Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider Originally developed in 1996 by Crystal Dynamics proved its worldwide prominence and likeness among action game enthusiasts. This mighty Action and Adventure video game ended up with a lot of world famous sequels and spin-offs. Recently in 2013 the game series Rebooted and the new Tomb Raider made its way to the markets with countless new features, slightly different storyline and a new face of the protagonist “Lara Croft”. Once again the game progressed in Crystal Dynamic Studios and Eidos Montreal, Nixxes Software, United Front and Feral Interactive did all the additional work. Game was published by Square Enix and “Feral Interactive” in early 2013. The storyline of the game tells us about Lara Croft who happens to be on the island of Yamatai to rescue her friends, while on the island she fights off against a vindictive cult of forgotten and most notorious beings. She must survive in order to free her friends and escape this God forsaken island for good. The game features a remarkable blend of Action, Adventure, RPG and Shooting Elements, addictive and quite fascinatingly action packed game-play, an open world gaming environment with a 3rd person gaming perspective and state of the art, eye catching graphics. Player controls the protagonist Lara Croft and gets caught in the act as the game advances on its course. This super cool and highly anticipated piece of art allows the players to play game in single or multiplayer mode and is available on different platforms like PC (Microsoft Windows), OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox 360.
#1 Rise of the Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider offers a wonderful combination of Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash aesthetics. This remake of the original Tomb Raider game by Crystal Dynamics features a new ace for the protagonist and allows you to be Lara Croft and go on an epic journey to free your friends from the pirates taking refuge on a distant and god-forsaken island. Equipped with only a Bow and Arrows, you’ll have to survive through hostile environments, encounter the most notorious and vindictive groups of pirates and enjoy immersing yourself into hardcore action and thrill filled game-play. As compared to the previous Tomb Raider games, you’ll experience enhanced mechanics and visuals, a totally new story and plenty of new perks available with the purchase. With a third-person perspective, a new face of protagonist and boldness of the character, Rise of the Tomb Raider offers a totally immersive and one of its kind gaming experience.
#2 Darksiders 2
Darksiders 2 is a brilliant Hack and Slash, RPG and Action-Adventure video game by Vigil Games. This game belongs to the Darksiders series and lets you be the protagonist Death, one of the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse. The game amalgamates interactive puzzle elements with the super thrilling Action, RPG and Hack and Slash game-play and tasks you to go through various environments consisting of things such as Doors, Elevators, Portals, and Platforms etc. In an open world environment, Darksiders 2 lets you explore the game world on foot or your special Horse named as Despair, traverse through a number of dungeons, complete a number of quests and side quests, engage in epic boss fights along with thrilling PvP melee combats with other enemies and enjoy immersing yourself into a brilliantly engaging game-play. Darksiders 2 offers multiple means of travel and one of them is teleporting from one location to another. Your primary weapons are two sharp edged Scythes that you can use to slice up your enemies or you can use your secondary weapons (Hammers, Axes, Maces etc.) as well. With a very interesting and very well-written story line, fantastic visuals and an immersive game-play, Darksiders 2 is one of the best games of Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash genres. Do try it out.
#3 Shadow Warrior
Shadow Warrior is a First-person Action-packed Hack and Slash, Shooter and RPG video game by Flying Wild Hog. The reboot of 1997’s Shadow Warrior features the protagonist with same character named Lo Wang and is set in an Asian Themed game world. Lo Wang is a Modern ninja, is controllable by a first person perspective and fight against the hordes of Evil Powers. Shadow Warrior consists of a number of game levels presented in a chapter wise order and lets you progress gradually from smaller stages to the huge ones with open Battles Arenas and Melee Combats. You as the protagonist can act and use various types of fire arms along with traditional ninja swords. Your basic task is to kill all the enemies and complete the game objectives in time to move towards the higher level of expertise. Shadow Warrior allows you to battle against differently categorized enemies who have various skills and tactics to fight against you. Their abilities are classified according to their skills and strength. You must first fight against the smaller enemies to gradually go against the ones with same strength as you possess. In order of fighting against an enemy who is stronger than you, will cost you a life. Shadow Warrior offers best graphics, a good story and an open world.
