Action 2012 for PC — top best games in the Action genre / Page 5

Tribes: Ascend - a game in the Action genre

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

Game released: PC → 12 April 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

This futuristic multiplayer shooter combines fast-paced combat with jetpacks, skiing, and vehicles. Matches emphasize teamwork and...

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Metroidvania, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 April 2012

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This 2D action-adventure with shooter and metroidvania elements follows a journey toward the center of the mysterious Shadow Planet. The protagonist explores...

Golden Axe 2

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 3 May 2012

Golden Ax 2 is a third-person arcade game with elements of action, fighting and fantasy games from the developers from the studio SEGA Enterprises Ltd.. The game is...

Super Monday Night Combat

Online, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Free game, MOBA

Game released: PC → 19 April 2012

Metacritic: 76/100

A third-person online shooter with character classes, Super Monday Night Combat builds on the original Monday Night Combat. It adds new classes, modes, and maps...

Batman: Arkham City - Harley Quinn's Revenge

Action, Stealth, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Free game

Game released: PC → 29 May 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 72/100

An expansion to Batman: Arkham City, in which Harley Quinn leads her own gang and lures Batman back into Arkham City to take revenge on the Dark Knight. As the...

Mass Effect 3: The Extended Cut

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game

Game released: PC → 26 June 2012

Players: 7.8/10

Mass Effect 3: The Extended Cut is a free addition to the third-person action RPG Mass Effect 3 that clarifies the ending of the game. An extended epilogue of the...

Slender

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → June 2012

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 6.7/10

Dark Scavenger

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 12 July 2012

Steam: 89/100

Dark Scavenger is a point-and-click role-playing adventure blending science fiction and dark comedy. A powerful space traveler is stranded on a mysterious alien...

Hard Reset: Extended Edition

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

Game released: PC → 12 July 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Hard Reset: Extended Edition is an expanded edition of a dynamic first-person shooter in a cyberpunk setting. The events of the game will take you to the distant...

Transformer: Fall of Cyberton

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

Game released: PC → 24 August 2012

Players: 10/10

Transformer: Fall of Cyberton is a third-person action game with a touch of shooter from developers from High Moon Studios and Mercenary Technology. The game is...

Dogfight 1942

Arcade, Flight Simulator, Simulation, Action

Game released: PC → 21 September 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 59/100

This arcade flight game features aerial combat and fighter missions across the major theaters of World War II. Players pilot historically accurate aircraft in...

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

Role-playing game, Online, Action, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 25 September 2012

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

An expansion for World of Warcraft set on the new continent of Pandaria. After stopping Deathwing's destructive rampage and saving the dragonflights, heroes explore...

Bit.Trip Core

Action, Music game, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 2 October 2012

Players: 5/10

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A retro arcade action-rhythm game inspired by 1980s games, with a modern twist. In Bit.Trip Core, players control two axes, unlike the single-axis controls of its...

R.A.W.: Realms of Ancient War

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Slasher

Game released: PC → 4 October 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 46/100

This fantasy action RPG in the hack-and-slash style takes place in a world devastated by an ancient war. In R.A.W.: Realms of Ancient War, players can choose a...

Toy Soldiers: Cold War

Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, Isometric

Game released: PC → 26 October 2012

Metacritic: 81/100

This action strategy game with shooter elements depicts a fictional Cold War in which toy armies from the USA and USSR come to life. Players command base defenses...

Legends of Dawn

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 October 2012

Steam: 26/100

Legends of Dawn is a role-playing game set in the world of Narr, where a darkness spreading from the ancient battlefield of Ashglades twists creatures into...

iBomber Attack

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 1 November 2012

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This top-down arcade action game sends the player across Europe in a tank to complete combat missions and destroy enemy installations. Targets include naval...

Prime World

Online, Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 26 July 2013; The project is closed: PC → 31 March 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Prime World — action for several players. This is a game with a unique universe, where tactical session battles, castle management and hero development are...

Confrontation

Strategy, Role-playing game, Action

Game released: PC → 4 April 2012

Steam: 36/100

Metacritic: 51/100

Set in the war-torn world of Aarklash, this action role-playing and strategy game follows a Griffin force on missions against the Scorpion, Wolfen, and Bran-Ô-Kor...

