Action 2022 for PC — top best games in the Action genre

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

Game released: PC → 25 February 2022

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 95/100

An adventurous soulsborne action game set in a dark fantasy world by the creators of the Dark Souls series, featuring the author of "Game of Thrones." The focus is...

Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered

Action, Third-person view, Comics, Adventure

Game released: PC → 12 August 2022

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered is a visually and technically enhanced version of the adventure game Marvel's Spider-Man, where the player, in the role of...

Teardown

Action, Simulation, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Open world

Early Access: PC → 29 October 2020; Game released: PC → 21 April 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A heist simulator in which you can completely destroy the world around you using tools and weapons. Missions begin with exploration: the player can explore the area...

Sifu

Action, Third-person view, Indie, Beat them all, Roguelike, Adventure

Game released: PC → 8 February 2022

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Hurricane hand-to-hand combat with a multitude of enemies from the creators of Absolver. A young kung fu student embarks on a path of revenge. Chasing shadows...

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Open world, Medieval era

Early Access: PC → 30 March 2020; Game released: PC → 25 October 2022

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord is a continuation of the series of role-playing action games set in a fictional medieval world filled with battles. Horns are sounding...

Dying Light 2 Stay Human

Action, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Zombies, Cooperative (co-op), Parkour, Adventure

Game released: PC → 4 February 2022

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 76/100

A sequel to Dying Light with a new protagonist, characters, and setting, featuring a new storyline that expands the game universe. The formula of "zombies...

God of War

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 14 January 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 94/100

God of War is a continuation of Kratos' adventures in the slasher genre from a third-person perspective. The events unfold in the snowy mountainous region of...

Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PC → 18 November 2022

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales is the continuation of the third-person action-adventure game Marvel's Spider-Man. In the new game, you will take on the role...

Gotham Knights

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Open world, Comics

Game released: PC → 21 October 2022

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Gotham Knights is a cooperative online action game with role-playing game elements and a third-person view in a comic book setting. A large open world awaits you...

Grounded

Action, First-person view, Online, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting

Game released: PC → 27 September 2022; Early Access: PC → 28 July 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Grounded is a cooperative survival game from Obsidian. The plot tells about children who have shrunk to the size of insects. Now the grass seems huge to them, like...

Stranded Deep

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

Early Access: PC → 23 January 2015; Game released: PC → 11 August 2022

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Stranded Deep is an action-adventure game with a first-person view and survival elements. The plot centers on the main character, who, after a plane crash, is...

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...

Saints Row

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Adventure, Exploration, Comedy

Game released: PC → 23 August 2022

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 63/100

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Vampire Survivors

Action, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Casual game, Fantasy, Gothic

Early Access: PC → 17 December 2021; Game released: PC → 20 October 2022

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 87/100

A gothic action roguelike about vampires where players fight off hordes of monsters. All that is required of the player is to move around the arena and collect...

Dave the Diver

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Hunting / Fishing, Business / Management, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 26 October 2022; Game released: PC → 28 June 2023

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Pixel sea adventure in the mysterious Blue Hole. Players dive deep into the Blue Hole to find the most exotic species of fish and create the best sushi in the...

Soulstone Survivors

Role-playing game, Indie, Top-down view, Fantasy, Action, Roguelike, Shooter, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 7 November 2022; Game released: PC → 17 June 2025

Players: 9.5/10

An action RPG with roguelike elements, where the fantasy world is filled with hordes of monsters and giant bosses. The player becomes a Void Hunter, destroying...

V Rising

Isometric, Action, Slasher, Online, MMO, Fantasy

Early Access: PC → 17 May 2022; Game released: PC → 8 May 2024

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Players take on the role of a vampire awakened from centuries of sleep, stripped of his dark powers. To regain his strength and quench his thirst for blood, he...

Cult of the Lamb

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 11 August 2022

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Cult of the Lamb is a dark action roguelike with base building and dungeon crawling. The main character is an possessed lamb who was once saved from death by a...

Sniper Elite 5

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

Game released: PC → 26 May 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Sniper Elite 5 is a continuation of the sniper shooter with stealth elements in the popular Sniper Elite series of games. France, 1944. Sniper Carl Fairbairn makes...

Overwatch

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game

Game released: PC → 10 August 2023

Players: 5.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A team-based first-person shooter that continues the story of a future world experiencing a technological crisis from Overwatch 2016. The disbanded Patrol is a...

