2000s Action games

46 Action classics first released 2000 to 2009, in release order, and 3 games looking back to them.

Games looking back to them

• Bomb Rush Cyberfunk: Graffiti skating game with music by Jet Set Radio's Hideki Naganuma.
• Hover: Revolt of Gamers: Kickstarted parkour game inspired by Jet Set Radio.
• Ultrakill: Fast style-ranked retro FPS mixing Doom-era looks with character-action scoring; still in early access.

The classics

• American McGee's Alice (2000)
• Fear Effect (2000)
• Giants: Citizen Kabuto (2000)
• Hitman (2000)
• Jet Set Radio (2000)
• Rune (2000)
• Devil May Cry (2001)
• Onimusha (2001)
• Zone of the Enders (2001)
• Gungrave (2002)
• Mafia (2002)
• Otogi (2002)
• The Getaway (2002)
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002)
• Boktai (2003)
• Manhunt (2003)
• True Crime (2003)
• Viewtiful Joe (2003)
• Monster Hunter (2004)
• Red Dead (2004)
• Samurai Warriors (2004)
• God of War (2005)
• killer7 (2005)
• Lego Star Wars (2005)
• Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
• Yakuza (Like a Dragon) (2005)
• Bully (2006)
• Dead Rising (2006)
• Just Cause (2006)
• Okami (2006)
• Saints Row (2006)
• Assassin's Creed (2007)
• Crackdown (2007)
• Heavenly Sword (2007)
• No More Heroes (2007)
• Odin Sphere (2007)
• Overlord (2007)
• Uncharted (2007)
• Castle Crashers (2008)
• Batman: Arkham (2009)
• Bayonetta (2009)
• Brütal Legend (2009)
• inFamous (2009)
• Muramasa: The Demon Blade (2009)
• Prototype (2009)
• Shadow Complex (2009)