Action 2009 for PC — top best games in the Action genre / Page 2

Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2 - Jedi Outcast - a game in the Action genre

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

Game released: PC → 16 September 2009

Players: 4.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2 — Jedi Outcast is an action-adventure game with first and third person views in the Star Wars universe. As Kyle Katarn, an agent of...

Saints Row 2

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

Game released: PC → 5 February 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Saints Row 2 is a third-person gangster action game set in a large open world. The story takes place in the fictional town of Stillwater. The main character escapes...

TimeShift

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

Game released: PC → 19 August 2009

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This first-person science-fiction shooter makes time manipulation central to combat and puzzle-solving. The protagonist can slow, stop, or rewind the world, moving...

Crash Time 2

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

Game released: PC → 27 August 2009

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 63/100

Crash Time 2 is a continuation of the exciting racing simulator, where you have to get used to the role of a traffic policeman. The game has many different goals...

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...

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...

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Online

Game released: PC → 30 June 2009

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood is a continuation of the dynamic western with a first-person view in the Call of Juarez series. The events of the game will tell the...

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (2007)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 15 November 2010

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This action-adventure platformer brings together the events of all six Star Wars films in a world built from LEGO bricks. Its campaign spans 36 story levels, from...

Star Wars: Dark Forces

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 16 September 2009

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Star Wars: Dark Forces is a cult first-person shooter in the Star Wars universe. The action takes place before and after the events of the film Star Wars: Episode...

Rise of the Argonauts

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

Game released: PC → 16 December 2008

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Set in the mythological world of Ancient Greece, this action RPG follows Jason, king of Iolcus, who seeks the Golden Fleece after his fiancée is killed on their...

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Combat robots

Game released: PC → 3 April 2009

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. — a dynamic flight simulator with first and third person views. The game takes place in the Middle East, Russia and Norway. In the...

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down

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

Game released: PC → 18 June 2009

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 65/100

A first-person tactical shooter set during U.S. military operations in Mogadishu in late 1993. Delta Force operatives and Army Rangers are sent to capture Somali...

Red Faction

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

Game released: PC → 6 August 2009

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Set on Mars, this first-person science-fiction shooter follows miners working for the Ultor Corporation, where a deadly plague and abuse by the guards fuel growing...

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

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

Game released: PC → October 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...

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...

NecroVisioN

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies

Game released: PC → 18 May 2009

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 63/100

NecroVisioN is a first-person shooter that combines World War I combat with a story of supernatural evil. In 1916, young American Simon Bukner joins the British...

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...

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Sandbox, Tanks, Tactics, Open world

Game released: PC → 8 October 2009

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a tactical shooter with a first-person view, the events of which will tell about the military conflict on one of the islands...

Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 30 October 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Atmospheric psychological horror from the first person, set on the abandoned Soviet atomic icebreaker "Northern Wind," stuck in the Arctic ice. The main character...

Turok

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

Game released: PC → 15 September 2009

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Turok is a futuristic first-person shooter with stealth elements. You have to try on the role of a courageous mercenary named Turk, who, together with the Whiskey...

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...

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...

Wolfenstein

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 18 August 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Set in an alternate version of World War II, this first-person shooter follows OSA agent B.J. Blazkowicz as he battles Nazi troops, supernatural forces and weapons...

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...

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...

Fort Zombie

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Horror, In real time, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 October 2009

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 66/100

A role-playing strategy game about surviving a zombie apocalypse in the small American town of Piety, Indiana. The protagonist chooses a building to serve as a...

Battlestations: Pacific

Action, Shooter, Warships / Submarines, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Strategy, Simulation

Game released: PC → 12 May 2009

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Battlestations: Pacific is a realistic military simulator with first and third person views. You have to go to the historical battlefields of World War II and lead...

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

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

Game released: PC → 13 February 2009

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 78/100

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is a continuation of a dynamic first-person shooter with horror elements. The events of the game begin half an hour before the end of the...

Mini Ninjas

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Stealth

Game released: PC → 9 October 2009

Players: 9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Mini Ninjas is a third-person arcade action/slasher adventure where you take control of a ninja named Hiro. According to the plot, Hiro, together with his friends...

Zombie Shooter 2

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 December 2009

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 80/100

Zombie Shooter 2 is a furious shooter with role-playing elements and an isometric camera view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. In the game you can choose the...

Wings of Prey

Action, Simulation, Flight Simulator, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 6 August 2010

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This historical flight simulator focuses on large-scale aerial battles of World War II and military operations across Europe. In Wings of Prey, players pilot...

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...

Street Fighter 4

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 1 July 2009

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Street Fighter IV is a fighting game that returns the series to its classic two-dimensional combat, pairing familiar moves from Street Fighter II with...

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...

Ninja Blade

Action, Horror, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 31 October 2009

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Set in modern-day Tokyo, this action-adventure follows an outbreak of parasites known as alpha-worms, which spread east and threaten humanity. An elite team of...

Cannon Fodder

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 24 March 2009

Cannon Fodder is an isometric action game with a dash of strategy from the developers at Sensible Software. The game is published by Virgin Interactive...

Midnight Club 2

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

Game released: PC → 9 October 2009

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Midnight Club 2 is an arcade street-racing game set in the open cities of Los Angeles, Paris, and Tokyo. Players race against other drivers in cars and on...

Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Action, Online

Game released: PC → 15 February 2011

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

An expansion to Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath is a real-time strategy game set in the Tiberium universe, with Kane...

Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Open world, Online

Game released: PC → 12 March 2009

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 83/100

Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box is an expanded edition of the racing arcade game with a third-person view. The game is built on three main pillars, which should...

Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Star Wars, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 16 September 2009

Players: 8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Star Wars: Jedi Knight — Dark Forces 2 is an exciting action game with a first-person view in the Star Wars universe. As Kyle Katarn, you will master the...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2009 for PC