Action
Description
In action games players are required to have good reflexes and quick reaction in order to overcome challenges. Action games typically focus on combat, during which the player must press buttons or keys rapidly or in timed intervals in order to execute attacks and other moves. Non-combat challenges may include avoiding traps, jumping, running, completing tasks within a pressing time limit, etc.
Common action sub-genres are
shooters,
fighting, and
platform games.
Though most racing / driving, sports, and many simulation games contain action-oriented gameplay, they can be considered action games only if they specifically emphasize arcade-like, reflex-based gameplay.
Action games may include extensive non-violent exploration and/or puzzle-solving, or combine themselves with other genres, e.g. role-playing or driving.
Quick thinking is often required to succeed in action games; however, games that specifically emphasize quick
thinking over
reflexes are usually
real-time strategy or puzzle games.
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Nintendo DS (2006) Monster House is an old-school shoot 'em up based on Columbia Pictures' animated movie of the same name. With the... |
PlayStation 2 (2004) Monster Hunter is a third-person action game set in a kind of pre-historic fantasy world. Many of the creatures you'll... |
Nintendo 3DS (2013) and Wii U (2013) Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is the reboot of the Japanese game Monster Hunter Tri. In Monster Hunter Tri, the players... |
PSP (2006) Monster Hunter Freedom is a port of the Japan-only Monster Hunter G, a sort of follow-up to the original Monster... |
PSP (2007) Monster Hunter Freedom 2 is the sequel to Monster Hunter Freedom, based on the PlayStation 2 predecessor Monster Hunter 2,... |
PSP (2008) Monster Hunter Freedom Unite features over 400 quests and claims to provide 500 hours of game play. New environments, monster,... |
Wii (2009) Monster Hunter Tri is an action-RPG in which the player hunts dinosaur-like monsters. Monsters can be carved for items which... |
Wii (2010) This is a special edition of Monster Hunter Tri that includes:Monster Hunter Tri game
Black Classic Controller ProThe Classic Controller... |
Wii (2010) This limited edition Ultimate Hunter Pack comes in a cardboard box imitating a treasure chest and contains:
Monster Hunter Tri... |
NES (1992) The evil Warlock wants to take over the world! He calls his fellow monsters to join him, but several refuse... |
PlayStation 2 (2002), Windows (2002) and GameCube (2002) Using recognizable Monster Trucks, Monster Jam Maximum Destruction is a fast action vehicle combat game. Players control the awesome power... |
Wii (2008) and PlayStation 2 (2008) Monster Lab allows the player to make his or her own monsters and send them out to fight. In this... |
Windows (2007) and Xbox 360 (2007) "Brrrrraaaaiiiinnnnssss!" Load your shotgun, zombies have run amuck in town and it's up to four teenagers to defend their suburbia... |
PlayStation 3 (2008) Monster Madness: Grave Danger is a reworking of Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia. As in that game, players take control... |
Game Boy (1994) A powerful human called Krond conquers the Monster Planet, bans all music and declares himself king. Max, a monster rock... |
TRS-80 CoCo (1982) You are trapped in a maze of electrified walls and deadly mechanical monsters programmed by an evil scientist to kill... |
Atari 8-bit (1982) and VIC-20 (1982) Monster Maze is a Pac-Man variant played from a first person perspective. The player has been trapped in a chamber... |
NES (1989) You are a young boy with a baseball bat named Mark. On your way home from a baseball game, you... |
Nintendo DS (2006) Fairy Tale World is in trouble! With less and less children reading fairy tales, people will forget the stories and... |
PlayStation (1999) Monster Rancher 2 is at heart an arena fighting game with a lot of ancillary game play thrown in. As... |
Game Boy Color (2000) Monster Rancher Explorer is an updated port of Tecmo's 1987 NES game, Solomon's Key and features environments, characters and monsters... |
Dragon 32/64 (1983) In the advert, Monsters is described as "a superb version of the Arcade game Dig Dug-Panic", and indeed it is... |
Android (2012), iPad (2011) and iPhone (2011) Monsters Ate My Condo is an action puzzle game where the player has to satisfy the hunger of four enormous... |
BREW (2008) and J2ME (2009) Monster Smash is a medieval take on the popular "Whack-a-mole" concept where players control a Prince trying to rescue his... |
PlayStation 3 (2010), PSP (2010) and Xbox 360 (2010) Duke's Princess is gone. She was stolen by monsters! Probably. Well, who else could have done that?In this 2D platform... |
