Best Action games on Steam
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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.
Top picks
01Terraria
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
2011ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
02Phasmophobia
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.
2020ActionIndie19.99 USDSimilar games →
03Lethal Company
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
2023ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
04Left 4 Dead 2
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.
2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
05Schedule I
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.
2025ActionStrategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
06Hollow Knight
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.
2017ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →- Try the recommender →
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07The Forest
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.
2018ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
08People Playground
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
2019ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
09Portal 2
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
10Deep Rock Galactic
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!
2020Action29.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
11Fallout: New Vegas
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
12Risk of Rain 2
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.
2020ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
13The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
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.
2014Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
14ULTRAKILL
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.
2020ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
15Hades
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.
2020ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
16Vampire Survivors
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!
2022ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
17R.E.P.O.
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.
2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
18PEAK
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?
2025ActionIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
19Dispatch
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!
2025ActionStrategy23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
20Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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.
2025ActionRPG49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
21Titanfall® 2
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.
2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
22Half-Life 2
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.
2004Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
23DOOM
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.
2016Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
24Portal
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.
2007Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
25Don't Starve Together
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
2016ActionStrategy14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
26Life is Strange - Episode 1
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.
2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSimilar games →
27Teardown
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.
2022ActionStrategy29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
28Resident Evil 4
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.
2023ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
29Slime Rancher
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.
2017ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
30Hades II
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.
2025ActionIndie29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
31Cuphead
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.
2017ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
32Half-Life: Alyx
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.
2020ActionAdventure59.99 USDSimilar games →
33God of War
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.
2022ActionAdventure49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
34Celeste
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.
2018ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
35Cult of the Lamb
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.
2022ActionStrategy24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
36Half-Life
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.
1998Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
37Resident Evil 2
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.
2019Action39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
38Mount & Blade: Warband
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!
2010ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
39Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
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.
2022ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
40Detroit: Become Human
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.
2020ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
41Outer Wilds
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.
2020ActionAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
42Resident Evil Requiem
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
2026ActionAdventure69.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
43Blade and Sorcery
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.
2024ActionIndie29.99 USDSimilar games →
44Kenshi
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.
2018ActionStrategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
45It Takes Two
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.
2021ActionAdventure13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
46Noita
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.
2020ActionIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
47Ravenfield
Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!
2017ActionIndie17.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
48Castle Crashers®
Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!
2012ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
49Pizza Tower
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.
2023ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
50Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Source blends Counter-Strike's award-winning teamplay action with the advanced technology of Source™ technology.
2004Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
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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