Action 2021 for PC — top best games in the Action genre / Page 2

Skul: The Hero Slayer - a game in the Action genre

Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Early Access: PC → 19 February 2020; Game released: PC → 21 January 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Skul: The Hero Slayer is a side-scrolling pixel platformer. People have attacked the demon fortress and are trying to destroy their leader. Most of the inhabitants...

Farmer's Life

Action, Third-person view, Business / Management, Indie, Sandbox, Comedy, Farm Simulator, Open world

Early Access: PC → 5 August 2021; Game released: PC → 20 October 2023

Players: 7.8/10

A harsh farmer simulator that shows the very “dark” side of life on a garden plot. The main character is an alcoholic who sleeps in a dilapidated house hugging a...

ANVIL

Roguelike, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Online, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Top-down view, Shooter

Early Access: PC → 2 December 2021; Game released: PC → 27 July 2023

Players: 10/10

In the game, you can choose a destroyer hero and go to conquer the galaxy, destroying various monsters. As they progress, players will be able to profit from...

Alan Wake Remastered

Adventure, Action, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 5 October 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Alan Wake Remastered — a remaster of the atmospheric third-person action-adventure game. The game features updated graphics and all expansions, as well as developer...

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...

The Slormancer

Slasher, Role-playing game, Action, Side view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

Early Access: PC → 6 April 2021; Game released: PC → 13 May 2025

The Slormancer is a top-down adventure slasher role-playing game in a fantasy setting. In the game you will lead a brave squad of heroes and fight hordes of deadly...

Scarlet Nexus

Anime / Manga, Slasher, Action, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 25 June 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Scarlet Nexus is a colorful adventure slasher game with a third-person view in the Japanese style from the creators of the Tales of series. In the distant future...

Crysis Remastered Trilogy

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

Game released: PC → 15 October 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Crysis Remastered Trilogy — a remaster of the popular first-person shooter series in a science fiction setting, which includes enhanced versions of Crysis...

Biomutant

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

Game released: PC → 25 May 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Open world action RPG. The player takes on the role of a mutant who goes on a journey to save the world from a threat. The main character can mix up melee attacks...

Starsand

Action, First-person view, Simulation

Early Access: PC → 4 November 2021; Game released: PC → 17 November 2022

Players: 6.6/10

Starsand is an atmospheric action game with a first-person view and elements of a survival simulator with a large open world, in which you will find yourself alone...

Aliens: Fireteam Elite

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

Game released: PC → 24 August 2021

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a third-person cooperative shooter set in the sci-fi Alien universe. The game follows a team of three as they fight hordes of xenomorphs...

Tunguska: The Visitation

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 4 June 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Tunguska: The Visitation is an isometric action game in a fantasy setting, inspired by the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series of games. The game is dedicated to the Tunguska...

Tale of Immortal

Adventure, Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Fantasy, Open world

Game released: PC → 26 May 2023; Early Access: PC → 27 January 2021

Players: 8.8/10

An open world action RPG based on Chinese mythology and culture. The game has a character development system, a lot of text (the project is officially localized...

In Sound Mind

Action, Shooter, Puzzle, First-person view, Horror

Game released: PC → 28 September 2021

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

In Sound Mind is a psychological horror game with a first-person view. You wake up in the corridors of a strange building, where the environment takes on a life of...

Undying

Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Zombies

Early Access: PC → 19 October 2021; Game released: PC → 7 December 2023

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

An isometric zombie action game about a mother who is trying to protect her son from all the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world. The problem is that she has been...

PowerWash Simulator

Action, Shooter, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Casual game

Early Access: PC → 19 May 2021; Game released: PC → 14 July 2022

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

PowerWash Simulator is an unusual first-person simulator where you have to open your own wash to get rid of dirt and old stains with relief. As you progress, you'll...

Tormented Souls

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Action, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 27 August 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Tormented Souls is a third-person psychological horror game inspired by classic horror films Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Alone in the Dark. The main character is...

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...

Mr. Prepper

Simulation, Action, Business / Management, Side view

Game released: PC → 18 March 2021

Players: 8/10

Mr. Prepper is an interesting management simulator with survival elements and a side view. Events in the world heated up to the limit and the threat of nuclear war...

Rustler

Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Arcade

Early Access: PC → 18 February 2021; Game released: PC → 31 August 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Rustler is a fun arcade action game with an isometric camera view, the developers of which are inspired by GTA 2. The game takes place in the Middle Ages. An open...

