Action 2021 for PC — top best games in the Action genre / Page 5

Simulation, First-person view, Action, Adventure, Free game

Early Access: PC → 26 May 2021; Game released: PC → 29 June 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Arid is a free action-adventure game with survival elements and a first-person view. The game will take you to the driest place in the world and face loneliness...

Boyfriend Dungeon

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

Game released: PC → 11 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Boyfriend Dungeon is an isometric action role-playing game in a fantasy setting. You can find powerful weapons in locked chests. But unlike other role-playing...

Beacon

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 15 December 2021; Early Access: PC → 27 February 2019

Players: 10/10

Beacon is an arcade action game with an isometric camera view set in a sci-fi environment. You will travel through a futuristic and rich world where you need to...

Suit for Hire

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Beat them all

Game released: PC → 20 June 2025; Early Access: PC → 31 August 2021

The main character is a cold-blooded mercenary who is entrusted with the most risky contracts. There is little ammunition, but there are plenty of enemies. You will...

Lumberjack's Dynasty

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Arcade, Adventure

Early Access: PC → 30 April 2020; Game released: PC → 25 February 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Lumberjack's Dynasty is a unique lumberjack simulator with a first-person view, where you have to build your own logging business and establish a strong company...

Unsouled

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

Early Access: PC → 17 November 2021; Game released: PC → 28 April 2022

Unsouled is an atmospheric top-down action RPG in a fantasy setting. The main character is the prince of a fallen kingdom who is able to absorb souls. This is what...

Steel Assault

Arcade, Platformer, Action, Side view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 28 September 2021

Metacritic: 76/100

Steel Assault is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the near future of post-apocalyptic America. You...

Flynn: Son of Crimson

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 15 September 2021

Flynn: Son of Crimson is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to the fabulous and beautiful island of...

Aeon Drive

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Cyberpunk, Side view

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Aeon Drive is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in a sci-fi setting. The action takes you to the neon-lit streets of Neo-Barcelona. You will try on the role of...

Skeletal Avenger

Arcade, Roguelike, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Action

Game released: PC → 29 September 2021

Players: 7/10

Skeletal Avenger is an arcade action RPG with roguelike elements and an isometric camera view. A huge arsenal of weapons and capabilities awaits you — you can...

Scrapnaut

Adventure, Simulation, Top-down view, Business / Management, Action, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Steampunk

Early Access: PC → 3 March 2021; Game released: PC → 15 September 2021

Scrapnaut is a fun top-down survival simulator in a steampunk setting. In the game you will explore a dangerous open world with different biomes. As you progress...

NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection

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

Game released: PC → 9 June 2021

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 72/100

NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection is a collection of iconic third-person action-slasher games for modern platforms, including NINJA GAIDEN Σ, NINJA GAIDEN Σ2 and...

Comanche

Action, Shooter, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters

Early Access: PC → 13 March 2020; Game released: PC → 26 August 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Comanche is a reboot of the popular series of helicopter simulators. The game will offer multiplayer battles on various helicopters from the near future. You will...

RICO: London

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

Game released: PC → 9 September 2021

RICO: London is a continuation of the cooperative arcade shooter with a first-person view and procedural level generation. This time you have to go to London on New...

Disjunction

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

Game released: PC → 28 January 2021

Metacritic: 69/100

Disjunction is an isometric action role-playing game inspired by cyberpunk style and old school games. The game takes place in 2048 in New York. You can decide for...

Pascal's Wager

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

Game released: PC → 11 March 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Pascal's Wager is a dark and atmospheric RPG. The world plunged into darkness after the sun stopped shining. Humanity had to use huge creatures to illuminate their...

Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-shot Adventure

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Beat them all, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 9 November 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-shot Adventure is a standalone and updated version of the fourth expansion for Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina's...

Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 23 February 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos is a top-down cooperative RPG adventure for up to four players. You will find a colorful roguelike with procedurally generated...

Cookie Clicker

Arcade, Action, Indie, Clicker

Game released: PC → 1 September 2021

Players: 8.2/10

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...

