Best Action Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated action games.

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Dead End Road Dead End Road is an atmospheric driving game, with a low-fi aesthetic and procedurally generated elements. Complete your journey to seek the assistance of the old witch at Dead End Road; Get there before daybreak and perhaps, just perhaps, you can escape this nightmare.

Price 2.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 08 Jul 2016
Boid Boid is real-time strategy at its most primal - your only resource is your army. No funds to manage or infrastructures to build. It’s a kill or be killed battle of rapid decisions to dominate the gene pool.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 08 Jul 2016
NOT A HERO Professional assassin turned amateur campaign manager Steve is charged with cleaning up the city by an anthropomorphic rabbit and mayoral candidate from the future named BunnyLord.

Price -89% 2.29€
Rating 8.3
Release 08 Jul 2016
Zezenia Online Zezenia is a free to play 2D MMORPG with intense PvP wars & PvE combat. Choose from three classes and seven subclasses to discover a large map with four continents, hundreds of quests, a random equipment system & more.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.6
Release 07 Jul 2016
Conan the mighty pig Conan the mighty pig as a relaxing action-adventure exploration game. In your quest to find all the lost truffles you must avoid forest creatures and eat plants to gain special powers. There are many interconnected area to explore, including mountain and caves.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 07 Jul 2016
INSIDE Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.

Price 22.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 07 Jul 2016
Riders of Icarus Take the battle to the sky with fantastical flying mount combat unlike anything you’ve seen before in Riders of Icarus, the new unprecedented action-adventure MMORPG experience that lets you ride and fight on the back of the realm’s most dangerous winged beasts…dragons.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.5
Release 06 Jul 2016
Megadimension Neptunia VII New challengers are taking control of Gamindustri, and Neptune's nowhere in sight. Now she’s gotta help a mysterious stranger fight a colossal new evil, reclaim her Goddess title, and find some time for pudding! Go next gen with Giant Battles and multi-worlds in this JRPG!

Price -86% 2.91€
Rating 9.0
Release 05 Jul 2016
The Brookhaven Experiment The Brookhaven Experiment has terrified players and creators like Jacksepticeye and Markiplier. A VR shooter classic with bone-chilling atmosphere and easy-to-master controls it is a perfect experience to share with friends and family. Face down waves of horrifying monsters in VR’s scariest shooter!

Price 11.79€
Rating 8.1
Release 05 Jul 2016
Furi The jailer is the key, kill him and you’ll be free. Fight your way free in this ultra-responsive, fast-paced sword-fighting and dual-stick shooting game.

Price -96% 0.88€
Rating 8.9
Release 05 Jul 2016
RWBY: Grimm Eclipse RWBY: GRIMM ECLIPSE is a 4 player, online co-op, hack and slash game based upon Rooster Teeth’s international hit series RWBY.

Price -31% 13.53€
Rating 7.9
Release 05 Jul 2016
The Technomancer The Technomancer is a sci-fi RPG that offers players plenty of dynamic combat action based on 4 skill trees dedicated to 3 combat styles and the destructive electrical powers of the Technomancers.

Price -94% 0.60€
Rating 6.7
Release 28 Jun 2016
Chicken Assassin: Reloaded Fight your way as Mean Mcallister, the baddest chicken in town, through multiple hordes of enemies to save your girlfriend in this hilarious, strategic button-mashing, action-RPG.

Price -84% 0.83€
Rating 8.7
Release 27 Jun 2016
LEGO® STAR WARS™: The Force Awakens The No. 1 LEGO® videogame franchise triumphantly returns with a fun-filled, humorous journey based on the blockbuster film. The game will also feature brand new story content from the Star Wars Universe that explores the time between Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Price -98% 0.86€
Rating 8.2
Release 27 Jun 2016
Potato Thriller Known for deep frying his victims, Potato Man is the most notorious serial killer out there...

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 22 Jun 2016
ChuSingura46+1 S ChuSingura46+1S is an award-winning Japanese visual novel set in an alternate Edo Japan where all the Samurai are inexplicably female. You can get to know the “intimate” side of the characters from the classic Japanese tale of the 47 Ronin, all without any of the dangly or rough bits of the original!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 21 Jun 2016
PAC-MAN 256 PAC-MAN 256 is the maze that never ends. But the Glitch is coming for you…

Price -92% 0.43€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Jun 2016
Deadlight: Director's Cut A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on. Run, hide and fight your way through the undead as Randall searches for his family in this gorgeous, gritty, destroyed world.

