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

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Third-person view, Survival horror, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 24 July 2008

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 65/100

After a friend disappears, five students are trapped inside Leafmore High School and set out to uncover the cause of the mysterious events there. ObsCure is a...

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2005)

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

Game released: PC → 8 July 2009

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This sci-fi action shooter set in the Star Wars universe follows the rise of Darth Vader’s 501st Legion of Stormtroopers. Its single-player campaign takes the...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

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

Game released: PC → 7 April 2009

Players: 4.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is a hardcore tactical shooter with a first-person view. The events of the game will take you to Eastern Europe in 2008, where massive...

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

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

Game released: PC → July 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...

BloodRayne 2

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

Game released: PC → 26 July 2007

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 69/100

BloodRayne 2 is a continuation of the vampire action game with a third-person view and horror elements. The game takes place 70 years after the story told in...

Day of Defeat: Source

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

Game released: PC → 17 March 2006

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Day of Defeat: Source is a multiplayer team-based shooter set in the European theatre of World War II. Players choose a role and take part in objective-based...

Onimusha: Warlords

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

Game released: PC → 15 January 2019

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Onimusha: Warlords is a third-person action-adventure game set in 16th century Japan. A mysterious creature kidnaps Princess Yuki, whom the young hero Samanosuke...

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...

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...

Sniper Elite

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

Game released: PC → 17 June 2008

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A tactical shooter set amid the covert battles of the closing days of World War II, it follows an American OSS sniper operating undercover in war-torn Berlin. He...

I.G.I-2: Covert Strike

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

Game released: PC → 28 October 2008

Players: 6.6/10

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...

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...

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

Serious Sam 2

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

Game released: PC → 11 October 2005

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Serious Sam 2 is a continuation of the legendary third-person shooter starring the legendary serious Sam. As before, you will find yourself in an endless fight...

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

Action, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 29 March 2005

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A stealth-action game starring Sam Fisher, an elite operative of Third Echelon, who investigates a conspiracy and tries to prevent World War III. Missions take...

Cold Fear

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

Game released: PC → September 2008

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This action-horror game with survival elements follows Tom Hansen, a U.S. Coast Guard officer sent to board a drifting Russian whaling ship during a storm in the...

Ultimate Spider-Man

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

Game released: PC → 29 June 2006

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Ultimate Spider-Man is a new chapter in the life of Spider-Man, based on the popular comic book of the same name. In the game you will try on the role of a...

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...

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast

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

Game released: PC → 27 October 2005

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast is an add-on for the adventure first-person shooter Half-Life 2. The game is a technology showcase that demonstrates the addition of HDR...

Parkan 2

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Tanks, Combat robots, Adventure

Game released: PC → 27 July 2006

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Parkan 2 is a continuation of the space simulator with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. You will explore hundreds of star systems, take part in a series of...

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...

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...

Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil

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

Game released: PC → 3 August 2007

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil is an add-on for the legendary first-person shooter with horror elements Doom 3. 2147 2 years have passed since the events of Doom 3...

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...

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...

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy

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

Game released: PC → 20 February 2005

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

This third-person science-fiction action game follows elite operative Nick Scryer as he confronts a psychic terrorist movement threatening world order. While...

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...

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...

The Bard's Tale

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Comedy

Game released: PC → 11 December 2009

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The Bard's Tale is a fun role-playing adventure with an isometric camera view in the fantasy universe of The Bard's Tale. In the game you will try on the role of an...

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...

Heroes of the Pacific

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

Game released: PC → 25 October 2005

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Heroes of the Pacific — there are 6 game modes: campaign, quick battle, missions, historical battles, flight school and multiplayer. 1 or 2 players can play...

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...

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...

Hell-Copter

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Helicopters, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 September 2017

Steam: 66/100

This third-person arcade shooter puts players in control of an experimental military drone defending the planet from an attack and taking on enemy air support...

Метро-2

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 29 September 2005

Players: 7.5/10

Metro-2 is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter from developers from the studios G5 Software LLC and Orion Games. The main publisher of the game is...

Punisher (2005)

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

Game released: PC → July 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...

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...

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...

Sacred Gold

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

Game released: PC → 9 July 2008

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 80/100

Set in the fantasy kingdom of Ancaria, this action role-playing game follows a hero facing orcs, undead, demons, and dragons. Most of the world is open to explore...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2005 for PC