Rank 01Best Action games on Steam
- 50 games
- Action
- Mostly Positive+
- Updated Nov 11, 2026
Top 10
- Rank 01
Rank 02About: Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 10)
- Deck Playable
- Action
- 2020
Rank 03About: A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
- $9.99 (Price checked Nov 10)
- Deck Playable
- Action
- 2023
Rank 04About: Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
- $9.99 (Price checked Nov 10)
- Deck Verified
- Action
- 2009
Rank 05About: From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 10)
- Deck Playable
- Action
- 2025
Rank 06About: Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
- $14.99 (Price checked Nov 10)
- Deck Verified
- Action
- 2017
Rank 07About: As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 10)
- Deck Playable
- Action
- 2018
Rank 08About: Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
- $9.99 (Price checked Nov 10)
- Deck Playable
- Action
- 2019
Rank 09
Rank 10About: Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
- $29.99 (Price checked Nov 10)
- Deck Playable
- Action
- 2020
Ranked 11 to 50
Rank 11 
Fallout: New Vegas
About: Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Rank 12 
Risk of Rain 2
About: Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
Rank 13 
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
About: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.
Rank 14 
ULTRAKILL
About: ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.
Rank 15 
Hades
About: Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
Rank 16 
Vampire Survivors
About: Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Rank 17 
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R.E.P.O.
About: An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Rank 18 
PEAK
About: PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Rank 19 
Dispatch
About: Dispatch is a superhero workplace comedy where choices matter. Manage a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes and strategize who to send to emergencies around the city, all while balancing office politics, personal relationships, and your own quest to become a hero. All episodes out now!
Rank 20 
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
About: Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
Rank 21 
Titanfall® 2
About: Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Rank 22 
Half-Life 2
About: Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
Rank 23 
DOOM
About: Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
Rank 24 
Portal
About: Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Rank 25 
Don't Starve Together
About: Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Rank 26 
Life is Strange - Episode 1
About: Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Rank 27 
Teardown
About: Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.
Rank 28 
How to Fish
About: A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Rank 29 
Resident Evil 4
About: Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
Rank 30 
Slime Rancher
About: Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
Rank 31 
Hades II
About: Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.
Rank 32 
Cuphead
About: Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
Rank 33 
Half-Life: Alyx
About: Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.
Rank 34 
God of War
About: His vengeance against the Gods of Olympus years behind him, Kratos now lives as a man in the realm of Norse Gods and monsters. It is in this harsh, unforgiving world that he must fight to survive… and teach his son to do the same.
Rank 35 
Celeste
About: Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
Rank 36 
Cult of the Lamb
About: Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
Rank 37 
Half-Life
About: Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
Rank 38 
Resident Evil 2
About: A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
Rank 39 
Mount & Blade: Warband
About: In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!
Rank 40 
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
About: In Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, the worlds of Peter Parker and Spider-Man collide in an original action-packed story. Play as an experienced Peter Parker, fighting big crime and iconic villains in Marvel’s New York. Web-swing through vibrant neighborhoods and defeat villains with epic takedowns.
Rank 41 
Detroit: Become Human
About: Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.
Rank 42 
Outer Wilds
About: Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Rank 43 
Resident Evil Requiem
About: Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
Rank 44 
Blade and Sorcery
About: Blade & Sorcery is a built-for-VR medieval fantasy with full physics driven melee, ranged and magic combat. Become a powerful warrior, ranger or sorcerer and devastate your enemies.
Rank 45 
Kenshi
About: A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Rank 46 
It Takes Two
About: Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.
Rank 47 
Noita
About: Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Rank 48 
Ravenfield
About: Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!
Rank 49 
Castle Crashers®
About: Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!
Rank 50 
Pizza Tower
About: Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.
About this list
Browse 50+ Action games on Steam ranked daily by review consensus (2026). Steam's Action catalogue: shooters, beat-em-ups, action-adventure, and platformers. Ranked by review consensus, refreshed daily. Every pick has cleared a quality bar of Mostly Positive or better, based on Steam's public review counts with a minimum of 100 verdicts to rule out statistical noise — enough data to trust the signal, not so much that only blockbusters qualify. Ranking is by review score first, total review volume second, so an acclaimed 300-review title sits above a franchise entry at mediocre scores. Unlike Steam's storefront Action tab, which weights new releases, sponsored placements, and sales rank, imho.run ranks purely by review consensus — older beloved titles compete alongside this year's launches on equal footing. The list refreshes daily as new releases land and review counts settle; newly qualifying titles appear the morning after they cross the threshold.
Frequently asked
What's the best Action game on Steam right now?
The top of this list is whichever Action title has the strongest review score on Steam among games with enough reviews to trust the signal — at least 100 reviews at Mostly Positive or better. The order refreshes daily as new releases land and review counts settle, so the #1 slot moves with the catalogue rather than staying frozen on a franchise heavyweight.
Do these Action games run on Steam Deck?
Each tile shows the Steam Deck status when Valve has rated the game — Deck Verified means it runs out of the box with full controller support, Deck Playable means it works with some manual setup. To browse only Deck-friendly picks across every genre, the Steam Deck and Steam Deck Playable hubs filter to those titles.
How is this list different from Steam's "Action" tab?
Steam's storefront sorts Action by a mix of new releases, top sellers, and sponsored slots. This list ignores all of that — only review consensus and audience size decide ranking, so older quiet hits sit alongside this month's launches without paid placement pushing anything up the order.
How often is the Action list updated?
Once per day. New Action releases enter the candidate pool the day after they cross the review threshold; titles whose score drops below it fall off the same way. The catalogue imho.run reads from is refreshed daily by a scraper running over the public Steam Web and Store APIs.
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