Panzar

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Free game

Game released: PC → 12 April 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 50/100

Panzar — shareware competitive action game with a third-person view. Intense team battles with other players await you, in the role of monstrous orcs. There...

Dynamite Jack

Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 10 May 2012

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This top-down action-adventure follows Jack, a space marine trying to escape the Anathema Mines. He can sneak past guards or use bombs to eliminate enemies, while a...

Ys Seven

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 30 August 2017

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This fantasy action RPG follows Adol Christin on an adventure in Altago, a port city that has recently reopened to foreigners after a war with the Romun Empire. Its...

Hard Reset

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

Game released: PC → 13 September 2011

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Hard Reset is a first-person cyberpunk shooter set in a future where, after a war with machines, only one human city remains on Earth. Major Fletcher, a soldier and...

Death Rally (Classic)

Action, Shooter, Racing, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 3 August 2012

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Death Rally (Classic) is a furious racing shooter with a top-down view, where you have to survive in battle against real death...

Battlefield 3: Armored Kill

Simulation, Action, Shooter, DLC

Game released: PC → 11 September 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An expansion for Battlefield 3 focused on large-scale battles fought with vehicles. Across four new maps, players can use tanks, ATVs, mobile artillery and other...

Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 October 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

An expansion for Serious Sam Collection, set during the events of Serious Sam 3: BFE. Sam and his team head to the Temple of Isis on the island of Philae, where...

Borderlands 2: Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty

Action, Shooter, DLC, Hack and slash, First-person view

Game released: PC → 16 October 2012

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This add-on for Borderlands 2 takes players to the hostile desert wastes of Pirate Bay in search of ancient treasure. Its campaign supports cooperative play for up...

Star Trek Online Episode 4: The 2800

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Shooter, MMO, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Free game

Game released: PC → 11 February 2012

Star Trek Online Episode 4: The 2800 is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of online play, action, shooter, massively multiplayer and free-to-play game...

GearGrinder

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

Game released: PC → 22 February 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

An action racing game about driving heavy trucks that can be transformed into combat vehicles. In GearGrinder, races can focus on speed or turn into battles with...

Mass Effect 3: From Ashes

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

Game released: PC → 6 March 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Mass Effect 3: From Ashes is an addition to the third-person role-playing action game Mass Effect 3. In addition, you will find a new mission on Eden Prime, new...

Top Gun: Hard Lock

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 13 March 2012

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 54/100

This arcade aerial shooter focuses on high-speed jet dogfights and draws on aviation action films. The game features the F-14 Tomcat, along with other licensed...

Warp

Arcade, Stealth, Action

Game released: PC → 13 March 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Warp is an arcade game with elements of a stealth game from developers from the Trapdoor studio. The main publisher of the game is Electronic...

Wizorb

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 7 November 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 80/100

An arcade game set in a fantasy medieval world, Wizorb combines classic block-breaking action with light role-playing...

Poacher

Action, Shooter, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view, Sports game

Game released: PC → 4 April 2012

Poacher is a first-person action game with elements of a shooter, hunting/fishing simulator and sports game from the Fully Ramblomatic studio. The game is published...

Blades of Time: Dismal Swamp

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

Game released: PC → 21 April 2012

Steam: 61/100

Blades of Time: Dismal Swamp is a third-person action game with a dash of fantasy from the developers at Gaijin Entertainment Corporation. The main publisher of the...

Pole Position 2012

Simulation, Action, Racing, Strategy, Sports game

Game released: PC → 20 April 2012

Be a leader! Race Manager 2012 is a simulator with a mixture of action, racing, strategy and sports game from developers from the studio destraX Entertainment...

Revelations 2012

Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 April 2012

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 55/100

This first-person shooter with strategy elements takes place in an alternate dimension where heroes battle gods who entered the human world through a portal...

Check vs. Mate

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Casual game

Game released: PC → 16 August 2012

Players: 7/10

Steam: 73/100

Mass Effect 3: Leviathan

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 28 August 2012

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Mass Effect 3: Leviathan is an addition to the third-person role-playing action game Mass Effect 3. In the addition, Shepard will be joined by an ancient reaper...

Fairy Bloom Freesia

Action, Fighting, Slasher, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 October 2012

Steam: 89/100

This action platformer with hack-and-slash elements follows the fairy Freesia as she defends Lita Forest from monsters and humans seeking its spirit stones, the...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2012 for PC