#4 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is a Third-person, Fast-paced Action and Thrill filled Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game by Mercury Steam. The game is set in the year 1047 and tells the story about the epic Alliance between Earth and Heaven that was threatened by the mighty and evil Lords of the Shadow. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow allows you to be the main protagonist Gabriel Belmont a skilled warrior who uses advanced skills and up to 40 unique Unlockable fighting combos and his special sword fighting abilities to kill the enemies. Your task is to use all the weapons along with secondary ones such as Knives, Holy Water, and Hammers etc. to eliminate your enemies. Laced up with all the advanced melee tactics and weapons, special magical spells, you’ll have to attack your enemies in a fast-paced manner and kill them before they get you. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow offers ultra-HD visuals, a well-written story and an engaging game-play. Try it out if you really love playing Action-Adventure and RPG video games and you’ll definitely love it.
#5 The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition is an amazing Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game by CD Projekt RED. The game basically offers a more enhanced and upped version of the ground breaking “The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings” and allows you to enjoy an immersive and quite addictive game-play. The game lets you be the main protagonist named as Geralt of Rivia who is a skilled Mercenary, Monster Slayer and a Witcher by profession. Engulfed in the manipulative havoc of political agendas, the Kingdom of Temeria is getting destroyed by all the rebels, criminals, monsters and The Order of the Flaming Rose, a rebel movement working to overthrow the king and kill him. As the personal bodyguard to the Monarch King Foltest, your task is to save the king and help him in the matters of restoring the order in Temeria. Lead the mighty armies to the mighty La Velette Castle, overthrow the queen, and follow the footsteps of the mysterious Assassin to complete the game objectives. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings offers the enhanced Red engine that helped improve the graphics and mechanics of the game and now you can enjoy the brilliant game-play and immersive story from a totally new and refined perspective. For a marvelous Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash and RPG experience, do try this game, you’ll definitely love it.
#6 Legend of Grimrock
Legend of Grimrock, created by Almost Human Ltd. is an Action-Aand Hack and Slash video game. The game provides with a lot of dungeon crawling and strategically special game levels in which the player gets fit into the role of a prisoner who is thrown into the Pit of mount Grimrock. You after taking over the character of the protagonist must crawl through the dungeon, fight off the monsters and other dangerous prisoners, interact with objects, solve puzzles and find and repair the machine that opens up the portal to the outer world. Your life depends on the actions you perform so be careful. You must also find out the hidden equipment in order to fill up your inventory and gain the experience points. After the portal machine gets repaired, you must go through it and find the Tomb of the Creators who then will lead you to the Undying One and you’ll be able to complete the objectives of the game after blowing up the great Mount Grimrock. Legend of Grimrock is an amazing game to play and enjoy. For a super exciting Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash game-play, do play this awesome game. You’ll definitely like it.
#7 Two Worlds 2
Two Worlds 2 is an Open World, Single and Multiplayer, Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game developed by Reality Pump. The game is set in a fantasy world in which you can take the role of the protagonist, the former king of the Gandohar. A recent attack by Antaloor throws you out of your throne and he occupies your place and names himself the King. Antaloor puts you and your sister behind bars until a group of orcs rescues you. Now you must work secretly and gather up your faithful troops and generals to revolt against the unlawful king Antaloor. Orcs are on your side so you must make alliances with other kings and attack when you have the chance to seize back your throne and kill the evil king. You’ll experience one on one battles in the game that are mostly based on melee game-play so you must use melee weapons and techniques to eliminate your enemies. Multiplayer mode of the game is totally separate from the single player mode and allows you to create entirely new characters, their skills etc. and act differently. Multiplayer mode also allows you to take part in challenges and one on one combats and defeat your enemies. Every enemy defeat rewards you with experience points and currency that you can use to buy upgrades and power-ups. Two Worlds 2 offers beautiful realistic graphics, an involving story and a totally immersive game-play to enjoy.
