Action 2018 for PC — top best games in the Action genre

Blade and Sorcery - a game in the Action genre

Action, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Virtual Reality (VR)

Early Access: PC → 11 December 2018

Players: 8.6/10

Blade and Sorcery is an exciting action game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Valve Index and...

Subnautica

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival, Open world

Game released: PC → 23 January 2018; Early Access: PC → 14 December 2014

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

A single-player adventure in a vast open world, with a first-person view, survival elements, and sandbox features. Playing the game will evoke feelings that arise...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world

Game released: PC → 13 February 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a medieval role-playing action game set in a fully open world with a first-person view. You will take on the role of a blacksmith's son...

Monster Hunter: World

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

Game released: PC → 9 August 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Monster Hunter: World is a fantasy role-playing action game with a third-person perspective, where you will hunt and capture various interesting monsters, such as...

The Forest

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival

Game released: PC → 30 April 2018

Players: 7.9/10

The Forest is an adventure action-horror game with survival elements set in an open world and presented from a first-person perspective. The main character is the...

Dead Cells

Action, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PC → 6 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

The main character tries to reach the end of a large castle, but on the way, he will encounter a whole horde of various monsters that will hit, throw, burn, and...

State of Decay 2

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 22 May 2018

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

State of Decay 2 is the continuation of a remarkable zombie action game with a third-person perspective and survival elements. Together with friends or in proud...

Far Cry 5

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 26 March 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Far Cry 5 is a continuation of the series of first-person adventure shooters. Welcome to the state of Montana — for the first time in the series, the game's events...

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

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

Game released: PC → 5 October 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a new game in the Assassin's Creed stealth-action series, set in Ancient Greece. Take fate into your own hands and write your own epic...

Deep Rock Galactic

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

Early Access: PC → 28 February 2018; Game released: PC → 13 May 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Deep Rock Galactic is a cooperative shooter in a fantasy setting. The player will take control of one of the members of an elite unit of mercenary miners, who will...

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

Game released: PC → 14 September 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is an action-adventure game with a third-person perspective that tells the story of Lara Croft's new adventures. Lara must navigate...

Raft

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Open world, Survival, Cooperative (co-op), Crafting

Early Access: PC → 23 May 2018; Game released: PC → 20 June 2022

Players: 7.9/10

An adventurous sandbox with survival elements and a first-person view. In the game, you will find yourself on a small raft that slowly drifts across the vast waters...

Vampyr

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

Game released: PC → 4 June 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Vampyr is a third-person action RPG from the creators of Life is Strange and Remember Me. London 1918... Spanish flu... it is unlikely that many people are able to...

Hitman 2

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 13 November 2018

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Hitman 2 is a direct continuation of Hitman in a new series of games about Agent 47 — the famous assassin who plays dress-up and spies. Players will unravel the...

SCUM

Online, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Free game, Survival, Cooperative (co-op), Open world

Early Access: PC → 29 August 2018; Game released: PC → 17 June 2025

Players: 7.8/10

A hardcore multiplayer survival game with elements of a reality show, where prisoners fight for freedom in front of an audience hungry for spectacle. Players find...

Dark Souls Remastered

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

Game released: PC → 23 May 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Dark Souls Remastered is a re-release of a hardcore role-playing action game with a third-person view set in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the...

Among Us

Science fiction, Action, Arcade, Isometric, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 16 November 2018

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Among Us is a casual multiplayer online game focused on social deduction. It is a simplified and fast-paced version of "Mafia": from 4 to 10 players try to survive...

Graveyard Keeper

Simulation, Action, Business / Management, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 August 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Graveyard Keeper is a simulator of a true medieval cemetery manager. In the game world, heroes await death in coffins and entire tombs of your cemetery. Each new...

Just Cause 4

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 4 December 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Just Cause 4 is a continuation of a series of dynamic action games in an open world with a third-person view. This time the main character will find himself in a...

