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.
 Game Title |
 DOS (1987), Commodore 64 (1987) and Apple II (1988) Create a fighter and take him to the top of the Heavyweight, Middleweight or Welterweight divisions in this boxing simulation.... |
 DOS (1994) Star Reach is set in space in the 23rd century. After an unsuccessful peace attempt between the seven alien nations... |
 Browser (2004) Softening the edges of the vertical-scrolling space shooter genre, instead of evoking a Vincent Van Gogh painting Ferry Halim has... |
 Amstrad CPC (2008) Humans have colonized hundreds of planetary systems but have only found the ruins of other extraterrestrial civilizations. All we can... |
 Windows (2003) Plot: A space research station (The Aegis) tests a new drive system: 'the dimension drive'. Something goes wrong, and the... |
Windows (2004) Starshatter brings together some of the most popular features of space and flight sim games into a single game. The... |
 Windows (2007) Mystery of the Soulriders follows four girls as they combat evil forces in their town through the power of friendship;... |
Atari 2600 (1977) Star Ship contains three different arcade action games which can be played by one or two players.Star ShipThese game variations... |
Commodore 64 (1985) The whole Galaxy is controlled by a Federation run by a tyrant called Alana who has the only access to... |
Windows (2004) Starship Conquer is an arcade shooter set in space. The story is reminiscent of the classic game premises: Killing the... |
 NES (1987) A top-down/side-scrolling sci-fi shooter in which you take control of a small starfighter as you make your way through an... |
 Windows (2005) Do your part in war against the bugs as Elite Marauder in mobile infantry. You are given weapons like a... |
 Windows (1998) Starship Troopers: Battlespace was a massively multiplayer space shooter playable on the GameStorm network. Players could fight in campaigns or... |
 J2ME (2007) Starship Troopers: Roughnecks is an action game for mobile phones based on the classic book by Robert A. Heinlein that... |
 Windows (2007) The Special Edition includes the Starship Troopers PC Game plus an exclusive art book, and a bonus disc with interviews,... |
 Windows (2000) Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy is a real time strategy game with a common misunderstanding. This game is not based on... |
 Windows (1999) and Nintendo 64 (1999) The space circus is heavily in debt, and it's up to Starshot to get the circus going, before the entire... |
 Windows (1999) Prometheus, father of all Cybrids, instigator of the first two Earthsieges, is still out there somewhere. The Dark Intellect has... |
 Windows (1998) Starsiege: Tribes is a first-person shooter set in the Metaltech universe which pits different warring tribes against each other. This... |
 Windows (2003), PlayStation 2 (2003), Xbox (2003) and GameCube (2003) Starsky & Hutch is an arcade racing game based on the popular TV series from the 70s, released to tie... |
 Game Boy Advance (2004), NES (1986), MSX (1987), Wii (2007) and Nintendo 3DS (2012) Starbrain, a giant super computer programmed for destruction, is threatening the Galactic Empire. As a skillful and experienced star soldier,... |
 PSP (2005) Star Soldier is a budget remake of the classic top-down shooter which puts you behind the cockpit of a lone... |
Commodore 64 (1987) Star Soldier is a run 'n gun game where you play a bounty hunter doing jobs for various planets for... |
 Wii (2008) Star Soldier R is a top-down shooter for the Wii. The game is unique as there are only 2 levels,... |
MobyRank
Top games by as rated by the press:
- 97 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- 96 World of Goo
- 96 World of Goo
- 96 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- 96 Super Mario Galaxy 2
- 96 Super Mario Galaxy
- 96 Super Mario Bros. 3
- 96 SoulCalibur
- 96 Metroid Prime
- 96 Grand Theft Auto IV
Games must have at least a MobyRank of 80 to be considered.
MobyScore
Top games by as rated by our users:
- 5.00 2 Games in 1: Disney Princess + Disney's The Lion King 1 ½ (2004)
- 5.00 2in1 Pack: Battle Arena Toshinden - Fatal Fury 3 (1999)
- 5.00 2in1 Pack: Dragon's Lair - Space Ace (1998)
- 3.41 3-D Ultra NASCAR Pinball (1999)
- 4.55 3-D Ultra Pinball: Thrillride (1996)
- 5.00 3Tones (2009)
- 4.31 Action Hero 3D: Wild Dog (2006)
- 5.00 Action Pack - 4 Killer Action Games! (2003)
- 3.35 Adventure Island (2005)
- 3.35 Adventure Island (2004)
Games must have at least 1 votes and a MobyScore of 4.0 to be considered.
Basic Genres
Action is part of Basic Genres. This group of genres contain: