Action 2021 for PC — top best games in the Action genre / Page 6

Into the Pit - a game in the Action genre

Roguelike, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Action

Game released: PC → 19 October 2021

Players: 2.2/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Into the Pit is an indie roguelike with first-person shooter elements. As members of a family of knowledge-hunting mystics, you and your cousin Luridia separately...

Archvale

Arcade, Top-down view, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 2 December 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Archvale is a fun top-down arcade shooter with roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. Once upon a time, the fairy lands were ruled by an evil king who destroyed...

Of Bird and Cage

Arcade, First-person view, Interactive movie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Action, Indie, Music game

Game released: PC → 20 May 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 43/100

Of Bird and Cage is an interactive adventure with a first-person view. The game tells the dark story of Gitta Barbot, a 25-year-old drug addict who is trying to...

Glitchpunk

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Open world

Early Access: PC → 11 August 2021; Game released: PC → 16 October 2024

Steam: 47/100

The game takes place in a neon-lit cyberpunk future, where an android with corrupted code challenges the power of megacorporations and a totalitarian government...

Super Meat Boy Forever

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action, Runner

Game released: PC → 10 January 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Continuation of the hardcore arcade runner Super Meat Boy. The game has a full story, six new chapters and twice as many bosses. Meat Boy and Band-Aid Girl try to...

RONIN: Two Souls

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

Game released: PC → 27 May 2021; Early Access: PC → 18 February 2021

Players: 1/10

Steam: 79/100

RONIN: Two Souls is a third-person action-RPG slasher game that takes you to feudal Japan, where your survival will depend on your sword skills. The game uses a...

Kingdom Under Fire 2

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Strategy, MMO, Slasher, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game

Game released: PC → 18 November 2019; The project is closed: PC → 26 October 2021

Players: 5.1/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Kingdom Under Fire 2 is a multiplayer online game with elements of real-time strategy, role-playing gameplay, and slasher-style battles. Players have several...

The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos

Action, Shooter, Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), First-person view

Game released: PC → 17 March 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos — an expansion for the sci-fi RPG with a first-person view and elements of shooter, action, and stealth. The events revolve...

Quantum League

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

Game released: PC → 15 April 2021; Early Access: PC → 26 May 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Quantum League is a competitive first-person shooter, the main feature of which is games against time. The game takes place in an alternate universe where time...

Lost Ruins

Arcade, Side view, Anime / Manga, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Slasher, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 13 May 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lost Ruins is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with a retro theme. The girl wakes up in the twilight of the dungeon. She doesn't remember...

GAI Stops Auto: Right Version Simulator

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Arcade, Comedy, Open world

Game released: PC → 4 June 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 85/100

GAI Stops Auto: Right Version Simulator — a traffic cop simulator with a third-person view, similar to the GTA 5 series. The life of a virtual traffic officer is...

Prison Simulator

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Role-playing game, Casual game

Game released: PC → 4 November 2021

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Prison Simulator is an unusual simulator with a first-person view, where you have to try on the role of an ordinary employee of a real prison. Your task is to...

Rune Factory 4

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Farm Simulator, Adventure

Game released: PC → 7 December 2021

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A fantasy role-playing game with farming follows a hero who falls from the sky onto the back of the dragon Ventuswill and arrives in Selphia. Named the town’s...

Shadow Man Remastered

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 15 April 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Shadow Man Remastered is a remaster of the classic action-adventure game with horror elements and a third-person view. The main character of the game is Michael Le...

NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection

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

Game released: PC → 9 June 2021

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 76/100

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...

Firelight Fantasy: Resistance

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

Game released: PC → 11 July 2021

Steam: 77/100

Firelight Fantasy: Resistance — an adventure action game with a third-person view, featuring spectacular sword fights and good graphics, based on Norse mythology...

S.O.T.A 2

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Online, Third-person view, Free game, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 14 July 2021

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 59/100

A fan-made post-apocalyptic online shooter with an open world, RPG and survival elements, based on the books of the Strugatsky brothers and the cult series of games...

Rogue Company

Online, Shooter, Action, Third-person view, Free game

Game released: PC → 20 July 2020

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 74/100

Rogue Company is a multiplayer third-person shooter that supports cross-play on all platforms — PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. The heroes are hired...

Lamentum

Adult game, Adventure, Action, Side view, Indie, Puzzle, Survival horror, Exploration, Horror

Game released: PC → 27 August 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Lamentum is a dark side-scrolling action adventure game set in New England in the mid-19th century. The game tells the story of a young aristocrat named Victor. He...

