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  1. #1 Battletoads (1991) The 1991 brutally-hard NES beat-em-up-platformer hybrid. Platformer Action 100% liked · 2 votes
  2. #2 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (2018) Alexios/Kassandra's Peloponnesian War. Massive open-world Greek archipelago. Action RPG 50% liked · 4 votes
  3. #3 Bayonetta 2 (2014) The 2014 Nintendo-funded sequel. Possibly the smoothest character-action ever made. Action 33% liked · 3 votes
  4. #4 Deathloop (2021) The Groundhog-Day stylish assassination game. Action Shooter 67% liked · 3 votes
  5. #5 Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (2001) The expansion. Druid and Assassin classes, Act V. RPG Action 100% liked · 1 votes
  6. #6 Diablo (1996) The 1996 isometric click-fest that named the ARPG genre. RPG Action 100% liked · 1 votes
  7. #7 Dishonored (2012) The supernatural-stealth steampunk-Victorian assassination immersive-sim. Stealth Action 100% liked · 1 votes
  8. #8 Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) The 2018 Wild West prequel. Arthur Morgan's redemption story. Possibly the most-immersive open world ever. Action Adventure 100% liked · 1 votes
  9. #9 Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (2023) Three Kingdoms Soulslike with the deflection-and-spirit gauge mechanic. RPG Action 100% liked · 1 votes
  10. #10 🎮 Assassin's Creed: Mirage (2023) A return-to-stealth Baghdad story. Basim Ibn Ishaq pre-Valhalla. Action Adventure 100% liked · 1 votes
  11. #11 Assassin's Creed: Origins (2017) Bayek's Ptolemaic-Egypt origin story. The franchise pivot to RPG mechanics. Action RPG 100% liked · 1 votes
  12. #12 Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) The futuristic top-down sequel. Three rival gangs. Action Adventure 100% liked · 1 votes
  13. #13 Hi-Fi Rush (2023) A shadow-dropped rhythm-action banger from the Evil Within studio. Combat synced to music. Action Rhythm 100% liked · 1 votes
  14. #14 Ghost of Tsushima (2020) A samurai open-world with Kurosawa-mode black-and-white. The most visually breathtaking PS4 game. Action Adventure 100% liked · 1 votes
  15. #15 Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (2017) A standalone Chloe Frazer expansion that's tighter and arguably better than the mainline. Action Adventure 100% liked · 1 votes
  16. #16 God of War (2018) (2018) The Norse reboot. Single-take camera, axe, son. Game of the Year 2018. Action Adventure 100% liked · 1 votes
  17. #17 Tomb Raider (2013) (2013) The 2013 origin-story reboot. Action Adventure 0% liked · 1 votes
  18. #18 Streets of Rage 2 (1992) The Genesis sequel. Possibly the best beat-em-up of all time. Action 0% liked · 1 votes
  19. #19 Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018) The 2018 trilogy capstone. Action Adventure
  20. #20 Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015) The 2015 sequel. Action Adventure
  21. #21 Tomb Raider II (1997) The 1997 sequel. Action Adventure
  22. #22 Tomb Raider (1996) The 1996 Lara Croft debut. PS1 cultural icon. Action Adventure
  23. #23 Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (2005) The trilogy capstone. Action Adventure
  24. #24 Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (2004) The grimdark sequel. Action Adventure
  25. #25 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003) The 2003 rewind-time Prince that defined the Ubisoft 3D-platformer formula. Action Adventure
  26. #26 🎮 Star Wars: Republic Heroes (2009) Clone-Wars action game. Action
  27. #27 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (2010) The 2010 sequel. Cloned-Starkiller plot. Action
  28. #28 Ys IX: Monstrum Nox (2021) The 2021 Ys sequel. Bonded-monstrum gameplay. RPG Action
  29. #29 Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (2017) The franchise-peak Ys action-RPG. Adol shipwrecked on an island. RPG Action
  30. #30 NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... (2021) The 2021 modernised remake of the original NieR. RPG Action

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