Action 2005 for PC — top best games in the Action genre / Page 2

Battlefield 2 - a game in the Action genre

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

Game released: PC → 24 June 2005

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Battlefield 2 is a continuation of a series of online battles with a first-person view. The events of the game will take you to the modern front line, where...

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse

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

Game released: PC → 16 March 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is a third-person action-comedy horror game in which you take on the role of a real zombie who has risen from the depths...

Gun

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Fighting, Third-person view, Casino, Open world

Game released: PC → 13 October 2006

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Gun is a third-person action-adventure game set in the open world of the Wild West. Fate took away everything Colton White held dear. Since then, White has trusted...

Call of Duty: United Offensive

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Historical, Online

Game released: PC → 13 October 2006

Players: 8/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 87/100

An expansion for Call of Duty, set amid World War II battles involving American, British, and Soviet soldiers. Its single-player campaign spans three storylines and...

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay

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

Game released: PC → 28 February 2005

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay — a bounty hunter named Jones brings Riddick, the main character of the game, to the maximum security prison...

Nexus: The Jupiter Incident

Simulation, Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Space, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 24 January 2008

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This real-time tactical space simulator follows a conflict between megacorporations at the dawn of the 22nd century. A discovery on the edge of the Solar System...

Driv3r

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

Game released: PC → 15 March 2005

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 51/100

Driv3r — The game offers you to complete 26 missions of varying difficulty in the role of police officer John Tanner, investigating a case of international...

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...

Flashback (1992)

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: PC → 23 January 2005

Flashback is an arcade action game with platformer elements in a futuristic style. 2142 After escaping from a spaceship and suffering complete amnesia, young...

Bloodrayne

Action, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 12 July 2007

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This third-person action horror game is set in the years between the World Wars. The dhampir BloodRayne serves as an agent of the Brimstone Society, a secret...

Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (2005)

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

Game released: PC → 3 December 2005

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 76/100

This action game based on the Universal Pictures film takes place in a world crawling with predators, where survival as Jack is interwoven with the legend of Kong...

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...

Guild Wars

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

Game released: PC → 22 April 2009

Metacritic: 89/100

Guild Wars — despite the fact that the game rules change very often as a result of updates, the basic principles are quite stable, and their details change only...

Ys: The Oath in Felghana

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

Game released: PC → 19 March 2012

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This third-person action RPG follows Adol Christin and his companion Dogi as they return to Dogi’s homeland of Felghana after an eight-year absence. Monsters have...

Punisher (2005)

Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PC → июль 2005

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 68/100

An action game based on Marvel comics, following Frank Castle as he becomes the Punisher and wages a personal war on crime. His targets are the city’s powerful...

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...

Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green

Action, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 5 February 2008

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 32/100

Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green — This game is a prequel to the film Land of the Dead, which takes place during the first outbreak of the zombie...

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...

Knights of the Temple 2

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

Game released: PC → 19 May 2008

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 53/100

Knights of the Temple 2 — In the prologue, the main character Paul De Ruck is in the ancient monastery of Birke, and discusses the consequences of cruelty...

Deadhunt

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies

Game released: PC → 28 March 2005

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Deadhunt is a first-person arcade shooter set in fighting arenas where the player faces hordes of zombies and skeletons. The goal is to survive for as long as...

The Suffering: Ties That Bind

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

Game released: PC → 22 December 2005

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 75/100

This action-horror game unfolds in the streets and prisons of Baltimore, where Torque seeks revenge against Blackmore, a mysterious mastermind connected to the...

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

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

Game released: PC → июль 2010

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This tactical shooter about World War II follows the Allied landings in Normandy on D-Day. The player takes the role of Sergeant Matt Baker, a U.S. paratrooper...

Gish

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 20 July 2007

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This action-adventure game with puzzle elements follows Gish, a ball of tar who ventures into the subterranean sewers of the forgotten city of Dross to rescue his...

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...

SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle

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

Game released: PC → 12 August 2005

Players: 7.8/10

SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle is a tactical team-based first-person shooter game played cooperatively with the computer or human teammates as part of a 5-man police...

Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales

Role-playing game, Fighting, Simulation, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Action, Open world

Game released: PC → 29 September 2006

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 56/100

A naval role-playing game about pirate adventures in the Caribbean during the 17th century. Players can take the role of Blaze, a fortune hunter, or Beatrice, a...

I.G.I-2: Covert Strike

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

Game released: PC → 28 October 2008

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 64/100

I.G.I-2: Covert Strike is a first-person tactical action shooter and a sequel to Project IGI. Operative David Jones carries out covert missions against terrorism...

Evil Dead: Regeneration

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

Game released: PC → 13 September 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 67/100

This third-person action horror game offers a “what if” continuation of Evil Dead 2. Ash, the sole survivor of an encounter with the Necronomicon, is confined to an...

Brothers in Arms: Earned In Blood

Action, Shooter, Tactics, Strategy

Game released: PC → 6 October 2005

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This tactical shooter follows Sergeant Joe Hartsock as he leads his squad beyond Carentan in an effort to liberate Normandy during World War II. In the...

Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Space, Online

Game released: PC → 10 January 2005

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

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...

Half-Life: Blue Shift

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

Game released: PC → 24 August 2005

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This science-fiction first-person shooter returns to the Black Mesa research facility and follows security guard Barney Calhoun. He must fight the extraterrestrial...

X-Men: Legends 2 - Rise of Apocalypse

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Isometric, Comics

Game released: PC → 14 October 2005

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

This comic-book action role-playing game follows an uneasy alliance between the X-Men and their hated rivals, the Brotherhood, as they join forces to reclaim Earth...

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...

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...

Rebel Raiders: Operation Nighthawk

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 22 September 2006

Players: 9.9/10

Rebel Raiders: Operation Nighthawk is a third-person action game with shooter and flight simulator elements from developers from the Kando Games SARL studio. The...

I-Ninja

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

Game released: PC → 14 January 2005

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

I-Ninja — The game begins with a ninja in training (whose name is simply Ninja) sneaking into the enemy camp to save his sensei (who is simply called Sensei...

Spider-Man 2: The Game

Action, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PC → 25 March 2005

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 42/100

This third-person action game, based on the film Spider-Man 2, takes place across the streets and rooftops of Manhattan. As Spider-Man, the player patrols the city...

Second Sight

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

Game released: PC → 13 February 2009

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This science-fiction stealth action game with psychological thriller elements follows John Vattic, who wakes from a coma in a US medical facility and tries to...

Heavy Weapon Deluxe

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Tanks, Casual game

Game released: PC → 24 February 2005

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This side-scrolling arcade shooter centers on battles against enemy forces, with players using heavy weapons to destroy tanks and aircraft. Heavy Weapon features 19...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2005 for PC