Action 2012 for PC — top best games in the Action genre

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - a game in the Action genre

Game released: PC → 21 August 2012

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) is a popular competitive team shooter with a first-person view. The main ideology is the confrontation between two teams...

Borderlands 2

Action, Shooter, Beat them all, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 17 September 2012

VGTimes: 9.4/10

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Borderlands 2 is a continuation of a dynamic cooperative shooter with a first-person view and role-playing elements in a post-apocalyptic world. A new era of...

Fallout: New Vegas

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

Game released: PC → 15 May 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Fallout: New Vegas is an adventure role-playing shooter with a first-person view in the post-apocalyptic Fallout universe. The events of the game will take you to...

Far Cry 3

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view

Game released: PC → 29 November 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Multiplatform shooter-action Far Cry 3 with RPG elements was released by Ubisoft in 2012 and immediately gained huge popularity. The game is dedicated to survival...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

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

Game released: PC → 12 November 2012

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A first-person shooter that continues the story of the series and combines events from two eras. The plot takes players from the end of the 20th century to the near...

Warface

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Free game

Game released: PC → 1 July 2014

Players: 5.2/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Warface — a free-to-play dynamic multiplayer first-person shooter. Players choose one of five classes — assault, medic, engineer, sniper, or SED — and fight in...

Sleeping Dogs

Action, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 13 August 2012

VGTimes: 9.6/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

The game takes place in Hong Kong from the perspective of secret agent Wei Sheng, embedded in the local triads. The game pays special attention to combat mechanics...

Walking Dead: Season 1

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie

Game released: PC → 24 April 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Walking Dead: Season 1 is an episodic third-person interactive adventure based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comics. The main character is a black guy named...

Risen 2: Dark Waters

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

Game released: PC → 26 April 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Diablo 3

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Beat them all, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 6 June 2012

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Diablo 3 is the long-awaited continuation of the isometric role-playing action game in the fantasy universe of Diablo. The events of the game take place twenty...

Max Payne 3

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 5 June 2012

VGTimes: 10.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Max Payne 3 is a continuation of the legendary action game with a third-person view. Max Payne, the famous fighter for justice, returns after several years. The...

Hitman: Absolution

Action, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 24 February 2013

VGTimes: 8.4/10

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Hitman: Absolution is a stealth action game with a third-person view. You play as the famous Agent 47. You are a global killer working for a mysterious Agency. But...

Spec Ops: The Line

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 25 June 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Spec Ops: The Line is an unusual cinematic third-person shooter that will force you to confront not only real opponents, but even your own principles. Get ready to...

Dishonored

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

Game released: PC → 12 October 2012

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Dishonored is a stealth action game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the plague-ridden fictional city of Dunwall, inspired by...

Torchlight 2

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

Game released: PC → 20 September 2012

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Torchlight 2 is a continuation of the action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The new heroes must navigate the path of...

Assassin's Creed 3

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 23 November 2012

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 84/100

An action-adventure game from a third-person perspective with stealth elements in a historical setting and an open world, Assassin's Creed 3 was released in 2012...

Prototype 2

Action, Beat them all, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 24 July 2012

VGTimes: 6.7/10

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Prototype 2 is a continuation of the action-slasher adventure with a third-person view in the open world. In the game you will try on the role of the new hero James...

Blades of Time

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

Game released: PC → 20 April 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 48/100

Blades of Time is an action-adventure slasher game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot tells about the brave hunter Ayumi, who goes on a journey...

Mass Effect 3

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

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

VGTimes: 8.3/10

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Mass Effect 3 is the final part of the space role-playing trilogy with a third-person view. Events begin with a devastating attack on Earth by an army of an ancient...

Serious Sam 3: BFE

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

Game released: PC → 2 December 2011

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Serious Sam 3: BFE is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter and sandbox from the Croteam Ltd. studio. The game is published by Devolver Digital, the...

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

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

Game released: PC → 9 February 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The story of the game begins with the amazing resurrection...

Driver: San Francisco

Arcade, Action, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 15 May 2012

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Driver: San Francisco is a continuation of the legendary arcade racing game with a third-person view in the Driver series. The game tells the story of the events...

Darkness 2

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

Game released: PC → 6 February 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Darkness 2 is a continuation of the fantastic first-person shooter in the Darkness universe. You will once again play the role of Jackie Estacado - the head of the...

Sniper Elite V2

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

Game released: PC → 4 May 2012

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Stay Out

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Online, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Beta testing: PC → 20 August 2012; Game in development: PC → 2026; Early Access: PC → 27 November 2019

Players: 5.7/10

Stay Out is a third-person multiplayer shooter in which you have to survive in the Exclusion Zone with your friends. You will find a large open world, a post-Soviet...

The Amazing Spider-Man

Action, Adventure, Fighting, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PC → 13 August 2012

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 64/100

The Amazing Spider-Man is a new chapter in the life of Spider-Man, based on the popular film of the same name. The plot of the game originates in the Oscorp...

Postal 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 2 November 2012

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 50/100

Postal 2 is an open-world satirical action-adventure game with a first-person view. The main character in the game is a certain Dude, who is used to solving his...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

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

Game released: PC → 26 June 2012

VGTimes: 7.4/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is a continuation of the third-person tactical shooter in the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon series. There is devastation in...

Darksiders 2

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 16 August 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.5/10

Darksiders 2 is a continuation of the action-slasher adventure game with a third-person view. The events of the sequel are directly related to the original plot of...

Alan Wake

Action, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 16 February 2012

VGTimes: 6.2/10

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Alan Wake is a horror action game with a third-person view. Strange events are happening everywhere, and our hero, writer Alan Wake, who is looking for his missing...

Castle Crashers

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 26 September 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Castle Crashers is a furious side-view co-op action game designed for 4 people. The game takes place in the fictional Middle Ages, in which an evil sorcerer steals...

Hotline Miami

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 23 October 2012

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Hotline Miami is a brutal and bloody top-down action game. You have to step into the shoes of a serial killer who kills hundreds of various bandits and simply not...

Darksiders

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

Game released: PC → 27 April 2012

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Darksiders is a third-person action game with some platforming and puzzle elements from the developers at Vigil Games. The game is published by THQ Inc. and THQ...

Hawken

Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Free game

Game released: PC → 12 December 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Hawken is a free-to-play competitive online shooter with a first-person view about combat robots. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which people...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Action, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based

Game released: PC → 8 October 2012

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Legend of Grimrock

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 11 April 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Legend of Grimrock is an action role-playing game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. A group of prisoners are sentenced to death by exile to the...

Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition

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

Game released: PC → 24 August 2012

VGTimes: 4.6/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition is a re-release of an action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting for PC. The game takes place in the...

FTL: Faster Than Light

Simulation, Action, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Strategy

Game released: PC → 14 September 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

FTL: Faster Than Light is a unique management simulator with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. The cruiser Kestrel was lucky to find out secret information...

I Am Alive

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 6 September 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

LEGO The Lord of the Rings

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, The Lord of the Rings

Game released: PC → 27 November 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

LEGO The Lord of the Rings is an arcade action adventure game with a third-person view in the Lord of the Rings universe. The game is based on the film adaptations...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2012 for PC