Action 2011 for PC — top best games in the Action genre / Page 2

Shadowgrounds - a game in the Action genre

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 3 March 2011

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This top-down science-fiction action game follows a fight against an alien threat in the colony of New Atlantis. The protagonist battles monsters and large bosses...

BioShock 2

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

Game released: PC → 15 April 2011

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 88/100

BioShock 2 is an adventure shooter with a first-person view. On the streets of the city of Rapture, the echoes of past sins are heard again. All along the Atlantic...

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

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

Game released: PC → 27 October 2011

VGTimes: 5.6/10

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is a fantastic third-person shooter set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The game will tell the story of Captain Titus, a space...

Cars 2: The Video Game

Racing, Adventure, Action

Game released: PC → 23 June 2011

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 79/100

A racing adventure based on the Disney•Pixar animated film Cars 2 takes characters from the series to CHROME, an international training center where they prepare to...

TERA

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

Game released: PC → 14 September 2015; The project is closed: PC → 30 June 2022

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 73/100

TERA is a free-to-play multiplayer role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. In total, there are 7 races and 9 classes available in the game...

Cave Story+

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 22 November 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Cave Story+ is a supplemented and improved version of the arcade action-platform with the side of the Cave Story. You have to go to a fascinating world where an...

Crysis 2

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

Game released: PC → 24 March 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Crysis 2 is a continuation of the futuristic first-person shooter. Aliens have invaded the streets of New York, and only you have the weapon that can save the city...

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Historical, Open world, Parkour

Game released: PC → 29 November 2011

Players: 8/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Assassin's Creed: Revelations is a stealth action game with a third-person view in a historical setting. In this part of the series about the adventures of Ezio...

PAYDAY: The Heist

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

Game released: PC → 20 October 2011

Players: 7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A first-person cooperative shooter about a crew of four career criminals carrying out heists in pursuit of a big score. In PAYDAY: The Heist, players tackle six...

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Stealth, Simulation, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 11 January 2011

Players: 7/10

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy is a collection of legendary games from the GTA series, which includes Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City , and Grand...

E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy

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

Game released: PC → 29 July 2011

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 61/100

E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy is a futuristic shooter with a first-person view and role-playing elements in a cyberpunk style. You are a member of the secret society...

Trine 2

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

Game released: PC → 7 December 2011

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Trine 2 — is a 2D platformer in which the player controls three playable characters (the thief Zoe, the wizard Amadeus and the knight Pontius), solving...

Fable: The Lost Chapters

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

Game released: PC → 19 December 2011

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Fable: The Lost Chapters is an action-adventure role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You have to create your own life story from...

Two Worlds 2

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

Game released: PC → 3 February 2011

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Two Worlds 2 is a continuation of the adventure role-playing action game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Five years have passed since the events of...

Dungeon Siege 3

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

Game released: PC → 28 July 2011

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 54/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Dungeon Siege 3 is a continuation of the role-playing action game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. Legionnaires defended the people of Eb for...

Crazy Taxi

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Arcade

Game released: PC → 4 March 2011

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Crazy Taxi is a racing action game with a third-person view. In this game you have to drive a crazy taxi. The main goal is to deliver the client, for this you will...

L.A. Noire: Complete Edition

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Collection, Logic, Detective, Open world

Game released: PC → 11 November 2011

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Set in post-war Los Angeles during Hollywood’s Golden Age, this detective adventure follows Cole Phelps, an LAPD detective. Amid corruption and rising crime, he...

APB: Reloaded

Online, Action, Shooter, MMO, Free game, Open world

Game released: PC → 1 December 2011

Players: 9/10

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 56/100

This open-world multiplayer action shooter pits criminals against enforcers. Players choose a side: criminals cause chaos and make money, while enforcers work to...

Magicka

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Comedy, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 4 March 2011

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Magicka is a satirical action-adventure set in a fantasy world based on Norse mythology. A wizard from a mysterious order sets out to stop an evil sorcerer whose...

