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

Game released: PC → 15 August 2009

Players: 7.6/10

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...

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...

Portal

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

Game released: PC → 9 April 2008

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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

Game released: PC → 9 October 2009

Players: 7.5/10

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

Game released: PC → 9 April 2008

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 92/100

Team Fortress 2 is a first-person action game with shooter elements from developers from the Valve Corporation studio. The main publisher of the game is Valve...

Grand Theft Auto 4

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Shooter

Game released: PC → 2 December 2008

Players: 7.6/10

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...

Point Blank

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view

Game released: PC → 19 March 2008

VGTimes: 5.0/10

Players: 6.5/10

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...

Fallout 3

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

Game released: PC → 19 November 2008

Players: 8.2/10

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...

Far Cry

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 2 April 2009

Players: 8.2/10

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...

Hitman: Blood Money

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

Game released: PC → 28 August 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Deus Ex

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

Game released: PC → 28 February 2008

Players: 8.6/10

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...

Assassin's Creed

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

Game released: PC → 11 April 2008

Players: 8.2/10

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...

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 4 January 2008

Players: 8.2/10

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...

Call of Duty: World at War

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 12 December 2008

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Call of Duty: World at War is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter and historical game from developers from Treyarch studio. The publisher of the game...

Gothic 3

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

Game released: PC → 18 September 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Left 4 Dead

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 17 November 2008

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Grand Theft Auto 3

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 26 March 2010

Players: 7.2/10

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...

Kane and Lynch: Dead Men

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

Game released: PC → 15 March 2010

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Far Cry 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 21 October 2008

Players: 7.8/10

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...

Painkiller: Overdose

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 10 February 2008

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Crysis

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

Game released: PC → 17 September 2008

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

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

Game released: PC → 1 October 2008

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Gears of War

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

Game released: PC → 12 December 2008

Players: 8.1/10

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...

Bully: Scholarship Edition

Action, Adventure, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 4 December 2008

Players: 8.8/10

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...

Dead Space (2008)

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

Game released: PC → 13 October 2008

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Titan Quest

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

Game released: PC → 24 January 2008

Players: 8.7/10

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...

Sid Meier's Pirates!

Action, Strategy, Fighting, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Sports game

Game released: PC → 10 October 2008

Players: 9.4/10

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...

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...

You Are Empty

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 15 January 2008

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 34/100

You Are Empty is a dynamic first-person shooter with horror elements in a post-apocalyptic setting. The events of the game take place in the alternative world of...

Devil May Cry 4

Action, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 23 June 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Mass Effect

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

Game released: PC → 19 December 2008

Players: 8.8/10

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...

Prey 2006

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

Game released: PC → 21 July 2006

Players: 7.9/10

Prey is an adventure shooter with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young mechanic, Tommy, from the Cherokee...

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

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

Game released: PC → 1 April 2009

Players: 8.7/10

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...

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (2008)

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 28 October 2008

Players: 8.1/10

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...

Spore

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

Game released: PC → 19 December 2008

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

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

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

Game released: PC → 26 September 2008

Players: 8.1/10

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...

Tomb Raider: Underworld

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 28 November 2008

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Battlefield Vietnam

Action, Shooter, Warships / Submarines, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Historical, Tanks

Game released: PC → 26 June 2008

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Battlefield Vietnam is a first-person shooter. The game takes place during the Vietnam War. There are two warring parties in the game: the US/South Vietnamese army...

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

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

Game released: PC → 2 April 2010

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is a dynamic action RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy...

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

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

Game released: PC → 26 March 2009

Players: 8.7/10

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...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2008 for PC (Game released)