Many genres, including platformers, Action-Adventure games, first-person shooters, beat'em ups, and hack and slash games can be considered subsets of the action genre, although they are generally seen as distinct from straight-up action games.
Action games include:
- 007 Racing
- 9 Monkeys of Shaolin
- 1213
- 20XX
- 8 Eyes
- Abuse
- Action 52
- Act-Fancer: Cybernetick Hyper Weapon
- The Adventures of Batman and Robin
- After the War
- Age of Barbarian
- Agent Armstrong
- Alien 3: The Gun
- Aliens: Extermination
- Aliens: Armageddon
- Alien Hominid
- Alien Soldier
- Alien Storm
- Aliens: Infestation
- Alpiner
- Android Hunter A
- Amateur Ninja
- Amorphous+
- Ancient Evil
- Antarctic Adventure
- Apocalypse
- Arctic Adventure
- A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda
- Arkanoid
- Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M.
- Assault Retribution — Contra meets Starship Troopers meets Alien
- Asterix and the Magic Carpet
- Asterix Operation Getafix
- Astyanax
- Asura's Wrath
- Atomic Runner Chelnov
- Attack of the Mutant Penguins
- Azure Striker Gunvolt Series
- Badland Brawl
- Balacera Brothers
- Baron Baldric
- Barotrauma
- Batman Returns (Lynx)
- Batman: The Animated Series (Game Boy)
- Battle City
- Battletoads
- Battlerite
- Behind the Screen
- Berserk Boy
- Billy Blade and the Temple of Time
- Bingo The Multiva
- Bio Lab Wars
- Bio Menace
- Bladed Fury
- Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
- Blake Stone: Planet Strike
- Blandia
- Blast Corps
- Bleed
- Blood Bros
- Blood Hime
- Bloodhound
- Blood Knights
- Bloody Wolf
- Bloodline Champions
- Bomberman
- Bot Gaiden
- Bot Vice
- BPM: Bullets Per Minute
- Breakout
- Broforce
- Brute Force
- Buck Bumble
- BUCK: Saturday Morning Cartoon Apocalypse
- Burning Fight
- BUTCHER
- Cabal
- Caliber .50
- Cannon Dancer
- Cannon Fodder
- Captain Silver
- Cardinal Syn
- Catacomb
- Cataegis: The White Wind
- Caveman Warriors
- Chalk
- Chaos Heat
- Chase the Express
- Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
- Claws of Furry
- Cloudbuilt
- The Cliffhanger: Edward Randy
- Clyde's Adventure
- Clyde's Revenge
- Cobra
- Cobra 2
- Code Name: Viper
- COGEN: Sword of Rewind
- Commando (Capcom)
- Commando 2
- Commando: Steel Disaster
- Conflict Series
- Contra
- Cookie Cutter
- Copy Kitty
- Corridor 7: Alien Invasion
- The Crackpet Show
- Crimsonland
- Criticom
- Crossbow Crusade
- Crossbow Warrior - The Legend of William Tell
- The Crystal of Kings
- CT Special Forces
- Cuphead
- Cyberia
- Cyberia 2
- Cyber-Lip
- Cyborg Justice
- D/Generation
- Daemon Summoner
- Dangerous Dave
- Dante's Inferno
- Dark Ages
- Dark Angel
- The Dark Meadow
- Dark Rift
- Deadly Creatures
- The Deadly Tower of Monsters
- Deae Tonosama Appare Ichiban
- Deathless Hyperion
- Deathtrap Dungeon
- Decaying Winter
- Demon Front
- Demon Skin
- Demon's World
- Desert Assault
- Desert Breaker
- Devil May Cry
- Devil's Hunt
- Diamond Digger
- Dick Tracy (Sega)
- Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza
- Die Hard: Vendetta
- Dig Dug
- Dino Strike
- Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Roar of the Beast
- Disney's Beauty and the Beast (SNES)
- D.N.A.: Dark Native Apostle
- Dodge
- Dolphin Blue
- DogFighter
- Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
- Dreamkiller
- Dreams To Reality
- Duck Game
- Dusty Revenge
- Dusty Raging Fist, prequel to the above
- Dynamite Alex
- Dynamite Duke
- Dysnomia
- Eastern Exorcist
- Ecstatica
- Ecstatica II
- An Egyptian Tale
- Electroman
- Elemental Master
- Elevator Action
- En Garde!
