Action

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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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Wordsnake J2ME (2006) Wordsnake is played by building words from random letters, starting from letters already on the board, leading to snake-like structures,...
Words Worth Windows (1999) Words Worth is a remake of an earlier game of the same name.The story (Astral, prince of the Shadow Tribe,...
Words Worth: XP Taiōban Windows (2004) The "XP-supporting edition" of Words Worth, itself a remake of an older game, is the same game on a single...
Word Zapper Atari 2600 (1982) In Word Zapper your goal is to zap three words in 99 seconds. First, the current word will appear at...
World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks PlayStation (2000), PlayStation 2 (2000) and Game Boy Color (2000) In a grim, dystopian future, the World Destruction League has become the prime source of entertainment. Television crew is following...
The World Ends With You Nintendo DS (2007) The World Ends With You is an action RPG that puts players in the role of Neku Sakuraba, a sullen...
World Fighting Championship Atari ST (1993) World Fighting Championship is a versus fighting game written in GFA Basic 3.5. Nine of the worlds greatest fighters have...
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World Heroes 2 Neo Geo (1993), Neo Geo CD (1995), SNES (1994), TurboGrafx CD (1994) and Wii (2011) The time-traveling tournament fighters are back! The original eight characters from the previous game return, along with six new characters...
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World Heroes Perfect Neo Geo (1995), Neo Geo CD (1995), SEGA Saturn (1996) and Wii (2011) In this entry in the World Heroes saga, all sixteen fighters from previous games return for another tournament. New features...
World Karate Championship PC Booter (1986), Commodore 64 (1986), Apple II (1986), Atari ST (1986), Atari 8-bit (1986), Wii (2008), Amstrad CPC (1986), DOS (1989), MSX (1986), ZX Spectrum (1985) and Commodore 16, Plus/4 (1986) The objective of World Karate Championship is to get the highest possible dan (karate grade, determined by belt colour) and...
World of Aden: Entomorph - Plague of the Darkfall Windows (1995), Windows 3.x (1995) and Macintosh (1996) The inhabitants of the island of Phoros used to enjoy a prosperous, happy life. Large domesticated insects known as "jagtera"...
World of Goo Wii (2008), Windows (2008), Macintosh (2008), Linux (2009), iPad (2010), iPhone (2011) and Android (2011) World of Goo is a physics-based puzzle game where players need to build constructions using balls of goo. The original...
The World of Harry Potter Windows (2005) This bundle contains four previously released PC titles, all based on the feature films inspired by J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter...
World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Genesis (1992) World of Illusion is a follow-up to Castle of Illusion. Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck are taken to a magic...
The World of Prince of Persia Windows (2006) The World of Prince of Persia is a limited collector's edition of the Prince of Persia series. The compilation contains:...
The World of Splinter Cell Windows (2006) The World of Splinter Cell is a limited collector's edition of the Splinter Cell series. The compilation contains: Tom Clancy's...
World of Tanks Windows (2011) World of Tanks is an online-only multiplayer game in which two teams with up to 15 tanks each try to...
World of Warcraft Windows (2004) and Macintosh (2004) World of Warcraft is a MMORPG based in the Warcraft universe. The player creates a character choosing from 8 races...
World of Warcraft: Battle Chest Macintosh (2007) and Windows (2007) This Battle Chest compilation includes: World of Warcraft (base game) World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (expansion pack) World of...
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Macintosh (2010) and Windows (2010) World of Warcraft: Cataclysm is the third expansion pack for the MMORPG World of Warcraft. The evil dragon Deathwing the...
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Collector's Edition) Macintosh (2010) and Windows (2010) The Collector's Edition includes: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm on DVD-ROM Hardcover artbook "The Art of Cataclysm" with 176 pages Exclusive...