metacritic: 53/100

Vietcong: Purple Haze — you move forward through the thick, oppressive heat. Your erratic heartbeat and increased breathing are all that escape the hostile...

Alias

Action, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 2 July 2004

Metacritic: 61/100

This third-person action-adventure blends stealth with direct combat across a series of covert missions around the globe. The player uses spy equipment and...

Pac-Man World 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 25 May 2004

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

This third-person platforming action game follows Pac-Man on a new adventure against the Ghost Gang. His journey spans six lands, where he solves puzzles and takes...

Suffering

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

Game released: PC → 21 January 2005

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Suffering is a third-person action horror game. As Torque kills enemies during gameplay, an on-screen meter called the insanity meter begins to fill. When it is...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2004 for PC