Action 2018 for Xbox One — top best games in the Action genre

Red Dead Redemption 2 - a game in the Action genre

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world

Game released: Xbox One → 26 October 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 96/100

Continuation of the adventure action game from 2008 with a third-person view in a large open world. Players are once again invited to conquer the Wild West...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world

Game released: Xbox One → 13 February 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a medieval role-playing action game set in a fully open world with a first-person perspective. You will take on the role of a...

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

Game released: Xbox One → 14 September 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is an action-adventure game with a third-person perspective that tells about the new adventures of Lara Croft. Lara must navigate through...

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: Xbox One → 5 October 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a new game in the Assassin's Creed stealth-action series, set in Ancient Greece. Take fate into your own hands and write your own epic...

Fortnite

Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Tactics

Game released: Xbox One → 30 June 2020; Early Access: Xbox One → 23 April 2018

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Most of the planet was destroyed by a cataclysm, which led to the emergence of strange creatures resembling zombies. The survivors named them "brain-eaters." The...

Vampyr

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

Game released: Xbox One → 5 June 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Vampyr is a third-person action RPG from the creators of Life is Strange and Remember Me. London 1918... Spanish flu... it is unlikely that many people are able to...

Far Cry 5

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: Xbox One → 27 March 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Far Cry 5 is a continuation of the series of first-person adventure shooters. Welcome to the state of Montana — for the first time in the series, the game's events...

Death Road to Canada

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike

Game released: Xbox One → 8 May 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Death Road to Canada is a top-down action RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world. You will go to the center of a full-scale invasion of the living dead. Having taken...

NieR: Automata

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox One → 26 June 2018

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 86/100

NieR Automata is an action RPG with a third-person view. The game is a direct continuation of NieR. Events revolve around an alien invasion of Earth. Due to its...

Graveyard Keeper

Simulation, Action, Business / Management, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 15 August 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Graveyard Keeper is a simulator of a true medieval cemetery manager. In the game world, heroes await death in coffins and entire tombs of your cemetery. Each new...

No Man's Sky

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Open world

Game released: Xbox One → 24 July 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

No Man's Sky is an adventure simulator with a first-person view set in a futuristic environment. You will embark on a journey to explore space and planets, some of...

Warface

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

Game released: Xbox One → 9 October 2018

Players: 5.2/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Warface — a free-to-play dynamic multiplayer first-person shooter. Players choose one of five classes — assault, medic, engineer, sniper, or SED — and fight in...

Monster Hunter: World

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

Game released: Xbox One → 26 January 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Monster Hunter: World is a fantasy role-playing action game with a third-person perspective, where you will hunt and capture various interesting monsters, such as...

Final Fantasy XV

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Xbox One → 29 November 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Final Fantasy XV is a continuation of the popular role-playing action game with a third-person perspective set in the futuristic universe of Final Fantasy and is a...

Borderlands 2

Action, Shooter, Beat them all, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox One → 14 December 2018

VGTimes: 9.4/10

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Borderlands 2 is a continuation of a dynamic cooperative shooter with a first-person view and role-playing elements in a post-apocalyptic world. A new era of...

War Thunder

Action, Online, MMO, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Tanks, Free game

Game released: Xbox One → 19 June 2018

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 4.3/10

Metacritic: 79/100

War Thunder combines aviation, tanks, and ships in one combat space, offering historically accurate models of equipment and realistic damage physics. It is the...

South Park: The Fractured but Whole

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

Game released: Xbox One → 17 October 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

South Park: The Fractured but Whole is an action-adventure role-playing game in the South Park universe. The game continues the story of the previous part, South...

Far Cry 3

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view

Game released: Xbox One → 26 June 2018

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Multiplatform shooter-action Far Cry 3 with RPG elements was released by Ubisoft in 2012 and immediately gained huge popularity. The game is dedicated to survival...

Subnautica

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival, Open world

Game released: Xbox One → 4 December 2018; Early Access: Xbox One → 17 May 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

A single-player adventure in a vast open world, with a first-person view, survival elements, and sandbox features. Playing the game will evoke feelings that arise...

