Action 2017 for PC — top best games in the Action genre

Escape from Tarkov - a game in the Action genre

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Online, First-person view, Tactics, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 15 November 2025; Beta testing: PC → 28 July 2017

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Survival game with elements of first-person stealth shooter and RPG in a visual style of post-USSR, set in the fictional city of Tarkov. Players make forays into...

The Long Dark

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Exploration

Game released: PC → 2 November 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Post-apocalyptic action adventure with first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of pilot Will McKennzie, who caught his plane in a...

Fortnite

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

Game released: PC → 30 June 2020; Early Access: PC → 23 April 2018

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

The vast majority of the planet was destroyed by a cataclysm that caused strange, zombie-like creatures to appear. The survivors call them Husks. The last of...

NieR: Automata

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

Game released: PC → 17 March 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 86/100

NieR Automata is an action RPG with a third-person view. The game is a direct continuation of NieR. Events revolve around an alien invasion of Earth. Due to its...

Assassin's Creed: Origins

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 27 October 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Assassin's Creed: Origins — an action-adventure game with a third-person view in an open world set in the Assassin's Creed universe. The game takes place in ancient...

Resident Evil 7 Biohazard

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival horror, Adventure, Zombies, Horror

Game released: PC → 23 January 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

The main character Ethan receives a message from his girlfriend, who disappeared without a trace three years ago. She invites him to meet in the vicinity of the...

Call of Duty: WWII

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

Game released: PC → 2 November 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Call of Duty: WWII is the continuation of the popular first-person shooter in the Call of Duty series. The events of the new part will tell the story of the 1st US...

ARK: Survival Evolved

Online, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Shooter, Survival, Open world

Game released: PC → 27 August 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 56/100

ARK: Survival Evolved is an open-world action game with a first-person view and survival elements. You have to become a real dinosaur hunter. You will go to a large...

Destiny 2

Action, Shooter, Online, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Open world

Game released: PC → 23 October 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Released in 2017, Destiny 2 is a sequel to the MMOFPS from the first person Destiny. The last city of humanity fell under the onslaught of a massive army led by...

South Park: The Fractured but Whole

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Comedy, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 17 October 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 81/100

South Park: The Fractured but Whole is an action-adventure role-playing game in the South Park universe. The game continues the story of the previous part, South...

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

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

Game released: PC → 26 October 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a sequel to the jaw-dropping first-person shooter Wolfenstein: The New Order. America, 1961. Having killed the Nazi general...

House Party

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Adult game, Indie, Simulation, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 30 June 2017; Game released: PC → 16 July 2022

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 87/100

House Party is a dating simulator for adults with a first-person view and action elements. A party in an empty house, liters of alcohol and “ringing vulgarity...

Hollow Knight

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 24 February 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange creatures. A dark...

PUBG: Battlegrounds

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Free game, Tactics, Survival, Battle Royale

Game released: PC → 21 December 2017

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 81/100

PUBG: Battlegrounds is a free-to-play multiplayer tactical shooter in third-person perspective, where only the last surviving participant wins. In this survival...

ELEX

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Open world

Game released: PC → 17 October 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 62/100

ELEX is a role-playing action game with a third-person perspective set in a sci-fi environment, created by the makers of Risen and Gothic. A comet has struck the...

Middle-earth: Shadow of War

Action, Stealth, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 9 October 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Middle-earth: Shadow of War is a continuation of the action slasher with a third-person view Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Talion returns again as the main...

Prey

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Space, Horror

Game released: PC → 5 May 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Prey is a futuristic first-person shooter. The main character's name is Morgan. The year is 2034. The hero under your control will be on the space station Talos 1...

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Horror

Game released: PC → 7 August 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The game takes you on a dark and ruthless journey into the depths of the mind, where the lines between reality and madness blur. The story follows a warrior named...

Cuphead

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 29 September 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 87/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the style of classic animation from the 30s. The main character lost his life to the devil at dice, and is now forced to run...

Sniper Elite 4

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Online

Game released: PC → 14 February 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A direct sequel to Sniper Elite 3, in which the main character travels to Italy in 1943. He acts in the ranks of the Italian resistance and tries to free the...

