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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Leucistic Wyvern Xbox 360 (2010) Leucistic Wyvern is a third-person scrolling shooter reminiscent of Space Harrier. The player controls a wyvern from behind, shooting at...
Level Pack 8 Windows (1997) Level Pack 8 is an unofficial add-on for Carmageddon. It includes several community-made levels and utilities (taken from the internet),...
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Lew Leon DOS (1997) and Windows (1997) Lew Leon (Leon the Lion) is a platform game that tells the story of a lion who tries to find...
LHX: Attack Chopper DOS (1990) and Genesis (1992) LHX: Attack Chopper is a helicopter simulation with a strong arcade focus. You can freely choose which missions to fly...
Libble Rabble FM Towns (1994), Sharp X68000 (1993) and SNES (1994) Originating in the arcades, Libble Rabble resembles Qix in that it consists of a series of single-screen stages where the...
Liberation Maiden iPad (2013), iPhone (2013) and Nintendo 3DS (2012) Shoko Ozora is the newly elected president of New Japan at a time when the country is being attacked by...
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Liero DOS (1999) Liero is like Worms but with players battling in realtime instead of turn-based.At the start of the game, each player...
Liero Xtreme Windows (2003) Liero Xtreme is an online multiplayer game based on the original game called Liero. It is also similar to Worms...
Lifeboat iPhone (2009) In Lifeboat the player attempts to save as many passengers as they can by tilting their iPhone or iPod Touch...
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Life in the Fast Lane MSX (1987) Life in the Fast Lane can best be described as a cross between Trailblazer, for its bouncy ball on a...
Life is a Race Windows (2008) Life is a Race is a simple game which metaphorically depicts the human life as a course to be run...
Life Is Hard Browser (2010) From an existentialist point of view, the world is against you; everybody's life can be reduced to a hackneyed story...
Lifeline PlayStation 2 (2003) The year is 2029. The date is Christmas Eve. At the grand opening of the Japan Space Station Hotel, a...
The Life of Repton BBC Micro (1987) and Electron (1987) The Life of Repton is the second of three standalone expansion packs for Repton 3. It includes 40 new levels...
The Light Corridor DOS (1990), Atari ST (1990), Commodore 64 (1991), Amiga (1990), ZX Spectrum (1991), MSX (1990) and Amstrad CPC (1990) The aim of the game is to guide a ball through 50 levels of walls, barriers and general obstacles. You...
Light Crusader Genesis (1995) and Wii (2007) In Light Crusader, you play the role of Sir David, a knight in the service of King Frederick. You are...
Light Cycle ZX Spectrum (1983) and Oric (1983) This was an early interpretation of the Tron Light Cycles game style, in which the players (two on here, with...
Light Cycles Atari ST (1990) Light Cycles is as the name implies a light cycles game. Two players tries to navigate their light cycles so...
Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar Genesis (1992) The Galaxy Federation has defeated the forces of the Orn Empire. But the former allies of Orn have united into...
Lightfish Windows (2011), Xbox 360 (2011), Macintosh (2011) and Linux (2011) Lightfish is a fast-paced game where the user controls a small fish who unleashes a thread behind him, allowing to...
Lightforce ZX Spectrum (1986), Amstrad CPC (1986) and Commodore 64 (1987) The Regulus system has been attacked by alien forces, and you are the only Terran fighter in place to clear...
Light Force Amiga (1990) and Atari ST (1989) This compilation contains four games. Bio Challenge IK+ R-Type Voyager