Baldo: The Guardian Owls

Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 27 August 2021

Steam: 66/100

Baldo: The Guardian Owls is an action-adventure game with lots of puzzles for mobile platforms. You have to travel through the open world, fight enemies, including...

Song of Iron

Action, Side view, Card game, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Stealth, Adventure

Game released: PC → 31 August 2021

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Song of Iron is a dark side-scrolling action game developed by just one person: Joe Winter. The main character goes on an exciting and challenging journey to find...

Legendary Tales

Virtual Reality (VR), Action, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Fantasy, Medieval era, Adventure, Dungeons, Indie

Early Access: PC → 9 September 2021; Game released: PC → 8 February 2024

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 75/100

Players travel through dungeons and fight monsters. The combat system is based on physics, thanks to which gamers can feel the effect of actually using weapons...

Them and Us

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

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

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 75/100

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...

Sands of Aura

Role-playing game, Isometric, Action, Indie, Adventure, Fantasy, Dungeons, Exploration

Game released: PC → 27 October 2023; Early Access: PC → 21 October 2021

Steam: 77/100

Action role-playing game in an open world buried under sand dunes after a cataclysm occurred there. Most of the local inhabitants have lost their minds and are...

Propnight

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

Game released: PC → 1 December 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 62/100

Asymmetric multiplayer horror game in the spirit of Dead by Daylight from the creators of The Day Before. Four students try to escape from a killer. The game...

Solar Ash

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

Game released: PC → 2 December 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Solar Ash — the second game from Heart Machine studio, which released Hyper Light Drifter. The game takes place in a fantastical and mysterious world, enchanting...

Redout: Space Assault

Simulation, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 22 January 2021

Steam: 49/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Redout: Space Assault is a third-person sci-fi simulator set in the Redout universe. You have to take on the role of an orbital fighter pilot. The plot will tell...

DayEnd

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

Game released: PC → 6 August 2021

DayEnd is a post-apocalyptic shooter with horror elements and a third-person view, in which the majority of the Earth's population has turned into zombies due to...

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water

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

Game released: PC → 27 October 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is an atmospheric horror adventure with a third-person view. The plot revolves around three characters (Yuri Kozukata, Myu...

Kingdom Hearts 3 - Re:Mind

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

Game released: PC → 30 March 2021

Metacritic: 66/100

Kingdom Hearts 3 — Re:Mind is an add-on for an action role-playing game with a third-person view, representing a crossover between characters from Final...

Prime World

Online, Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 26 July 2013; The project is closed: PC → 31 March 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Prime World — action for several players. This is a game with a unique universe, where tactical session battles, castle management and hero development are...

First Class Trouble

Online, Action, Indie, Arcade, Third-person view, Survival

Game released: PC → 2 November 2021; Early Access: PC → 8 April 2021

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 78/100

First Class Trouble is an asymmetrical multiplayer action game with survival elements and a third-person view. The game takes place on a luxury space cruise ship...

Aluna: Sentinel of the Shards

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

Game released: PC → 26 May 2021

Steam: 76/100

Aluna: Sentinel of the Shards is a dynamic action role-playing game with an isometric camera view, the events of which will unfold in the jungles of South America...

Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper

Simulation, Action, Top-down view, Adventure, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op), Business / Management, Indie, Open world, Survival, Crafting

Game released: PC → 27 May 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 73/100

Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper is a continuation of the action-adventure sandbox with elements of a survival simulator and a top-down view. You will set out to...

Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 10 June 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This third-person action slasher follows ninja Ryu Hayabusa as he seeks a way to lift a curse on his right arm before it destroys him. Combat features different...

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...

Watch Dogs: Legion - Bloodline

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

Game released: PC → 6 July 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Watch Dogs: Legion — Bloodline is an expansion for the multi-genre sandbox game with a third-person perspective, Watch Dogs: Legion. In the story expansion, you...

Hunter's Arena: Legends

MMO, Online, Role-playing game, Third-person view, Action, Slasher, Cooperative (co-op), Fighting, Battle Royale

Early Access: PC → 15 July 2020; Game released: PC → 3 August 2021

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 59/100

Hunter's Arena: Legends is a multiplayer action role-playing game with battle royale elements and a third-person view in a fantasy setting. After a battle between...

PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls

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

Game released: PC → 13 August 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 52/100

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...

SICKO ISLAND

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

Game released: PC → 28 August 2021

Steam: 72/100

The main character crashes on an island with monsters. To survive and escape, he needs to solve all the puzzles and get to the main...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2021 for PC