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

Day of Defeat: Source - a game in the Action genre

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...

Dawn of Magic

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Top-down view, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 1 October 2026

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 52/100

This fantasy role-playing game with action and horror elements follows Modo, an immortal punished for his crimes in the Absolute, the realm of the afterlife, by...

LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (2005)

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

Game released: PC → 2 April 2005

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

An action-adventure game based on the first three Star Wars prequel films: The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith. It brings the films...

Sacred

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

Game released: PC → 1 May 2005

Players: 8.8/10

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...

Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 6 March 2008

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico is an action game with a third-person view. 1989 Ruins of an Inca temple deep in the jungle. Ernesto Cruz has just...

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...

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...

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: 85/100

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...

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...

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...

True Crime: Streets of LA

Action, Shooter, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 4 February 2005

Players: 4.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

This third-person action game follows Nick Kang, a former police operative investigating Russian and Chinese crime syndicates in Los Angeles. The story branches...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Project: Snowblind

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

Game released: PC → 28 June 2007

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Set in futuristic Hong Kong in 2065, this first-person shooter follows Nathan Frost, a second lieutenant fighting a regime that threatens the civilized world. After...

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...

The Punisher

Action, Shooter

Game released: PC → 18 January 2005

Players: 8.1/10

The game is replete with scenes of cruelty and obscene language. The interrogation scenes are especially brutal. Having caught a bandit, the Punisher can...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sudeki

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

Game released: PC → 21 April 2005

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Sudeki is a Japanese-style third-person action-adventure RPG. The game takes place in a fantasy world, divided into the city of light Haskylia and the eternally...

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...

Psychonauts

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Comedy, Adventure

Game released: PC → 14 June 2007

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Psychonauts is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot follows a young special agent named Raz, who learns to use his...

Boiling Point: Road to Hell

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 6 June 2005

Players: 9/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 61/100

This role-playing game with action and shooter elements is set in the jungles of present-day South America, where armed factions are engaged in a guerrilla war. The...

Starship Troopers

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

Game released: PC → 27 April 2006

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 46/100

A futuristic first-person shooter set in the Starship Troopers universe, focused on battles against arachnids. The player fights with weapons ranging from the M2...

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

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...

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...

Billy Blade and the Temple of Time

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

Game released: PC → 8 April 2005

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 72/100

Billy Blade and the Temple of Time is a third-person arcade game with elements of action, fighting, platforming, puzzle, anime/manga and fantasy games from Iridon...

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...

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...

Gothic 2: Gold Edition

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world, Fantasy, Gothic

Game released: PC → 5 December 2005

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The edition combines the original Gothic 2 and the expansion Night of the Raven, offering a vast journey through an open world in the spirit of classic RPGs. 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...

Pariah

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

Game released: PC → 4 August 2005

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

This futuristic first-person shooter follows Dr. Jack Mason and his infected patient, Karina. After a transport crash leaves them stranded in a prison amid Earth's...

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...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2005 for PC (Game released)