Action games by popularity
Packed with action. Fast reaction, swift input control and a quick eye are advantageous.
Brütal Legend
Action, Adventure, Strategy Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a...
Heroes of Newerth
Action, Role-playing, Real-time Heroes of Newerth, a session-based, multiplayer, Action-RPG, is heavily inspired by the popular Warcraft 3 mod, Defense of the Ancients (DotA), but with vast improvements in...
X-Blaster Dominator
Action, Arcade, Shooter, Shoot 'Em Up X-Blaster Dominator is a vertical scrolling shoot'em up in 2D available for Windows and Linux. This is an independent project that I made in C + + with SFML in ArchLinux. In this...
Salvation Prophecy
Action, Simulation, Strategy, Real-time Salvation Prophecy is a military space epic. Human, mutant, and robotic factions are at war for galactic domination. Battles rage as space fleets collide, and planet invasions...
RUNNING WITH RIFLES
Action, Shoot 'Em Up RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down sandbox shooter, with emphasis on cooperation, squad leading and being a tiny soldier in a big war. The events take place on an open world...
Savage 2: A Tortured Soul
Action, Strategy, Shooter Savage 2: A Tortured Soul is the sequel to the critically acclaimed online multiplayer game, which introduced gamers to the completely new Real Time Strategy Shooter (RTSS)...
Cube 2: Sauerbraten
Action, Shooter Cube 2: Sauerbraten is a Free single and multi player 1st person shooter game with some satisfying fast oldskool gameplay. A large variety of gameplay modes from classic SP to...
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Action, Adventure, Shooter You'll get to assume the role of Kyle as you wield a unique mix of weapons, Force powers and your lightsaber in both single and multiplayer modes. Plus, your choice: combat or...
Unvanquished
Action, Shooter Unvanquished is a fast-paced, futuristic FPS with RTS elements, pitting technologically advanced humans against hordes of highly adaptable aliens. The player can choose from...
Forsaken (ProjectX)
Action, 6DoF, Flying, Shooter In the distant future, the advancement of science has exceeded humanity's ability to control it. During a subatomic experiment, an accident causes an uncontrollable fusion...
FLARE
Action, Role-playing Free Libre Action Roleplaying Engine is a simple game engine built to handle a very specific kind of game: single-player 2D action RPGs. Flare is not a reimplementation of an...
Urban Terror
Action, Shooter, Total conversion Urban Terror started as a realism based "total conversion" mod for Quake III Arena. Nowadays, Urban Terror is played using the free, stand-alone, ioquake3 engine modified, which...
FreeSpace Port
Action, Shooter, Total conversion The FreeSpace Port is a user-made FreeSpace 2 port of the main Descent: FreeSpace campaign. The package ports all the mission, ship and weapon data from Descent: FreeSpace to...
TO:Crossfire
Action, Shooter, Total conversion Inspired by TacticalOps, a game based on Epic's awardwinning UnrealEngine, a group of friends took an ambitious step, creating a sequel to their favorite game on a new level of...
Hurrican
Action, Arcade, Shoot 'Em Up Hurrican is a freeware jump and shoot game that is based on the Turrican game series. Blast your way through nine action-packed levels filled with different enemies and powerups.
Unreal Tournament
Action, Shooter Unreal Tournament is a game that provides the ultimate in multiplayer excitement whether you're hooked up to the Internet or not. Let's repeat: Unreal Tournament kicks just as...
Battle Tanks
Action, Shoot 'Em Up “Battle Tanks” is a funny battle on your desk, where you can choose one of three vehicles and eliminate your enemy using the whole arsenal of weapons. It has original cartoon-...
Cortex Command
Action, Strategy, Shoot 'Em Up Cortex Command is set a few hundred years into the future, where the now cybernetic human race is able to travel between stars and has already met several alien civilizations....
