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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If It Moves, Shoot It! DOS Front Cover

DOS (1989) and Amiga (1988)

It is up to you to combat the Korts and free the lost settlers in this classic-style top-down shooter. Newer...

I-Fluid Windows Front Cover

Windows (2008)

In I-Fluid the player controls a tiny drop of water. Watching the environments from its eyes (or rather a camera...

ExEn (2002)

IF racing is a formula one racing game. You will be one of the competitor of the formula one championship...

TurboGrafx CD (1993)

During the Edo period in Japan, the ninja clans from Iga and Kōga were fighting each other. A mysterious foreigner...

Iggle Pop! Macintosh Front Cover

Macintosh (2006) and Windows (2004)

In this fast-paced, arcade-like game, players choose to be one of the four available characters (with different difficulty levels) to...

Iggy's Reckin' Balls Nintendo 64 Front Cover

Nintendo 64 (1998)

It's a race to the top of the tower, as you control a collection of ball like characters up spiral...

I.G.I-2: Covert Strike Windows Front Cover

Windows (2003)

You're the undercover agent David Jones who's part of the secret agency IGI and in charge to protect the world...

Igneous Windows Front Cover

Windows (2009)

Igneous is a very fast action platformer where the player controls a tiki totem that tries to escape from an...

Ignite Assembly Line Browser Front Cover

Browser (2007)

Ignite Assembly Line is a game conceived to be a playable extension of the (no longer online) Ignite Games Factory...

Ignition DOS Front Cover

DOS (1997) and Windows (1997)

Ignition is an action packed racing game viewed from above and slightly behind the player. The cars on offer range...

The Ignition Factor SNES Front Cover

SNES (1994) and Wii (2011)

The Ignition Factor has the player take control of one of the most dangerous jobs, a firefighter, as they progress...

Igor: The Game Nintendo DS Front Cover

Nintendo DS (2008)

Igor has created Eva in order to win the Evil Science Fair, but Eva has been kidnapped! In the game,...

IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix PlayStation 2 Front Cover

PlayStation 2 (2006)

In the year 2049, and the most popular sport in the world is a combat race played by teams of...

iHurt iPhone Front Cover

iPhone (2009)

iHurt is a downhill ragdoll simulation filled with humor. In iHurt the player must rack up a high dollar hospital...

Windows (2008)

Iji and her brother Dan were visiting the military complex where their father works when suddenly, out of nowhere, an...

Ikari III: The Rescue DOS Front Cover

DOS (1990), NES (1990), Windows (2006), PSP (2012) and PlayStation 3 (2012)

The presidential candidate's daughter has been kidnapped! It is your job to get past enemy lines and rescue her. This...

Game Boy (1992)

Ikari no Yōsai 2 is set after the happenings of Fortified Zone. The two special agents Masato Kanzaki and Mizuki...

Ikari Warriors Commodore 64 Front Cover

Commodore 64 (1986), PC Booter (1987), NES (1986), Atari ST (1988), Amiga (1988), Atari 7800 (1989), ZX Spectrum (1988), Atari 2600 (1989), MSX (1987), Amstrad CPC (1987), Windows (2006), PSP (2011) and PlayStation 3 (2011)

Originating in the arcades, Ikari Warriors is a vertically scrolling action game. One or two players fight their way through...

Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road PC Booter Front Cover

DOS (1988), PC Booter (1987), NES (1988), Amiga (1989), Commodore 64 (1987), ZX Spectrum (1988), Atari ST (1989), Apple II (1987), Amstrad CPC (1988), Windows (2006), PSP (2011) and PlayStation 3 (2011)

Heavy on the action, Ikari Warriors became a favorite both in the arcades and on home consoles. To fuel that...

Ikaruga Dreamcast Front Cover

Dreamcast (2002), GameCube (2003), Xbox 360 (2008) and Android (2013)

Vertical shoot-em-up ported from the Naomi Arcade version. Ikaruga is more or less a sequel to Radiant Silvergun by Treasure,...

Commodore 64 (1991)

Ikarus is a Joust clone in which players control a phoenix and must try to hit their opponent from a...

Genesis (1992)

Doki Doki Penguin Land MD is a 16-bit remake of the classic Master System puzzle game Penguin Land. The player...

Ike Ike! Nekketsu Hockey-bu: Subete Koronde Dairantō NES Front Cover

NES (1992) and Wii (2009)

The Nekketsu gang crashes another sport with their wacky and violent gameplay style in Ike Ike! Nekketsu Hockey. As you...

NES (1985) and Wii (2007)

In Ikki, players take the role of Gonbe (and his friend Tago if there is a second player), who are...

PlayStation 2 (2007)

Shining Dragon is a 3D action fighting game based on the Ikkitōsen anime franchise created by Yuji Shiozaki, also known...

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