Action 2004 for Xbox — top best games in the Action genre

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - a game in the Action genre

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

Game released: Xbox → 31 October 2003

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 95/100

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a legendary spin-off of Grand Theft Auto 3, which developed the ideas and mechanics laid out in it, connected by common characters...

Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude

Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Adult game

Game released: Xbox → 5 October 2004

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 60/100

This adult comedy follows college student Larry as he juggles classes, fraternity affairs and odd jobs with parties and dating. When a dating show arrives on...

Grand Theft Auto 3

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

Game released: Xbox → 2 January 2004

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 95/100

Grand Theft Auto 3 is a continuation of the dynamic action game with a third-person view in the open world. Working for the mafia sooner or later ends in trouble...

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

Game released: Xbox → 13 October 2005

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view. The story of the game takes place several years after the...

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

Game released: Xbox → 20 February 2004

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Among the scorched sands of Persia, an ancient legend...

Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven

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

Game released: Xbox → 9 March 2004

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in an open world. The events of the game take place in the 30s of the last...

Silent Hill 4: The Room

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Logic, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Survival

Game released: Xbox → 27 September 2004

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Silent Hill 4: The Room is a mystical action-horror game with a third-person view and puzzle elements. The goal of the game is to help the character Henry Townsend...

Metal Slug 3

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Arcade, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox → 26 May 2004

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A 2D arcade run-and-gun shooter in which a soldier fights through stages filled with enemies and giant bosses. Metal Slug 3 features five large stages with...

Halo 2

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

Game released: Xbox → 11 November 2004

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Halo 2 is a continuation of the epic first-person shooter in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game continue the original story of the first part. The victory...

Manhunt

Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox → 20 April 2004

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This stealth action game with horror elements takes place in Carcer City, where James Earl Cash becomes the target of a brutal blood sport. After his life is...

ObsCure

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Third-person view, Survival horror, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox → 6 April 2005

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 65/100

After a friend disappears, five students are trapped inside Leafmore High School and set out to uncover the cause of the mysterious events there. ObsCure is a...

FlatOut (2004)

Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game, Online

Game released: Xbox → 12 July 2005

Players: 9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 71/100

FlatOut is a dynamic racing arcade game with a third-person view, the distinctive feature of which is the almost complete destructibility of objects (or interaction...

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Shooter

Game released: Xbox → 7 April 2005

Players: 10/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow — the gameplay is not much different from the 1st part of the series. The game's graphics have been slightly...

Arx Fatalis

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

Game released: Xbox → 28 January 2004

Players: 9/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Arx Fatalis is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game will take you to the wonderful world of Arx, where the main character...

Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy

Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Science fiction

Game released: Xbox → 2 September 2004

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Star Wars: Jedi Knight — Jedi Academy — third-person action game in the Star Wars universe. The plot of the game begins ten years after the events of...

Thief: Deadly Shadows

Action, Adventure, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Steampunk

Game released: Xbox → 25 May 2004

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Thief: Deadly Shadows is a continuation of the popular Thief series about the legendary thief Garrett. You will set off to conquer a gloomy world where steampunk...

Fable (2004)

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

Game released: Xbox → 5 October 2004

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

An action-adventure role-playing game where players create their own life story from childhood to death, from an inexperienced teenager to the most powerful warrior...

Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (Uncut and Uncensored!)

Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Adult game

Game released: Xbox → 5 November 2004

Players: 7/10

Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (Uncut and Uncensored!) is a first-person action game with adult game elements from High Voltage Software, Inc.. The main...

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Slasher

Game released: Xbox → 4 February 2004

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person fantasy action-adventure follows two vampires: Kain, an all-powerful demigod, and Raziel, a demonic angel of death. They travel through a world...

BloodRayne 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox → 17 February 2006

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 69/100

BloodRayne 2 is a continuation of the vampire action game with a third-person view and horror elements. The game takes place 70 years after the story told in...