- Enter the Matrix
- Epic Pinball
- Evolva
- Excalibur 2555 A.D
- The Executive
- Exit Limbo: Opening
- Expendable
- Extreme Pinball
- Eyra the Crow Maiden
- Fat Princess (also part Real-Time Strategy)
- Fat Princess Adventures
- Ferazel's Wand
- Fighting Force
- The Firemen
- Fixeight
- Flame Gunner
- Flippin Kaktus
- Flywrench
- For Honor
- The Force Unleashed
- Fox N Forests
- Framed 1995 (1995, and it has Platform Game elements mixed in)
- Freedom Planet (also part platformer)
- Freedom Planet 2 (also part platformer)
- Freedom Wars (also half Third-Person Shooter)
- Frogger
- Fruit Ninja
- Furi
- Galactic Empire
- Gatling Gears
- Gender Wars
- Geneticognito
- Genocide and Genocide 2: Master of the Dark Communion
- Ghost Bandits Attack
- Ghost in the Shell
- Ghostrunner
- Ghosts 'n Goblins
- Ghoulboy
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- The Gladiator
- Gladiator
- God of War
- Gods Will Fall
- Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!
- Grapple Force Rena
- Grid Warrior
- Guerrilla War
- Gundhara
- Gun Force
- Gungrave
- Gun Master
- Gunstar Heroes
- ''HAAK'
- Hagane
- Hammerfight
- Hamsterdam
- Hands of Necromancy
- Hangzo
- Hardcore Mecha
- Harry the Handsome Executive
- Haunted Halloween 85
- Have a Nice Death (2022)
- Heartlight
- Heated Barrel
- Heavy Barrel
- Heavy Water Jogger
- Hellbound
- HEPH
- Herc's Adventures
- Hero of Sparta
- Heretic
- Hi-Fi RUSH
- Highway Hunter
- Hocus Pocus
- Hollow Knight
- Homefront
- Homefront: The Revolution
- Hong Kong Ninja
- Hotline Miami
- Hovertank 3D
- Hunted: The Demon's Forge
- Hyperballoid
- _iCEY._
- Ikari Warriors
- illWill (2023)
- Imp of the Sun
- In Search Of Dr Riptide
- Inca
- Incision
- Incoming!
- The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
- IndestructoTank
- Infinity Blade
- Intrusion 2
- Iron Meat
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle
- Jonathan Kane: The Protector
- Joust
- Jumpman Lives!
- Jurassic Park (Sega Master System)
- Jurassic Park (Sega Genesis)
- Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition
- Just a Cleric
- JYDGE
- Karnov
- Kileak
- Killer Queen
- Kill It with Fire
- Kirby
- Knight's Contract
- Krut: The Mythic Wings
- Kung Fu Louie Vs The Martial Art Posse
- Kuri Kinton
- Kyle & Lucy: Wonderworld
- Lair
- Last Alert
- The Legend of Kage
- The Legend of Tian-ding
- Lethal Crisis
- Little Nemo (Arcade)
- LocoCycle
- Lone Soldier
- Loopmancer
- Lost Reavers
- Lost Soul Aside
- Low G Man
- Lucky & Wild
- Lugaru
- MadWorld
- Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
- Magical Whip: Wizards of Phantasmal Forest
- Malicious
- Manhunt
- Mappy
- The Matrix: Path of Neo
- MechRunner
- Meatgrinder
- Mendel Palace (a.k.a. Quinty)
- Metal Shinobi Assassin
- Metal Slug
- Metal Slug Code J
- Metallic Child
- Metaloid Origin
- Mick & Mack as the Global Gladiators
- Midnight Fight Express
- Midnight Resistance
- Midnight Wanderers: Quest for the Chariot
- Mighty Aphid
- Millipede
- miniLAW: Ministry of Law
- Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae
- Mizuiro Blood
- Monster Party
- Moon Diver
- Moon Raider
- Mordhau
- Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
- Mortal Kombat: Special Forces
- Mystical Fighter
- Mystic Warriors
- NanoBreaker
- NATICA STAR SPLASH
- Nelo
- Nemesis the Warlock
- Neon Abyss
- Neon Chrome
- New Legends
- Nightmare Busters
- Nightshade (2003)
- Night of the Consumers
- Ninja Battle Heroes
- Ninja Gaiden
- Ninja Gaiden (Arcade)
- Ninja Gaiden (NES)
- Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
- Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
- Ninja Gaiden Shadow
- Ninja Gaiden (Sega Master System)
- Ninja Gaiden (Game Gear)
- Ninja Gaiden (2004)
- Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
- Ninja Gaiden II (2008)
- Ninja Gaiden 3 (2012)
- Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z
- Ninja: Shadow of Darkness
- Ninja Spirit
- Nitro Ball
- Noitu Love
- Nuclear Throne
- ONE
- One Dog Story
- Onslaught
- Operation: Inner Space
- OTXO
- Out Zone
- The Outlaw, The Drunk & The Whore
- Overgrowth
- Pankapu
- Panzer Paladin
- Paperboy
- Paprium
- Philosoma
- Pirates (NIX)
- Pirate Hunter
- Pirates: Legend of the Black Buccaneer
- Pitfall!