HighFleet

Strategy, In real time, Side view, Futurism (Future), Action

Game released: PC → 27 July 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

HighFleet is a dynamic action game with elements of management strategy and a side...

NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...

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

Game released: PC → 23 April 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 82/100

NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... is a remaster of the third-person action RPG set in the fantasy world of NieR. The plot follows a young boy named Nier, who is...

Severed Steel

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 September 2021

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Severed Steel is a dynamic first-person shooter in which the main character is a one-armed girl who destroys entire squads of soldiers using different types of...

Until We Die

Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Side view

Game released: PC → 3 June 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Until We Die is an exciting action game with strategy elements and a side view, where you have to defend your base from the invasion of extraterrestrial monsters...

Tails of Iron

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

Game released: PC → 17 September 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Tails of Iron is a side-scrolling action-adventure game in a fantasy setting. Playing as Reggie, heir to the Rat throne, you will have to save your kingdom and...

Them and Us

Action, Indie, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Early Access: PC → 7 September 2018; Game released: PC → 28 September 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Them and Us is an action-adventure game with a third-person view and horror elements. The events of the game take place in 1978, when after a bus accident, a young...

Aragami 2

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

Game released: PC → 17 September 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Aragami 2 is a continuation of the atmospheric stealth action game with a third-person view in the Japanese style. You will play as the last elite warrior of the...

Bum Simulator

Simulation, Adventure, First-person view, Action, Survival, Comedy, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 26 August 2021; Game released: PC → 12 May 2023

Players: 7.1/10

An unusual survival simulator for a person without a fixed place of residence. The game takes place in a typical metropolis, somewhat reminiscent of a European...

Lawn Mowing Simulator

Simulation, Action, Indie, First-person view, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 10 August 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Lawn Mowing Simulator is an unusual simulator with a first-person view in which you have to professionally mow UK lawns. In the game you will create your own lawn...

Tunche

Arcade, Side view, Action, Adventure, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Slasher

Game released: PC → 2 November 2021

Metacritic: 68/100

Tunche is a side-scrolling action-RPG slasher game with co-op for up to four people. The game is based on an ancient legend of Peruvian folklore and will delight...

Savage Lands

Action, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 16 December 2021

Savage Lands is an action game with survival elements and a first-person view in a fantasy setting. A huge open world awaits you, where there is only one goal...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

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

Early Access: PC → 21 January 2021; Game released: PC → 22 June 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a dark fantasy setting. The setting is the fallen kingdom of Outland...

Thunder Tier One

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, In real time, Strategy, Free game

Game released: PC → 7 December 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Thunder Tier One is a top-down tactical shooter that features destructible environments, realistic gunplay and physics, a ten-mission story campaign, PvP mode (up...

Death's Door

Action, Slasher, Isometric, Adventure, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 20 July 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Death's Door is an adventure role-playing action slasher game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. Collecting the souls of the dead from bell to bell...

The Last Stand: Aftermath

Roguelike, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Shooter, Action, Survival, Adventure

Game released: PC → 16 November 2021

Players: 9.6/10

The Last Stand: Aftermath is a post-apocalyptic action game with roguelike elements and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in a world in which humanity...

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Action, Third-person view, Platformer, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 26 March 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is a continuation of the cult game from the 90s, telling about the next adventures of Crash and his younger sister Coco. The plot...

Saints Row: The Third Remastered

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Flight Simulator, Helicopters, Motorcycle racing, Tanks

Game released: PC → 22 May 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Saints Row: The Third Remastered is an updated version of the famous shooter Saints Row: The Third, released in 2011. The third part continues the story of the...

30XX

Arcade, Roguelike, Side view, Futurism (Future), Action, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Early Access: PC → 17 February 2021; Game released: PC → 9 August 2023

Metacritic: 84/100

Dynamic action-platformer inspired by the Mega Man series. The game is a direct sequel to 20XX. The events of the game begin with the protagonist awakening after a...

Eastern Exorcist

Action, Role-playing game, Side view, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Platformer

Early Access: PC → 14 August 2020; Game released: PC → 8 July 2021

Players: 5.8/10

Eastern Exorcist is a hardcore side-scrolling action RPG platformer in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to get used to the role of an experienced Chinese...

Bright Memory: Infinite

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

Game released: PC → 11 November 2021

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 65/100

The game follows the adventures of a girl named Shelia, who is an agent of the Supernatural Research Organization (SRO). One day, the organization manages to find...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2021 for PC