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Best Action Games on PS4 by User Score

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1. Minutes

Feb 10, 2015 • Rated E

Simply explained, the player controls a circle and moves it around the screen to collect light energy shapes (for points) and avoid dark (which damage the player). The key mechanic is that the size of the circle can be changed. Go small to stay safe and dodge through the dark energy. Go large to collect more light and, critically, boost your score multiplier. [Developer via Playstation Blog]

2. Toukiden: Kiwami

Mar 31, 2015 • Rated T

In the world of Toukiden, Demons (Oni) have hidden in the shadows aiming to torment mankind. Throughout history, a secret caste of warriors, the Slayers, have been trained to dispose of the demonic threat before it could consume the world. However, an event called the ‘Awakening’ caused rifts to appear in space and time, causing places that had long disappeared from the world to resurface, unleashing hordes of demons that relentlessly hunted humans.

3. Downwell

May 24, 2016 • Rated E10+

In Downwell, you descend into a deep well filled with monsters and traps, equipped with the Gunboots — a set of boots that let you shoot bullets from your feet. You’ll be using it to clear your way of enemies, or as a way to slow your descent using its recoil. On your way down you’ll find different guns, shops with helpful items, and upgrades like explosive balloons or a set of silverware to eat your foes with. The well is randomly generated, so no two trips down will ever be the same. [Playstation.com]

4. Batman: Arkham VR

Oct 11, 2016 • Rated M

Batman: Arkham VR is a new Batman story set in the Arkham universe and exclusive to PlayStation VR. For the first time in a Rocksteady Arkham story, Batman: Arkham VR offers players the chance to feel that unique sense of presence in these legendary locations through virtual reality. [Rocksteady]

5. Joe Dever's Lone Wolf HD Remastered

Mar 16, 2016 • Rated T

Lone Wolf is back in video game form with a brand-new story and a deep combat system. Acclaimed author Joe Dever played an active role in the development of the game and his new narrative follows on from his classic 1980’s gamebook, shedding a new light on Lone Wolf’s world, Magnamund. The Console Edition includes all 4 acts of the story. Are you ready to write your own destiny?

6. Psychonauts in The Rhombus of Ruin

Feb 21, 2017 • Rated E10+

Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin is a new Virtual Reality adventure that takes players back into the mysterious and paranormal world of the Psychonauts for the first time in more than a decade. Once again players assume the role of Raz, an intrepid young psychic and now fully fledged member of the Psychonauts — an elite group of international psychic secret agents.

7. Senran Kagura: Estival Versus

Mar 15, 2016 • Rated M

The high-flying ninja girls of SENRAN KAGURA return, this time with more moves, more playable characters, more story and attitude, and more destruction online with matches that can support up to 10 players (PS4 version only; PS Vita supports up to 4 players). All the previous shinobi girls return with a host of upgraded moves to master, and new playable characters offer more challenges to conquer, along with a story that's equal parts sexy and shocking, serious and scandalous, busty and brawling.

8. Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder

Aug 28, 2017 • Rated E10+

The rock-racing, tower defense, art history game is back. Like the title says, Bigger and Boulder cranks up the surrealism and gameplay with chaotic two-on-two multiplayer, new time periods, and improved graphics, physics, and destructibility.

9. Wayward Sky

Oct 10, 2016 • Rated T

Risk life and limb as you explore a mysterious floating fortress in search of your kidnapped father in Wayward Sky on PlayStation VR. Assume the role of Bess, a young co-pilot who must navigate her way through puzzles and perilous pathways to find her father and escape the crumbling airborne fortress. Guide the action with responsive motion controls and explore the unique environment from both third- and first-person perspectives. Specially crafted visuals and camera “blinks” transport you instantly from Bess’s point to view on board the fortress to high above the scene, looking down like a towering giant.

10. Nom Nom Galaxy

May 12, 2015 • Rated E

Nom Nom Galaxy is a sandbox-styled mix of platforming, base building, tower defense, and good old fashioned monster-stomping! You'll create huge factory-bases where you'll experiment with tons of ingredients, make hundreds of types of soups to feed the galaxy, and rise in the ranks of the Soup Co.! Each planet will have it's own challenges, from poisons gas to killer tomatoes. Only the most adept of Soup Meisters will succeed.

