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 (1998) C: Contra Adventure is a sequel to some of Konami's earlier Contra classics. The game's story follows the events of... |
Game Boy Advance (2002) and PlayStation (2003) CT Special Forces is a side scrolling platform shooter that has a superficial similarity to the games of the Metal... |
Game Boy Advance (2003) and PlayStation (2003) CT Special Forces: Back to Hell is the sequel to CT Special Forces and the story picks up right where... |
Windows (2003) One shot. One kill.As a sniper in one of the world’s most deadly specialty infantry units, the player will chase... |
Windows (2007) This compilation bundles 2 games in the CTU: Marine Sharpshooter series:
CTU: Marine Sharpshooter
Marine Sharpshooter II: Jungle Warfare |
Windows (2002), iPhone (2008), Linux (2002) and Macintosh (2005) Cube is a freeware 3D first-person shooter game. It can be played both in multiplayer and singleplayer mode. It allows... |
Linux (2004), Macintosh (2004) and Windows (2004) Cube 2: Sauerbraten is an open source sequel to Cube by the same company, an FPS with a built in... |
Nintendo 3DS (2011) Cubic Ninja is an action-puzzle game designed less with 3-D in mind, and more emphasizing the tilt-control abilities of the... |
Apple II (1983) This game is a Q*bert clone. As such, the rules are similar. Change the color of the cubes, which are... |
GameCube (2002) Cubivore is a "Call of the Wild" brought to an interactive media. Gento Matsumotos serene and surreal portrait of wilderness... |
Windows (2004) Cubology is a 3D color matching game. On arcade mode, the objective is to clear a pile of multicolored cubes,... |
Linux (2010) and Windows (2010) Cubosphere is a freeware, open-source arcade puzzle game similar to Roll Away.The player has to guide a beach ball bouncing... |
Windows (2007) Cubozoid is a one or two player, shareware, tile/block matching game similar to Zuma and many others. The object of... |
DOS (1991) Put your ingenious strategies to good use in Cunning Football. However, your involvement doesn't end there. If you're on the... |
Windows (2003) Cunyngas is an old-school top-down shooter. The story: The race of Gomin lives under oppression of the race of Mopol.... |
MSX (2005) Winning entry in the MSXdev'05 coding competition, The Cure is an arcade jump&run heavily influenced by Konami's classic Vampire Killer.The... |
Game Boy Advance (2006) When a curious monkey with a habit of accidentally causing mischief encounters a man dressed in yellow exploring the jungle,... |
Windows (2008) Curryki is an Ikiki cooking game where players need to put curry on rice. The plates of rice appear on... |
Genesis (1989) Curse is a basic horizontal-scrolling shooter, one of the first released for the Megadrive, where one pilots a space fighter... |
PlayStation 3 (2011), Xbox 360 (2011) and Windows (2011) In The Cursed Crusade the player takes the role of the knight Denz de Bayle who has a slight problem:... |
Wii (2009) and Windows (2010) After his brother, known for taking extreme risks, disappears in the Himalayas, Eric Simmons reluctantly heads off to the village... |
Wii (2009) This limited edition includes:
Cursed Mountain
Steelbook case with interior art
Two-sided bonus disc with 15 tracks of in-game music... |
FM-7 (1987), PC-88 (1986) and Commodore 64 (1990) The country of Babylon was once a thriving community, enjoying peace and prosperity. However, all that changed when monsters invaded... |
DOS (1993) Curse of the Catacombs is a first-person shooter very similar to the previous game. Once again, you're a mage whose... |
Xbox 360 (2010) Today is the wedding day of the princess of the Crescent Isle, and everyone is attendance. Suddenly, the evil Warlock... |