For Honor

Action, Online, MMO, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 13 February 2017

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 78/100

For Honor is a competitive medieval-fantasy action game about sword fights and large-scale battlefields. You will take part in team battles for territory with many...

The Evil Within 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Survival horror, Open world

Game released: PC → 12 October 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Continuation of the action-horror with a third-person view. You are Detective Sebastian Castellanos, and you are at rock bottom. But when you get the chance to save...

Mass Effect: Andromeda

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Open world

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Mass Effect: Andromeda is a continuation of the space action role-playing game with a third-person view in the Mass Effect universe. Events take place after the...

Ravenfield

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Tactics, Sandbox, Action

Game released: PC → 18 May 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Ravenfield is a tactical shooter with a first-person view for single player play. Together with the blue men you have to destroy those annoying red men using...

World of Warships

Action, Warships / Submarines, Isometric, Historical, Free game, Tactics, MMO, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Shooter

Game released: PC → 17 September 2015

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A multiplayer online action game that immerses you in the world of large-scale naval battles of the first half of the twentieth century. More than a hundred...

Friday the 13th: The Game

Online, Action, Horror, Third-person view, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 25 May 2017

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Friday the 13th: The Game is an action-horror game played from a third-person perspective. The game will provide an opportunity to try on several roles. The first...

Injustice 2

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Comics, Side view, Online

Game released: PC → 1 December 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Injustice 2 is a sequel to the side-scrolling arcade fighting game set in the DC Comics universe. The plot continues exactly from the same moment where the first...

Styx: Shards of Darkness

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

Game released: PC → 14 March 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Styx: Shards of Darkness is a third-person stealth game set in a fantasy world. After the fall of the Akenash Tower from the first part, urgent matters forced Styx...

Darkwood

Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Survival, Simulation, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 17 August 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Top-down survival action-horror adventure. Events take place in a mysterious forest, where every night threatens to be the last. Players control a nameless hero who...

Bayonetta

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 11 April 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Bayonetta is a fantastic action-slasher game with a third-person view. Bayonetta is the only survivor of an ancient clan of witches that maintained the balance...

Crossout

Arcade, Action, Racing, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 26 July 2017

VGTimes: 7.5/10

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 68/100

The near future. During a global catastrophe, earthly civilization fell, leaving only rusty frames and dust. The few survivors turned the remnants of the old world...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands

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

Game released: PC → 6 March 2017

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands is the first military shooter in the history of the series in the open world, which can be played either alone or in the company...

Unturned

Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Sandbox, Survival, Zombies

Early Access: PC → 7 July 2014; Game released: PC → 7 July 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Unturned is a multiplayer sandbox action game with a first-person view. The main goal here is to survive by defending yourself from zombies and hostile players...

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Gold Edition

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Collection, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 12 December 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

An extended edition of the horror Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, which includes not only the original game, but also all additional content. Along with Ethan Winters...

Hello Neighbor

Action, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Sandbox, Free game, Adventure

Game released: PC → 8 December 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 40/100

Hello Neighbor! — adventure horror with stealth elements and first-person view. The game is about a guy who witnesses a terrible crime. While still a boy, he...

Battle Chasers: Nightwar

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 20 October 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Battle Chasers: Nightwar is a classic RPG in the style of Heroes of Might and Magic 3. You will explore dungeons, develop the abilities of your characters and move...

Shift Happens

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 22 February 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Shift Happens is a side-scrolling co-op arcade action platformer. The game tells the story of two jelly-like creatures named Bizmo and Plom. After the accident...

Slime Rancher

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Exploration, Adventure, Open world

Game released: PC → 1 August 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A bright first-person adventure that combines elements of farming, exploration, and arcade shooting. The action takes place on a distant planet where humanity has...

Outlast 2

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Indie, Survival horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 24 April 2017

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Outlast 2 is a continuation of the popular horror adventure with stealth elements from the developers from the Red Barrels studio. The events of the game are...

Agents of Mayhem

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

Game released: PC → 15 August 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Agents of Mayhem — sci-fi action game with a third-person view. The main characters are three fighting guys from the M.A.Y.H.E.M. Using their unique...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2017 for PC