Air Conflicts: Secret Wars

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Historical, Simulation, Arcade

Game released: PC → 30 August 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 56/100

This arcade flight simulator stages aerial combat during World War I and World War II. Its seven campaigns, based on resistance movements of the Second World War...

DC Universe Online

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Comics, Free game, MMO

Game released: PC → 2 November 2011

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A massively multiplayer action RPG set in the DC Universe, where heroes and villains fight alongside iconic comic-book characters. Players choose a side and...

Rift

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

Game released: PC → 24 October 2013

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Rift is a free-to-play multiplayer action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Embark on a journey through the world of Telara, fight on...

Fable 3

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

Game released: PC → 17 May 2011

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Fable 3 is a continuation of the fabulous role-playing action game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place 50 years after the events of...

Disney Universe

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 18 November 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Disney Universe is a multiplayer action-adventure game with a third-person view set in the Disney universe. You'll play through levels based on famous animated...

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...

Rayman 2: The Great Escape

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 26 May 2011

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Rayman 2: The Great Escape is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view. The game takes place on a world called the Glade of Dreams and revolves...

Edge (2010)

Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 August 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A retro-styled platformer with puzzle elements in which the player controls a cube and rolls through levels. Along the way, the cube collects prisms and searches...

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 18 November 2011

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 is an adventure arcade action platformer with a third-person view in the Harry Potter universe. The game is based on the last three...

Painkiller: Redemption

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 25 February 2011

Players: 7/10

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 43/100

This first-person shooter continues the story of Daniel and Belial, who join forces for the first time to end the bloody conflict between Heaven and Hell. The...

Worms (1995)

Strategy, Third-person view, Turn-based, Online, Action

Game released: PC → 19 October 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Worms is a turn-based strategy game in which teams of worms battle across changing landscapes. Up to four teams can take part, with each aiming to be the last one...

Bloodline Champions

Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, MOBA

Game released: PC → 13 January 2011

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A team-based PvP MOBA built around short matches for up to ten players split into two teams. Combat depends on abilities and individual skill: every spell must be...

Arcania: Fall of Setarrif

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

Game released: PC → 24 October 2011

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 41/100

Metacritic: 41/100

This expansion to Arcania: Gothic 4 continues the Nameless Hero’s story as he and his allies confront a mysterious demon threatening the Southern Isles and the...

FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction

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

Game released: PC → 13 December 2011

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 18/100

Metacritic: 23/100

FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction is a continuation of the arcade racing game with destructive chases and a third-person view. Expect adrenaline-pumping races on crazy...

Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 13 September 2011

Players: 10/10

Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger is a first-person simulator with elements of action, shooter and flight simulator from the masters from the studio ORIGIN...

Sonic Generations

Action, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 3 November 2011

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Sonic Generations is a platform adventure spanning different eras of Sonic games. A mysterious power creates time holes that send Sonic and his friends into the...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 (2011)

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

Game canceled: PC → 9 December 2011

Anticipation Rating: 8.2/10

The canceled early version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. The project was frozen on December 9, 2011, and later canceled after the dissolution of GSC...

Cursed Crusade

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 23 September 2011

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 46/100

A third-person action game that combines medieval Europe with adventure and dark fantasy. Cursed Crusade is set in a world where a historical backdrop meets...

Orcs Must Die!

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 11 October 2011

VGTimes: 7.5/10

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Orcs Must Die! — a dynamic action game with a third-person view and elements of tactical strategy in the “tower defense” genre. You have to play the role of a...

Jurassic Park: The Game

Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Point & Click, Action

Game released: PC → 16 November 2011

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Jurassic Park: The Game is an exciting episodic interactive adventure with a third-person view, based on the Jurassic Park film of the same name. A completely...

Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blues

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

Game released: PC → 19 July 2011

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 82/100

An expansion for Fallout: New Vegas, Old World Blues sends the protagonist to the Big MT research crater, where the Think Tank—a group of post-human...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2011 for PC