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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Zeebo (2010) Ragor, a mad scientist, travelled to the past and kidnapped Kama, the chief's daughter. The two best warriors of the... |
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Windows (2005) Cause mayhem and destruction as one of the most powerful forces on earth, the tornado. In each level, your goal... |
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J2ME (2003) Toro is a game set during the festivities of San Fermín in Pamplona (Spain). In this game you will take... |
Commodore PET/CBM (1980) The most likely incorrectly spelled Torpedeo is a single-button action game in which the player must destroy submarines. The player... |
Windows (2008) Torque is an arena shooter similar to the Geometry Wars games in art style and gameplay design. The goal is... |
Windows (2001) A game based on the spanish feature film "Torrente: El Brazo Tonto de la Ley" (Torrente: The Dumb Arm of... |
Windows (2005) and PlayStation 2 (2006) "APATRULLANDO LA CIUDAD"Torrente has returned, both in film form and as a video game. Again one can fight crime in... |
Windows (2004) Tortuga Bay tells the story of a retired pirate captain who looks back on his adventures in the Carribean in... |
Windows (2007) Tortuga: Two Treasures is a pirate-themed action adventure game. Players take the role of Thomas "Hawk" Blythe, captain of the... |
Browser (2008) The Torture Game 2 is a revamped sequel to the original. Once again the place gets to take their sadistic... |
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Windows (2004), Macintosh (2004) and Linux (2004) Having a similar visual concept to the old Tempest game, Torus Trooper is a fast freeware 3D scrolling shooter. The... |
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Android (2010) and iPhone (2010) Toss It is a game similar to Throw Paper! and Paper Toss. The concept is simple: hit a waste bin... |
Browser (2009) Toss the Turtle is a Flash-based game, in which the player has to launch a turtle from a canon and... |
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3DO (1994) and PlayStation (1995) Total Eclipse is a futuristic 3D shooter set in 2099 where an alien race by the name of the Drak-Sai... |
NES (1990) Totally Rad is an action game in which you play Jake, a magician wannabe being trained by the Master Magician... |
Game Boy Advance (2005) Sam, Alex, and Clover are bests friends and Totally normal high school girls. They got to school, they giggle at... |
