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

Game released: PC → 2 February 2010

Players: 8.3/10

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...

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...

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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...

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...

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...

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...

Left 4 Dead 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 20 November 2009

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Resident Evil 5

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 18 September 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 11 November 2009

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Prototype

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Tanks

Game released: PC → 9 June 2009

Players: 8.5/10

Prototype is a third-person action game with shooter and tank simulator elements from the masters from the Radical Entertainment studio. The game is published by...

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PC → 1 May 2009

Players: 8.1/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Borderlands

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 15 February 2011

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 83/100

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...

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PC → 18 September 2009

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Risen

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

Game released: PC → 2 October 2009

Players: 8.7/10

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...

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 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...

Red Faction: Guerrilla

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

Game released: PC → 18 September 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Red Faction: Guerrilla is a third-person action game with a touch of shooter from the studio Volition, Inc.. The main publishers of the game are THQ Inc. and...

ArmA 2

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

Game released: PC → 31 July 2009

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 77/100

ArmA 2 is a first-person simulator with elements of action, shooter, strategy, flight simulator, helicopter simulator, sandbox and tank simulator from the Bohemia...

Mirror's Edge (2008)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Parkour

Game released: PC → 12 January 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Star Wars: Republic Commando

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

Game released: PC → 8 July 2009

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Star Wars: Republic Commando is a fast-paced first-person shooter set in the Star Wars universe. You have to try on the role of captain of an elite Commando squad...

Wolfenstein

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 18 August 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 5 March 2010

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a first-person action game with shooter elements from the masters from the studio Croteam Ltd.. The game is published by...

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

The Saboteur

Action, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 8 December 2009

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 74/100

The Saboteur is an action-adventure game with a third-person view. In this game you will have to avenge the death of your loved ones by tracking down their killers...

Torchlight

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

Game released: PC → 9 April 2010

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Torchlight is an action RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The city of Torchlight sits on a mountain that is the source of a magical resource...

Divinity 2: Ego Draconis

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

Game released: PC → 8 January 2010

Players: 7.6/10

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...

Driver: Parallel Lines

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 26 June 2007

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Driver: Parallel Lines is a racing action game with a third-person view. 1978 The main character, nicknamed "TK" (real name Terry Kiddams), comes from the provinces...

Condemned: Criminal Origins

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

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...

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down

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

Game released: PC → 18 June 2009

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Crash Time 2

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

Game released: PC → 27 August 2009

Players: 7.6/10

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...

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

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

Game released: PC → октябрь 2009

Players: 8.5/10

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...

TimeShift

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

Game released: PC → 19 August 2009

Players: 8.6/10

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...

The Godfather: The Game

Action, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 6 October 2009

Players: 9.2/10

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...

Manhunt

Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 2 October 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Manhunt is a third-person action game with a dash of horror and stealth from the developers at DMA Design Limited. The main publisher of the game is Rockstar Games...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2009 for PC (Game released)