Browse by genre

Action reviews

1603 Action games reviewed and scored, best first.

Browse the reviews

1603 reviews

StrategyWindows PC

The Ember Guardian Review: Kingdom Two Crowns, But You Finally Get to Shoot Back

Ratbit Games' roguelike tower-defense wears its Kingdom inspiration openly, and reviewers largely reward it for the change -- personal combat with guns and companions replaces passive troop-watching, though a short campaign, steep price, and recurring Steam Deck performance complaints keep the verdict from being unanimous.

6.1 / 10

Reviewed

Read review of The Ember Guardian Review: Kingdom Two Crowns, But You Finally Get to Shoot Back

ActionWindows PC

Twisted Tower

Thomas Brush's Atmos Games and publisher 3D Realms send players climbing a corrupted 1950s theme park armed with toy-themed guns in an openly Bioshock-inspired arena shooter, one whose striking atmosphere and creative weapon design are consistently undercut by shallow combat AI and a widely panned story.

6.1 / 10

Reviewed

Read review of Twisted Tower

ActionWindows PC

YAPYAP Review

Minions, Wands, and a Whole Lot of Yelling YAPYAP drops you and up to four friends into the role of minions summoned by a bickering wizard, tasked with sneaking into a rival magici

6.1 / 10

Reviewed

Read review of YAPYAP Review

Action, Indie, Massively MultiplayerWindows PC

33 Immortals

A striking, Hades-flavored 33-player co-op action-roguelike from Thunder Lotus that lands its ambitious central hook, cutting strangers together through hell in real time, but suffers from a repetitive core loop, grindy meta-progression, and a shrinking player base only months after launch.

6 / 10

Reviewed

Read review of 33 Immortals

Retro sword-and-sorcery action platformerWindows PCSteam Deck

Abathor

A lovingly crafted 16-bit sword-and-sorcery action platformer paying direct homage to Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania, whose passionate nostalgic following and genuine level variety earn heartfelt praise, tempered by a widely and specifically repeated complaint that its sluggish movement speed persists even after a documented major update aimed at addressing it.

6 / 10

Reviewed

Read review of Abathor

Action RPGWindows PC

Absolver

A NZ$43.59 online martial-arts RPG whose deck-built, learn-by-fighting combat system drew sustained praise across roughly 11,500 Steam reviews since August 2017 — the same review page that, especially from 2021 onward, keeps repeating one specific complaint: the developer moved on to make Sifu and left Absolver's short story and PvP-dependent structure to run on a population that's mostly gone.

6 / 10

Reviewed

Read review of Absolver

Fast-paced first-person kick-'em-upWindows PC

Anger Foot

A hyper-stylized, Hotline Miami-inspired first-person kick-'em-up about beating down neon-soaked apartment blocks to reclaim a pair of stolen sneakers, whose infectious music and door-kicking power fantasy win over most players even as a large, consistent complaint about severe frame-rate drops, and a separate complaint about a punishing challenge-based unlock system, persist for a meaningful share of its audience.

6 / 10

Reviewed

Read review of Anger Foot

Action, Adventure, IndieWindows PC

Aooni The Horror of Blueberry Onsen

A new chapter in the long-running RPG Maker horror franchise Ao Oni, Aooni The Horror of Blueberry Onsen relocates its chase-and-puzzle formula to a haunted hot springs resort, and reviewers largely praise it as a solid, faithful step forward for the series, but a heavily corroborated complaint about excessively frequent, sometimes unfair random monster chases, alongside recycled content and AI-generated art criticism, has left a real share of its audience frustrated.

6 / 10

Reviewed

Read review of Aooni The Horror of Blueberry Onsen

Bullet-heaven action roguelike with 4-player co-op and a separate tower-defense modeWindows PC

Arcane Survival

A 4-player co-op anime bullet heaven from Miki Games, built in Unreal Engine 5.5 and split across a roguelike Survival mode and a crystal-defending Defense mode — reviewed three days after launch against a store page with zero user reviews, no achievements defined and a character roster that doesn't quite match its own marketing copy.

6 / 10

Reviewed

Read review of Arcane Survival

Action, IndieWindows PC

A Smithing Game

An online 2-4 player weapon-smithing-and-fighting party game from solo developer Zoteling, rated Mostly Positive across an English review sample for its genuinely novel forge-your-own-weapon combat hook, tempered by fair, corroborated complaints about balance issues, thin long-term content, and a small paid-only playerbase.

6 / 10

Reviewed

Read review of A Smithing Game

Action RPG, Open World, FantasyWindows PC

Atlas Fallen

An open-world action RPG about sand-surfing across a desert world with a sentient gauntlet, launched to "Forspoken 2.0" comparisons and a co-op bug so severe it became the single most-upvoted review the game has ever received — genuinely improved since by patches that recast a voice actor and reworked combat, though the co-op flaw was still being reported in 2025.

6 / 10

Reviewed

Read review of Atlas Fallen

Indie, Simulation, StrategyWindows PC

Backseat

A first-person psychological taxi-horror game where every night-shift passenger might be a dangerous stranger, earning a Mostly Positive launch reception for its tense, original premise and multiple endings, tempered by widespread reviewer complaints about repetition, driving bugs, and a story that outstays its own welcome.

6 / 10

Reviewed

Read review of Backseat

Action RPGWindows PC

Bane of Darkness

A free, ten-minute student-project action RPG about a vampire hunter storming a gothic mansion, praised by its small review pool for polish and speed but honest about being a taste of a bigger game that doesn't yet exist.

6 / 10

Reviewed

Read review of Bane of Darkness

Action, Adventure, IndieWindows PC

Barbarian Saga: The Beastmaster

A hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania from Dormidin Studio built around animal-morphing abilities and a sprawling exploration-heavy map, earning a broadly positive but small launch reception for its art and movement, tempered by honest reviewer complaints about contact-damage hitboxes, obtuse early navigation, and missing windowed-mode and control-remapping options.

6 / 10

Reviewed

Read review of Barbarian Saga: The Beastmaster

Action, Adventure, IndieWindows PC

Bio Fail

A dark 2D platformer from solo developer Langonier casting players as a parasitic monster that possesses and discards human hosts, drawing a small, uniformly positive English review sample praising its genuinely novel body-swapping mechanic and oppressive sci-fi horror atmosphere.

6 / 10

Reviewed

Read review of Bio Fail

Action RPG, Open WorldWindows PC

BIOMUTANT

An open-world "kung-fu fable" RPG about a mutant animal saving a post-apocalyptic world, announced in 2017 and delayed for years while its hype grew far ahead of what shipped -- Mixed on Steam, with a review pattern that's remarkably consistent about exactly where it falls apart.

6 / 10

Reviewed

Read review of BIOMUTANT

Action, Casual, Indie, RPGWindows PC

Blast Head

A cheap, meta-progression-heavy bullet-heaven roguelite that reviewers found genuinely addictive for its build variety and price, but that a detailed critical review picked apart for jittery enemy animations, oversized hitboxes, and a stats screen that's oddly hidden mid-run.

6 / 10

Reviewed

Read review of Blast Head

More genres

Full A–Z index →