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2.5 DXBOX ONE Action Video Games

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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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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Action 18 January 2024

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is an action adventure 2.5D platformer. The player must explore different stages, solve puzzles, avoid traps and fight enemies. The time control mechanic is a big part of the game.

Trek to Yomi
Trek to Yomi

Action 05 May 2022

Action adventure game inspired by the films of Akira Kurosawa. In Trek to Yomi we play as a young samurai who, in order to fulfill his oath made to his dying mentor, must face the forces of evil. The title was developed by Leonard Menchiari and Flying Wild Hog studio.

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China
Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China

Action 21 April 2015

The first installment in the Assassin's Creed Chronicles series of spin-offs, created in the form of a 2.5D adventure platformer. The game was developed by Ubisoft as a bonus for users who bought the season pass for Assassin's Creed: Unity. The game is set in the sixteenth-century China, and the players assume the role of female assassin Shao Jun – a student of Ezio Auditore and the protagonist of the animated film Assassin's Creed: Embers.

Contra: Operation Galuga
Contra: Operation Galuga

Action 12 March 2024

A remake of an iconic 1987 shoot 'em up, developed by WayForward and published by Konami. Contra: Operation Galuga features thoroughly refreshed visuals and modernised mechanics.

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time
Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time

Action 21 August 2020

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time is an action adventure game with clearly defined platform elements. The title presents a completely new story in the universe of the animated series Samurai Jack (it is the culmination of the plot of that production).

Replaced
Replaced

Action 2024

A 2.5D action adventure game that takes us to an alternative, retrofuturistic America of the 1980s. In Replaced we play as an artificial intelligence trapped in a human body who learns the dark secrets of dystopian Phoenix City.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Action 18 June 2019

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an action-adventure platform game set in a gothic horror setting. The game is a spiritual successor to the Castlevania series. The person in charge of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was Koji Igarashi, who previously worked on the Castlevania series over the course of many years. The game revolves around exploring a large castle, which is crawling with demons the players need to fight against, you also develop your character and gather items.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants

Action 23 April 2024

A 2,5D beat'em up which originated in the arcade and that's based on the animated series from the Nickelodeon channel. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants features the famous turtles and it can be played both alone or in local co-op for up to 4 people.

Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers
Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers

Action 19 September 2023

A 2.5D shooter with a unique graphic design stylized on black-and-white science fiction films from the 1950s. During the game we play as a pilot of an airplane fighting with aliens.

Hyper Universe
Hyper Universe

Action 07 August 2018

Hyper Universe is a multiplayer, side-scrolling 2.5D action game with dynamic battles on large arenas. Taking the best features from MOBA productions, the game combines a combat system inspired by classic fighting titles, with team cooperation.

Black Witchcraft
Black Witchcraft

Action September 2024

An original beat ‘em up developed by Korean studio QuattroGear. The players assume the role of Ligeia, a witch that embarks on a quest to find her missing sister. The search leads her to Usher, a town infested with hellish beasts. To learn more about her sister’s whereabouts, Ligeia has to face hordes of dangerous demons. Black Witchcraft is seen from a side perspective. The gameplay comprises of exploration, platforming, avoiding traps, as well as combat.

Grime
Grime

Action 15 December 2022

GRIME is a combat-focused action adventure game with RPG elements, in which we absorb the remains of our enemies to strengthen our own abilities. It is the debut game of the independent Clover Bite studio.

The Last Case of Benedict Fox
The Last Case of Benedict Fox

Action 27 April 2023

An action adventure platforming metroidvania featuring combat reminiscent of soulslikes. The Last Case of Benedict Fox tells the tale of a detective investigating a gruesome murder, facing demons and beasts along the way.

Worms Rumble
Worms Rumble

Action 23 June 2021

Worms Rumble is a multiplayer arena shooter, in which we control the earthworm and take part in a deadly shootout against 32 players, using the iconic arsenal of weapons for the series.

Liberated: Enhanced Edition
Liberated: Enhanced Edition

Action 20 April 2022

Platform action game with sneaky elements developed by Atomic Wolf studio. In Liberated, we find ourselves in a dystopian reality in which the authorities subject the citizens to extensive surveillance. In the course of the game, we follow the fate of four characters, among whom we will find both allies of the government and members of the resistance movement - the Liberated people in the title.

My Friend Pedro
My Friend Pedro

Action 05 December 2019

Platform action game, in which we play as a dancing hero, with gracefulness eliminating opponents standing in his way. While playing My Friend Pedro, we travel through industrial locations and kill enemies, making use of both firearms (with a pair of pistols at the forefront) and environmental elements.

Georifters
Georifters

Action 28 May 2020

Platform action game from an independent team Busy Toaster. At Georifters, we take control of heroes who can influence the environment - these abilities allow them, for example, to move and create platforms or even use selected objects as weapons.

Shing!
Shing!

Action 21 January 2021

A beat'em up in which we play the role of ninja warriors fighting the Yokai monsters. The production offers a flexible combat system and a lot of spectacular action. Polish independent studio Mass Creation is responsible for its creation and release.

Rigid Force Redux
Rigid Force Redux

Action 05 June 2020

An improved version of the 2018 Rigid Force Alpha shoot'em up. In Rigid Force Redux, we take control of the spaceship and face hordes of enemies, constantly flying right and shooting at everything that comes under our sights.

Aeon Must Die!
Aeon Must Die!

Action 14 October 2021

Aeon Must Die! is a 2.5D beat'em up in the atmosphere of Japanese cartoons from the VHS era. The game offers an extensive combat system and mechanics simulating the fight for control over the body of the hero between man and an alien symbiote.

Exception
Exception

Action 13 August 2019

Platform action game in which we find ourselves inside a computer transforming in front of our eyes: the machine has been infected by a virus and our goal is to eliminate enemy programs. In Exception, the action is shown from the side, and the game world evokes associations with the film series Trons.

RWBY: Arrowfell
RWBY: Arrowfell

Action 15 November 2022

A metroidvania in the form of an action platform game based on the license of the animated series called RWBY. In RWBY: Arrowfell we play as four heroines who face the monsters known as Grimm that threaten the world of Remnant.

Somerville
Somerville

Action 15 November 2022

An action platformer, in which the players witness the adventures of a group of people trying to survive an invasion of an alien civilization. Somerville is a work by Jumpship, a studio founded by Dino Patti, i.e. the co-creator of two bestselling games Inside and Limbo. The game is characterized by original, dark, but also slightly cartoonish art style, designed by Chris Olsen - a film animator who participated in the works on such pictures as Skyfall and Thor.

Klang 2
Klang 2

Action 17 November 2021

Klang 2 is an action game in which we fight dynamic clashes to the rhythm of fast electronic music. The game is the second installment of the series launched in 2016 and, unlike the original, it focuses exclusively on action; there are no platform game elements to be found in it.