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Anniversary Edition

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Collection, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 11 November 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 73/100

The anniversary edition of the legendary first-person role-playing game The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. The edition includes all DLCs and over 500 paid mods from the...

UnDungeon

Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 18 November 2021

UnDungeon is a pixel action RPG with an isometric camera. The game takes place in a world after the so-called Great Shift, as a result of which several alternative...

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

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

Game released: PC → 16 November 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 74/100

An adventure detective story about the legendary Sherlock Holmes from the creators of The Sinking City. The game tells the story of the famous detective's earlier...

METALLIC CHILD

Action, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Slasher, Roguelike, Third-person view, Indie, Combat robots

Game released: PC → 15 September 2021

METALLIC CHILD is a whirlwind action-slasher with a third-person view and bagel elements in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will try on the role of the android...

Arboria

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

Early Access: PC → 7 May 2020; Game released: PC → 9 September 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Arboria is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in a dark underground world in which a certain Chosen One...

Twelve Minutes

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 19 August 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Twelve Minutes is an interactive top-down thriller that follows the relationship of a married couple whose lives are dramatically changed by a police officer who...

Blade of Darkness

Adventure, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 7 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Re-release of the classic action-slasher Blade of Darkness (2001), originally released in 2001. The game features support for widescreen monitors and resolutions...

Shattered: Tale of the Forgotten King

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, First-person view, Side view

Early Access: PC → 4 June 2019; Game released: PC → 17 February 2021

Metacritic: 68/100

Shattered: Tale of the Forgotten King is a side-scrolling action RPG platformer. Powerful creatures called Demiurges began to rule the world of Hypnos after the...

Retro Machina

Role-playing game, Indie, Isometric, Action, Adventure, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 12 May 2021

Retro Machina is an action-adventure game with role-playing elements and an isometric camera view. In a world long devastated, the last city remains. Protected by a...

Dwarf Journey

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

Game released: PC → 5 March 2021

Players: 8/10

Dwarf Journey is an adventure role-playing action platformer with roguelike elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. One look into the eyes of death forced...

Blaster Master Zero 3

Action, Arcade, Indie, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: PC → 29 July 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

Blaster Master Zero 3 is a sequel to the classic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You have to help Jason again, and this time go to the...

SYNTHETIK 2

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Roguelike

Game in development: PC → 2026; Early Access: PC → 11 November 2021

SYNTHETIK 2 is a continuation of the hardcore top-down shooter with roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. You will go to conquer a world captured by machines...

Embr

Arcade, Online, First-person view, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: PC → 23 September 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Embr is a first-person co-op action game where you become the best firefighter you can hire. Alone or together with your comrades, you will go to conquer burning...

Smelter

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

Game released: PC → 22 April 2021

Metacritic: 75/100

Smelter is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to try on the role of Eve, who came to the earthly world from Eden and...

The Eternal Cylinder

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

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 80/100

The Eternal Cylinder is a survival adventure game with a third-person view and an open world in a fantasy setting. The game takes place on an amazing planet, home...

8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure

Action, Adventure, Side view, Platformer

Game released: PC → 8 April 2021

Players: 9.9/10

8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with Metroidvania elements. In the game you will try on the role of the brave...

BoneTown: The Second Coming Edition

Role-playing game, Action, Adult game, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 8 June 2021

Players: 8.5/10

BoneTown: The Second Coming Edition — a re-release of the adult third-person adventure action game, inspired by the controversial Hot Coffee modification for...

Powerslave

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Powerslave is a classic old-school first-person shooter that originally came out back in the mid-90s on the Sega Saturn, MS-DOS, and the first PlayStation. In the...

New World: Aeternum

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 28 September 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 76/100

A multiplayer action role-playing game set in an alternate universe during the era of American colonization. The game world is filled with strange creatures, dark...

PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 13 August 2021

Players: 5.5/10

PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls is a multi-player co-op action adventure. Big city — big adventures. When Ryder and the PAW Patrol learn that Mayor...

R-Type Final 2

Action, Arcade, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: PC → 30 April 2021

Metacritic: 71/100

R-Type Final 2 is an arcade side-scroller with shooter elements and a space theme. It has been almost twenty years since the release of the last game in the...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2021 for PC