Action 2004 for PC — top best games in the Action genre / Page 4

Desert Thunder - a game in the Action genre

Game released: PC → 23 May 2007

Steam: 61/100

This arcade-style tank action game is set amid a military conflict in a Middle Eastern country seized by a terrorist faction. The player commands an experimental...

X-Ray Ball

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Sandbox, Arkanoid

Game released: PC → 8 July 2004

X-Ray Ball is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, sandbox and arcanoid from Static X Studio. The game is published by Alawar Entertainment...

Wings of War

Arcade, Action, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 1 December 2006

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 66/100

This arcade flight combat game is set amid the aerial battles of World War I. Players take the role of Benjamin, a rookie pilot facing the era’s famous flying aces...

Gunlok

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

Game released: PC → 2 April 2004

Steam: 76/100

Gunlok is a sci-fi strategy game where humans fight for their survival against...

Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising

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

Game released: PC → 15 June 2004

Metacritic: 82/100

This first- and third-person shooter is set in near-future Indonesia, where the country is on the verge of disintegration. Independence movements have acquired...

Operation Flashpoint (Game of the Year Edition)

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

Game released: PC → 1 December 2006

Players: 10/10

Operation Flashpoint (Game of the Year Edition) is a first-person simulator with elements of action, shooter, flight simulator, helicopter simulator, historical...

AirStrike 3D: Operation W.A.T.

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

Game released: PC → 13 July 2004

Players: 10/10

AirStrike 3D: Operation W.A.T. is a third-person arcade game with elements of action, shooter, flight simulator and helicopter simulator from the studio DivoGames...

Full Spectrum Warrior

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Third-person view, Tactics

Game released: PC → 25 February 2005

Players: 10/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A tactical action game about infantry operations in tense urban combat. Full Spectrum Warrior is based on a game commissioned by the U.S. Army to train light...

Kaptein Sabeltann

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 15 September 2006

Kaptein Sabeltann is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming and puzzles from the developers from the Artplant AS studio. The publishers of the game...

Kao the Kangaroo Round 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure, Casual game

Game released: PC → 28 January 2005

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Kao the Kangaroo Round 2 is a 3D adventure platformer made in the spirit of the cult Crash Bandicoot series. The main character of Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 is a...

Spartan

Simulation, Strategy, Third-person view, Top-down view, Turn-based, Action, Indie, Platformer

Game released: PC → 2 October 2017

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 56/100

A 2D platformer about King Leo, who sets out to recover his city-state’s stolen goods and punish those responsible. Armed with a sword and shield, he traverses...

Cube 2: Sauerbraten

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

Game released: PC → 6 May 2004

Players: 8.1/10

Cube 2: Sauerbraten is a first-person action game with shooter and sandbox elements from the Dot3 labs LLC studio. The main publisher of the game is Dot3 labs...

Shellshock: Nam '67

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 1 November 2007

Players: 5.3/10

Metacritic: 55/100

Shellshock: Nam '67 — The game begins in January 1967 in Saigon, South Vietnam. A CH-47 Chinook carrying Caleb "Cal" Walker, the game's protagonist, and other...

Insaniquarium! Deluxe

Action, In real time, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 20 November 2008

Steam: 97/100

This real-time aquarium simulation has players care for fish and defend them from invading aliens. Happy, well-fed fish reward the player with coins and jewels...

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

Action, Puzzle, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 10 November 2004

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 66/100

This action-adventure game with puzzles follows Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, whose parents die in a fire. The orphans are sent to live with their sinister...

Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell

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

Game released: PC → 3 December 2004

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

An expansion for Painkiller (2004), Battle Out of Hell continues the main game's story with a 10-level single-player chapter. It adds to the arsenal and introduces...

Snail Mail

Action, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 15 November 2004

Players: 7.7/10

Snail Mail is a third-person action game from Alpha72 Games. The game is published by Sandlot...

Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone

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

Game released: PC → 3 May 2011

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A third-person fantasy role-playing game in which a party of a fighter, sorcerer, and rogue battles enemies and overcomes obstacles. The player controls one...

American Chopper

Action, In real time, Third-person view, Motorcycle racing

Game released: PC → 9 September 2005

Players: 3/10

American Chopper is a third-person action game with a touch of motorcycle simulator from the developers of Creat Studio, LLC. The main publisher of the game is...