#8 The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings developed by Polish Studios, CD Projekt Red and published by Atari, Inc., Badnai Namco Games and CyberFront in the same year of 2011. This super addicting game is a sequel to The Witcher and is packed with great Action-Adventure, RPG and intense Hack and Slash elements. The game is based on the story from a novel written by a Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. From its first appearance in the market to the present day, this game is a real success. Graphics, game-play and story-line is quite to its predecessor. With an open world gaming environment, Stealth mode, tons of new content and bug fixes, this game attracts the players a lot. The Witcher, genetically mutated Geralt takes you to an amazing land of wonders. Battles with monsters and humans and their extremely disastrous super powers are a key element in the success of the game. Playing this game won’t cost you a bit of tiredness and make you feel sorry for your precious time. Give it a try and experience an extremely engaging and thrilling nature of the game.
#9 Batman: Arkham City
Batman: Arkham City is an amazingly addictive and engaging Action-RPG and Beat em’ Up video game by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game revolves around the character of Batman, who gets imprisoned in the Arkham City, a Mega Prison that surrounds the whole slums of Fictitious Gotham City. With no memories of how he got there, Batman tries to uncover the sinister plan of his imprisonment and to find a way to get out of this Godforsaken place. The game allows you to take down your arch enemy The Joker, using all of your advanced Stealth, parkour and fighting, Detective and Exploration abilities. Batman: Arkham City offers a number of advanced gadgets, weapons and other items to use against the enemies and allows yo to be the one true hero of the Gotham City. With super action filled gameplay, amazing 3D visuals and a great game story, Batman: Arkham City is a wonderful game to play.
#10 Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition is a great Action-Adventure, RPG and Strategy video game by BeamDog. The game is set in the Forgotten Realms of Wizard of Coast and lets you be part of an epic, adventurous and a great open game world where you can journey deep into the spine of the greatest mountains of Icewind Dale. Icewind Dale is basically a harsh and challenging territory. You on the epic adventures will have to face the fearsome beasts who only know one thing, kill you. In order to survive in the hardiest setting of Icewind Dale, you must evolve, learn the cunning and cruelty, wildness and be mean enough to save yourself from the hazards of the realm. Your basic objective is to fight against an unknown Evil Entity that is about to unleash its wrath upon the kingdom of Faerun. You must encounter the Evil Entity, face it with courage, use your best skills, Sword and Sorcery and use the amazing Spells, items etc. to eliminate it. Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition provides with a wonderful bunch of characters and skills, spells and abilities etc, an amazing option to engage yourself in Cooperative game-play by dragging in your friends, teaming up and returning victorious. With two exciting new expansion packs, DLC and a lot of other cool things, this game is fun to play and enjoy.
#11 Guacamelee!
Guacamelee! Is a fantastic Action-Adventure, Beat em’ Up, Hack and Slash and RPG video game that features the player character named as Juan who embarks on a journey to save the El President’s Daughter. Juan is basically a wrestler type of character who uses punches and special skills to eliminate his enemies and to defeat the bosses. Guacamelee! Enables you to use grapple attack on your enemies and once they are in close range, kick them out for good using your iron hands. This brilliant fighting and beat em’ up game mostly focuses on melee combats and allows you to enjoy a side-scrolling game-play, with amazingly well designed mechanics and visuals. Every enemy kill awards you with coins that you can use to buy upgrades and stuff. With an amazing amount of challenging puzzles, ability to switch between the land of dead and the land of the living, fast-paced action and thrill filled game-play and all the wonderful things, Guacamelee! Is one amazing game to play.