House Party

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Adult game, Indie

Early Access: PC → 30 June 2017; Game released: PC → 16 July 2022

Players: 6.6/10

House Party is a dating simulator for adults with a first-person view and action elements. A party in an empty house, liters of alcohol and “ringing vulgarity...

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Science fiction, Star Wars, Open world, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

Game released: PC → 5 April 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is an arcade action game with a third-person view in the popular Star Wars universe, which combines all the released films of the...

The Callisto Protocol

Action, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Stealth, Survival horror, Science fiction, Adventure, Horror

Game released: PC → 2 December 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Fantastic horror The Callisto Protocol is created in the mold of Dead Space: the cramped quarters of a distant space station are filled with biophage...

Lost Judgment

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Fighting

Game released: PC → 15 September 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Continuation of Judgment, a third-person adventure action game from the creators of the Yakuza series. The main character remains detective Takayuki Yagami, who...

The Planet Crafter

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

Early Access: PC → 24 March 2022; Game released: PC → 10 April 2024

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

An adventure survival simulator set on a hostile planet. The main task is to make the planet suitable for life. To do this, you have to explore it, collect minerals...

ELEX 2

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Action, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Open world, Exploration

Game released: PC → 1 March 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 67/100

ELEX 2 is a continuation of the role-playing action game with a third-person view in a science fiction setting from the creators of Risen and Gothic. In the...

Resident Evil Village Gold Edition

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

Game released: PC → 28 October 2022

Players: 7/10

The edition combines the original horror Resident Evil Village and all key additions, expanding the dark story of survival. Along with the classic campaign, the...

Ghostwire: Tokyo

Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Shooter, Mysticism / Supernatural, Open world, Exploration

Game released: PC → 25 March 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

The game takes place in modern Tokyo. The plot begins at the famous Shibuya pedestrian crossing, when in an instant absolutely all the inhabitants of the city...

Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection

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

Game released: PC → 19 October 2022

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection is a remaster of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and the standalone expansion Uncharted: The Lost Legacy for PS5 and...

Slime Rancher 2

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Fantasy

Early Access: PC → 22 September 2022; Game released: PC → 23 September 2025

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 76/100

New adventures of adventurer Beatrix LeBeau. The heroine travels to Rainbow Island, a mysterious land filled with ancient technology, unknown natural resources and...

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands

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

Game released: PC → 23 June 2022

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is a co-op looter shooter with RPG elements and a first-person view in the Borderlands universe. The game is dedicated to Tiny Tina, an...

A Plague Tale: Requiem

Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Stealth, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 17 October 2022

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 83/100

A Plague Tale: Requiem is the continuation of the third-person action-adventure A Plague Tale: Innocence. Amicia and her brother Hugo embark on a new journey. The...

Monster Hunter Rise

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy, Action, Open world, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 12 January 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 87/100

The action takes place 50 years after the great disaster. The hunters are faced with a new and terrifying monster that is ready to plunge everything around into...

My Time at Sandrock

Business / Management, Role-playing game, Third-person view, Simulation, Action, Adventure, Crafting, Open world

Game released: PC → 2 November 2023; Early Access: PC → 26 May 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

The ideological continuation of My Time at Portia. In concept, the game has hardly changed: an open world, your own workshop and farm, as well as another town in...

Weird West

Role-playing game, Isometric, Adventure, Action, Tactics, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 31 March 2022

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 77/100

The game takes place in the world of the unusual and gloomy Wild West, where sheriffs and bandits exist along with fantastic creatures. Players find themselves in a...

Rogue Legacy 2

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era

Early Access: PC → 19 August 2020; Game released: PC → 28 April 2022

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

One day, a brave knight gets to a mysterious place where some kind of devilry happened many years ago. Skeletons, ghosts and other evil spirits roam everywhere, and...

Goat Simulator 3

Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 15 February 2024

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Continuation of the crazy goat simulator. As in previous parts, the game has a lot of humor and crazy fun. The player finds himself in an open world filled with...

Death Stranding: Director's Cut

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

Game released: PC → 30 March 2022

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 87/100

An expanded and updated version of Death Stranding. The game features even more storylines, new missions, and expanded locations. As you progress, you will be...

Scorn

Action, Horror, First-person view, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 14 October 2022

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Scorn is a first-person horror adventure with survival elements inspired by the works of Hans Rüdi Giger and Alien. The game takes place in a terrible world...

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...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2022 for PC