Action 2021 for PC — top best games in the Action genre / Page 3

Deathly Stillness - a game in the Action genre

Free game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Zombies, Online

Game released: PC → 4 September 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Deathly Stillness is a free-to-play post-apocalyptic shooter with a third-person view. The main opponents in the game are zombies. The main task is to clear all...

Tales of Arise

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 20 February 2024

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A large-scale role-playing action game in the Tales series, telling the story of two worlds — Dana and Rena. For centuries, the inhabitants of Rena oppressed the...

Patch Quest

Adventure, Roguelike, Shooter, Top-down view, Construction, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: PC → 2 March 2023; Early Access: PC → 7 May 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

The main character sets out to uncover the secrets of Patchlantis, and to do this he will have to explore a patchwork labyrinth, tame many monsters and upgrade...

Tormented Souls

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

Game released: PC → 27 August 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

The Riftbreaker

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Crafting, Survival, Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 14 October 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The Riftbreaker is a sci-fi action game with real-time strategy elements. You will take on the role of Captain Ashley Novak — Riftbreaker, an elite commando...

Rising Hell

Arcade, Side view, Action, Roguelike, Metroidvania, Platformer, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Demons

Game released: PC → 19 May 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Rising Hell is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. In the game you have to fight your way through hordes of bloodthirsty demons to...

Craftopia

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Open world, Crafting, Survival

Game released: PC → 5 July 2021; Early Access: PC → 4 September 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 79/100

Craftopia is an open world role-playing game. The game features multiplayer, co-op, hunting, fishing, construction, survival elements, the ability to drive...

Death's Door

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

Game released: PC → 20 July 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 93/100

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 Forgotten City

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

Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 85/100

The Forgotten City — a first-person adventure action game from the creators of the eponymous mod for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. The game's events revolve around...

In Silence

Horror, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure, Third-person view, Action, Stealth, Survival horror

Early Access: PC → 16 October 2020; Game released: PC → 30 October 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 72/100

In Silence is an atmospheric psychological action-horror game with a first-person view, designed for cooperative playthrough. One player takes on the role of a...

Psychonauts 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Comedy, Adventure

Game released: PC → 25 August 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Psychonauts 2 is a fantastic sequel to the third-person action platformer that takes players back to the world of psychonauts. The dream of the protagonist of the...

Teratopia

Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Platformer, Indie, Slasher, Arcade, Open world

Game released: PC → 20 January 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 83/100

Teratopia is an arcade platformer with cute graphics and orchestral music. Inspired by the best representatives of this genre, he tried to absorb that mischievous...

Love Tavern

Simulation, Side view, Adult game, Arcade, Anime / Manga, Business / Management, Strategy, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Construction

Early Access: PC → 31 July 2021; Game released: PC → 19 December 2023

Players: 6/10

Steam: 72/100

Love Tavern is a side-view arcade management simulator for adults in a fantasy setting. After a series of unfortunate events, you are called by a passionate goddess...

Bloodwash

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Old school, Walking Simulator, Survival horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 16 September 2021

Steam: 92/100

A pregnant student named Sarah has her washing machine break down, so late in the evening she has to go to a 24-hour laundromat on the outskirts of the city. The...

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

Steam: 78/100

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...

War Mongrels

Historical, Action, Strategy, Tactics, Adventure, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op), Stealth

Game released: PC → 19 October 2021

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 72/100

War Mongrels is an isometric real-time tactical strategy game set on the Eastern Front. The main characters are two Wehrmacht soldiers who decide to desert and join...

Cookie Clicker

Arcade, Action, Indie, Clicker, Casual game, Horror

Game released: PC → 1 September 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 96/100

An arcade clicker game where everything revolves around baking endless amounts of cookies. Every click brings a tasty reward, and the more cookies you bake, the...

Lost in Random

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

Game released: PC → 10 September 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Lost in Random is an action-adventure game with a third-person view. Players will find a mesmerizing magical world in which people's lives mean almost nothing...

This Land is My Land

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Strategy, Historical, First-person view, Online, Survival, Open world

Early Access: PC → 20 November 2019; Game released: PC → 20 October 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 67/100

This Land is My Land is a dynamic stealth action game with a third-person view in the open world of the American Wild West. The main character is the leader of an...