#12 Transistor
Transistor is a Sci-Fi, Action-Adventure and an RPG video game developed and published by Supergiant Games for PC, Mac OS X, Linux, Steam and PlayStation 4 gaming consoles. Transistor’s story revolves around the character of a female protagonist Red, who mourns the death of an unknown man killed by a large sword named as Titular Transistor. She vows to revenge and gets against a mighty army of the Robots named as Process. Red paces on in the game with the story and reaches Goldwick District where she gets to know about the machines are being controlled by Camerata a sinister faction of outlaws. She starts collecting the evidences and following the leads and finally reaches to the Highrise District. Red after a huge battle against the Process finally reaches to the core of the actions and destroys the whole Process system along with all the accessories and machines in the field. After that she returns back to the previous location and learns that the man died in the beginning cannot be revived and commits suicide. The game concludes. Transistor is one amazing Action-Adventure and RPG video game that will surely take you to the heights of excitement and amazingness of all the things this game has to offer. You should try it out and enjoy the ultimate fun.
#13 The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 2
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 2 is a great Action-RPG video game by NeocoreGames. This 2nd installment to the series takes you further into the land of wonders, epic enemies, supernatural events and mad Science etc. The story of the game revolves around the character of the famous monster Hunter Van Helsing who continues his own adventures from where they were left in the previous installment of the game. With the help of Katrina, the Ghostly companion of Van Helsing and all the super cool items, it is your duty to cleanse the Gothic metropolis of all the satanic and otherworldly creatures, beings and entities. You must also go full scale against the Mad Scientist and explore the darkest side of Borgova to defeat all of the enemies. With a wonderful plot and Story, state of the art visuals, and an amazingly addictive game-play, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 2 is a marvelous game to play and enjoy.
#14 Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is an amazing Multiplayer Online Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game by Tom Banner Studios. The game is set in Medieval Era and offers a Half-Life 2 and Age of Chivalry type of game-play and focuses on Melee combats primarily. It allows you to engage yourself into amazingly bloody battles against the enemies from a first or a third person perspective and enjoy Hacking and Slashing your way through the hordes of enemies using your swords, bows and arrows, Maces and Catapults etc. Chivalry: Medieval Warfare offers Ballistae, Catapults and Boiling oil as the secondary and the most damaging weapons as well and allows you to use against the enemies when waging wars and leading the troops. Because of the Multiplayer nature of the game, Chivalry: medieval Warfare lets you enjoy objective-based gameplay and take part in multiple game modes such as Free for All, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Last Team Standing, King of the Hill, Capture the Flag and Team objective etc. Chivalry Medieval Warfare offers a number of character classes as well and lets you choose the character you like from Archers, men at Arms, Vanguards, knights etc. The game offers a whole load of amazing weapons all based up on the character you select along with all the special character specific abilities and skills. With a wonderfully engaging and quite immersive gameplay, fantastic story, brilliant visuals and DLC, Chivalry Medieval Warfare is one amazing game to play and enjoy.
#15 The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing is an excellent new Action-RPG video game developed by NewcoreGames. The game is based on Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula and features the character of Young Van Helsing, son of the most famous and legendary vampire Hunter named Abraham Van Helsing, The game takes place in Gothic-Noir era of the 19th century in East Europe. It allows you to go against the Vampires, Werewolves and Monsters in order to eliminate them using your special abilities, magic and that time’s modern Monster hunting weapons and save the defenseless people from their cruel reign. Set in a totally Fictitious Universe, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing takes you to the dark realms of Borgova, situated in the midst of 19th Century Europe and tasks you to eliminate all the Evil creatures roaming in the premises of the City and lift up the fear that’s drowning Borgova day by day. As the son of a famous Vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing, you must show courage, eliminate all the evils and keep the family legacy going on. With a brilliant story driven gameplay, beautiful visuals and amazing environment and scenarios, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing is one amazing Action-RPG video game to play and enjoy.
#16 Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights takes you to an amazing Fantasy-based Action-RPG experience from a third-person perspective and leaves you right in the middle of an amazingly enchanting world. The game lets you enjoy lengthy campaigns and enjoy playing this masterpiece with all the user created content and loads of cool upgrades and stuff. As an adventurer, Neverwinter Nights lets you cater with the Evil and Cults both and tasks you to complete various quests in order to eliminate the enemies and restore the order in the City of Neverwinter. With a Standard RPG formula, Neverwinter Nights offer a number of player character options, cool skills and abilities to master and a great storyline to follow. The unique combat system of the game is inspired by the famous Dungeons and Dragons series and lets you enjoy similar mechanics and game-plat etc. As compared to a lot of titles of this specific genre, Neverwinter Nights is one of the best Action-RPG video games to play and enjoy. Do try it out.