11. Patapon 2 Remastered

Jan 30, 2020 • Rated E

The story of the Patapon tribe marches forth as they hunt for the fabled Earthend. Shipwrecked in a new and strange continent the Patapon are depending on you, their god, to lead them safely through this perilous new land. As you guide the tribe through this new world with your mystical drum, they will come face to face with a new tribe, encounter a mysterious and mighty Hero Patapon and uncover the ruins of Patapolis, a mystical place long spoken of by the Patapon. All-new modes to Patapon 2 include thrilling multiplayer stages, a huge array of missions and deep tutorials that will have you drumming to the beat of the Patapon in no time. Head to patapon-game.com for the captivating mini-game, The Art Of War, where the goal is to collect as many Patapon characters as you can and then immortalise your battle with the Patapon Wallpaper creator. Lead your loyal followers through 60 rhythmic stages. Keep the beat going with tons of hidden items and mini-games to reveal. Drum along with friends and tackle multiplayer missions.

12. Bossgard

WHO’S THE BOSS? It’s finally you! One big, bad, player-controlled Boss goes against a team of Vikings, each with special abilities. Enter BOSSGARD, a hectic 1 versus 5 bossfight multiplayer game in which you get to crush your friends as THE BOSS.

13. Nidhogg

Oct 14, 2014 • Rated T

Nidhogg is the epic award-winning fencing tug-of-war, full of graceful acrobatics and clumsy stabs. IRL yelling and excitement may occur, in this ultimate two-player showdown of fast-paced fencing and melee attacks. Beware, advantages in Nidhogg are often fleeting, as new opponents continually spawn in your way.

14. The Escapists 2

Aug 22, 2017 • Rated T

Craft, steal, brawl, and escape. It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2. Have you got what it takes to escape?

15. Megaton Rainfall

Oct 17, 2017 • Rated T

Become an indestructible interdimensional superbeing in this first-person superhero game, and save Earth from an alien invasion. Be careful though - you are so powerful you can destroy entire skyscrapers (unintentionally) when you miss your otherworldly target...

16. Monkey King: Hero is Back

Oct 17, 2019 • Rated T

A new chapter in the Chinese legend of Journey to the West is about to unfold! Based on the animated film Monkey King: Hero Is Back, this adaptation pits the Great Sage himself, Sun Wukong, newly freed after 500 years of imprisonment, with Liuer, a young boy who looks up to the Monkey King in a journey that brings them close together.

17. CounterSpy

Aug 19, 2014 • Rated T

Synthesizing the spy mythology and the special aesthetics of the 50's and 60's and set during the Cold War, CounterSpy details the rogue third spy agency, C.O.U.N.T.E.R., which maintains distance between the globe's superpowers. As each side of an ongoing conflict nears the unleashing of a blow of earthshaking proportions, C.O.U.N.T.E.R. bolts into action, furtively subverting their plans and maintaining world peace with crafty subterfuge.

18. Party Hard

Apr 26, 2016 • Rated M

It is 3 in the morning. Your neighbors are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard.

19. Shadow Blade: Reload

May 31, 2016 • Rated T

Shadow Blade is an action platformer set in a world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape.

20. The Escapists

Jun 2, 2015 • Rated T

The Escapists gives players the chance to experience a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping.

21. Unearthing Mars 2: The Ancient War

Sep 18, 2018 • Rated T

As Deputy Commander in the ‘Unearthing Mars’ mission, you are trying to unravel the secrets hidden in the Phobos Fragment. Through the Ark Device, experience a war across space and return to the Earth and Mars of ancient times.

22. Mini-Mech Mayhem

Join your lil’ Mech buddy to plan a flawless strategy, then marvel at just how wrong you were. Not to worry, play some power actions to get your team back on track, or dare to trust in your instincts and crafty skills, and pull off a stunning win.

23. My Hero Ultra Rumble

Sep 28, 2023 • Rated T

For the very first time, a free to play Battle Royale based on the hit anime series. Challenge other players as a hero or a villain in MY HERO ULTRA RUMBLE. Pick your favorite character and partner up with two other players online to defeat seven opposing teams. Take part in memorable fights, make the most of your Quirk, augment your power, and unleash powerful skills. Make sure to cooperate with your allies, be tactical and use the environment to your advantage. If you work well together, you'll be the last ones standing.

24. Malicious Fallen

Feb 21, 2017 • Rated T

When the forces of ultimate evil are unleashed on the world, only the Spirit Vessel can hope to subdue them. Malicious Fallen includes the complete story so far and adds two brand new chapters, Pursuit and Demise. Experience the thrilling finale of the Malicious saga, remastered, enhanced, and expanded for PS4.

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