Van Helsing

Action, Shooter, Horror, Fighting, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox → 14 May 2004

Metacritic: 64/100

Van Helsing is an action-adventure game with a third-person view, based on the film of the same name starring Hugh Jackman. You have to try on the role of the...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox → 2 June 2004

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) — the game is very similar to its predecessors, such as the Philosopher's Stone and Know Wonder's Chamber of...

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: Xbox → 28 June 2004

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This action-platformer based on the film Spider-Man 2 follows Spider-Man’s conflict with Dr. Otto Octavius, who becomes Doctor Octopus after four mechanical arms...

Star Wars: Battlefront (2004)

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Online, Science fiction

Game released: Xbox → 15 September 2005

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This science-fiction action shooter is set in the Star Wars universe and features battles from Episodes I through VI. Players choose from several soldier types and...

The Bard's Tale

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

Game released: Xbox → 26 October 2004

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The Bard's Tale is a fun role-playing adventure with an isometric camera view in the fantasy universe of The Bard's Tale. In the game you will try on the role of an...

Commandos 2: Men of Courage

Action, Strategy, Stealth, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics

Game released: Xbox → 6 February 2004

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Commandos 2: Men of Courage is a real-time tactical action and strategy game about an elite commando unit operating behind enemy lines during World War II. The team...

Beyond Good & Evil

Action, Shooter, Fighting, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: Xbox → 27 February 2004

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This science-fiction action adventure takes place on Hyllis, a planet under siege by an alien race. Young reporter Jade becomes involved with the rebel organization...

Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade

Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Slasher

Game released: Xbox → 10 April 2004

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade is a first-person action game with a dash of fantasy from the masters at Starbreeze Studios AB. The main publisher of the...

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Dungeons

Game released: Xbox → 6 February 2004

Players: 6/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2 is a top-down fantasy action RPG that will take gamers into the fantasy world of Forgotten Realms from the Dungeons & Dragons board...

Red Dead Revolver

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox → 26 May 2005

Players: 5.9/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Red Dead Revolver — the plot of the story begins in the 1870s. Nate Harlow and his partner "Griff" discover a large deposit of gold in an area called "Bear...

Driv3r

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

Game released: Xbox → 24 June 2004

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 51/100

Driv3r — The game offers you to complete 26 missions of varying difficulty in the role of police officer John Tanner, investigating a case of international...

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay

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

Game released: Xbox → 27 August 2004

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay — a bounty hunter named Jones brings Riddick, the main character of the game, to the maximum security prison...

Burnout 3: Takedown

Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox → 17 September 2004

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 94/100

Burnout 3: Takedown is a racing video game with arcade gameplay that emphasizes dangerous and fast-paced driving. The game features standard circuit racing that...

Mortal Kombat: Deception

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle, Chess game

Game released: Xbox → 19 November 2004

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

A fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series, featuring matches that combine hand-to-hand combat with weapon use. Mortal Kombat: Deception includes secret and...

Armed and Dangerous

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

Game released: Xbox → 26 February 2004

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This humorous futuristic action shooter follows the Lionhearts, a band of rebels on an almost impossible mission to save the world. The crew must fight through an...

XIII (2003)

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Comics

Game released: Xbox → 5 August 2004

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

XIII (2003) — a cult adventure shooter with a first-person view. The game is a parody of old spy films. In the story, the main character wakes up on the beach...

Colin McRae Rally 2.0

Simulation, Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: Xbox → 28 September 2004

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Colin McRae Rally 2.0 — the game features 8 countries in which the competition will take place: Finland, Sweden, France (on the island of Corsica), Greece...

Sudeki

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

Game released: Xbox → 23 August 2004

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Sudeki is a Japanese-style third-person action-adventure RPG. The game takes place in a fantasy world, divided into the city of light Haskylia and the eternally...

Second Sight

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

Game released: Xbox → 21 September 2004

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This science-fiction stealth action game with psychological thriller elements follows John Vattic, who wakes from a coma in a US medical facility and tries to...

Enter the Matrix

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

Game released: Xbox → 19 June 2003

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 62/100

An action game set in the world of The Matrix, where Agents hunt the heroes and humanity is trapped inside a vast simulation. The player dodges bullets, defies...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2004 for Xbox