Action 2011 for PC — top best games in the Action genre / Page 3

Dungeon Keeper 2 - a game in the Action genre

Action, Strategy, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, God Simulator

Game released: PC → 25 August 2011

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Dungeon Keeper 2 is a continuation of the legendary real-time management strategy with an isometric camera view. As before, you have to try on the role of a...

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...

Unepic

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Metroidvania

Early Access: PC → 2 October 2011; Game released: PC → 25 July 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Unepic is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. You will play as Daniel, who, due to strange circumstances, finds himself in the ancient and...

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...

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...

NightSky

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 1 March 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

NightSky is an atmospheric 2D action-puzzle game about guiding a sphere through picturesque worlds using realistic physics. Each world is divided into areas with...

Alien Shooter 2: Conscription

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, DLC, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 January 2011

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 80/100

An isometric action game with RPG elements, this expansion for Alien Shooter 2 follows a war against alien invaders. Monsters are destroying cities and claiming new...

Post Apocalyptic Mayhem

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 11 June 2012

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Post Apocalyptic Mayhem is a dynamic racing arcade game with a third-person view in a post-apocalyptic setting. The events of the game take place after a global...

Star Control 2

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 21 April 2011

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Star Control 2 is a top-down action game with a dash of shooter and strategy from the masters at Toys for Bob. The game is published by Accolade, Inc.. Star Control...

Section 8: Prejudice

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

Game released: PC → 4 May 2011

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Section 8: Prejudice — The player can use Overdrive to move horizontally at superhuman speeds, or activate their jetpack to reach new heights. Rather than...

King Arthur's Gold

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Online, Construction

Game released: PC → 4 September 2011

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 82/100

King Arthur's Gold is a free-to-play side-scrolling pixel action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will travel back to the glory days of King Arthur, where you...

Guilty Gear XX #Reload

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

Game released: PC → 7 April 2011

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This anime fighting game features battles between more than twenty combatants, including hidden characters and EX variants. Each fighter has a range of moves and...

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...

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...

CrossFire

Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 9 December 2011

Players: 7.9/10

CrossFire is a free-to-play competitive multiplayer shooter with a first-person view. You will find yourself in the very center of the confrontation between two...

Sanctum

Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Top-down view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 15 April 2011

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Sanctum is a top-down tactical shooter with strategy elements in the tower defense genre in a sci-fi setting. As one of the first tower defense shooters in history...

Duke Nukem Forever (Balls of Steel Edition)

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

Game released: PC → 14 June 2011

Duke Nukem Forever (Balls of Steel Edition) is a first-person action game with shooter and adult game elements from the masters of 3D Realms Entertainment and...

JASF: Jane's Advance Strike Fighters

Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 2 March 2012

Metacritic: 41/100

JASF: Jane's Advance Strike Fighters is an action flight simulator focused on modern military aviation. The game can be played from either a first- or third-person...

Beat Hazard Ultra

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 16 June 2011

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 63/100

An expansion for Beat Hazard, Beat Hazard Ultra adds modes, enemies and customization options to the music-driven arcade shooter. Combat intensity and firepower...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → July 2011

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 43/100

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 — Harry Potter, along with Ron, Hermione (disguised as Bellatrix Lestrange) and Griphook, go to Gringotts Bank to...

Trapped Dead

Strategy, Horror, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Action, Zombies

Game released: PC → 25 February 2011

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 42/100

Metacritic: 50/100

A real-time tactical strategy game about surviving a zombie outbreak in the small town of Hedge Hill in the early 1980s. A virus arising from the creation of...

Might and Magic 8: Day of the Destroyer

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 23 March 2011

Players: 9.4/10

Might and Magic 8: Day of the Destroyer is a first-person role-playing game with a dash of action from the studio New World Computing, Inc.. The game is published...

Brink

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

Game released: PC → 9 May 2011

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Brink is an exciting, dynamic first-person shooter in a sci-fi setting that aims to combine single-player mode with co-op and competitive multiplayer. The game...

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Zombies, Open world

Game released: PC → 11 October 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record is a continuation of the zombie action game with a third-person view and horror elements. The events of the plot unfold in the same...

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...

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...

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...

Battle: Los Angeles

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

Game released: PC → 11 March 2011

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 5.8/10

Metacritic: 40/100

A first-person shooter based on the film Battle: Los Angeles, the game follows the defence of the city against attacks by unknown forces. Players take on the role...

Serious Sam Double D XXL

Arcade, Beat them all, Platformer, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 August 2011

Steam: 83/100

Serious Sam Double D XXL is a 2D action platformer in which Sam battles the army of Mental. The fight spans 18 levels across three worlds, from the pyramids of...

Rage: Anarchy Edition

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

Game released: PC → 3 October 2011

Rage: Anarchy Edition is a first-person action game with shooter elements from developers from the studio id Software, Inc.. The game is published by Bethesda...

Serious Sam: The Random Encounter

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Turn-based, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 24 October 2011

Steam: 49/100

Metacritic: 64/100

A turn-based role-playing game set in the pixel-art world of Serious Sam, where Sam and a band of mercenaries battle hordes of Mental’s creatures. Fights span three...

Sonic 3 and Knuckles

Arcade, Action, Platformer

Game released: PC → 26 January 2011

Players: 7.1/10

Sonic 3 and Knuckles — following the West Side Island incident, Dr. Robotnik's Death Egg falls from orbit and collides with the Floating Island along the way...

Pandora Saga

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

Game released: PC → 1 March 2012

Players: 8.4/10

Pandora Saga is a third-person role-playing game with action, massively multiplayer and fantasy elements from the developers of Headlock Corporation and Rosso...

Space Channel 5: Part 2

Action, Music game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 4 March 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 5 April 2011

Players: 4.4/10

Steam: 25/100

Metacritic: 34/100

A third-person action shooter about covert operations in 2025, as conflicts erupt over dwindling natural resources. ISA agent Captain Myra Lee investigates how...

Avadon: The Black Fortress

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

Game released: PC → 2 May 2011

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This isometric fantasy role-playing game follows a servant of Avadon, a secretive organization of spies and assassins that protects the alliance of five nations...

Pirates of Black Cove

Action, Strategy, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 2 August 2011

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Pirates of Black Cove is a real-time management strategy game with RPG elements and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the 16th century, during the...

Arma: Cold War Assault

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Tactics, Simulation, Strategy

Game released: PC → 9 August 2011

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Arma: Cold War Assault is a tactical military shooter with a first-person view. The campaign's plot was based on a fictional conflict between NATO and the USSR...

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...

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...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2011 for PC