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Light No Fire
Action TBA
A third-person action adventure game by the creators of No Man's Sky. Light No Fire is set on a procedurally generated planet, which players can explore in various ways, including atop flying beasts. The game supports singleplayer and multiplayer.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Action 26 October 2018
The third installment in the Western action game series called Red Dead, started back in 2004 with the release of Red Dead Revolver. The success of its sequel, a third-person sandbox game set in the Wild West - Red Dead Redemption - has established the position of the franchise in the video games industry. The game has been developed by Rockstar Games.
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
RPG 05 October 2018
The new entry in the bestselling open-world action game series developed by Ubisoft. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey takes the players on a journey to ancient Greece. The players assume the role of one of the titular Assassins.
Ghost of Tsushima
Action 17 July 2020
An action sandbox game developed by Sucker Punch, the creators of the InFamous series. The player is taken to the titular island of Tshishima, where as a samurai he or she fights the Mongol invaders in order to avenge the death of family and close ones. A direct confrontation isn’t always the best course of action. To effectively eliminate opponents, the protagonist must learn to work in the shadows.
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
RPG 10 November 2020
The 12th main installment of the Assassin's Creed series - TPP sandboxes, from 2018 representing the RPG action genre. In Ubisoft's game we travel around the open world (which makes the complex parkour system more attractive), we perform various tasks and eliminate hosts of opponents. We gain experience points for our activities and advance to the next levels, thanks to which the combat potential of our character increases with time.
Sunkenland
Action October 2024 (early access since 26 August 2023)
A first-person game set in a submerged world. Sunkenland has us exploring oceanic depths and scarce islands, building bases and fighting off pirates.
Days Gone
Action 26 April 2019
A post-apocalyptic third-person perspective action game developed by Bend Studio, the creators of the spin-off to the Uncharted series released on PS Vita. Days Gone takes place in America, two years after a global virus outbreak which transformed millions of people into zombie-like monsters called “freakers”. During the game the player assumes the role of a former member of a motorcycle club who is trying to come to terms with the fact that he lost the love of his life.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Action 28 April 2023
The second game in the Star Wars Jedi series from the Respawn Entertainment studio, published by Electronic Arts. The project - as in the case of Fallen Order - was headed by Stig Asmussen.
Rise of the Ronin
RPG 22 March 2024
Rise of the Ronin is an RPG with an extensive arcade combat system and an open world structure. As the titular warrior without a lord, we traverse 19th-century Japan troubled by conflict between supporters of the Shogun and the Emperor.
Control
Action 27 August 2019
Control is a science-fiction third-person shooter, in which the players have to face the invasion from out of this world using a number of special abilities and a telekinetic pistol that apart from shooting bullets allows the players to throw objects and opponents.
Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
Action 23 October 2015
It is the ninth major installment in a best-selling action game series, this time developed by Ubisoft Quebec. After a brief affair with the French Revolution the developers decided to take players to 19th-century London of the Victorian era, giving them control of two characters: hot-headed young man named Jacob and his twin sister Evie. Although the game retains all of its key elements, gameplay mechanics went through some changes.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Action 14 September 2018
Another entry in the bestselling series of action-adventure games. It is also the third entry in the saga about the beginnings of Lara Croft’s career that started in 2013. In Shadow of the Tomb Raider the female protagonist journeys to Latin America, where she discovers mysteries hidden within ruins and solves the mystery related to the Order of Trinity and the research conducted by her father.
God of War
Action 20 April 2018
Another major entry in the famous hack-and-slash action game series that is one of the most important franchises available exclusively on subsequent generations of the PlayStation consoles. In previous parts of the series, we have been following a story of Spartan warrior named Kratos, and the gameplay concentrated mainly on spectacular and incredibly bloody action and eye-catching fighting system.
Demonologist
Action 25 September 2023
Demonologist is a survival horror designed with co-op in mind. The players play as ghost hunters investigating haunted houses with a variety of tools. Randomness plays a big part in the game.
Mafia: Definitive Edition
Action 25 September 2020
A remake of the cult game of the 2K Czech studio created by the original developers under the label of the Hangar 13 studio. In Mafia: Definitive Edition as Tommy Angelo we progress in the criminal underworld of the fictional city of Lost Heaven.
Watch Dogs 2
Action 15 November 2016
A sequel to Watch Dogs, a sandbox action game from 2014, in which the players assume the role of a former criminal and use his hacking skills as well as a number of gadgets to control the city infrastructure as well as private communication devices. Watch Dogs 2 develops the key gameplay elements of its predecessor; the action, however, was moved to an entirely new city, and now takes place in San Francisco.
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Action 10 November 2015
Another installment in the popular series of action adventure games, once again developed by Crystal Dynamics, the studio that brought us the successful reboot of the franchise. In terms of plot, the game continues the story arcs started in the previous part. Again we accompany the young, although tougher and more ruthless, Lara Croft. Unlike in the previous game, this time we visit different parts of the world, exploring larger and more open places.
Marvel's Spider-Man
Action 07 September 2018
An open world action-adventure game developed by Insomniac Games. The player assumes the role of the titular Spider-Man who faces the criminal underworld of New York. The gameplay is based on three pillars. The first one is exploration. The second one is completing various main and side missions. The protagonist is a superhero that can crawl and run across walls and use his web to swing on long distances.
Hogwarts Legacy
RPG 10 February 2023
Hogwarts Legacy is a TPP action RPG with an open world, which was set in Harry Potter's universe. We play the role of a young sorcerer (or sorceress) who goes to the school of magic in the 19th century.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Action 22 March 2019
An action-adventure game developed by From Software studio, which takes us the alternate reality of 15th-century Japan. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice focuses on an exploration of complex levels, sneaking and fights that resemble the Dark Souls series. Other features of the game are the grim atmosphere and a high difficulty level.
Assassin's Creed Origins
Action 27 October 2017
The seventh major installment in the Ubisoft's best-selling action game series. Plotwise, Assassin's Creed: Empire is a sort of prequel to the entire series, taking players so far back in time as none other installment did - to the ancient Egypt, long before the two opposing orders of Assassins and Templars were founded. Players play the part of a slave, a distant ancestor to Altair - the protagonist of the first Assassin's Creed.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Action 10 October 2017
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War is a direct sequel to the well-received action-adventure game Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor. Just like the first game in the series, Shadow of War takes place in the world created by J.R.R. Tolkien. The game is presented from a third-person perspective. We can explore the rich, open world of the game by riding various steeds and by taking good use of the free-running movement system, similar to that from the Assassin's Creed series.
Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut
Action 20 August 2021
Director's Cut of the 2020 hit set in 13th century Japan. Published by Sony and Sucker Punch studio, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut is enriched with, among others, Iki Island add-on, available for both PS4 and PS5 consoles.
Tomb Raider
Action 05 March 2013
The tenth iteration of adventures of Lara Croft, released as a reboot of the original, cult action-adventure series - Tomb Raider. The game was developed by Crystal Dynamics Studios under the auspices of Eidos Montreal. Their goal was to re-imagine the heroine in a new, grittier way. The game is set on an island near the coast of Japan, where young Lara Croft came in search for relics of ancient civilizations. Unfortunately, she gets shipwrecked during a storm.