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Action games. Wide category of games that require reflex, accuracy and agility. It includes, among other things, shooters (e.g. Call of Duty and Battlefield series) and action-adventure games (Tomb Raider). First and third person perspective (FPP/TPP) is used. In most cases we are playing as a character who has to defeat some enemies and reach a specific point. We can use a wide range of weapons, including pistols, rocket launchers, swords, knives and like. Action-adventure is a particular category within action games genre. Such titles put less emphasis on action and combat, focusing more on story, exploration and puzzles. more
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Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Action 10 March 2015
The follow-up to a hit action game from 2012. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a production of an independent studio Dennaton Games, the developer duo of Jonathan “Cactus” Söderström and Dennis Wedin. The player controls a bandit, who, provided there is a payoff, undertakes a number of risky jobs. Depending on the mission conditions, the hero can be either forced to avoid a direct confrontation, or brutally eliminate all enemies.
Hotline Miami
Action 25 June 2013
Developed by independent studio Dennaton Games, a brutal retro-style action game resembling the classic first installment in the Grand Theft Auto series. The action takes place during the 80s in the titular Miami. The main hero is a muscular ruffian who after receiving mysterious calls recorded on an answering machine commits a series of violent acts. Missions come down to murdering everyone in a given location. The protagonist can execute stealth attacks as well as engage in open combat.
Shakedown Hawaii
Action 07 May 2019
An old-school open-world action game and a sequel to Retro City Rampage developed by Vblank Entertainment. The action of Shakedown Hawaii takes place 30 years after the events presented in its predecessor. The protagonist has grown really old and got himself a large belly. Dramatic events forced him to take up arms once again and to rebuild his crime empire.
Reverie
Action 29 March 2018
An action-adventure game inspired by titles like the first entries in The Legend of Zelda series and Maori myths. Players lead the boy traversing a fictional Toromi Island to deal with malicious ghosts haunting its inhabitants.
Xenon Valkyrie+
Action 19 December 2017
Platformer with RPG and roguelike elements, in which we travel through procedurally generated mazes that swarming with smaller or larger enemies. Also, you have to watch out for traps and other obstacles. The title refers to the roots of the genre through both the visual setting and the sound layer.
Fast Striker
Action 16 October 2018
Fast Striker is a classic two-dimensional shoot'em up game, which was born as a fan project for Neo Geo and Dreamcast consoles. The production offers several gameplay modes, six levels, a comprehensive point system, as well as forty unique enemy types.
Ultracore
Action 24 July 2020
Metroidvania production, maintained in the shoot'em up convention, which was almost ready in 1994; more than twenty years later, the project was taken over by Strictly Limited Games, completed and shipped to new platforms. Ultracore takes us to the universe of science fiction, and while having fun we have to face an army of robots.
Xeno Crisis
Action 28 October 2019
Xeno Crisis is a retro top-down shooter, originally developed for the SEGA Mega Drive console. The game, which is the responsibility of the independent Bitmap Bureau, offers a local cooperative game, in which you have to face the aliens together with another player.
Retro City Rampage
Action 09 October 2012
Retro City Rampage is a humorous action game created by Vblank Entertainment studio. The title is a parody of such series as Grand Theft Auto. Players move on until 1980 and take on the role of a mentally unbalanced criminal from Theftropolis. The game is stylized on production from the era of 8-bit computers and contains many references to mass culture.
Axiom Verge
Action 19 April 2016
An indie game by an experienced developer, who has worked on such productions as End of Nations, Tiger Woods, and NFL Street. In Axiom Verge you play as a man called Trace, who dies and is reborn in a fantasy world, where futuristic and archaic technologies blend. Trace quickly asserts that the new environment and the beings inhabiting it are trying to kill him. The protagonist explores locations filled with traps and enemies as he runs, jumps, and shoots with a gun.
Titan Souls
Action 14 April 2015
A two-dimensional retro action platform game inspired by typical cRPGs and the cult PS2 title Shadow of the Colossus. Titan Souls was developed by the independent, three-person studio Acid Nerve and it is an expanded, commercial version of the application created during the Ludum Dare competition. The game takes place in ancient ruins in which, according to a legend, the souls of titans were placed.
Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition
Action 06 February 2018
Two-dimensional scrolling shooter maintained in the style of old productions available at vending machines. We play the role of the most experienced mercenary on Earth, the King, and set off on a mission to avenge the murdered companions. We jump on platforms, eliminate opponents coming from both sides of the screen and improve our arsenal thanks to an extensive crafting system.
Risk of Rain
Action 12 April 2016
Risk of Rain is an action platform game with elements of cRPG, created by an independent studio Hopoo Games. Player-controlled heroes try to survive on a distant planet inhabited by many sinister creatures. The production is characterized by retro style and high level of difficulty.
Xeodrifter
Action 01 September 2015
A typical example of a metroidvania game. It was developed by an independent American studio Renegate Kid. The player assumes the role of a lone astronaut who is tasked with exploring the surface of four dangerous planets. Although the player can visit each planet from the beginning of the game (by using a spaceship), it is quickly revealed that, in order to reach hardly accessible places, they must first obtain various upgrades.
Ronin
Action canceled
An old school 2D platform game developed by independent Polish developer Tomasz Waclawek. The story of the game was inspired by the cult movie Kill Bill directed by Quentin Tarantino. In the game the player assumes the role of a mysterious woman who intends to get rid of five influential owners of a corporation.
Timespinner
Action 25 September 2018
A classic, two-dimensional platformer considered a representative of the metroidvania genre, developed by Lunar Ray Games that was founded by a former employee of Microsoft and Bungie Software. The story of Timespinner is set in the fantasy universe of Ernah, created by the developer in the days of his youth. During the game we play the part a young girl named Lunaris, whose village was destroyed by invaders from another planet.
Retro City Rampage: DX
Action 11 November 2014
Retro City Rampage: DX is a new and improved version of Retro City Rampage, released for the first time in 2012. The title is a parody of such series as Grand Theft Auto. Players move on until 1980 and take on the role of a mentally unbalanced criminal from Theftropolis. The game is stylized on production from the era of 8-bit consoles and contains many references to pop culture.
Super Time Force Ultra
Action 01 September 2015
Super Time Force is a superbly arcade side-scrolled shooter, reminiscent of the audiovisual setting of hits from years ago. It is distinguished above all by its high level of difficulty and time travel system.
Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype
Action 17 March 2015
Soldner-X 2: The Final Prototype is a side-scroll shooter in which the player's task is to repel an alien invasion. As a pilot of a ship belonging to an elite ship, he confronts hordes of enemies using modern technology and bonuses, which he encounters on subsequent boards.
Broforce
Action canceled
An old school platform shooter developed by independent South African studio Free Lives. The game employs a parodic style to resurrect the legend of classic side-scrolling arcade shooters and the cult of movie tough guys from eighties and nineties. Playing as such icons like John Rambo, Texas Ranger, John McClane, B.A. Barracus, Robocop, or Conan, the player moves through levels filled with typical evil mooks and villains.
Shutshimi
Action 25 August 2015
A light-hearted arcade game developed by Neon Deity Games which draws from classic side-scrolling shooters. In Shutshimi, player assumes the role of an unusual goldfish that ventures into the deepest parts of the ocean in order to face the dangers which threaten the safety of the marine kingdom. Regrettably, the main hero – as every fish – has a problem with long-term memory, and remembers only last ten seconds.
Crossing Souls
Action canceled
A retro-styled action-adventure game featuring RPG elements, created in cooperation by Fourattic and Devolver Digital. The story is set in California, in the year 1986, where a bunch of kids playing in the forest discover a mysterious artifact which allows them to bend the laws of physics and travel across the border between life and death.
Slain: Back From Hell
Action 22 November 2016
Oldschool platformer with elements of a slasher game inspired by such classic titles as Shadow of the Beast or the early installments in the Castlevania series. Slain! is a debut production of independent studio Wolf Brew Games. You play as a sole hero named Bathoryn, who tries to liberate the game’s fantasy world from the tyranny of seven evil lords residing in seven high towers. Each level in Slain! is split into two different sections.
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
Action 30 November 2015
A dynamic, side-scrolling shooter created by Pyramid studio. Planet Darius has been invaded by Belsers – an alien army that entrenched itself in the oceans and seas of the whole world. To combat the threat, the planet's inhabitants have prepared a new lethal weapon, the so called Burst System. The gameplay of DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours focuses on eliminating hordes of enemies – aside from normal cannon fodder, the enemy ranks are sometimes reinforced by tough bosses.