Action 2013 for PC — top best games in the Action genre

7 Days to Die - a game in the Action genre

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 13 December 2013; Game released: PC → 25 July 2024

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 41/100

Players find themselves in a world gripped by a zombie apocalypse, where the main task is survival. During the day, they search for resources, build shelters and...

Rayman Legends

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 29 August 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Rayman Legends is a continuation of the exciting side-scrolling arcade platformer Rayman Origins. Rayman and his friends find a mysterious tent in the magical...

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 22 November 2013

VGTimes: 8.7/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag is a stealth action game with a third-person view in a historical setting. In this part of the game, you will explore the Caribbean...

Tomb Raider (1996)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 4 March 2013

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 86/100

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...

Total War: Rome 2

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 2 September 2013

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Total War: Rome 2 is a continuation of one of the best global historical strategy games, released in 2004. Expect the largest turn-based campaign, as well as the...

Mortal Kombat (2011)

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

Game released: PC → 18 October 2013

VGTimes: 10.0/10

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Mortal Kombat (2011) is the ninth fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series. The game is both a continuation and a restart of the franchise. The game's plot begins...

Tomb Raider

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world

Game released: PC → 4 March 2013

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 8.7/10

The game reinterprets the story of Lara Croft, showing her not as an immortal legend, but as a living person, facing the wild and ruthless environment for the first...

Payday 2

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

Game released: PC → 13 August 2013

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Payday 2 is a continuation of the cooperative online shooter with a first-person view. The main characters are still four robbers, each of whom wears memorable...

War Thunder

Action, Online, MMO, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Tanks, Free game

Game released: PC → 15 August 2013

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 4.3/10

Metacritic: 79/100

War Thunder combines aviation, tanks, and ships in one combat space, offering historically accurate models of equipment and realistic damage physics. It is the...

Resident Evil 6

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 22 March 2013

VGTimes: 7.2/10

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Resident Evil 6 is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view in the popular Resident Evil series. Ten years have passed since that memorable night...

BioShock Infinite

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 25 March 2013

VGTimes: 9.8/10

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 94/100

BioShock Infinite is a continuation of the atmospheric first-person shooter, which tells the story of events before the first BioShock. The game will take you to...

Injustice: Gods Among Us

Action, Fighting, Comics, Side view

Game released: PC → 12 November 2013

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Injustice: Gods Among Us is an exciting side-scrolling fighting game about DC superheroes from the creators of the Mortal Kombat series. You have to defeat your...

Batman: Arkham Origins

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

Game released: PC → 24 October 2013

VGTimes: 8.6/10

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Batman: Arkham Origins is a continuation of the adventure stealth action game with a third-person view in the Batman Arkham universe. The game takes place seven...

Call of Duty: Ghosts

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

Game released: PC → 25 March 2014

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Call of Duty: Ghosts is a first-person action game with a dash of shooter from Certain Affinity, Infinity Ward, Neversoft Entertainment, Inc., Raven Software and...

Warframe

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 25 March 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 76/100

A dynamic online third-person action game where the warrior's journey takes place through an expansive interplanetary system torn by faction conflicts. Under the...

ArmA 3

Action, Shooter, Combat robots, Tactics

Game released: PC → 12 September 2013

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 74/100

ArmA 3 is a continuation of the series of military-tactical simulator with a first-person view. Europe, scorched by the war between NATO and Iran, is practically...

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...

Saints Row 4

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

Game released: PC → 19 August 2013

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Saints Row 4 is a continuation of the comedy action game in a large open world and a fantastic setting. The fourth part will continue the story of the Third Street...

Need for Speed: Rivals

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 19 November 2013

VGTimes: 5.8/10

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Need for Speed: Rivals is a third-person arcade game with simulation, action and racing elements from the masters of Criterion Games, EA Vancouver and Ghost Games...

Battlefield 4

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

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

VGTimes: 8.3/10

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Battlefield 4 is a sequel to the competitive first-person shooter set in the modern world. The world is on the brink of war. The situation in China is extremely...

Crysis 3

Action, Shooter, Stealth, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 7 March 2013

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Crysis 3 is a continuation of the popular first-person shooter with stealth elements. The game takes place 20 years after the events of the second part. Despite the...

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Legendary Edition

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

Game released: PC → 7 June 2013

Players: 8.8/10

Skyrim Legendary Edition is an enhanced edition of the role-playing fantasy game with an open world The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, including all released patches...

Dead Space 3

Action, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 18 June 2020

VGTimes: 8.5/10

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Remember Me

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Fighting, Third-person view, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC → 6 June 2013

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Remember Me is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a cyberpunk style. The game takes place in Paris in 2084, where the main character is a girl...

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes

Action, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 22 October 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

DmC: Devil May Cry

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

Game released: PC → 24 January 2013

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

DmC: Devil May Cry is a reboot of the popular series of action-slasher games with a third-person view, Devil May Cry. The game will take you to the fictional city...

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Action, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 22 August 2013

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist is a continuation of the spy stealth action game with a third-person view. A terrorist group calling itself "The Engineers...

Outlast

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 4 September 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Outlast is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game take place in the Mount Massive Asylum, which for a long time served as a home...

Aliens: Colonial Marines

Action, Shooter, Horror

Game released: PC → 11 February 2013

VGTimes: 4.8/10

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 45/100

Aliens: Colonial Marines is an action game with a mixture of shooter and horror from the Gearbox Software studio. The game is published by Sega, the game was...

Sanctum 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics

Game released: PC → 29 August 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Sanctum 2 is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter and tactical game from the masters from Coffee Stain Studios. The game's publishers are 5pb., Coffee...

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 14 June 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is a continuation of the Call of Juarez series — cult westerns with a first-person view. The game tells the story of bounty hunter...

State of Decay

Action, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 5 November 2013

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 79/100

State of Decay is a third-person action game with a touch of horror from the masters from the Undead Labs studio. The game's publisher is Microsoft. Overall, the...

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

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

Game released: PC → 3 September 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is a unique action-adventure game with many interesting puzzles. The story revolves around two brothers who must overcome obstacles and...

Path of Exile

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Hack and slash, In real time, Isometric, Free game

Game released: PC → 25 January 2013

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Path of Exile is a free-to-play action RPG with an isometric camera view. You are an exile trying to survive in the dark world of Wraeclast. Fighting for your life...

The Wolf Among Us

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 11 October 2013

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Bureau: XCOM Declassified

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

Game released: PC → 20 August 2013

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 6.9/10

Bureau: XCOM Declassified is a tactical action game with a third-person view in the XCOM universe. The plot of the game will tell you how the Federal Bureau of...

Shadow Warrior

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

Game released: PC → 18 October 2013

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Shadow Warrior is a dynamic shooter with fighting game elements and a first-person view, which is a restart of the 1997 game of the same name. You will see the...

Lost Planet 3

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

Game released: PC → 27 September 2013

VGTimes: 7.2/10

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Rogue Legacy

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

Game released: PC → 27 June 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2013 for PC