Action games by popularity
Packed with action. Fast reaction, swift input control and a quick eye are advantageous.
The Legend of Edgar
Action, Adventure, Platform When Edgar's father fails to return home after venturing out one dark and stormy night, Edgar fears the worst: he has been captured by the evil sorcerer who lives in a fortress...
Zombie Grinder
Action, Arcade, Platform, Shoot/Beat 'em up Zombie Grinder is a multi-platform cooperative multiplayer arcade game, reminiscent in style and gameplay of retro games like Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Super Smash TV!, but...
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...
FreeSpace 2 Open
Action, Shooter From the time it became apparent that there would be no FS3 the most repeated complaint the community had was that Volition wouldn't release the source code so that the community...
Descent 2 (D2X-XL)
6DoF, Action, Shooter D2X-XL is a port of Descent 2 to OpenGL. It is an open source project and has received a lot of enhancements compared to Descent 2. My work on this project would not have been...
Savage 2: A Tortured Soul
Action, Shooter, Strategy 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)...
Red Eclipse
Action, Shooter Red Eclipse is a Free and Open Source game, using SDL and OpenGL which allows it to be ported to many platforms.. The game is a single-player and multi-player first-person ego-...
Shank
Action, Shoot/Beat 'em up Shank is a highly stylized, action-packed, 2D brawler, featuring satisfying fight combos and familiar platforming challenges. Players assume the role of Shank, a former mob-hitman...
Three Dead Zed
Action, Arcade, Platform, Puzzle Three Dead Zed is an action/puzzle platformer drawn completely by hand. Breaking out of a testing facility, players take control of an experimental zombie that can transform into...
Wings of Dawn
6DoF, Action, Shooter, Total conversion Wings of Dawn is a total conversion by Spoon released on August 22, 2010. It features an anime-inspired design that takes place in an entirely originally-designed setting outside...
Overgrowth
Action, Adventure Overgrowth is a 3d action-adventure game for Mac, Windows, and Linux, coming soon from the independent game studio, Wolfire Games. It is the spiritual successor to Lugaru, picking...
Syndicate (FreeSynd)
Action, Shooter, Strategy As the world's multinational corporations grew, their profits began to rival those of small countries. Soon they owned small countries and corporate influence was felt at the...
Ballistics
Action, Flying, Driving Ballistics is an extreme futuristic racing game that takes place during man's next century. Technology and increasing demand for hazardous entertainment has born a new form of...
Steel Storm: Burning Retribution
Action, Shoot/Beat 'em up Steel Storm: Burning Retribution (a.k.a. Steel Storm: Episode II) is a top down arcade shooter with old school spirit. The game has score oriented competitive gameplay, and is...
Trigger Rally
Action, Arcade, Simulation, Driving A fast-paced single-player racing game with packages available for many different Linux distributions.
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Action, Shooter Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is set in the same science fiction universe as Quake II and Quake 4. Taking place in the year 2065, the game lets you play as the GDF or Strogg in...
Tanki Online
Action, Driving An online tank shooter. Permanent upgrades for earned score are available.
