Action 2016 for PC — top best games in the Action genre / Page 3

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Casual game

Game released: PC → 10 October 2016

Steam: 62/100

Clockwork is a side-scrolling adventure arcade action platformer in a steampunk setting. The game takes place in the huge mechanical city of Watchtower and tells...

Donuts'n'Justice

Action, Indie, Arcade

Game released: PC → 22 November 2016

Steam: 79/100

Set in the 1980s, this side-scrolling arcade shooter follows two police officers taking on gangs, violence, and corruption. The player controls one of the cops and...

Fighters Unleashed

Action, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 27 December 2016

Steam: 61/100

This beat ’em up follows Alexia and Charlie, two people with special abilities on a mission to rescue Megan, who has been kidnapped for unknown reasons. They fight...

Time of Dragons

Free game, MMO, Action

Game released: PC → 1 February 2016

Steam: 62/100

This MMO shooter follows a conflict between two advanced races, the Neils and Atlans, in a fictional universe. Their military units are gigantic flying creatures...

Unravel

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Action

Game released: PC → 9 February 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Unravel is a side-scrolling arcade adventure with various puzzles. The platformer will tell the story of a knitted man — Yarny, who stretches like a ball with...

Slain: Back from Hell

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie, Slasher

Game released: PC → 24 March 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Slain: Back from Hell is an action-adventure platformer in a gothic setting. The story follows the doomed hero Bathoryn as he travels through a Gothic world and...

Zolg

Metroidvania, Adventure, Action

Game released: PC → 2 December 2016

Steam: 78/100

A minimalist top-down shooter in which the player explores levels, fights enemies, and takes on bosses. Five types of power-ups can be collected along the way...

Mobile Astro

Action, Indie, Arcade

Game released: PC → 16 December 2016

Steam: 72/100

A top-down arcade space shooter in which the player fights off waves of enemies to restore peace to the galaxy. Mobile Astro features ten stages and five boss...

Marvel Ultimate Alliance

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Comics, Adventure

Game released: PC → 26 July 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Marvel Ultimate Alliance is an exciting action role-playing game with an isometric camera view about Marvel superheroes. The game will allow you to create your own...

TOKYO WARFARE

Tanks, Action, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 29 July 2016

Steam: 80/100

This arcade tank combat game stages battles in Japanese city locations and across other maps, from deserts and snowy landscapes to fantastical arenas. The vehicles...

Mibibli's Quest

Action, Indie, Platformer

Game released: PC → 4 August 2016

Steam: 95/100

Mibibli's Quest is a retro-style surreal platformer in which the eight-bit hero Mibibli travels through time and explores nightmares. Its more than 20 levels take...

Masky

Casual game, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 December 2016

Steam: 80/100

A casual action game about dancing at an annual costume ball, where the goal is to invite more dancers and keep balance to mystic music. Other dancers’ masks have...

Super Blue Fighter

Indie, Casual game, Action

Game released: PC → 5 May 2016

Steam: 77/100

A casual arcade game about the Super Blue Fighters battling robots that have taken control of Earth. Players attack enemies when their color matches the star’s and...

Strike.is: The Game

Free game, MMO, Action

Game released: PC → 14 July 2016

Steam: 72/100

A multiplayer action shooter about cells that have learned to wield guns and fight one another. Players collect ammunition, choose from weapons with different...

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

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

Game released: PC → 27 May 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter is an action-adventure game with a third-person view. In the game you will find five cases that Sherlock Holmes and his famous...

The Solus Project

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Exploration

Game released: PC → 7 June 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Solus Project is an action-adventure game with a first-person view, in which the player will have to confront the forces of nature, explore the terrain of an alien...

How to Survive 2

Simulation, Action, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Zombies, Online

Game released: PC → 8 September 2016

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 67/100

How to Survive 2 is an isometric survival simulator with elements of horror and action in a post-apocalyptic setting. The world is filled with the living dead. You...

Vintage Story

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 27 September 2016

Players: 10/10

A hardcore sandbox survival game inspired by the ideas of classic voxel games in the spirit of Minecraft, but reimagined through the lens of realism and...

Planet Explorers

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Sandbox, Open world, Survival

Game released: PC → 8 November 2016

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 59/100

Planet Explorers is a free-to-play action role-playing game with a third-person view and survival elements in a sci-fi setting. The plot tells about the distant...