Hades

Action, Isometric, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy

Early Access: PC → 6 December 2018; Game released: PC → 17 September 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 93/100

Isometric action-roguelike from the creators of Bastion and Transistor. The main character is the god Zagreus (the son of the ancient Greek god Hades), who...

Darksiders 3

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

Game released: PC → 27 November 2018

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Darksiders 3 is an action-adventure hack-and-slash game set in a post-apocalyptic world from a third-person perspective. In this new installment of the saga...

Fortnite

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

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

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Most of the planet was destroyed by a cataclysm, which led to the emergence of strange creatures resembling zombies. The survivors named them "brain-eaters." The...

Battlefield 5

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

Game released: PC → 22 October 2020

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Battlefield 5 is a first-person shooter in the popular Battlefield series. The action in the new installment unfolds during World War II. The multiplayer modes...

Rust

Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Crafting

Game released: PC → 8 February 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Rust has come a difficult path from the alpha version of another DayZ clone in 2013 to an independent survival simulator. The basics of the game are standard for...

Wreckfest

Arcade, Action, Racing, Beat them all, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 14 June 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Wreckfest is a dynamic racing action game with a third-person perspective from the creators of the original FlatOut (2004). In the game, you will control a car on...

Star Valor

Action, Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Top-down view, Shooter, Indie

Early Access: PC → 14 July 2018; Game released: PC → 3 August 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Star Valor is a dynamic top-down RPG shooter in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to control your own spaceship. An exciting journey awaits you through a vast...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Celeste is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creator of TowerFall. More than 250 levels await you, and the locations include abandoned cities...

Devil May Cry HD Collection

Action, Slasher, Collection

Game released: PC → 13 March 2018

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Devil May Cry HD Collection is a re-release of the first three parts of the legendary Devil May Cry series. The games are fully adapted to modern requirements, have...

Breathedge

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space

Early Access: PC → 13 September 2018; Game released: PC → 25 February 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Breathedge is a science fiction adventure action game with a first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of an ordinary guy and his pet who...

We Happy Few

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

Game released: PC → 10 August 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 64/100

We Happy Few is an adventure action-horror game with a first-person perspective and survival elements. During World War II, Nazi Germany captured Great Britain, and...

TerraTech

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

Game released: PC → 10 August 2018

Players: 7.8/10

TerraTech is an exciting sandbox where you can manage a fleet of unique cars and fight enemies for valuable resources. Particular emphasis is placed on...

DayZ

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

Game released: PC → 13 December 2018

Players: 7/10

DayZ is a multiplayer survival horror game with an open world. Before us is the post-Soviet country of Chernarus, which was struck by an unknown virus. Most of the...

Yakuza 0

Action, Adventure, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 1 August 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 87/100

An action adventure with fighting elements that takes you to the atmospheric Japan of the 1980s. The story introduces Kazuma Kiryu, who has just embarked on the...

Warhammer: Vermintide 2

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

Game released: PC → 8 March 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is a sequel to the cooperative first-person shooter Warhammer: End Times — Vermintide. The game takes place in the dark and gloomy...

Thief Simulator

Simulation, Action, Stealth, First-person view

Game released: PC → 9 November 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Thief Simulator is a dynamic first-person stealth simulator where you will become the best thief in the world. Observe your target and gather information that will...

Overcooked 2

Action, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 7 August 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Overcooked 2 is a continuation of the cooperative management strategy with an isometric camera view. You still have to prepare dishes in extreme conditions, when...

Edge Of Eternity

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Early Access: PC → 5 December 2018; Game released: PC → 8 June 2021

Metacritic: 64/100

Edge Of Eternity is a Japanese-style multiplayer action RPG with a first-person perspective. The main events take place on the planet Harion, which stands out for...

Death's Gambit

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 August 2018

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Death's Gambit is an arcade side-scrolling action platformer with RPG elements. You have to act as an agent of death, whose goal is to rid the world of “immortals...

For the King

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 19 April 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

For the King is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view and random level generation. You have to travel through an endless fantasy world. You can play...

Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 5 June 2018

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor — Martyr is a fantasy action RPG with a third-person view in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The action takes place between the...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2018 for PC