Best Action games of 2026 — ranked by players

Ranking of Action releases from the last 12 months, built entirely from player reviews: 1217 games analyzed, 80,492,976 Steam reviews aggregated. No editorial score — the "Player Score" is the percentage of positive reviews since launch, weighted by review volume in the ranking (a 95 % score on 300 reviews doesn't beat a 93 % score on 100 000). Updated continuously.

#1

Portal 2

April 18, 2011 · 463,505 reviews

99/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#2

Portal

October 10, 2007 · 197,000 reviews

99/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#3

Slime Rancher

August 1, 2017 · 155,291 reviews

99/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#4

Left 4 Dead 2

November 16, 2009 · 1,046,565 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#5

The WereCleaner

May 7, 2024 · 12,947 reviews

100/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#6

The Wolf Among Us

October 11, 2013 · 39,821 reviews

99/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#7

People Playground

July 23, 2019 · 315,102 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#8

Half-Life 2

October 10, 2007 · 276,209 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#9

Crime Scene Cleaner

August 14, 2024 · 33,400 reviews

99/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#10

Celeste

January 25, 2018 · 143,962 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#11

Cult of the Lamb

August 11, 2022 · 126,252 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#12

Half-Life: Alyx

March 23, 2020 · 104,585 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#13

Dishonored

October 8, 2012 · 87,153 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#14

Outcore: Desktop Adventure

September 26, 2022 · 18,035 reviews

99/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#15

Shelldiver

November 16, 2025 · 15,628 reviews

99/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#16

Papa's Freezeria Deluxe

March 31, 2023 · 13,099 reviews

99/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#17

HoloCure - Save the Fans!

August 16, 2023 · 40,505 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#18

Wobbly Life

September 18, 2025 · 34,763 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#19

Resident Evil 4

March 23, 2023 · 264,948 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#20

Vampire Survivors

October 20, 2022 · 264,005 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#21

Detroit: Become Human

June 18, 2020 · 254,351 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#22

Resident Evil 2

January 24, 2019 · 217,762 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#23

Dispatch

October 22, 2025 · 179,439 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#24

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+

May 26, 2022 · 23,224 reviews

98/100 · Very Positive

#25

POSTAL 2

November 2, 2012 · 135,665 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#26

Öoo

August 7, 2025 · 6,350 reviews

99/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#27

Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition

March 26, 2010 · 85,908 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#28

INSIDE

July 7, 2016 · 75,043 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#29

South Park™: The Stick of Truth™

March 5, 2014 · 73,014 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#30

Terraria

May 16, 2011 · 1,537,468 reviews

96/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive