Action 2016 for PC — top best games in the Action genre / Page 9

Cyber Chicken - a game in the Action genre

Game released: PC → 23 November 2016

Steam: 66/100

This side-scrolling action adventure follows a cybernetic chicken sent to suppress a cyberpunk revolt in a dystopian future New York City. After realizing he has...

Dungeon Souls

Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: PC → 2 December 2016

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Dungeon Souls is an isometric role-playing action game set in a fantasy world. As a brave hero, you will venture into randomly generated dungeons to battle...

Fist of Physics

Arcade, Fighting, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Virtual Reality (VR), Simulation, Boxing, Action

Early Access: PC → 15 December 2016

Steam: 75/100

Fist of Physics is a futuristic arcade fighting game with a first-person view for HTC Vive virtual reality devices. You will take part in exciting battles where...

Six Sides of the World

Logic, Puzzle, Science fiction, Arcade, Casual game, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 20 January 2016

Steam: 84/100

Six Sides of the World is an atmospheric arcade puzzle game in a sci-fi setting, where you will explore various cubic planets that are filled with various traps. As...

Move or Die

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Online, Action

Early Access: PC → 16 December 2015; Game released: PC → 21 January 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Move or Die is a fun side-scrolling arcade platformer for a noisy group. The game is a collection of mini-games in which several people can participate. Among the...

Spacejacked

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 26 February 2016

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 100/100

Spacejacked is an exciting arcade game with strategy elements in the tower defense genre with a side view. In the role of space engineer Dave Paprovsky, you have to...

Better Late Than DEAD

Action, Horror, Online, First-person view, Roguelike, Survival, Open world, Crafting

Game released: PC → 3 March 2016

Steam: 28/100

Better Late Than DEAD is a third-person action adventure with elements of horror and survival. The main character wakes up on an unknown tropical island with no...

Path of Exile: Ascendancy

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

Game released: PC → 4 March 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Path of Exile: Ascendancy is an addition to the fantasy action role-playing game Path of Exile. The update includes a new location, additional character abilities...

Moving Hazard

Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view

Early Access: PC → 10 March 2016

Moving Hazard-a multi-user online player with a first-person view, where the main enemies are the hordes of zombies. The game provides for command battles on large...

Adventure Time: Magic Man's Head Games

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 5 April 2016

Steam: 76/100

Adventure Time: Magic Man's Head Games — an arcade action-platformer with a third-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Samsung Gear...

Neon Space

Action, Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Tactics, Top-down view, Casual game

Game released: PC → 12 May 2016

Steam: 72/100

Neon Space is an indie action-adventure game with tactical elements and a top-down view. The goal of the game is to guide your little spaceship from one end to the...

She Wants Me Dead

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Music game, Side view

Game released: PC → 13 May 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 85/100

She Wants Me Dead is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. The main character Max has to jump and dodge the traps that his insidious and evil cat Lula has...

Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide: Drachenfels

Online, Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 May 2016

Steam: 84/100

Warhammer: End Times — Vermintide: Drachenfels is an addition to the cooperative first-person shooter Warhammer: End Times — Vermintide. It adds three...

Brigador: Up-Armored Edition

Arcade, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Action, Science fiction, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC → 2 June 2016

Steam: 94/100

Brigador: Up-Armored Edition — improved version of the original Brigador with refined controls, lighting, and revised mechanics. The main character is a heavily...

Bullet Force

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 14 June 2016

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 66/100

Bullet Force is an indie first-person shooter in the style of Counter-Strike. The game provides the player with ample opportunities to customize the character and...

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell

Arcade, Action, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Parkour

Game released: PC → 28 July 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is an arcade action platformer with a first-person view that combines the ideas of Quake 3 and the complexity of Super Meat Boy. The...

Running Gods

Arcade, Action, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 September 2016

Steam: 71/100

Running Gods — arcade action runner with a side view. You have to choose one of the mythical gods and go on an epic journey through 28 levels on 7 symbolic...

Twisty's Asylum Escapades

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 28 September 2016

Steam: 60/100

This 3D action-adventure with Metroidvania-like elements follows Twisty, a floating brain with teeth trying to escape from an insane asylum. He battles those intent...

Axe, Bow & Staff

Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: PC → 29 September 2016

Steam: 63/100

This fantasy pixel-art side-scroller combines runner mechanics with RPG elements and cooperative play. Players control heroes who battle enemies, support their...

Laser Disco Defenders

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Combat robots

Game released: PC → 6 October 2016

Steam: 81/100

Laser Disco Defenders is a colorful arcade shooter with a side view. The game is inspired by pop culture and science fiction of the 70s. You have to defeat the evil...