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

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

Game released: PC → 27 May 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 73/100

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is a sci-fi action game with a first-person view. The game will take you to a sci-fi universe where several factions fight each other for...

Bright Memory: Infinite

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

Game released: PC → 11 November 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

War on the Sea

Action, Flight Simulator, Warships / Submarines, Historical, Strategy, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC → 2 February 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 76/100

War on the Sea is a massive tactical strategy game in which you travel to the historic battlefields of World War II and lead your fleet to victory. The game offers...

Mr. Prepper

Simulation, Action, Business / Management, Side view, Survival, Crafting

Game released: PC → 18 March 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life

Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Open world

Game released: PC → 25 March 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is a continuation of the popular Japanese action series with a third-person view. The game follows Kiryu Kazuma's return to the...

SURV1V3

Virtual Reality (VR), Zombies, Action

Game released: PC → 20 June 2021

Steam: 82/100

SURV1V3 is a virtual reality first-person shooter about surviving a zombie outbreak. Set after the V1V3 virus has killed billions, its story follows a survivor...

Paint the Town Red

Arcade, Action, First-person view, Fighting, Online

Game released: PC → 29 July 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Paint the Town Red is an arcade action game with a first-person view in a pixel style. The action takes place in a bar, where your task is to deal with opponents in...

Samurai Shodown

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view, Action, Online

Game released: PC → 14 June 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 77/100

The game's plot unfolds between Samurai Shodown 5 and the original Samurai Shodown (1993). New and familiar characters with their own goals come together to...

FORECLOSED

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Comics

Game released: PC → 12 August 2021

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Foreclosed is a cyberpunk action game with a third-person view, stylized as a comic book. The game's protagonist, Evan Kapnos, has been stripped of his job, his...

Lake

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Simulation, Indie, Walking Simulator, Open world

Game released: PC → 1 September 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Lake is a story-driven postman simulator about a woman named Meredith Weiss. The heroine is forty years old, she returned home from the big city to help her father...

Eternium

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Free game, Fantasy, Slasher

Early Access: PC → 11 October 2021; Game released: PC → 21 August 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 77/100

A free action role-playing game set in a dark fantasy setting. Bloodthirsty evil spirits have overrun the world and are trying to wipe out humanity from the face of...

White Shadows

Adventure, Indie, Platformer, Horror, Stealth, Action, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 7 December 2021

Players: 5.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 73/100

White Shadows is an indie action adventure with platforming elements and a side view. Much time has passed since the Great War. Humanity is half human, half animal...

Praey for the Gods

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

Early Access: PC → 31 January 2019; Game released: PC → 14 December 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Praey for the Gods is an action-adventure game with a third-person view. The main character will have to survive on a snowy island full of dangers and huge titans...

Super Mecha Champions

Combat robots, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, MMO, Adventure, Free game, Battle Royale

Game released: PC → 25 March 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Super Mecha Champions is an anime-style action game about fighting robots. Players from all over the world descended on the futuristic city to battle in war...

Orcs Must Die! 3

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 23 July 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Orcs Must Die! 3 is a continuation of the tactical action game with elements of “tower defense” and a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The new part of the...

HighFleet

Strategy, In real time, Side view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 27 July 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

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

FOREWARNED

Horror, First-person view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Survival horror

Early Access: PC → 10 September 2021; Game released: PC → 25 April 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Asymmetrical action-horror survival game for 1-4 players with first-person view and support for virtual reality helmets. With friends or alone, players set out to...

Source of Madness

Arcade, Side view, Horror, Action, Roguelike, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania

Early Access: PC → 22 September 2021; Game released: PC → 11 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Source of Madness is an action-adventure game with roguelike elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the Claylands, the crazy world...

House Builder

Simulation, First-person view, Business / Management, Construction, Action, Educational game (Education), Free game

Game released: PC → 16 January 2024; Early Access: PC → 11 November 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 75/100

The main character is engaged in the construction of houses: from simple huts made of clay, to complex architectural solutions made from modern materials. The...

Chorus

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Science fiction, Flight Simulator, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 3 December 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Chorus is an adventure space shooter with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The main character is a girl named Nara, who was previously a member of a dark...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

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

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

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2021 for PC