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 |
Amiga (1992) and Atari ST (1992) Brides of Dracula is a two-player split-screen game similar to Spy vs. Spy in gameplay. Each player (human or CPU)... |
DOS (1990) There are gaps in the bridge (three gaps in levels up to 6, four from there on), but does that... |
Amstrad CPC (1984) Bridge-It is a single player puzzle game which can be played by keyboard of joystick.The game is quite simple. There... |
Windows (1999) and PC-98 (1995) Gady is a black magician and a skillful martial artist who travels around with his personal fairy Leena. Gady is... |
PlayStation 3 (2011), Windows (2011) and Xbox 360 (2011) Brink is a multiplayer shooter set in a future in which almost the whole earth is flooded by water. The... |
Atari 8-bit (1983), Atari 5200 (2004) and Commodore 64 (1983) The object of this game is to paint all the rooms of a building without losing your paint brushes (lives)... |
Windows (2002), PlayStation 2 (2002) and Game Boy Advance (2002) Britney Spears is holding dance auditions for her next concert. Choose from a variety of dancers and go compete to... |
Windows (2002) Brixout XP is a new fast-action block-smashing 3D game of the Arkanoid and Breakout family. This extremely addictive game boasts... |
Apple II (1983), Commodore 64 (1984) and Atari 8-bit (1983) Broadsides is a tactical simulation of ship-to-ship combat between sailing ships of the Napoleonic era (late 18th and early 19th... |
PlayStation (1997) Broken Helix puts you in the boots of an armed marine of a special forces team. You are sent in... |
DOS (1989) Brokeout is a simplistic and small (<5 kB) break-out game. Knock out the blocks with the ball and paddle. You... |
SNES (1994) Years ago, meteors struck San Saurian, filling the air with thick and filthy dust. So a mighty wind machine was... |
MSX (1987) This is clone version of the 1983 Mario Bros.game. Mario and Luigi, the best plumbers in the world, have a... |
PSP (2006) Brothers in Arms: D-Day is the first title in the Brothers in Arms series for the PSP. Like the other... |
Wii (2008) and Macintosh (2010) This double pack includes two previously released Brothers in Arms games:
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
Brothers in Arms:... |
Nintendo DS (2007) Brothers in Arms DS is a handheld addition to the acclaimed WWII action game series from Gearbox Software. Set during... |
Windows (2005), Xbox (2005) and PlayStation 2 (2005) Barely seven months after the release of Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30, Gearbox brings us the sequel.Brothers in... |
J2ME (2005) and DoJa (2005) Unlike the BREW version, the J2ME offering based on the second Brothers in Arms console game does not offer 3D... |
Windows (2008), Xbox 360 (2008) and PlayStation 3 (2008) Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway is the third installment of the Brother in Arms series and takes place four months... |
Windows (2008), PlayStation 3 (2008) and Xbox 360 (2008) This limited edition includes:
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
A 6 inch plastic Sergeant Matt Baker figurine with 13 accessories... |
PlayStation 2 (2005), Windows (2005) and Xbox (2005) Brothers in Arms, one of the few games to truly be based on actual events, places you in the shoes... |
TurboGrafx CD (1992) A mysterious organization has constructed an artificial island in the Atlantic ocean, naming it "Sea Square". Afterwards, they began producing... |
Browser (2012) In BrowserQuest players wander a tile-based top-down 2D series of grid maps depicting a gentle cartoonish fantasy land, with all... |
PC Booter (1984), Commodore 64 (1984), ZX Spectrum (1984), Apple II (1984), Amstrad CPC (1986), MSX (1985), Atari 8-bit (1984), DOS (1987), PC-88 (1984), BBC Micro (1985) and FM-7 (1984) The late martial arts hero features in this platform game, with the aim of reaching a wizard in an underground... |
DOS (1989) You play the part of Bruce Lee, the only man who can fight back against Master Po and his army... |
