PCGame

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.

Related: Action, Hack and Slash, Spectacle fighter

292 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

292 games

AI filter: hide games with AI content
Customize

Hide games that disclose AI for:

Vague statements, and games not classified yet, stay hidden while the filter is on.
Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion
Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion
Turn-based adventure RPG with sailing across a flooded cartoon world
91% positive 1,047 reviews
Assault Spy
Assault Spy
Hack-and-slash action with bullet-dodging dashes and corporate espionage
92% positive 1,043 reviews
Mighty Goose
Mighty Goose
Side-scrolling run-and-gun action starring a goose bounty hunter
86% positive 1,002 reviews
Olija Demo
Olija
Side-scrolling action adventure built around a harpoon for movement and combat
90% positive 995 reviews
YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z
YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z
Gory hack-and-slash action where zombie limbs double as weapons
65% positive 983 reviews
Shady Knight Demo
Shady Knight
First-person action game mixing parkour, swordplay, and style scoring
94% positive 961 reviews
Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours
Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours
Interactive book examining Valve's development process and canceled projects
95% positive 943 reviews
Mr. Shifty
Mr. Shifty
Top-down beat 'em up with teleportation and one-shot deaths
87% positive 934 reviews
Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio
Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio
A fast-paced 2D platformer about escaping a creature-filled castle
90% positive 925 reviews
SINNER: Sacrifice for Redemption
SINNER: Sacrifice for Redemption
Boss-rush action RPG where you sacrifice strength before each fight
65% positive 909 reviews
GOCCO OF WAR
GOCCO OF WAR
A third-person quest shooter with make-believe battles and costume crafting
89% positive 897 reviews
No More Heroes 3
No More Heroes 3
Third-person hack-and-slash action with alien bosses and open-world missions
80% positive 895 reviews
GODBREAKERS Demo
GODBREAKERS
Action roguelite where you steal enemy powers mid-fight
71% positive 848 reviews
City of Brass
City of Brass
First-person action roguelite with traps you turn against enemies
77% positive 837 reviews
KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
Action RPG collection with two adventures and an origin movie
82% positive 782 reviews
The Darkest Tales
The Darkest Tales
Side-scrolling action platformer starring a bear in twisted fairy tales
70% positive 759 reviews
6 Seasons and a Game
6 Seasons and a Game
A free paintball arena shooter that parodies American television
88% positive Free
Vernal Edge
Vernal Edge
Pixel-art Metroidvania across floating islands with combo-based combat
75% positive 689 reviews
Mahou Arms
Mahou Arms
Anime-style hack-and-slash action with magical girls fighting to reclaim Earth
74% positive 673 reviews
Panic Room: House of secrets
Panic Room: House of secrets
Free-to-play hidden-object mystery about escaping a puzzle-filled mansion
60% positive Free
Captain Bones: Prologue
Captain Bones: Prologue
Open-world pirate survival with crafting and raft-based island exploration
86% positive Free
Fairy Bloom Freesia Demo
Fairy Bloom Freesia
A forest beat 'em up with a kung fu fairy
90% positive 633 reviews
Kujlevka
Kujlevka
A narrative adventure about screening visitors to a crashed UFO
92% positive 631 reviews
Anima: Gate of Memories
Anima: Gate of Memories
Action RPG where switching between two characters extends your combos
69% positive 625 reviews