Action 2012 for PC — top best games in the Action genre / Page 6

Incredipede - a game in the Action genre

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Construction, Action, Simulation

Game released: PC → 25 October 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Incredipede is a physics-based puzzle game about Quozzle, a creature who can grow arms and legs wherever needed. By changing her body, she takes the form of...

Uprising 44

Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Tactics

Game released: PC → 21 December 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 22/100

This third-person action game with real-time strategy elements is set during the Warsaw Uprising against Nazi occupation. Its story follows the Silent Shadows...

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...

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...

Happy Wars

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game

Game released: PC → 12 October 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 61/100

A multiplayer action game set in a fantasy world, where comical characters battle across varied locations, from grasslands to the ocean floor. Players can choose...

Borderlands 2: Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage

Action, Shooter, DLC, Hack and slash, First-person view, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 20 November 2012

Metacritic: 83/100

An add-on for Borderlands 2, this campaign follows the fight for the Big Loot on Pandora under Mr. Torgue. The enemies include hordes of Biker Bandits, and the...

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...

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning — Teeth of Naros

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

Game released: PC → 18 April 2012

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning — Teeth of Naros is a third-person role-playing game with action and fantasy elements from the developers of 38 Studios, Big...

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...

AirBuccaneers

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Indie, Free game

Game released: PC → 5 December 2012

Steam: 61/100

This multiplayer action game with strategy and role-playing elements sets airship battles in the ancient North, a once peaceful land now corrupted by magic. Players...

Really Big Sky

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Indie, Space

Game released: PC → 24 February 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 73/100

Really Big Sky is a third-person action game with shooter elements from the Boss Baddie studio. The game is published by Boss Baddie and...

Revenge of Shinobi

Arcade, Action, Platformer

Game released: PC → 2 May 2012

Steam: 71/100

An arcade platformer about the ninja Joe Musashi, who sets out to take revenge on the criminal syndicate Neo Zeed. The revived organization has killed his teacher...

Miner Wars 2081

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

Game released: PC → 28 November 2012

Players: 1/10

Steam: 35/100

Metacritic: 52/100

Set in 2081, ten years after the destruction of the Solar System’s planetary bodies, this space action shooter combines survival and role-playing elements. Players...

Guns of Icarus Online

Online, Action, Shooter, MMO, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Third-person view, Steampunk, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 29 October 2012

Players: 2.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Guns of Icarus Online is a multiplayer competitive action game with a third-person view in a steampunk style. The events of the game take place in a fictional world...

Age of Barbarian

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 7 December 2012

Steam: 77/100

A fantasy action platformer drawing on sword-and-sorcery adventures, the game is set in a world where reality blends with dreams. An ancient evil has awakened...

Bleed

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 December 2012

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This action platformer follows Wryn, a heroine who dreams of becoming the greatest videogame hero and sets out to challenge the heroes already celebrated as the...

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...

Miner Warfare

Indie, Casual game, Action

Game released: PC → 6 April 2012

Steam: 83/100

A local multiplayer 2D action game about miners competing to collect gold while disrupting one another’s work. In four-minute matches, up to eight players dig...

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...

Closure

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 January 2009

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Closure is a puzzle game built around manipulating light: in its dark world, only visible objects exist, and lighting shifts objects in and out of reality. The...

Super Crossfire

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Indie

Game released: PC → 5 January 2012

Metacritic: 85/100

Super Crossfire is a top-down arcade shooter in which the player pilots a ship against waves of enemies. Its central mechanic lets the ship switch between the top...

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Collector's Edition)

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

Game released: PC → 7 February 2012

Steam: 87/100

Set in the fantasy world of Amalur, this role-playing game follows a warrior resurrected from death and born without a predetermined fate. The hero explores lands...

Unmanned

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 15 February 2012

Unmanned is a first-person simulator with a dash of action and history from the developers of Molleindustria and No Media Kings. The main publisher of the game is...

Deep Black

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

Game released: PC → 18 April 2012

Metacritic: 47/100

This futuristic third-person action game takes place mostly underwater, where the player fights hostile enemies and infiltrates enemy bases. The available equipment...

Dead Horde

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Zombies

Game released: PC → 16 February 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 37/100

Metacritic: 45/100

This action arcade game follows a survivor of a mutant virus fighting to stay alive. Alone or alongside a partner, the player makes their way through city levels...

Blacklight: Retribution

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

Game released: PC → 3 April 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This first-person shooter is set in a futuristic urban warzone. Building on Blacklight: Tango Down, Blacklight: Retribution features combat with a wide range of...

Nexuiz (2005)

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

Game released: PC → 10 May 2012

Nexuiz (2005) is a first-person action game with shooter elements from developers from the studios Alientrap Games Inc. and IllFonic. The game is published by...

Sevencore

Online, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Free game

Game released: PC → 4 November 2014

Sevencore are third-person online games with a dash of action, massively multiplayer and free-to-play games from developers NoriaWorks Entertainment. The main...

Carrier Command: Gaea Mission

Strategy, Action, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 28 October 2012

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 51/100

Metacritic: 53/100

This science-fiction strategy game with action elements follows Lieutenant Myrik, commander of an armed carrier fighting for resources on the moon Taurus. After a...

War of the Roses: Kingmaker

Action, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 11 April 2013

War of the Roses: Kingmaker is a third-person action game with fantasy elements from Fatshark. The game is published by Paradox...

Adam's Venture: Episode 1 - The Search for the Lost Garden

Action, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 March 2012

Steam: 62/100

An adventure game combining puzzles with action-oriented gameplay, set in the 1920s. Young explorer Adam Venture deciphers relics in an old Templar church and...

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...

Soldier Front

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 24 July 2012

Soldier Front is a first-person action game with shooter elements from the masters from the Dragonfly studio. The main publishers of the game are Aeria Games &...

Sleeping Dogs: Nightmare in North Point

Action, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 30 October 2012

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 56/100

An expansion for Sleeping Dogs in which Wei battles supernatural forces threatening to take over the city. After his girlfriend is kidnapped, he fights his way...

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...

McDROID

Action, Strategy, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Combat robots

Game released: PC → 5 September 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 74/100

This science-fiction game blends arcade action, real-time strategy and tower defense. The modular robot McDROID must protect its shuttle and crops from mutants, and...

PixelJunk Eden

Action, Platformer, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 2 February 2012

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

PixelJunk Eden is an organic platformer set among vast gardens of vibrant otherworldly plant life. The agile Grimp swings, climbs and jumps through each stage...

Chester

Arcade, Indie, Adventure, Action

Game released: PC → 23 February 2012

Steam: 78/100

This arcade platformer combines action and adventure as Chester sets out to recover stolen cupcakes after a prank leads to burned buildings and shattered realities...

Mutant Storm: Reloaded

Arcade, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 March 2012

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This top-down arcade twin-stick shooter challenges players to survive 89 levels filled with hostile creatures. Players blast their way through waves of enemies...

Gettysburg: Armored Warfare

Online, Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, First-person view

Game released: PC → 27 March 2012

Gettysburg: Armored Warfare are first-person online games with action, shooter and strategy elements from the masters at Radioactive Software. The game is published...

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