Arizona Sunshine VR Legacy

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Virtual Reality (VR), Zombies

Game released: PC → 16 October 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This first-person virtual reality shooter takes place in a post-apocalyptic southwestern United States overrun by zombies. After hearing a human voice on the radio...

Tribal Pass

Adventure, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 26 August 2016

Steam: 74/100

This tactical runner with resource management follows a tribe crossing hostile lands in search of a place to escape an approaching disaster. The tribe moves...

BioShock: The Collection

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

Game released: PC → 16 September 2016

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

A collection of the Bioshock series, which includes: BioShock Remastered, BioShock 2 Remastered and BioShock Infinite: Complete Edition. The games have improved...

Clustertruck

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

Game released: PC → 27 September 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Clustertruck is an arcade action platformer with a first-person view, in which the player has to stay on top of speeding long-range trucks. Jumping from one car to...

Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour

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

Game released: PC → 11 October 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour is an anniversary re-release of the first-person shooter Duke Nukem 3D for next-generation systems. The new part of...

Radiation Island

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Survival

Game released: PC → 30 November 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Radiation Island is an action-adventure game with a first-person view and horror elements. This is a game where you determine your own destiny in a huge open world...

Resident Evil: Origins Collection

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Collection, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 22 January 2016

Resident Evil: Origins Collection is a special edition that contains re-releases of two legendary games in the Resident Evil series. You can expect updated versions...

Overload Playable Teaser 3.0

Action, Free game, Online

Game released: PC → 8 March 2016

Steam: 93/100

This six-degrees-of-freedom shooter takes place in a fully 3D environment and centers on combat against robots. Overload Playable Teaser 3.0 is a demo of Overload...

Technomancer

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: PC → 28 June 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Technomancer — action role-playing game with a third-person view in a futuristic setting from the creators of Mars: War Logs and Bound by Flame. The game...

Assault Squad 2: Men of War Origins

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics, Action, Simulation

Game released: PC → 25 August 2016

Players: 8/10

Assault 2: Behind enemy lines. Inception is a remake of the popular real-time tactical strategy game Behind Enemy Lines 2. The game offers better graphics, improved...

123 Slaughter Me Street 2

Action, Horror, Adventure

Game released: PC → 1 November 2016

Steam: 88/100

This stealth horror game is a prequel to 123 Slaughter Me Street. The protagonist wakes up in a dark house with blood on their hands and only a flashlight, then...

Blitz Breaker

Indie, Action, Platformer

Game released: PC → 2 February 2016

Steam: 88/100

A fast-paced platformer about Blitz, a robot trying to escape the factory where it was built. Blitz cannot run: the robot can jump and perform an air dash in one of...

SUPERHOT

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 25 February 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 83/100

SUPERHOT is a first-person shooter-puzzle game from the Polish studio SUPERHOT Team. The main feature of the game mechanics is the passage of time — only...

Fallout 4: Automatron

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Combat robots

Game released: PC → 22 March 2016

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Fallout 4: Automatron is an addition to the post-apocalyptic action role-playing game in the Fallout universe. It will tell us about the invasion of robots into the...

Furi

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 5 July 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Furi is an action-slasher game with a third-person view from the French studio The Game Bakers. The main character, armed with a samurai blade, will confront...

Defense Zone 3

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 December 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 79/100

Defense Zone 3 Ultra HD is an indie tower defense strategy game with a top-down view in real time. This is a sequel to the famous Defense Zone strategy, only now...

Surfingers

Casual game, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 27 January 2016

Steam: 83/100

This arcade surfing game challenges players to travel as far as possible through hazardous settings, including oceans, snowy slopes, deserts and other worlds...

Roll'd

Casual game, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 April 2016

Steam: 78/100

An arcade endless runner with multiplayer in which the player controls the track rather than the runner. The aim is to keep the path level so the character can...

Hybrids Arena

Simulation, Action, Casual game

Game released: PC → 9 May 2016

Steam: 52/100

An action-oriented simulation game about combining animals into hybrids and pitting them against one another. The player selects two animals from a large roster...

Fallout 4: Far Harbor

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world

Game released: PC → 19 May 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Fallout 4: Far Harbor — addition to the post-apocalyptic action role-playing game in the Fallout universe. Players will have to go to the island of Far...

Deep Space Dash

Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 7 July 2016

Steam: 43/100

A futuristic runner with first- or third-person camera views follows a convict who has escaped his cell in an intergalactic high-security prison and become lost in...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2016 for PC (Game released)