AquaNox 2: Revelation

Action, Shooter, Simulation, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC → 1 April 2010

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 59/100

This science-fiction action game with shooter and simulation elements takes place in the underwater world of Aqua. In 2666, young freighter pilot William Drake sets...

COPS 2170: The Power of Law

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Isometric, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Adventure, Action

Game released: PC → 27 January 2005

Players: 10/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 44/100

This cyberpunk role-playing game with turn-based tactical strategy follows Katrin, a police officer investigating a series of terrorist attacks in a future North...

Armed and Dangerous

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

Game released: PC → 8 July 2009

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This humorous futuristic action shooter follows the Lionhearts, a band of rebels on an almost impossible mission to save the world. The crew must fight through an...

Gangland

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Fighting, Isometric

Game released: PC → 4 March 2004

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Gangland is an isometric action game combining real-time tactics, role-playing and simulation, centered on a Sicilian Mafia family. After the brothers kill Chico...

kill.switch

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

Game released: PC → 24 April 2004

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 71/100

This futuristic shooter is set in a world on the brink of global conflict, where a soldier returns to the front not to prevent a war, but to start one. Its campaign...

Tribes 2

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

Game released: PC → April 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 88/100

A team-based first-person shooter set in the 40th century and a sequel to Starsiege: Tribes. Players battle in teams across outdoor environments in online matches...

Big Mutha Truckers

Arcade, Action, Racing, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 7 October 2008

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Arcade racing with business-management elements centers on a contest to inherit a family trucking company. When its owner, Ma Jackson, announces her retirement, her...

Nanosaur 2: Hatchling

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

Game released: PC → February 2005

Nanosaur 2: Hatchling is a third-person action game with shooter and flight simulator elements from developers from the studio Pangea Software, Inc.. The main...

Gotcha! Extreme Paintball

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Sports game, Paintball

Game released: PC → 2006

Players: 8/10

Gotcha! Extreme Paintball is a first-person action game with a mixture of shooter, sports game and paintball simulator from the masters from the Sixteen Tons...

Fur Fighters

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 11 October 2004

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Fur Fighters is a third-person action platformer with puzzles, following a squad of furry commandos. The team sets out to free their families from the evil General...

BreakQuest

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Arkanoid, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 25 January 2007

Metacritic: 58/100

BreakQuest is an arcade game that builds on the BreakOut concept, adding new elements such as weapons. Players work through one hundred distinct scenes that combine...

Seal of Evil

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

Game released: PC → 13 December 2007

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

An action RPG set in ancient China, where historical events from the Warring States period intertwine with legends and myth. As the Zhou dynasty breaks apart, Ying...

Digital Eel's Big Box of Blox

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 29 November 2007

Digital Eel's Big Box of Blox is a top-down arcade game with action and puzzle elements from the masters of the Digital Eel studio. The game is published by...

Asterix and Obelix: Kick Buttix

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

Game released: PC → 18 June 2004

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 59/100

This action-adventure with puzzles is set in 50 BC, when Rome has occupied nearly all of Gaul. While Asterix and Obelix are out hunting, Caesar’s troops capture the...

Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia

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

Game released: PC → 16 September 2004

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Thing (2002)

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

Game released: PC → 29 October 2004

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 78/100

This third-person action horror game follows a military rescue team sent to Antarctica to investigate the mysterious deaths of an American scientific expedition. In...

Jets'n'Guns

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 November 2005

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Jets'n'Guns is an arcade game with a dash of action and a beat 'em up game from the masters at Rake in Grass. The publisher of the game is GarageDeveloper...

Barkanoid 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Arkanoid

Game released: PC → 26 January 2004

Players: 8.7/10

Barkanoid 2 is an arcade game with elements of action, platformer and arcanoid from the masters from the studio magnussoft Deutschland GmbH. The game is published...

Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown

Action, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 20 February 2004

Players: 4/10

Metacritic: 60/100

This action-adventure with strategy and RPG elements follows Robin Hood as he seeks to restore peace in England after Prince John usurps the throne. Robin fights...

Advanced Battlegrounds: The Future of Combat

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Combat robots, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC → 20 May 2005

Players: 9.7/10

Advanced Battlegrounds: The Future of Combat is a first-person action game with elements of a shooter, stealth game, sandbox and robot simulator from the developers...

No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 12 August 2005

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 91/100

No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way — The action takes place a year after the events of the original game. The USA and the USSR are on the brink...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2004 for PC (Game released)