#17 The Witcher
The Witcher is an Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game created by CD Projekt RED. The game is based on a novel of the same name and is set in a Medieval Era. The story of the game revolves around Geralt a Known Witcher and a Monster Hunter gifted with supernatural powers. The Witcher offers Top-Down and First Person gaming perspectives and allows you to engage in the most epic battles against the monsters and Beasts. You can choose anyone of the three fighting techniques according to the scenarios, use whatever weapons you see fit for specific type of battles and are capable of slashing the foes. The Witcher lets you fight against a number of different kinds of enemies (Monsters, Beasts etc.) and use your supernatural powers to defeat or tame them. The game consists of seven chapters and features best HD graphics, Hardcore Action-packed and engaging game-play and a well written story.
#18 Bastion
Bastion is a Wonderful Action-RPG video game developed by Supergiant Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game lets you control The Kid, move though floating platforms in a fantasy-based environment, fight enemies, collect Shards of Rocks, Use magical powers and different weapons (Swords, Hammers, knives etc.) in epic enemy encounters, explore and solve puzzles in World of Caelondia and enjoy the ultimate fun. With wonderful graphics, and challenging game-play, Bastion is a wonderful game to play. One brilliant feature of the game is the Dynamic Voice-over presented in a beautiful 2D environment and the Isometric Camera view makes it even more involving. For all the hardcore Action-RPG enthusiasts, Bastion offers hours of pure entertainment, so do try this one out.
#19 Avadon: The Black Fortress
Avadon: The Black Fortress is a fantasy based Action-RPG video game by Spiderweb Software. The game allows you to explore the game world by forming a band of skilled warriors, hunting treasures and exploring the dungeons. You have to save your homeland which is being attempted to be destroyed. There are four different classes for your character with multiple unique abilities and spells. You will experience different endings of the game and you can change the world by your own choices. There are multiple side quests, secrets to discover and hidden dungeons. You have to find hundreds of magical items and you can use enchanted crystals to make the artifacts more powerful. You have to be careful while making your party, because there are so many traitors in the disguise of allies. Avadon: The Black Fortress is fantastic Action and Role Playing video game to play and enjoy. Do give it a try.
#20 Velvet Assassin
Velvet Assassin is a 2009 mega hit and an amazing Action-Adventure and Stealth video game by Replay Studios. The game puts you right into the character of a World War II era British Spy and a truly great Assassin named Violette Summer who goes undercover behind the enemy lines to sabotage the whole Nazi war operation. The great story of the game is inspired by a real life secret agent, a spy and a saboteur named Violette Szabo and lets you experience an amazing adventure filled, action-packed and a really stealthy game-play ever. With super thrilling set up, Velvet Assassin provides with amazing stealth and combat techniques, great weapons all based up on the same era the game sets in. another cool feature of the game includes varying lightening that actually provides with three different states of the severity of the environment around the protagonist and she acts accordingly to save herself up from the enemies and plans her course of further actions. With a superb combination of Action-Adventure, Stealth elements, a great story and an engaging game-play, Velvet Assassin is a great game to play.
