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

Steam: 85/100

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...

Warframe

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

Game released: PC → 25 March 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 91/100

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...

War Thunder

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

Game released: PC → 15 August 2013

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 4.3/10

Steam: 72/100

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...

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

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This first-person shooter is set in a post-apocalyptic world where the United States has been weakened by a catastrophic event and the Ghosts face a technologically...

Resident Evil 6

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

Game released: PC → 22 March 2013

VGTimes: 7.2/10

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 72/100

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...

Tomb Raider

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

Game released: PC → 4 March 2013

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 86/100

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...

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag

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

Game released: PC → 22 November 2013

VGTimes: 8.7/10

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

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...

Total War: Rome 2

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 2 September 2013

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

Warface

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

Game released: PC → 1 July 2014

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 61/100

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...

Rayman Legends

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

Game released: PC → 29 August 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

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

Game released: PC → 3 September 2013

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Outlast

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

Game released: PC → 4 September 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Sanctum 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op), Strategy

Game released: PC → 29 August 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A first-person shooter with tower defense elements, Sanctum 2 centers on protecting oxygen-producing Cores from alien creatures on the planet LOEK III. During the...

Batman: Arkham Origins

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

Game released: PC → 24 October 2013

VGTimes: 8.6/10

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes

Action, Third-person view, Open world, Adventure

Game released: PC → 22 October 2013

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

An open-world action-adventure set in the Marvel Universe follows an original story of superheroes facing off against villains. Players control Iron Man...

ArmA 3

Action, Shooter, Combat robots, Tactics, Online

Game released: PC → 12 September 2013

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

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...

Battlefield 4

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

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

VGTimes: 8.3/10

Players: 8/10

Steam: 83/100

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...

The Wolf Among Us

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Point & Click, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 11 October 2013

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A detective thriller with adventure elements based on the Fables comics, The Wolf Among Us takes place in Fabletown, where characters from fairy tales, legends, and...

Hitman: Absolution

Action, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 24 February 2013

VGTimes: 8.4/10

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

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...

Remember Me

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

Game released: PC → 6 June 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 80/100

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...

Injustice: Gods Among Us

Action, Fighting, Comics, Side view, Online

Game released: PC → 12 November 2013

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 82/100

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...

Dead Space 3

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 18 June 2020

VGTimes: 8.5/10

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A third-person science-fiction horror game about Isaac Clarke and Sergeant John Carver travelling to the icy planet Tau Volantis to find the source of the...

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, Comedy

Game released: PC → 14 June 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

BioShock Infinite

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 25 March 2013

VGTimes: 9.8/10

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 91/100

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...

How to Survive

Action, Horror, Hack and slash, Beat them all, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Zombies, Crafting

Game released: PC → 23 October 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This survival action game follows a shipwrecked castaway stranded on a remote island inhabited by monsters. To stay alive, the protagonist must find food and water...

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 22 August 2013

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 73/100

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...

State of Decay

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Survival, Open world, Zombies

Game released: PC → 5 November 2013

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This third-person action game with horror and survival elements takes place in an open world after a massive zombie outbreak. A small group of survivors must band...

Payday 2

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

Game released: PC → 13 August 2013

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Need for Speed: Rivals

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Open world, Online

Game released: PC → 19 November 2013

VGTimes: 5.8/10

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Set in the open roads of Redview County, this arcade racing game centers on the rivalry between street racers and the police. Players can take either side: racers...

Path of Exile

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

Game released: PC → 25 January 2013

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Comedy, Open world, Action

Game released: PC → 2 May 2013

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is a futuristic first-person shooter set in the Far Cry universe. The year is 2007. This is the future. The Earth has been ravaged by...

Tomb Raider (1996)

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

Game released: PC → 4 March 2013

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This third-person action-adventure follows Lara Croft as she searches for the pieces of an ancient artifact called the Scion. Her quest takes her through Incan...

Crysis 3

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

Game released: PC → 7 March 2013

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Cry of Fear

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Online

Game released: PC → 24 April 2013

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 87/100

This first-person psychological horror game unfolds in an abandoned town during a cold Scandinavian night. A young man searches for answers as he makes his way...

Aliens: Colonial Marines

Action, Shooter, Horror, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction

Game released: PC → 11 February 2013

VGTimes: 4.8/10

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 45/100

A science-fiction shooter with horror elements, Aliens: Colonial Marines follows a squad of United States Colonial Marines facing a Xenomorph infestation. Set in...

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Online

Game released: PC → 15 March 2013

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 52/100

This first-person tactical shooter follows a special-operations sniper on missions in modern combat settings. The protagonist operates in jungles, urban areas...

Rising Storm

Action, Shooter, DLC, In real time, First-person view, Online, Tactics

Game released: PC → 30 May 2013

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Rising Storm is a standalone expansion for the competitive team-based first-person shooter Red Orchestra 2. The game takes you to the Pacific theater during World...

Contrast

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 November 2013

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Contrast is a puzzle platformer that combines a three-dimensional fantasy world with a mysterious two-dimensional shadowscape. Its central mechanic is shifting...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2013 for PC