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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Fred Commodore 64 (1983), ZX Spectrum (1983) and Amstrad CPC (1984) You are Fred, an intrepid archaeologist, interested in visiting the pyramid of Tootiecarmoon looking for a new experience, and in...
Fred Atari ST (1989) and Amiga (1990) Sir Fred was a brave and noble knight in love with a beautiful damsel, but evil Ultimor, an ugly dwarf...
Fred Atari 8-bit (1991) Fred is a platform game, where the player controls a caveman, walking horizontally through the levels. Like in nearly every...
Freddi Fish and Luther's Water Worries Windows (1996), Macintosh (1996) and Windows 3.x (1996) In Water Worries, you play Luther, a young green fish who gets sucked into a whirlpool and must find his...
Freddi Fish & Luther's Maze Madness Windows (1996), Macintosh (1996) and Windows 3.x (1996) In Maze Madness, Freddi's friend Luther has managed to accidentally scatter Grandma Grouper's kelp seeds throughout a gigantic set of...
Freddy Fish PC Booter (1983) Freddy Fish is an arcade action game where your goal is to become the biggest fish in the sea! On...
Freddy Hardest Amstrad CPC (1987), Commodore 64 (1987), MSX (1987), ZX Spectrum (1987) and PC Booter (1988) The most irreverent playboy of all the galaxy, heir of a great fortune, has a totally irresponsible life, given to...
Freddy Hardest in South Manhattan Amiga (1989), Atari ST (1989), Commodore 64 (1990), DOS (1989), ZX Spectrum (1989), MSX (1989) and Amstrad CPC (1989) In the future NYC has become inhospitable and depraved, with thugs lining every street waiting to pounce on ordinary civilians....
Freddy's Rescue Roundup DOS (1984) Freddy's Rescue Roundup is an action platform game where you need to collect all of the chickens on the screen...
Fred: The Remake Windows (2002) This freeware remake of the Spanish platform game from 1983 recreates the levels and gameplay of the original, while updating...
The Free Culture Game Browser (2008) The playfield is represented by a ring, on the inside of which are thinkers, stickmen who produce ideas and knowledge,...
Freedom City Runners Browser (2011) In Freedom City Runners the player takes the role of an athlete who has overslept on the day of the...
Freedom Fighters PlayStation 2 (2003), GameCube (2003), Xbox (2003) and Windows (2003) The Soviet Union has invaded New York City! Chris Stone is just a plumber, and he's willing to live out...
Freedom Fighters! Odyssey 2 (1982) and Videopac+ G7400 (1983) As a pilot of the Earth Federation, the player has to rescue prisoners in orbiting confinement crystals, while avoiding the...
Freedom Force NES (1988) In Freedom Force, Rad Rex and his partner Manic Jackson are part of an elite counter terrorism unit. Their mission...
Freedom: Rebels in the Darkness Amiga (1988), Atari ST (1988), DOS (1988) and Amstrad CPC (1988) Freedom: Rebels In The Darkness is a game that combines elements of strategy, stealth and fighting games. The main character...
Freedom Wings Nintendo DS (2006) As a man living in the island cities of Sorgele, air pirates loom over the population. They shot down your...
Free Realms Windows (2009), Macintosh (2010) and PlayStation 3 (2011) Free Realms is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in a fantasy world known as the Sacred Grove. It...
Free Running PlayStation 2 (2007), PSP (2007), Wii (2009) and Windows (2009) Free Running is a third-person open-environment arcade game, based around the sport of Parkour.Set across multiple high and low rise...
Freerunning Extreme Windows (2007) Freerunning Extreme is a parkour game where the player has to perform acrobatic feats in an urban environment. The game...
Freespace 2 Windows (1999) It has been 32 years since GTA lost contact with Earth. As a young pilot joining the fleet of the...
Freespace 2: Dimension Pack Windows (2000) This is a re-release of Freespace 2 with some bonuses: 10 new missions 2 new campaigns: Templar and Gauntlet New...
Freespace 2: Interplay 20th Anniversary Edition Windows (2004) Due to popular demand, Interplay re-released a limited production run of the "Sci-Fi Sim of the year edition" of Freespace...
Freespace 2: Sim of the Year Edition Windows (2000) A re-release of Freespace 2, which contains additional missions over the original campaign (several of them were selected among the...
Freestyle Street Soccer GameCube (2004), PlayStation 2 (2004), Windows (2004) and Xbox (2003) Freestyle Street Soccer known as Urban Freestyle Soccer in Europe is, as the name implies, a Freestyle soccer-game in an...