Action 2008 for PC — top best games in the Action genre

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - a game in the Action genre

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world

Game released: PC → 15 August 2009

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a continuation of the popular series of games with endless possibilities of interaction in a large open world. Five years ago, Carl...

Far Cry

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Open world

Game released: PC → 2 April 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Far Cry is an exciting first-person shooter. You are Jack Carver, the owner of a small charter company that rents boats in the tropical state of Micronesia. With...

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Open world, Adventure

Game released: PC → 9 October 2009

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 95/100

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a legendary spin-off of Grand Theft Auto 3, which developed the ideas and mechanics laid out in it, connected by common characters...

Team Fortress 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Free game, Online

Game released: PC → 9 April 2008

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 92/100

A class-based multiplayer first-person shooter built around team battles and distinct tactical roles. Team Fortress 2 offers several game modes and pairs a...

World of Warcraft

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

Game released: PC → 6 August 2008

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 93/100

World of Warcraft is a legendary multiplayer action role-playing game with a third-person view in the fantasy universe of Warcraft. Determined to settle the arid...

Grand Theft Auto 4

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Shooter, Open world, Online

Game released: PC → 2 December 2008

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 95/100

Grand Theft Auto 4 is a continuation of the cult series of games about the great car thief with a third-person view in the open world. In this part you will try on...

Fallout 3

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world

Game released: PC → 19 November 2008

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Fallout 3 is an action role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic fantasy universe. The events of the games take place in 2277. 200 years have passed since the...

Grand Theft Auto 3

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view, Open world, Adventure

Game released: PC → 26 March 2010

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 95/100

Grand Theft Auto 3 is a continuation of the dynamic action game with a third-person view in the open world. Working for the mafia sooner or later ends in trouble...

Deus Ex

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Stealth

Game released: PC → 28 February 2008

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Deus Ex is a legendary action role-playing game with a third-person view in a cyberpunk style. The game takes place in the fictional dystopian world of Earth in...

Left 4 Dead

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 17 November 2008

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Left 4 Dead is a cooperative first-person shooter about a group of survivors trying to escape a city engulfed by an epidemic. A new strain of the rabies virus...

Portal

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

Game released: PC → 9 April 2008

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 90/100

A first-person puzzle game set in the mysterious laboratories of Aperture Science. In Portal, the player solves physics-based puzzles and overcomes challenges by...

Point Blank

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view

Game released: PC → 19 March 2008

VGTimes: 5.0/10

Players: 6.4/10

A multiplayer FPS from the South Korean studio Zepetto. The project largely resembles games from the Counter-Strike series and focuses on online battles (there is...

Call of Duty: World at War

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

Game canceled: PC → 20 November 2008; Game released: PC → 12 December 2008

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This first-person shooter is set during World War II on the Pacific and European fronts. Players fight as U.S. Marines and Russian soldiers against Imperial...

Gothic 3

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

Game released: PC → 18 September 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This open-world fantasy role-playing game follows the Nameless Hero as he reaches the mainland of Myrtana, where orcs have conquered much of the human kingdom and...

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 4 January 2008

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a continuation of the exciting action game with a third-person view, which continues the tragic story of police officer Max...

Dead Space (2008)

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: PC → 13 October 2008

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Third-person shooter Dead Space (2008) is the foundation of a series of sci-fi horror survival games about the struggles of engineer Isaac Clarke in the depths of...

Gears of War

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 12 December 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Gears of War is an action game with a third-person view in a fantastic post-apocalyptic setting. The game's plot revolves around Delta Force soldiers defending...

Tomb Raider: Underworld

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

Game released: PC → 28 November 2008

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Tomb Raider: Underworld is a third-person adventure action game in which Lara Croft explores ancient and uncharted locations concealing mysteries of the underworld...

Crysis

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

Game released: PC → 17 September 2008

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Set in 2020, this futuristic first-person shooter follows a standoff between the United States and North Korea in the South China Sea. After North Korean forces...

Mass Effect

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: PC → 19 December 2008

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Mass Effect is a sci-fi action RPG with a third-person perspective. The events of the game will take you to XXII, when humanity mastered the technology of...

Sid Meier's Pirates!

Action, Strategy, Fighting, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Sports game, Open world, Role-playing game, Adventure

Game released: PC → 10 October 2008

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 94/100

An adventurous pirate game that combines elements of strategy, role-playing, and sea travel simulation. In the age of great discoveries, the player becomes the...

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

Game released: PC → 26 March 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Among the scorched sands of Persia, an ancient legend...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Survival

Game released: PC → 26 September 2008

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Prequel to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. The plot takes place a year before the events of the original game, in 2011. A group of stalkers for the first time...

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (2008)

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 28 October 2008

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is an action game with a third-person view. Spider-Man is looking for Mary Jane in New York, which is infested with people infected with...

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

Game released: PC → 1 October 2008

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view. The story of the game takes place several years after the...

Manhunt

Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 2 October 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This stealth action game with horror elements takes place in Carcer City, where James Earl Cash becomes the target of a brutal blood sport. After his life is...

Diablo 2

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 8 April 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Diablo 2 is a continuation of the legendary action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in the fantasy world of Diablo. At the end of the first part, the...

Assassin's Creed

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Beat them all, Adventure

Game released: PC → 11 April 2008

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Assassin's Creed is a pseudo-historical stealth action game with a third-person view in a medieval setting. The game takes place in parallel in 2012 and 1191...

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

Action, Slasher, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

Game released: PC → октябрь 2009

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view, which is the third part of The Sands of Time series...

Painkiller: Overdose

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Horror

Game released: PC → 10 February 2008

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This first-person shooter with horror elements continues the story of Painkiller, introducing a new character who faces the consequences of Daniel’s victory over...

Bully: Scholarship Edition

Action, Adventure, Fighting, Third-person view, Open world

Game released: PC → 4 December 2008

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Bully: Scholarship Edition is an improved edition of the action-adventure game with a third-person view in the open world. The game is an original simulator of a...

Silent Hill: Homecoming

Action, Shooter, Horror, Fighting, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 27 February 2009

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 42/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Silent Hill: Homecoming is a survival horror adventure about Alex Shepherd, who returns to his hometown of Shepherd’s Glen to investigate his brother’s...

Titan Quest

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

Game released: PC → 24 January 2008

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Titan Quest is an isometric action role-playing game steeped in the myths and legends of Ancient Greece. A well-developed character customization system, 28 classes...

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Online

Game released: PC → 1 April 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is a continuation of the popular real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting, which tells the story of...

Spore

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, God Simulator, Open world

Game released: PC → 19 December 2008

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

This evolution and civilization simulation follows a species from a single cell to spacefaring exploration. Progression spans five stages—Cell, Creature, Tribe...

Kane and Lynch: Dead Men

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 15 March 2010

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Kane and Lynch: Dead Men is a third-person action game with shooter elements. This game immerses players in an emotionally intense crime drama with unflinching...

Fahrenheit

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Interactive movie

Game released: PC → 12 March 2008

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Fahrenheit is an interactive thriller set in New York City in January 2009, where ordinary people begin killing strangers in public according to the same ritual...

Far Cry 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Open world

Game released: PC → 21 October 2008

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Far Cry 2 is a continuation of the dynamic first-person shooter. The game takes place in a small African province where a fierce civil war is being waged. You play...

Hitman: Blood Money

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

Game released: PC → 28 August 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A stealth action game about contract killer Agent 47, who travels to America after an unknown organization begins eliminating members of his agency, the ICA. When...

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...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2008 for PC