Action 2021 for Xbox Series X/S — top best games in the Action genre

Resident Evil Village - a game in the Action genre

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival horror

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 7 May 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

First-person horror with survival and shooter elements, Resident Evil: Village continues the story started in Biohazard but moves the action to Eastern Europe...

Far Cry 6

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Stealth, Open world, Online

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 7 October 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Far Cry 6 is a sandbox in a huge open world, the first-person luter-player with RPG and Crafts elements. The player again finds himself on the island, where in the...

Hitman World of Assassination

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 20 January 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 86/100

The new series of games about agent 47 is the famous killer playing in dressing and peeping. The bald killer will return for the sake of the most important...

Doom Eternal

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 29 June 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Doom Eternal is a first-person shooter that includes elements of action, platforming, and RPG. It is the first game in the new Doom franchise created after the...

The Binding of Isaac: Repentance

Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 4 November 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 82/100

The Binding of Isaac: Repentance — an expansion to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. The expansion includes the fan-made modification...

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Science fiction, Open world

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 11 June 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – a new chapter in the history of "Star Wars", a canonical story from Disney, EA, and Respawn. As a young padawan, the player will have...

Control

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 2 February 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Control is a fantastic third-person action game from the creators of Max Payne, Quantum Break and Alan Wake. You will go to a very mysterious and unusual universe...

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 15 October 2021

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a third-person action-adventure game based on the popular anime Demon Slayer. Familiar heroes will become demon hunters, explore...

Hades

Action, Isometric, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Slasher, Indie

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 13 August 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 93/100

Isometric action-roguelike from the creators of Bastion and Transistor. The main character is the god Zagreus (the son of the ancient Greek god Hades), who...

Saints Row: The Third Remastered

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Helicopters, Tanks, Motorcycle racing, Adventure, Open world

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 25 May 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Saints Row: The Third Remastered is an updated version of the famous shooter Saints Row: The Third, released in 2011. The third part continues the story of the...

Among Us

Arcade, Action, Online, Isometric, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Space, Survival

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 14 December 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Among Us is a casual multiplayer online game focused on social deduction. It is a simplified and faster version of "Mafia": from 4 to 10 players try to survive by...

Life is Strange: True Colors

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 10 September 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Life is Strange: True Colors is the third season of an episodic adventure with a third-person perspective. The game tells the story of Alex Chen, who knows how to...

Outriders

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 1 April 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Outriders is a 3-player co-op shooter with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The action takes place on the planet Inok, where people arrive in search of a...

Call of Duty: Vanguard

Shooter, First-person view, Online, Historical, Adventure, Action, Zombies

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 5 November 2021

Players: 5/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Call of Duty: Vanguard — the continuation of the popular first-person shooter series Call of Duty. As in previous installments, the game features a story campaign...

A Plague Tale: Innocence

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 6 July 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A Plague Tale: Innocence is a single-player third-person action-adventure game. The events will transport the player to the southwestern part of France, where a...

Wreckfest

Arcade, Action, Racing, Beat them all, First-person view, Third-person view, Simulation, Online

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 1 June 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Wreckfest is a dynamic racing action game with a third-person perspective from the creators of the original FlatOut (2004). In the game, you will control a car on...

Mass Effect Legendary Edition

Action, Shooter, Role-playing game, Third-person view, Science fiction, In real time, Space

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 14 May 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is a remastered collection of the cult role-playing series Mass Effect, which includes Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2 , and Mass...

Hell Let Loose

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 5 October 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Hell Let Loose is a realistic first-person shooter set during World War II. You will take part in major and famous battles, recreated with unprecedented realism...

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Comics, Science fiction, Comedy

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 26 October 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy — an action-adventure game with a third-person view set in the comic universe of the "Guardians of the Galaxy." In the game, you...

Sniper Elite 4

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 23 July 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A direct sequel to Sniper Elite 3, in which the main character travels to Italy in 1943. He acts in the ranks of the Italian resistance and tries to free the...

Wobbly Life

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 16 July 2021

VGTimes: 7.4/10

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 97/100

A vibrant co-op game where players explore a vast open world, encountering new quests and secrets every day. Over a hundred unique professions, from pizza delivery...

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 16 November 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 75/100

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...

Subnautica: Below Zero

Action, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Open world, Horror

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 14 May 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Continuation of the adventure action Subnautica in first-person view, combining elements of role-playing games, sandbox gameplay, and a bit of exploration and...

GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Helicopters, Open world

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 11 November 2021

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 51/100

GTA: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition — a collection of remasters of the legendary GTA series, which includes enhanced versions of Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand...

Marvel's Avengers

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 18 March 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Marvel's Avengers is a third-person action-adventure game based on the Avengers comic book series. You will take control of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and...

Remnant: From The Ashes

Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Role-playing game

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 13 May 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Cooperative game from the creators of Darksiders 3, set on a post-apocalyptic Earth. The world has been taken over by terrifying monsters from another dimension...

Serious Sam 4

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 7 December 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Serious Sam 4 is a dynamic first-person shooter set in the Serious Sam universe. In the fourth part of the series, Cool Sam will again fight with the army of...

Back 4 Blood

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 12 October 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Back 4 Blood is an exciting co-op first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. In the game you will find yourself in...

Battlefield 2042

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Flight Simulator, Tanks

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 19 November 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 46/100

Metacritic: 64/100

The network competitive first-person shooter Battlefield 2042 sends 128 players into the near future and offers them to win according to the changed rules of war...

Diablo 2: Resurrected

Role-playing game, Isometric, Horror, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 23 September 2021

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Diablo 2: Resurrected is a remake of the cult isometric action-RPG Diablo 2. In the updated version of the game, a new graphics engine has been implemented, the...

Halo Infinite

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 8 December 2021; Beta testing: Xbox Series X/S → 15 November 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Halo Infinite is a continuation of the series of first-person shooter adventures in the Halo universe. The game will tell a new story from the life of Master Chief...

Crysis Remastered Trilogy

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 15 October 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Crysis Remastered Trilogy — a remaster of the popular first-person shooter series in a science fiction setting, which includes enhanced versions of Crysis...

Ghostrunner

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 28 September 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Ghostrunner is a cyberpunk action game with a first-person view, set in a post-apocalyptic setting. The game will take you to the gloomy world of the future, in...

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 18 June 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition is an improved version of the shooter Metro Exodus with more advanced graphics. The game features a new lighting implementation...

Paint the Town Red

Arcade, Action, First-person view, Fighting, Online

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 29 July 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Paint the Town Red is an arcade action game with a first-person view in a pixel style. The action takes place in a bar, where your task is to deal with opponents in...

Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 29 June 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods — Part Two — the second standalone expansion Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One. This time, events will take place not only...

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Anniversary Edition

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 11 November 2021

Players: 7.8/10

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...

Alan Wake Remastered

Adventure, Action, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror, Third-person view, Shooter

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 5 October 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Alan Wake Remastered — a remaster of the atmospheric third-person action-adventure game. The game features updated graphics and all expansions, as well as developer...

Lake

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Simulation, Indie, Walking Simulator, Open world

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 1 September 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Lake is a story-driven postman simulator about a woman named Meredith Weiss. The heroine is forty years old, she returned home from the big city to help her father...

Quake

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Online

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 13 October 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Quake is a legendary sci-fi first-person shooter. You will try on the role of a nameless soldier who needs to fight the legions of death sent by a mysterious enemy...

Action

Best Games in the Action genre of 2021 for Xbox Series X/S