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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Abuse Linux (1995), DOS (1995), Macintosh (1996), Amiga (1998), iPhone (2009) and Acorn 32-bit (1998) It is the unimaginably distant year 2009. You are Nick Vrenna, falsely locked inside a high security prison. The genetic...
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Abu Simbel Profanation Deluxe Browser (2005), Linux (2006), Windows (2006), Macintosh (2006) and Dreamcast (2008) This open-source, freeware remake of the Spanish platform game from 1985 replaces the graphics and sounds with new enhanced assets,...
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Accelerator CD-i (1997) Accelerator is a 2D top down action racing game. The cars in the game feature weapons so while racing the...
Accordion Hero Browser (2006) Inspired by a media hoax imagining what other instruments might tap into the successful niche of Guitar Hero, some web...
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Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies PlayStation 2 (2001) The continent of Usea was struck by an asteroid, causing the death of half a million people. The neighboring Erusea...
Ace Combat 2 PlayStation (1997) Ace Combat 2 is the sequel to Namco's PSX combat flight simulator Air Combat. Ace Combat 2 puts you back...
Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere PlayStation (1999) In Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere the player takes the place of an ace fighter pilot who works for an organization...
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War PlayStation 2 (2004) Fifteen years ago, the Belkan Federation began a war of conquest, invading nearby territories. To stop them, a military alliance...
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation Xbox 360 (2007) Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation is a first-person air combat and flight simulator. Its story campaign contains 15 missions...
Ace Combat Advance Game Boy Advance (2005) The Air Strike Force (A.S.F.) is the most advanced aircraft squadron on the planet. Not held by any nation, they...
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon PlayStation 3 (2011) and Xbox 360 (2011) Unlike many previous Ace Combat titles, Assault Horizon does not set the story in the fictional world, but on a...
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon - Enhanced Edition Windows (2013) Ace Combat: Assault Horizon - Enhanced Edition is the PC version of Ace Combat: Assault Horizon. Besides the main game,...
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy Nintendo 3DS (2011) Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy is a flight-sim / arcade fighter combat action game. The game is typically played in...
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (Limited Edition) PlayStation 3 (2011) and Xbox 360 (2011) This limited edition contains: Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Soundtrack disc Downloadable F4-E Phantom II aircraft Signed notebook
Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception PSP (2006) Skies of Deception is the second game in the action flight series to appear on the PSP. The player commands...