Action 2012 for PC — top best games in the Action genre / Page 7

Shoot Many Robots - a game in the Action genre

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 6 April 2012

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Shoot Many Robots — This is a shooting game. Players start in a character's van, where they can equip their character with five items: one weapon with...

Receiver

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Simulation, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 18 June 2012

Steam: 86/100

A first-person shooter with roguelike elements, Receiver follows a player exploring a building complex overrun by automated turrets and hovering shock drones while...

Brick-Force

Online, Action, Shooter, MMO, First-person view, Logic, Mini-game / browser-based

Game released: PC → 13 July 2012

Players: 10/10

Brick-Force — This project combines the building capabilities of Minecraft and the tactical shooting of Counter-Strike. Each player can show their imagination...

Wanderlust: Rebirth

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

Game released: PC → 27 July 2012

Steam: 51/100

This action RPG is set in the fantasy world of Valandria, where heroes are summoned to Westhaven Arena to prove their worth. Their journey soon becomes a fight to...

Mari0

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: PC → 3 March 2012

Players: 9.5/10

Mari0 is an action game with a mixture of platformer and puzzle from the developers from the Stabyourself.net...

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...

Vectorman 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 3 May 2012

Steam: 83/100

An arcade platformer about Vectorman, who returns to Earth after a mysterious missile damages his ship. He lands near an abandoned research facility and sets out to...

ArmA 2: Army of the Czech Republic

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

Game released: PC → 13 September 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 68/100

ArmA 2: Army of the Czech Republic is an addition to the first-person tactical military shooter that adds the armed forces of the Czech Republic to the game. Two...

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...

Brawl Busters

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 21 April 2012

Brawl Busters is a third-person action game with a dash of fighting from the masters at SkeinGlobe Corporation. The game is published by Rock Hippo Productions Ltd...

Fray

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

Game released: PC → 8 February 2012

Steam: 1/100

Metacritic: 27/100

This tactical strategy game with shooter elements takes place in a dystopian 2098, where human interaction has largely moved into virtual reality and three...

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...

Lair of the Evildoer

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

Game released: PC → 8 March 2012

Lair of the Evildoer is a third-person action game with shooter elements from Going Loud Studios. The main publisher of the game is Going Loud...

Revenge of Shinobi (1989)

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 3 May 2012

Revenge of Shinobi (1989) is a third-person action game with a mixture of fighting and platforming from the developers of SEGA Enterprises Ltd.. The game is...

Tribes: Ascend

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...

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...

Moon Breakers

Simulation, Action, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game

Game released: PC → 17 May 2012

Moon Breakers is a simulator with elements of action, indie game and shareware from the masters from the Imba Entertainment studio. The game is published by Uber...

Adventures of Shuggy

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

Game released: PC → 13 June 2012

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A puzzle platformer about Shuggy, who inherits a castle inhabited by goblins, ghouls, zombies, and robots. To make his new home liveable, he explores more than 100...

Ixion Saga

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

Game released: PC → summer 2012

Ixion Saga is a third-person role-playing game with online, action, massively multiplayer and fantasy elements from developers Capcom. The game is published by...

Smashmuck Champions

Online, Action, Third-person view, Free game

Game released: PC → 1 September 2012

Smashmuck Champions is a free-to-play, third-person action-based online game from the developers at Kiz Studios. The main publisher of the game is Kiz...

Face Noir

Action, Adventure, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 July 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 59/100

A noir detective adventure follows private investigator Jack Del Nero, who is falsely accused of murdering the man who left a little girl in his care. The story...

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Special 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 who is the first to return from the dead and becomes caught in a war tearing the world...

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...

Warp (2012)

Action, Stealth, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 March 2012

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This sci-fi stealth-action puzzler follows Zero, an alien abducted from his home world by a general and taken to an underwater research facility. To escape, he...

Waveform

Action, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 20 March 2012

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Waveform — A unique side-scrolling rhythm puzzle game set in a sci-fi setting. You have to ride a beam of light and go to conquer various solar systems. As...

Valley Without Wind

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 April 2012

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 54/100

A 2D platforming action game with tactical combat and settlement building, Valley Without Wind takes place in a post-ice-age world in the distant future. Players...

Desolate Hope

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 25 April 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Desolate Hope is a unique action-platformer with role-playing elements, turn-based combat and a side view in a sci-fi setting. The action takes place on the...

Game of Thrones (2012)

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

Game released: PC → 8 June 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 54/100

A fantasy role-playing game set in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, it follows two former soldiers of Robert’s Rebellion who must reunite to confront a new...

Sub Rosa

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

Game released: PC → 19 July 2012

Steam: 67/100

A multiplayer first-person shooter built around tense deals, betrayal and shootouts that can spill into high-speed car chases. In World Mode, corporations compete...

GunZ: The Duel

Online, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game

Game released: PC → 24 July 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 42/100

GunZ: The Duel is an online third-person action, shooter and beat 'em up game from MAIET Entertainment. The game is published by MAIET Entertainment. Sometimes the...

Bunny Must Die

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer

Game released: PC → 11 September 2012

Bunny Must Die is an arcade game with a mixture of action, a game in the genre of "beat 'em all" and a platformer from developers from the Rockin' Android. The...

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Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 1 October 2012

Steam: 80/100

This downward-scrolling infinite platformer with roguelike elements revolves around descending into a dangerous pit: survival is impossible, but each attempt can...

Oddboxx

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Collection, Tactics

Game released: PC → 20 December 2012

Steam: 88/100

Oddboxx is a third-person action game with elements of adventure and tactical game from the masters from the studio Oddworld Inhabitants Inc.. The game is published...

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...

Scoregasm

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 February 2012

Steam: 85/100

This top-down arcade shooter sends the player through a galaxy connected by branching routes. Choosing a path reveals new levels and enemies, while encounters with...

Gemini Rue (Collector's Edition)

Action, Third-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Point & Click, Adventure, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 10 February 2012

Steam: 87/100

This science-fiction point-and-click adventure follows Azriel Odin, an ex-assassin who arrives on the rain-soaked planet of Barracus, and Delta-Six, who wakes up in...

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...

Revenge of Roger Rouge

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 8 April 2012

Revenge of Roger Rouge is an arcade game with elements of action, shooter, beat 'em all and fantasy games from developers from the studio Trazzy Entertainment. The...

Spaceforce Homeworld

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 July 2012

Steam: 25/100

An arcade shooter about humanity’s fight against invading alien forces on Earth and in space. Across more than 50 levels, the player shoots down enemies and dodges...

Rijn the Specpyre in... Manor of the Damned!

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

Game released: PC → 13 November 2012

Rijn the Specpyre in... Manor of the Damned! is an isometric RPG with action and fantasy elements from The Hideout studio. The main publisher of the game is The...

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