Action tag
Tag created in June 2017
Action's popularity amongst developers
This graph shows games released over the years with the Action tag and the percentage they represent. The number of releases gives an appreciation of the quantity of games published each year. It often tends to increase naturally, just like the total amount of Steam games released.
The percentage gives a better estimate of the tag's trend. It shows if the Action tag is getting more or less popular amongst developers. The Review chart can let us know if this trend is a positive thing (i.e. players interest for the tag is growing) or a negative one (the tag is overcrowded).
The Action game tag peaked in 2022 with 3943 games released. The popularity of the tag is in a range between 5.3% in 2017 and 2.6% in 2022.
Bear in mind that 2023 is not over yet. The number of releases will continue to increase, but the percentage is already a good estimate of things to come.
Action's popularity amongst players
This graph displays the reviews for games associated with the Action tag, both as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the value for an average game. If the graph is hard to read, you can deactivate the review count and % of the average lines by clicking on the legend.
The review count gives a view of the sheer amount of reviews a tag receives, but it also follows the popularity of Steam itself. That is why the normalized value as a percentage of all Steam reviews is often more interesting, as it gives you the popularity trend for Action tag games.
A typical game associated with this tag collected on average between 49 (2010) and 1003 (2014) reviews. Bear in mind that it is the average, and it can be strongly influenced by extreme values, like the release of a very popular game with this tag.
The reviews per game as a percentage of the average show that games in the Action tag received between 135% (2010) and 185% (2023) reviews compared to other tags.
Price of games tagged with Action
This graph displays the evolution of the Action tag's games price in USD over the years, and the percentage of free to play games in this tag. Bear in mind that there is inflation over time, which means that a price should slowly increase just to keep the same value.
The median price for Action games peaked in 2006 at 9.99$, and bottomed in 2016 at 4.99$. The percentage of free to play peaked in 2020 at 15%, and bottomed in 2023 at 1%.
Positive reviews ratio for Action, per language
This chart shows an aggregated Steam rating for all the Action tag games, classed by language. It helps estimate how different audiences judge a game with this tag. A lower rating doesn't always mean that the audience doesn't enjoy that particular tag, as some cultures tend to always give lower scores. But it will affect a game's rating nonetheless.
The best rating for Action games is 93% for the Romanian audience, and the worst is 77% for the Japanese audience.
| Image | Name | Description | Price | Rating | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | Counter-Strike | Play the world's number 1 online action game. Engage in an incredibly realistic brand of terrorist warfare in this wildly popular team-based game. Ally with teammates to complete strategic missions. Take out enemy sites. Rescue hostages. Your role affects your team's success. Your team's success affects your role. | 9.99 | 97% | Nov 1, 2000 |
  | Team Fortress Classic | One of the most popular online action games of all time, Team Fortress Classic features over nine character classes -- from Medic to Spy to Demolition Man -- enlisted in a unique style of online team warfare. Each character class possesses unique weapons, items, and abilities, as teams compete online in a variety of game play modes. | 4.99 | 85.6% | Apr 1, 1999 |
  | Deathmatch Classic | Enjoy fast-paced multiplayer gaming with Deathmatch Classic (a.k.a. DMC). Valve's tribute to the work of id software, DMC invites players to grab their rocket launchers and put their reflexes to the test in a collection of futuristic settings. | 4.99 | 80.2% | Jun 1, 2001 |
  | Ricochet | A futuristic action game that challenges your agility as well as your aim, Ricochet features one-on-one and team matches played in a variety of futuristic battle arenas. | 4.99 | 80.6% | Nov 1, 2000 |
  | Counter-Strike: Condition Zero | With its extensive Tour of Duty campaign, a near-limitless number of skirmish modes, updates and new content for Counter-Strike's award-winning multiplayer game play, plus over 12 bonus single player missions, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is a tremendous offering of single and multiplayer content. | 9.99 | 90.5% | Mar 1, 2004 |
  | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch | Fast multiplayer action set in the Half-Life 2 universe! HL2's physics adds a new dimension to deathmatch play. Play straight deathmatch or try Combine vs. Resistance teamplay. Toss a toilet at your friend today! | 4.99 | 89.7% | Nov 1, 2004 |
  | Half-Life Deathmatch: Source | Half-Life Deathmatch: Source is a recreation of the first multiplayer game set in the Half-Life universe. Features all the classic weapons and most-played maps, now running on the Source engine. | 9.99 | 73.7% | May 1, 2006 |
  | SiN Episodes: Emergence | You are John Blade, commander of HardCorps, an elite security force dedicated to protecting the people of Freeport City. Four years have passed since your first battle with Elexis Sinclaire, a beautiful, brilliant, and ruthless scientist who is out to remake humanity according to her own twisted vision. | 9.99 | 89.4% | May 10, 2006 |
  | SiN: Gold | SiN: Gold has returned! Free update for original owners! | 9.99 | 82.8% | Mar 18, 2020 |
  | Hexen: Beyond Heretic | While the Sidhe elf Corvus battled the evil forces of D'Sparil, the remaining Serpent Riders were busy corrupting other dimensions. As a Warrior, Mage, or Cleric, you must defend your realm of Cronos from the second Serpent Rider known as Korax. | 4.99 | 87.6% | Aug 3, 2007 |
  | Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel | Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel is a dark fantasy first-person shooter and expansion to Hexen: Beyond Heretic. After discovering the Chaos Sphere, you have been transported to the Realm of the Dead. Now, your only way home is blocked by the Dark Citadel. | 4.99 | 79% | Aug 3, 2007 |
  | The Ship: Single Player | The Ship is a murder mystery alternative to traditional FPS multiplayer games - hunt and be hunted! Package includes multiplayer, single player and tutorial. | Free | 66.7% | Nov 20, 2006 |
  | Bloody Good Time | Congratulations, you’ve just been cast in your first slasher movie by the notorious Director X! | 4.99 | 78.1% | Oct 29, 2010 |
  | Alpha Prime | Somewhere in deep space, at an apparently abandoned mining base on the asteriod Alpha Prime, something has gone terribly wrong. Miners were warned that the hubbardium they were mining was too dangerous, but the lure of unimaginable wealth was too strong. | 4.99 | 59.7% | Nov 7, 2007 |
  | Call of Duty® 2 | Call of Duty® 2 redefines the cinematic intensity and chaos of battle as seen through the eyes of ordinary soldiers fighting together in epic WWII conflicts. The sequel to 2003's Call of Duty, winner of over 80 Game of the Year awards, Call of Duty 2 offers more immense, more intense, more realistic battles than ever before, thanks to... | 19.99 | 93.3% | Oct 13, 2006 |
  | Call of Duty: United Offensive | Award-winning developer Gray Matter Interactive follows up on the success of Infinity Ward's Call of Duty™ - winner of over 80 Game of the Year and 50 Editors' Choice awards worldwide - with Call of Duty™: United Offensive™. | 19.99 | 87.3% | Oct 13, 2006 |
  | ARMA: Combat Operations | Sequel to the highly successful Operation Flashpoint, ARMA: Combat Operations is a first person tactical military shooter on the PC with large elements of realism and simulation. This game features a blend of large-scale military conflict spread across large areas alongside the more close quartered battles. | 7.99 | 69.9% | Mar 12, 2008 |
  | Painkiller Overdose | The critically-acclaimed and award-winning FPS franchise is back! Packed with tons of fast-paced, adrenaline-fueled single player and multiplayer action, Painkiller Overdose brings with it 6 innovative new demonic weapons, mind-bending physics, lightning-player maps, over 40 demented and sickly-twisted monsters from Hell and gigantic end... | 4.99 | 71% | Oct 30, 2007 |
  | Sniper Elite | As World War II draws to a close, the first covert battles of the Cold War begin. Caught in the life and death struggle between Soviets and Germans in war-torn Berlin, you control the fate of a lone American OSS Sniper. | 7.99 | 77.6% | Jul 16, 2009 |
  | Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death | Welcome to Mega-City One, a city of over 400 million people - every one of them a potential criminal. It is the third decade of the 22nd Century, unemployment is widespread, boredom is universal and only the Judges can prevent total anarchy. Empowered to dispense instant justice, they are Judge, Jury and Executioner all in one. | 7.99 | 88.2% | Mar 26, 2009 |
  | Advent Rising | A common legend pervades the galaxy-that of a powerful, highly intelligent ancient race that will one day deliver the universe. They are known as Humans. The Advent of Humanity Begins... | 9.99 | 81% | Sep 14, 2006 |