#21 Hitman: Episode 2 Sapienza
Hitman: Episode 2 Sapienza is a Downloadable Content for Action-Adventure and Stealth video game Hitman, developed and published by To-interactive A/S. The DLC pack takes the player to the sunny Italian coastal town of Sapienza, a location packed with opportunities for the protagonist and lots of challenges to complete. During the gameplay, the player has to track down Silvio Caruso and eliminate the dangerous virus in this mission. The new episode comes with new challenges, weapons, targets, starting locations, and more as well as the entire new town to explore. The player takes on the role of the protagonist, an assassin named as Agent 47, who can explore the world from a third-person perspective, use stealth element to take down enemies silently, and fulfill the missions to earn money and gain experience. The player navigates the environment freely and can use a huge arsenal of weaponry including a sniper rifle, machine gun, pistol, and more. Hitman: Episode 2 Sapienza offers a detailed environment, prominent features, non-player characters, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#22 Dark Souls
Dark Souls is an RPG game packed with Action-Adventure and Hack and Slash elements. It is developed and published by From Software. This game provides an open world environment, enhanced graphics, challenging game-play, an updated user interface, and an advanced A artificial Intelligence (AI)I system. You can play it on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 4. The game takes you to a fictional and mysterious world.
The player starts his journey with many weapons and rations and a little gathering of companions, and on his way to the badlands, he engages with the creatures. This game features realistic and eye-catching graphics, and the open-world allows him to interact with people, objects, and other things. Playing Dark Souls will definitely be a good experience because of its amazing story, addictive gameplay, and brilliant visuals. These features make Dark Souls among the top choices of combat gamers.
#23 Pillars of Eternity
Pillars of Eternity is one of the best Action-Adventure and RPG and Hack and Slash video games. This wonderful game takes you to an amazing journey of an enchanted world where you destiny awaits you. With a great opportunity to recapture the deepest sense of Exploration, Adventure and Thrill of leading the most skillful companions to an amazing world of wonders and fantasies, the chance to engage yourself in the most epic battles and reaching out to success by going through hugely monster-infested dungeons, Pillars of Eternity is all about astonishment and wonderful things you experience. Pillars of Eternity is actually the Spiritual Successor to a number of top trending games such as Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale and Baldur’s gate series and offers a similar type of gameplay and mechanics. According to the story of the game, Pillars of Eternity takes place in the world of Eora, located in the region of Eastern Reach that is a home to a number of native races such as Free Palatinate of Drywood, Penitential Regency of Readceras and The Villains Republic etc. According to their Technological, Social and traditional aspects each of the nations belong to the Renaissance Era and they settled in the Eora in that era too. The games kicks off with a massive unrest in the Eora because of the discovery of certain facts about the souls that stated that the souls are not actually Metaphysical Abstractions but are quantifiable and calculable objects that can be transferred from one state to another, stored or manipulated in any way possible. Talking about the gameplay, the main character of the game arrives in Drywood in a shabby condition, his caravan gets destroyed with every soul and he’s the only survivor. Hiding in the caves, the protagonist gets exposed to unearthly energies and powers, drawn to earth by the cultist performing rituals related to their souls with the help of an advanced machine. The protagonist now becomes a Watcher, who can read souls as well as reading memories from the past. Because of these activities widespread in the lands, Drywood gets Cursed with a deadly plague known as HollowBorn and that leads to births without soul. A widespread chaos begins as the people start hunting the scientists and cultists as they think they are responsible. meanwhile the Thaos, the antagonist keeps on stealing the souls. it is now your duty to become the one savior, walk in the footsteps of Thaos, confront him and kill him to reverse the Plague and save the poor souls. With a brilliant story, amazingly addictive gameplay and loads of fantastic quests, epic PvP and PvE combats, great visuals and a well-written story, Pillars of Eternity in one of the best and most played Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game.
#24 Mount and Blade: Warband
Mount and Blade: Warband is a superb hack and slash, action, role-playing, a strategy video game by TaleWorlds Entertainment. You are free to explore the thrilling game world by making your teams with multiple online players up to 250 characters. Furthermore, the game provides the option to enjoy the combat in different modes like Team-Death match, Conquest, Capture the Flag, Siege, Deathmatch, and Battle.
It also offers the player to be group leader by convincing the lords of that group and giving them a particular land area. The game seems easy in the beginning but gets harder when you move to the advanced levels. Furthermore, the protagonist can design his own maps to battle and earn money by fighting against enemies. So, complete your tasks in multiple equipment systems and enjoy this great platform.