Best Character Action Game games on PC
Action games built around mastering a playable character’s combat moves. Players chain attacks, evade enemies, and learn precise timing in fast-paced encounters, often through hack-and-slash combat.
- Fast-paced combat encounters
- Combo-focused attack systems
- Timing and moveset mastery
Related: Action, Hack and Slash, Spectacle fighter
73 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
ULTRAKILL
Fast-paced retro FPS where blood restores health and stylish kills score
97% positive
244K reviews
Devil May Cry 5
Third-person action with three demon hunters and combo-driven combat
96% positive
171K reviews
NieR:Automata™
Post-apocalyptic action RPG with androids battling machines across ruined Earth
87% positive
153K reviews
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
Fast-paced third-person sword combat starring a cyborg ninja
96% positive
89K reviews
Hi-Fi RUSH
Rhythm action game where fights and the world follow music
97% positive
36K reviews
DmC: Devil May Cry
Third-person hack-and-slash action with interchangeable angel and demon weapons
93% positive
33K reviews
Bayonetta
Fast-paced third-person action built around combos and precise dodges
92% positive
33K reviews
NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139...
Post-apocalyptic action RPG mixing swordplay, magic, and a dark story
88% positive
28K reviews
ICEY
Side-scrolling action where you can defy the narrator
90% positive
28K reviews
Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced
First-person looter shooter built around co-op and constant weapon hunting
81% positive
28K reviews
Devil May Cry HD Collection
Three classic third-person hack-and-slash games in one collection
93% positive
26K reviews
Moonlighter
Action roguelite combining dungeon runs with shop management
81% positive
25K reviews
Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition
Third-person hack-and-slash action with five distinct playable fighters
87% positive
23K reviews
SCARLET NEXUS
Anime action RPG with psychic combat and two interwoven stories
80% positive
18K reviews
Evil West
Linear third-person action mixing vampire hunting, gunplay, and melee
74% positive
14K reviews
Darksiders™
Third-person action adventure as an accused Horseman fights Heaven and Hell
89% positive
13K reviews
KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-
Action RPG collection of six stories across Disney worlds
87% positive
13K reviews
Soulworker
Free-to-play anime MMORPG with fast third-person hack-and-slash combat
70% positive
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VLADiK BRUTAL
Dystopian first-person shooter with gunfights, puzzles, and secrets
90% positive
10K reviews
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition
Third-person hack-and-slash adventure about a holy knight fighting monsters
81% positive
10K reviews
Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition
Third-person hack-and-slash action through surreal missions as an executioner
74% positive
8,753 reviews
Vanquish
Third-person sci-fi shooter with boosts and slow-motion gunfights
90% positive
8,001 reviews
Steelrising
Souls-like action RPG fighting royal automatons in revolutionary Paris
72% positive
7,407 reviews
I Am Your Beast
Fast-paced first-person shooter about turning military hunters into prey
98% positive
5,636 reviews