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 |
PlayStation (1999) and PlayStation 3 (2012) Introducing Lammy, a totally rockin' guitarist. In day-to-day life, she's quite timid, shy, and wimpy - but put a guitar... |
Browser (2009) Unarmed & Dangerous is set during the scene in the Family Guy episode Something, Something, Something, Dark Side where Luke... |
PSP (2009) and Xbox 360 (2010) Unbound Saga is a 3D scrolling fighting game. It's story is based on the upcoming comic book series of the... |
NES (1988) Professor Xavier and his Uncanny X-Men are all that stand in the way of the rampage of Magneto and his... |
PlayStation 3 (2009) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is the sequel to Naughty Dog's 2007 game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. The story picks up a... |
PlayStation 3 (2009) The Collector's Limited Edition comes in a metal keep case and includes:
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Two Art Cards
XMB... |
PlayStation 3 (2009) The Fortune Hunter Edition includes:
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
An exact in-game replica of the Phurba Dagger Artifact and stand... |
PlayStation 3 (2010) The Game of the Year Edition of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves includes the following:
The game
A Super Voucher that... |
PlayStation 3 (2010) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Siege Expansion Pack is the third downloadable content pack for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. The... |
PlayStation 3 (2011) Drake's Deception is the third main game in the Uncharted series. A couple of years have passed for Nathan Drake,... |
PlayStation 3 (2011) The Explorer Edition comes with a Wooden Travel Case that can hold up to 19 PS3 games and includes:
Uncharted... |
PlayStation 3 (2007) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is the story of Nathan Drake, a modern-day treasure hunter who believes himself to be a descendant... |
PS Vita (2011) Golden Abyss is the fourth game in the Uncharted series and the first one for a handheld device. The story... |
CD-i (1996) and Windows (1996) Uncover featuring Tatjana is a strategic action game featuring Croatian-Dutch model, actor and singer Tatjana Simić. The game is similar... |
DOS (1994) This BreakOut clone has nudity elements. As always you have to dodge the ball to break the wall, but this... |
PSP (2009) Set in the middle ages, Undead Knights is a story about a puppet king, his mysterious queen, and a murderous... |
Genesis (1991), MSX (1989) and Sharp X68000 (1990) Undead Line is a top-down arcade shooter with scrolling screens, like Commando and other games. The player controls a character... |
Windows (2002) Under Ash is a 3d shooter set in Israeli/Arab disputed territories (Judea and Samaria, also known as the "West Bank")... |
Dreamcast (2000) The events of this game take place in the near future. You are cast in the role of a young... |
SNES (1995) 2043. Dr. Clayborn and his army have gained control of New York and Commissioner Gordon made one last plea for... |
iPhone (2010) Undercover: Girls of Cobra Mission is a simple action game with puzzle elements, featuring characters from the adult role-playing game... |
Dreamcast (2006) Under Defeat is a top-down vertical shooter originally released for Naomi arcade machines, and later ported to Dreamcast as one... |
PlayStation 3 (2011), Windows (2010) and Xbox 360 (2010) The UnderGarden is a game set in an underwater world and it focuses on exploration. The player guides a creature... |
MSX (1988) and ZX Spectrum (1988) “Underground” is a platform game which style slightly reminds to Dinamic's Abu Simbel Profanation. The objective of our protagonist is... |
Windows (2006) The sequel to Under Ash puts you once again in the shoes of a young Palestinian who joins the Intifada... |