- Playing with Fire
- Pocky & Rocky
- Police 911 1
- Predator: Concrete Jungle
- Predator: Hunting Grounds
- Primal Light
- Prison City
- Psycho Nics Oscar
- Psycho Soldier
- Punishing: Gray Raven
- Qbert
- The Quest for Glory series:
- Quest for Glory I (1989 as Hero's Quest; 1990 re-release with new name)
- Quest for Glory II (1990)
- Quest for Glory III (1992)
- Quest for Glory IV (1993)
- Quest for Glory V (1998)
- Hero-U (2013) (Set in the same setting but not a direct sequel)
- Rabbids Go Home
- Rad Rodgers
- Raging Justice
- Railroad Rampage
- Rambo
- Ranger X
- Rapid Reload
- Rework the Dead: Evil
- Rex Rocket
- RFLEX
- Riot
- The Road To Rage
- Robot Alchemic Drive
- Robotron: 2084
- Rock of Ages
- Rocket Knight Adventures (also a Platformer, although it's more combat-focused than most straight platformers, and dips into Shoot Em Up territory in some levels)
- Rollergames
- Rolling Thunder
- ROM Check Fail
- Run Saber
- Sakuna Of Rice And Ruin
- Sailor Moon (Game Boy)
- Sailor Moon R (Game Boy)
- Sailor Moon S (Game Gear)
- Samurai Revenge
- Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo
- Samurai Western
- SAR: Search and Rescue
- Sea Salt
- Second Extinction
- Seek and Destroy (2002)
- Shade: Wrath of Angels
- Shadow Force
- Shadow Guardian
- Shadow Master
- Shatterhand
- Shenmue
- Shinobi (1987)
- Shadow Dancer
- The Revenge of Shinobi
- Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
- Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
- Shinobi Legions/Shinobi X
- Shinobi (2002)
- Shinobi (2011)/Shinobi 3D
- Shock Troopers
- Shoot Many Robots
- Silhouette Mirage
- Silverball
- Skeleton Krew
- Skeleton Warriors
- Skinwalker Hunt
- Skul: The Hero Slayer
- Slashout
- Smashroom
- Smash TV
- Sol Divide
- Solomon's Keep
- Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball
- Soulcaster
- Space Debris
- Space Raiders
- Spark the Battle Dog
- Spark the Electric Jester
- Spinal Breakers
- Spiritual Assassin Taromaru
- Splatter Master
- Speed Power Gunbike
- "Starry Knight"
- Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
- Steel Assault
- Steel Harbinger
- Stretch Panic
- Strider
- Strider (Arcade Game)
- Strider (NES)
- Strider Returns (Also titled Strider II)
- Strider 2 (Unrelated to Strider Returns)
- (Strider 2014)
- SturmFront: The Mutant War
- Subvein
- The Suffering
- The Sun at Night
- Sunset Riders
- Super Benbo Quest
- Super Cyborg
- Super Dungeon Bros
- Swamp Zombie FPS
- Sword Master
- TAGAP
- The TakeOver
- Take No Prisoners
- Tamarin
- Tapper
- Tasty Planet
- Tecmo Knight
- Tenchu
- Thexder
- They Always Run
- Thunderflash
- Thunder Fox
- Thunder Hoop
- ThunderJaws
- Tiger Knight: Empire War
- Time Commando
- Timecop
- Time Slip
- Timothy vs. the Aliens
- Towerfall
- Trauma Center
- Trikumax
- Tunnel B1
- Turrican
- Twin Caliber
- The Ultimate Stuntman
- Ultraverse Prime
- Umblade Senki
- Unbound Saga
- Undead Line
- Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
- Vice: Project Doom
- Virtual Hydlide
- Video Game/{{Voidigo}
- Wallachia: Reign of Dracula
- War Dogs: Red's Return
- WarGames Defcon 1 — an Actionized Adaptation of the 1983 movie of its namesake
- War of the Roses
- WarioWare
- Warlords
- Warriors of Might and Magic
- The Watchmaker (2018)
- Weebish Mines
- Wells
- Western Front 1914
- Wild CA Ts 1995
- Wildcat Gun Machine
- Wild Guns
- Wild Metal Country
- Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
- Wing of Darkness
- Wizard of Legend
- The Wolf and the Waves
- Wolfchild
- The Wonderful 101
- The Wonderful End of the World
- Woolfe - The Red Hood Diaries
- Wrath of the Black Manta
- Wulverblade
- Xena: Warrior Princess
- X-Kaliber 2097
- X-Men (1993)
- X-Men 2: Clone Wars
- Yokai Hunter Shintaro
- Zelle Occult Adventure
- Zen: Intergalactic Ninja
- Zombies Ate My Neighbors
- Zombie Playground
- Zone of the Enders
- Zoo Keeper (1983)