VERSUS SQUAD

Action, Indie, Zombies

Game released: PC → 26 October 2016

Steam: 77/100

This fast-paced top-down twin-stick shooter lets players build an arena and defend it from zombie mutants. Before a fight, players set their class, attributes and...

Hunger Dungeon

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Top-down view, Free game, Battle Royale, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 6 December 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 61/100

Hunger Dungeon is a free-to-play multiplayer action role-playing game with a top-down view and pixel graphics. The game is a good MOBA with dynamic battles and...

Earth's Dawn

Arcade, Role-playing game, Slasher, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 7 December 2016

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Earth's Dawn is a 3D side-scrolling arcade slasher game with a Japanese style and a futuristic setting. The events of the game tell about the struggle of humanity...

Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide: Karak Azgaraz

Online, Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 15 December 2016

Steam: 87/100

Warhammer: End Times — Vermintide: Karak Azgaraz is an addition to the cooperative first-person shooter Warhammer: End Times — Vermintide. It will tell...

Special Tactics

Online, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Tactics, Simulation, Free game

Early Access: PC → 14 January 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Special Tactics is a top-down multiplayer tactical shooter. The game is very much like Counter-Strike, just with a different perspective. The battles involve...

Deadly Tower of Monsters

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 19 January 2016

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Deadly Tower of Monsters is an arcade action game with an isometric camera view from the developers of Zeno Clash, Rock of Ages and Abyss Odyssey. Inspired by 50s...

Tiny Graveyard

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view

Frozen: PC → 26 March 2016

Tiny Graveyard — action-adventure game with a third-person view and role-playing game elements. In the role of the boy Kevin and his girlfriend Sarah, you...

Star Rogue

Free game, Space, Side view, Indie, Platformer, Science fiction, Roguelike, Action

Early Access: PC → 1 February 2016; Game released: PC → 15 August 2023

Steam: 91/100

The main character is a space marine who must clear the space station from hostile robots and aliens. In each playthrough, the hero encounters a different...

Level 22

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Isometric, Indie, Strategy

Game released: PC → 11 February 2016

Metacritic: 67/100

Level 22 is a fun adventure stealth game with pixel graphics. You will play as an office subordinate who, after a long party, overslept on his way to work. And now...

Cat on a Diet

Arcade, Logic, Side view, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 1 March 2016

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Cat on a Diet is a fun arcade puzzle game about a chubby cat named Meow, who needs to be helped to get into a jar of delicious cookies and other treats. The player...

Battlezone 98 Redux

Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 18 April 2016

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Battlezone 98 Redux is a re-release of the sci-fi action game with real-time strategy elements, released in 1998. The game takes place in the second half of the...

Masquerade: The Baubles of Doom

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

Game released: PC → 21 April 2016

Steam: 75/100

Masquerade: The Baubles of Doom is a colorful action game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game invites you to plunge into the fantastic world of...

Cornerstone: The Song of Tyrim

Action, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 April 2016

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Cornerstone: The Song of Tyrim is an open-world action adventure with various puzzles and dynamic battles. The events of the game tell the story of the mysterious...

Pharaonic

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Slasher, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 29 April 2016

Steam: 77/100

Pharaonic is a side-scrolling action RPG that will take players to Ancient Egypt. You have to explore the cursed kingdom to solve the riddle of the Red Pharaoh. The...

Slime of Fury

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game canceled: PC → 5 May 2016

Slime of Fury is a 2D side-scrolling arcade action platformer. The main character is a funny slimy creature named Slimy. You have to attack enemies with slime...

Mad Bullets

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

Game released: PC → 10 June 2016

Steam: 92/100

This first-person arcade shooter is set in the Wild West, where players take on enemies at high speed and climb the leaderboards. The cast includes desperados...

Pac-Man 256

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: PC → 21 June 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Pac-Man 256 is a continuation of the popular top-down arcade game starring Pac-Man. The game is made in an unusual style: the main character is followed by a wave...

Total War: Warhammer - Blood for the Blood God

DLC, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Strategy, Action

Game released: PC → 30 June 2016

Players: 1.1/10

Steam: 38/100

Total War: Warhammer — Blood for the Blood God — an addition to a fantasy strategy with game mechanics from the Total War game series in the Warhammer...

Score

Simulation, Action, Sports game, MMO

Early Access: PC → 5 July 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 46/100

Score is a football simulator where you compete for fame, glory and fortune on a global scale on the...

Space Rift

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Virtual Reality (VR), Simulation

Game released: PC → 2 August 2016

Steam: 72/100

Space Rift is a futuristic first-person adventure shooter for the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and PlayStation VR virtual reality devices. The game takes place in the...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2016 for PC