Action 2009 for PC — top best games in the Action genre

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat - a game in the Action genre

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

Game released: PC → 2 February 2010

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A continuation of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, in which the player takes on the role of government agent Alexander Degtyarev. He infiltrates...

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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...

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...

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...

League of Legends

Role-playing game, Strategy, Online, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 30 October 2009

Players: 6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

League of Legends is an online real-time strategy role-playing game in a fantasy setting. Choose your character and engage in team-to-team battle. Use your...

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...

Left 4 Dead 2

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

Game released: PC → 20 November 2009

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

This cooperative first-person horror shooter is set during a zombie apocalypse in the southern United States. Across five campaigns, four survivors travel from...

Resident Evil 5

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

Game released: PC → 18 September 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Manhunt 2

Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adult game

Game released: PC → 6 November 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Manhunt 2 is a continuation of the scandalous action game with a third-person view and horror elements. During secret laboratory tests, a fatal mistake occurred...

Prototype

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

Game released: PC → 9 June 2009

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This open-world action game follows Alex Mercer, a man with no memory and the ability to reshape his body, as he investigates the conspiracy behind his origins. His...

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PC → 1 May 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

X-Men Origins: Wolverine - the plot of the game follows the plot of the film of the same name, although the events are not presented in chronological order, and...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Online

Game released: PC → 11 November 2009

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person shooter. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 takes place five years after the end of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare...

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...

ArmA 2

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Sandbox, Tanks, Online

Game released: PC → 31 July 2009

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This first- and third-person military simulation is set in the fictional post-Soviet state of Chernarus, where U.S. Marines become caught in a conflict over control...

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...

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PC → 18 September 2009

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 91/100

This third-person action game follows Batman inside Arkham Asylum and across the surrounding island, where the Joker sets a trap after being taken into custody...

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...

Borderlands

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 15 February 2011

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Borderlands is a science-fiction first-person shooter that combines action with character customization and vehicular combat. Its content-generation system provides...

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

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

Game released: PC → 5 March 2010

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This arcade first-person shooter follows Sam “Serious” Stone as he battles Mental’s forces in ancient Egypt. Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is an updated...

Medal of Honor: Airborne

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 12 October 2010

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Medal of Honor: Airborne is a continuation of the series of military first-person shooters. In the new part, the game will offer increased freedom of action. Now...

The Godfather 2

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Fighting, Third-person view, Adult game

Game released: PC → 15 June 2010

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 65/100

The Godfather 2 is a continuation of the open-world action-adventure game with a third-person view, based on the cult gangster films The Godfather. Michael Corleone...

Aion

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

Game released: PC → 28 December 2009

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Aion is a free-to-play multiplayer action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting from the creators of Lineage 2. Atreya is a destroyed...

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...

Red Faction: Guerrilla

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 18 September 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Missions can be tackled in any order, with guerrilla attacks using weapons, explosives and modified vehicles. Destruction is part of the tactics: walls and floors...

Burnout Paradise

Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 5 February 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Burnout Paradise is an arcade racing game made in three-dimensional graphics. The action takes place in the fictional city of Paradise City, which is divided into...

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...

Risen

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

Game released: PC → 2 October 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Risen is an atmospheric action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting from the creators of the Gothic series. In the game you have to...

Condemned: Criminal Origins

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Fighting, First-person view, Detective, Survival

Game released: PC → 23 April 2009

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A dark psychological thriller in which the hunt for killers gradually turns into a hunt for one's own sanity. FBI agent Ethan Thomas investigates a series of brutal...

Mirror's Edge (2008)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Parkour, First-person view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 12 January 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This first-person action-adventure is set in a city where information is closely monitored and couriers known as Runners secretly carry sensitive data. Runner Faith...

The Godfather: The Game

Action, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 6 October 2009

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 75/100

The Godfather: The Game is an open-world action-adventure game with a third-person view, based on the cult gangster films “The Godfather”. USA post-war years...

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...

Killing Floor

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

Game released: PC → 19 February 2010

Players: 8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Killing Floor is a cooperative horror shooter with a first-person view. Hordes of dangerous clones created by a biotechnological corporation have broken free. Only...

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...

Divinity 2: Ego Draconis

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

Game released: PC → 8 January 2010

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Divinity 2: Ego Draconis is an action role-playing game with a third-person view, the events of which unfold in the Divinity gaming universe. The game is a direct...

Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

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

Game released: PC → 15 February 2011

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars is the continuation of the legendary real-time strategy in the Command & Conquer series. The game will tell about a new...

Dark Sector

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

Game released: PC → 24 March 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This third-person science-fiction shooter with horror elements follows a covert mission in Lasria, an Eastern European city concealing a deadly Cold War secret...

Just Cause

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

Game released: PC → 12 June 2009

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This open-world action game follows Rico Rodriguez, an operative sent to the island of San Esperito to overthrow its corrupt government. The South American state is...

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

Action, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 26 April 2006

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This first-person horror game combines action and adventure with exploration, investigation, and combat against supernatural evil. Its varied levels range from...

Divine Divinity

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

Game released: PC → 29 October 2009

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 79/100

An isometric role-playing game set in a fantasy world torn apart by corruption and dark magic. During the journey, the player develops a character from one of six...

Braid

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

Game released: PC → 15 February 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Braid is a 2D puzzle-platformer with painterly visuals. Setting out from a house in the city, the protagonist travels through a series of worlds to rescue an...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2009 for PC