Price 11.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 21 Jun 2016
Storm Of Spears RPG Prepare for an epic 10 hour adventure in the world of Galager. Sura, the world's most sought-after mercenary, leads a band of sell-swords in a last-ditch effort to save the world. Prepare for the Storm of Spears!

Price 1.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 17 Jun 2016
Radiator 2: Anniversary Edition A free collection of three short experimental games (Hurt Me Plenty, Succulent, and Stick Shift) about male sexuality, punishing, eating, and driving.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 16 Jun 2016
Transmissions: Element 120 TE120 is a short single player experience set in the Half-Life Universe featuring a gravity defying weapon that allows you to jump buildings and sustain large falls. The story takes place at a mysterious date & location. Where are you? Why have you been sent?

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 16 Jun 2016
SWARMRIDERS SWARMRIDERS is a FREE "endless runner"+"twin stick shooter" ARCADE mashup. A "machine gun swarm surfing minigame" made as a bonus content for the UBERMOSH community.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 15 Jun 2016
Polandball: Can into Space! Crazy fun rocket simulator game with countryballs theme. Can Polandball into Space? Try to find out!

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 15 Jun 2016
Dead by Daylight Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits. Pick a side and step into a world of tension and terror with horror gaming's best asymmetrical multiplayer.

Price -59% 8.29€
Rating 7.9
Release 14 Jun 2016
Verdict Guilty - 유죄 평결 Verdict Guilty is a 90's arcade-style fighting game with a cops vs robbers theme.

Price -81% 0.88€
Rating 8.0
Release 13 Jun 2016
Roguelands Embark on an epic journey in this hardcore Multiplayer RPG! As a Galactic Cadet, you and your Combat Squad of friends must brave hostile worlds in search of valuable loot and resources. Craft powerful gear, slay otherworldly creatures, and save the galaxy.

Price -50% 4.97€
Rating 7.8
Release 13 Jun 2016
BomberZone The classic maze based strategic bombing game is back. Earth is invaded by aliens and you are in charge of your robotic soldier to defend it.

Price -95% 0.38€
Rating 7.8
Release 10 Jun 2016
Mad Bullets Mad Bullets, the wackiest shooter is here to put your reflexes and laughing muscles to an intensive test. You can forget about boring stories, complicated controls and irritating tutorials, and jump right into a mind blowing, high-speed action.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.5
Release 10 Jun 2016
Zombie Party Zombie Party is a retro rampage of fun and over-the-top action, while still giving the players a deep and engaging Action-RPG Rogue-like experience! Go on a time traveling adventure, or delve deep into procedural dungeons full of gold, loot, and secrets!

Price -90% 0.81€
Rating 8.0
Release 10 Jun 2016
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…

Price -97% 1.15€
Rating 7.8
Release 10 Jun 2016
The Hat Man: Shadow Ward Based on a true story, discover the horror of the Canton insane asylum as you attempt to rescue your daughter. Experience the scariest game of 2014.

Price 9.75€
Rating 6.4
Release 10 Jun 2016
Crea Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!

Price -68% 4.49€
Rating 7.3
Release 09 Jun 2016
Insanity Clicker Been looking for the thrill? Then you've come to the right place! Insanity Clicker is a time-killer game full of horror and fear that will make you tremble in a couple of minutes!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.6
Release 07 Jun 2016
Death Goat Death Goat is a bloody arcade shooter featuring hordes of brutal enemies & eardrum destroying Heavy Metal.

Price 0.40€
Rating 7.1
Release 07 Jun 2016
WASTED Get wasted or get wasted trying in WASTED, a roguelike post-apocalyptic pub crawler. Fight tooth and nail, bullets and baseball bats in search of Booze, gain strange mutational Hangovers, and explore the Coolers in search of powerful weapons, armor, and a nice stiff drink to top it all off.

Price -37% 8.30€
Rating 7.4
Release 07 Jun 2016
SteamWorld Heist Command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts in SteamWorld Heist. This is turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action!

Price -97% 0.56€
Rating 9.0
Release 07 Jun 2016

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