Action 2012 for PC — top best games in the Action genre / Page 3

Gotham City Impostors - a game in the Action genre

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

Game released: PC → 7 February 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Gotham City Impostors is a free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter based on the Batman comic book series. The game is designed for teams of 4 by 4 people. You...

Babel Rising

Arcade, Strategy, Action

Game released: PC → 7 August 2012

Steam: 43/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Babel Rising is a whimsical adaptation of the biblical context. During the construction of the city of Babylon, the people build a tower designed to reach the sky...

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...

Viking: Battle for Asgard

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

Game released: PC → 17 October 2012

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Viking: Battle for Asgard is an exciting third-person action game flavored with Scandinavian mythology from the creators of the Total War series. Ragnarok is...

Natural Selection 2

Shooter, First-person view, Online, Strategy, Action

Game released: PC → 30 October 2012

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A multiplayer first-person shooter with strategy elements, Natural Selection 2 is a revamped version of a Half-Life mod. The available information does not specify...

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...

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...

Afterfall Insanity Extended Edition

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: PC → 3 December 2012

Players: 4.9/10

Afterfall Insanity Extended Edition is a third-person action game with elements of shooter, horror and indie game from Intoxicate Studios. The game is published by...

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...

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 15 March 2012

Steam: 100/100

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron — in the previous part, ToyJam and Earl crashed on planet Earth, after which they were forced to look for a way to get...

Cannon Fodder 3

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Tactics, Action

Game released: PC → 9 February 2012

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 49/100

This tactical action game follows 500 conscripts sent into a war that reaches across the world and into space. They face terrorists equipped with advanced...

All Zombies Must Die!

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 12 March 2012

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 53/100

Metacritic: 64/100

This post-apocalyptic action shooter with role-playing elements follows four heroes—a gamer, a girl, a mad scientist, and an alien—as they face hordes of zombies in...

Prime World

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

Game released: PC → 26 July 2013

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...

Штрафбат

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Action

Game released: PC → 30 March 2012

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Penal Battalion is an exciting real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view. The events of the game take place during the Second World War. The plot is...

Fireburst

Arcade, Action, Racing, Adventure

Game released: PC → 25 April 2012

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 35/100

An arcade racer with combat elements, Fireburst sends vehicles onto tracks filled with shortcuts, obstacles and cooling zones. Players choose from 16 vehicles...

Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb

Action, Shooter, DLC, Third-person view, Top-down view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 29 May 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Galaxy on Fire 2

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

Game released: PC → 21 August 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Galaxy on Fire 2 - The game follows the adventures of Keith T. Maxwell as he is sent forward in time after his hyperdrive malfunctions due to damage from a skirmish...

Ys I & II Chronicles+

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 14 February 2013

Steam: 88/100

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 25 July 2013

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer that is the spiritual successor to 1987's Great Giana Sisters for the Commodore 64...

Mount & Blade Collection

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

Game released: PC → 13 March 2012

Players: 9.3/10

Mount & Blade Collection is a third-person role-playing game with action, massively multiplayer and fantasy elements from TaleWorlds Entertainment. The game is...

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...

Golden Axe 3

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

Game released: PC → 3 May 2012

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Golden Axe 3 is a fantasy action game about four heroes who oppose the risen Prince of Darkness, intent on conquering the world. Their goal is to stop him and...

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...

Thomas Was Alone

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 30 June 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Thomas Was Alone is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer with puzzle elements. In this game, you have to guide a group of rectangles through a series of...

I Wanna Be The Guy: Gaiden

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 14 July 2012

I Wanna Be The Guy: Gaiden is an arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer and fantasy game from developers from Kayin studio. The game is published by...

Tiny Troopers

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Tactics, Indie, Tanks, Warships / Submarines, Strategy

Game released: PC → 24 August 2012

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Tiny Troopers is an arcade indie action game with tactical elements and an isometric view. This game puts you in charge of a team of little soldiers. You must guide...

Crash Time - Undercover

Simulation, Racing, Online, Action, First-person view

Game released: PC → 28 September 2012

Steam: 82/100

Players take on the role of a police officer and take part in a dangerous covert operation to take down a criminal gang. A variety of cars and armored vehicles will...

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Comedy

Game released: PC → 3 October 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit is a frantic and bloody side-scrolling platformer set in Hell. You have to get used to the role of the demonic hare Ash, heir to...

Darkstone

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

Game released: PC → 25 September 2014

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Toy Soldiers

Action, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 27 April 2012

Players: 8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A strategy game with action and tower-defense elements, set on Europe’s trench-filled battlefields in a First World War toy diorama. Players command toy soldiers...

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...

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...

Combat Arms

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

Game released: PC → 26 July 2012

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 55/100

Combat Arms is a free-to-play competitive shooter with a first-person view. The game features more than 300 types of weapons, 34 maps, 12 game modes and 4,500,000...

Awesomenauts

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Free game, Side view, MOBA

Game released: PC → 23 June 2013

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Awesomenauts is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MOBA action game. The events of the game will take you to the distant year 3587, in which there is a great...

Clan of Champions

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

Game released: PC → 30 October 2012

Steam: 63/100

Clan of Champions — dynamic action game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. In the game you can choose a character from one of three available...

Wonder Boy in Monster World

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Side view, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 3 May 2012

Steam: 100/100

Monsters have overrun a fantasy land, leaving its citizens afraid for their lives as they wait for a hero to restore peace. Wonder Boy in Monster World is an action...

Retro City Rampage

Arcade, Action, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 9 October 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 73/100

This top-down arcade action game takes place in the open city of Theftropolis, where the protagonist’s crime spree is interrupted by “evil” do-gooders protecting...

Borderlands 2: Mechromancer Pack

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view

Game released: PC → 9 October 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Borderlands 2: Mechromancer Pack is an add-on for a dynamic cooperative shooter with a first-person view and role-playing elements in the post-apocalyptic world of...

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...

Cargo Commander

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 1 November 2012

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This futuristic action platformer follows a new Cargo Corps recruit sent into dangerous sectors of space to salvage valuable cargo from containers filled with...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2012 for PC (Game released)