🎮 Best Action Games of 2025-2026

Here you won't find numerical scores from press outlets or system requirements. What you'll find are the games people are actually playing right now, the ones being talked about in chat, and the ones worth knowing even if you're not a lifelong gamer. Some are from 2024, some from 2025, a couple are 2026 launches. All of them are worth your time.

15 games · Action

🔥 Best Action games

💥 #1 9.8

Grand Theft Auto VI

Action · 2025

The long-awaited sixth installment in Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto franchise. Returns to Vice City featuring the series' first female protagonist. The most ambitious Rockstar game to date with an unprecedented open world.

PS5 Xbox Series X|S PC

💥 #2 9.6

God of War Ragnarök

Action · 2022

Kratos and Atreus against the end of the Norse world. Punchy combat, father and son, a finale worthy of the 2018 reboot.

PS5 PS4 PC

💥 #3 9.6

The Last of Us

Action · 2013

Joel and Ellie cross a United States ravaged by a fungus and by people. Naughty Dog turned a survival game into a character drama that defined an era.

PS5 PS4 PC

💥 #4 9.4

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Action · 2019

FromSoftware swaps shields for perfect parries. Harder and faster than Souls: learn the rhythm or die.

PS4 Xbox One PC

💥 #5 9.2

The Last of Us Part II

Action · 2020

Naughty Dog dared to make players uncomfortable and split the fandom in two. Technically staggering, narratively brave.

PS5 PS4

💥 #6 9.2

Ghost of Tsushima

Action · 2020

A samurai against the Mongol invasion in a feudal Japan painted like a canvas. The wind guides you instead of a map.

PS5 PC

💥 #7 9.2

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Action · 2016

Nathan Drake's farewell: cinematic adventure, shootouts and Hollywood-grade set pieces. Naughty Dog in its element.

PS5 PC

💥 #8 9.0

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Action · 2023

Two Spider-Men, a beautiful New York and the best web-swinging in gaming. Insomniac nails the wall-crawler.

PS5

💥 #9 9.0

Black Myth: Wukong

Action · 2024

China's first major AAA: soulslike action based on the Monkey King with breathtaking visuals.

PS5 PC

💥 #10 8.8

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

Action · 2023

FromSoftware returns to mechs with lightning-fast battles and deep robot customization. Souls, but piloting a colossus.

PS5 PS4 Xbox Series PC

💥 #11 8.6

Control

Action · 2019

Remedy and the paranormal: a shifting building, telekinesis and a mystery that won't let go. Weird in the best way.

PS5 Xbox Series PC

💥 #12 8.6

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Action · 2024

Cleaving tyranids in half as a giant Space Marine. Brutal, satisfying power fantasy with great co-op.

PS5 Xbox Series PC

💥 #13 8.6

Sifu

Action · 2022

Each time you die you age a few years in a kung-fu revenge tale choreographed to the inch. Hard, elegant and very physical.

PS5 PS4 Xbox Series PC Switch

💥 #14 8.6

Nioh 2

Action · 2020

A frantic Japanese soulslike with yokai demons and a combat system of staggering depth. Harder and richer than the first.

PS5 PS4 PC

💥 #15 8.4

Stellar Blade

Action · 2024

A spectacular Korean hack-and-slash with demanding parry combat and a striking visual design. Shift Up's big bet.

PS5