Call of Cthulhu

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Xbox One → 30 October 2018

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Call of Cthulhu is an action-adventure game with a first-person view and horror elements. The game is filled with a dark and oppressive atmosphere of the Lovecraft...

Battlefield 5

Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: Xbox One → 20 November 2018

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Battlefield 5 is a first-person shooter in the popular Battlefield series. The action in the new installment unfolds during World War II. The multiplayer modes...

A Way Out

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

Game released: Xbox One → 23 March 2018

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A Way Out is a cooperative adventure action game with a third-person view from the creators of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. You will play in split-screen mode as...

Sea of Thieves

Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox One → 20 March 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Multiplayer role-playing action with a pirate theme. Thanks to the extensive possibilities of the multiplayer mode, you and other players can manage a large pirate...

State of Decay 2

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

Game released: Xbox One → 18 May 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 68/100

State of Decay 2 is the continuation of a remarkable zombie action game with a third-person perspective and survival elements. Together with friends or in proud...

Hollow Knight

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 25 September 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 89/100

An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange creatures. A dark...

Dead Cells

Action, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 7 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

The main character tries to reach the end of a large castle, but on the way, he will encounter a whole horde of various monsters that will hit, throw, burn, and...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

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

Game released: Xbox One → 12 October 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is a futuristic first-person shooter in the popular Call of Duty series. The events of the game unfold in a near-future setting, where...

LEGO DC Super-Villains

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

Game released: Xbox One → 16 October 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 74/100

LEGO DC Super-Villains is an arcade action-adventure game with a third-person view in the DC comics universe. The story begins with the disappearance of the Justice...

Just Cause 4

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox One → 4 December 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Just Cause 4 is a continuation of a series of dynamic action games in an open world with a third-person view. This time the main character will find himself in a...

Darksiders 3

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Xbox One → 27 November 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Darksiders 3 is an action-adventure hack-and-slash game set in a post-apocalyptic world from a third-person perspective. In this new installment of the saga...

Dark Souls Remastered

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

Game released: Xbox One → 25 May 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Dark Souls Remastered is a re-release of a hardcore role-playing action game with a third-person view set in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the...

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: Xbox One → 11 April 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The game takes you on a dark and ruthless journey into the depths of the mind, where the lines between reality and madness blur. The story follows a warrior named...

Darkest Dungeon

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

Game released: Xbox One → 28 February 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Darkest Dungeon is a unique party RPG, where the skills of your heroes are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a very real...

Devil May Cry HD Collection

Action, Slasher, Collection

Game released: Xbox One → 13 March 2018

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Devil May Cry HD Collection is a re-release of the first three parts of the legendary Devil May Cry series. The games are fully adapted to modern requirements, have...

Attack on Titan 2

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

Game released: Xbox One → 20 March 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Attack on Titan 2 is a continuation of the dynamic action-slasher with a third-person view, where you will use the famous Omni-Directional Monoevuer Gear mechanism...

Devil May Cry

Action, Slasher, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox One → 13 March 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 84/100

LEGO The Incredibles

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: Xbox One → 15 June 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 69/100

LEGO The Incredibles is an arcade action adventure game with a third-person view, based on the cartoons "The Incredibles" and "Incredibles 2". You can go on amazing...

South Park: The Stick of Truth

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

Game released: Xbox One → 13 February 2018

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

South Park: The Stick of Truth is a role-playing adventure based on the animated series South Park. In the game you will take control of a new character, which you...

Overcooked 2

Action, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox One → 7 August 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Overcooked 2 is a continuation of the cooperative management strategy with an isometric camera view. You still have to prepare dishes in extreme conditions, when...

We Happy Few

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

Game released: Xbox One → 10 August 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 64/100

We Happy Few is an adventure action-horror game with a first-person perspective and survival elements. During World War II, Nazi Germany captured Great Britain, and...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2018 for Xbox One