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.
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PSP (2006) In Eragon, based on the movie of the same name, which is in turn based on the book Eragon, by... |
PlayStation 2 (2006), Windows (2006), Xbox (2006) and Xbox 360 (2006) Eragon is a third-person, fixed camera action adventure game based off of the plot of the movie of the same... |
Windows (1997) Eraser Turnabout is a predominantly action game with some puzzle-solving, featuring pre-rendered action scenes and a lot of recorded full... |
J2ME (2007) In this time management game, the player takes the role of a junior doctor tasked with saving lives in the... |
NES (1987) Erunaaku No Zaihou is a simplistic arcade game played from an overhead view. The player controls a man who wants... |
ZX Spectrum (1983) Escalador Loco is, as its title indicates (literally, a Spanish translation of Crazy Climber), an unofficial version of the classic... |
iPhone (2010) and Nintendo DSi (2010) Awakening in a cell with no memory of who you are save for your name, Claire, you hear a voice... |
Wii (2007) Bug Island is a island full of bugs and the perfect place for Michelle, who is majoring in insect physiology,... |
Amiga (1991) Loosely based around the Gibson Games board-game, you are in control of a team of 4 POWs – a Brit,... |
CD-i (1992) In the near future, the Earth is under attack by the evil Guardian Forces. After the attack, only a few... |
DOS (1994) Escape from Markana is a single-player "escape the maze"-type game. The player takes the role of a hero who has... |
3DO (1993) The undead have been unleashed upon the world. Only a holy talisman can destroy them, but it has been broken... |
Windows (2007) Paradise City is a cruel city ruled by a gangster-organisation more powerful than anything the NSA has seen before. Known... |
Browser (2008) Escape from Rehab is a strangely broken flash-based browser game to promote the film Disaster Movie. An entire city is... |
Apple II (1982), PC-88 (1986) and FM-7 (1986) While trying to sneak across the border to Rungistan you were caught and thrown in jail. You must use all... |
Windows (2001) Deep underground, an evil turkey called Kuku De-Mon plotted revenge on the entire chicken kingdom, based on a myth that... |
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Windows (2010) Escape from the Underworld is a platformer with a large focus on exploration. It was made for the Indie Kombat... |
Browser (2012), Windows (2012) and Xbox 360 (2011) Escape Goat is a puzzle platformer where a goat needs to reach the exit in different rooms that each consists... |
PS Vita (2012) Escape Plan is a black-and-white side-scrolling platformer based entirely around solving puzzles. In the game, the player controls the flimsy... |
Nintendo 3DS (2012) and PS Vita (2012) Vektor is a hacker who has been trapped in the CPU of the system for longer than he remembers and... |
Macintosh (1996) Escape Velocity is an open-ended, role-playing arcade game set in a future where interstellar space travel has allowed mankind to... |
Windows (2003) and Macintosh (2002) In Escape Velocity Nova (EVN) the player takes the role of a starship captain, warping from system to system, trading... |
ZX Spectrum (1984) and Commodore 64 (1984) Eskimo Eddie is an arcade adventure set in the Ice Age. The game is split into two levels. The first... |
Windows (2001) The Eskimo Fishing Trip is a freeware, open-source arcade game where the main objective is to use a fishing rod... |
