15 Best Android Action Games to play on your Smartphone
Who says that only the iPhone and iPad have good action games. I guess its neck to neck
It’s true that iOS is providing home to many new releases to Action Games for iPhone. But it doesn’t mean that Android users doesn’t have variety of Action Games for their Smartphone. There are lots of games which we can download straight from Android market and have real experience of Action Gaming.
We all know that 2012 is On and Android users are searching some of the Best Action Games of 2012 for their Android device. So to make the work easier for those users I made a list of Best Android Action Games.
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1. Fruit Ninja
Fruit Ninja is a juicy action game with squishy, splatty and satisfying fruit carnage! Become the ultimate bringer of sweet, tasty destruction with every slash. Fruit Ninja features three packed gameplay modes – Classic, Zen and the new Arcade, featuring powerups including Freeze, Frenzy and Double Score.
Price : Approx 1.17$
2. Grand Theft Auto III
With stellar voice acting, a darkly comic storyline, a stunning soundtrack and revolutionary open-world gameplay, Grand Theft Auto III is the game that defined the open world genre for a generation.
Features:
- Visually stunning updated graphics, character and vehicle models
- HD quality resolution
- Gameplay optimized for touch screen devices
- Custom controls for the mobile platform
- Countless hours of gameplay
- Gamepad Support for select USB controllers
Price : Approx 5$
3. Age of Zombies
Barry Steakfries, guns, undead and a zombie T-Rex!. The creators of Fruit Ninja and Monster Dash comes their newest and biggest adventure yet. Anyone who is looking at nothing more than to shoot some zombies then you will love this game.
Price : Approx 1$
4. Angry Birds Space Premium
Angry Birds Space is the latest version of the Angry Birds series. After a giant claw kidnaps their eggs, the Angry Birds chase it into a wormhole and find themselves floating in a strange new galaxy – surrounded by space pigs! Luckily the Angry Birds have super powers of their oww. Like the previous season of Angry birds this game is also challenging physics based gameplay and hours of replay value. All you have to do is use your skill,logic and force to solve.
Price : Approx 1$
5. Grabatron
Take control of a UFO with a retractable claw and destroy the puny humans. Explore a huge and varied environment with hours of action packed gameplay.
- Beautiful Graphics
- Realistic Physics
- Huge world to explore
- Find hidden power-ups
- Upgrade your ship
- Over 30 different missions
- Global Hi-scores
- Tilt control
Price : Approx 4$
6. Osmos
Absorb or be absorbed! Enter the Darwinian world of a galactic mote. To survive, absorb smaller organisms and grow—but beware of larger predators. So are you ready to evolve?
Price : Approx 3$
7. Minecraft-Pocket Edition
New Minecraft – Pocket Edition allows you to build on the go. Use blocks to create masterpieces as you travel, hangout with friends, sit at the park, the possibilities are endless. Move beyond the limits of your computer and play Minecraft everywhere you go.
Price : Approx 6.2$
8. Wind-Up Knight
Wind-up Knight is a high-end 3D action game that will destroy you. Wind-up Knight is a high-end, action-packed, 3D side-scrolling adventure game, and it’s here to show you how games are supposed to be played.
Price : Free
9. Crime Inc.
Welcome to the life of crime, where corruption is king and honesty is myth. The world is yours to rule, game features
- Build up your crew and equip them with custom weapons
- Complete jobs to fund your crime syndicate
- Expand your family to help you in epic wars with your enemies
- Destroy rivals on the real time bounty list
- Move up the ladder of the top 10,000 bosses
Price : Free
10. Meteor Blitz
This dual-stick shooter not only puts players up against formations of enemies, but also against dangerous asteroid fields. Players must constantly switch weapons to exploit each meteor’s particular weakness, and can suck in meteors to launch back out of ships. There’s a level-based campaign mode to go along with an endless survival mode, where ship upgrades can be applied mid-session by pausing.
Price : Approx 2$
11. Sonic CD
Fight the past to save the future in this enhanced recreation of Sonic CD. Sonic travels to the distant shores of Never Lake for the once-a-year appearance of Little Planet – a mysterious world where past, present, and future collide through the power of the Time Stones that lie hidden within it.
Price : Approx 5$
12. Shadowgun
Designed for the latest and greatest Android devices, this is a cover-based shooter with incredibly impressive graphics. Players fight their way through multiple levels, giant bosses and hordes of enemies, ducking in and out of cover to try and survive. Fans of console-style games on-the-go will love this.
Price : Approx 5.2$
13. Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation
The best, most realistic Smartphone FPS series returns with even higher intensity and an apocalyptic battle for the freedom of the United States, for one or more players. In this game you have to Fight through a 13-mission campaign from Los Angeles to Pakistan and more
Price : Approx 6.8$
14. Tank Riders
A 3D tank battle game, which combines vibrant, colorful graphics, fast-paced action and exploration to create a package that will charm everyone – from hard core gamers to wet-eared newbies.
Price : Approx 2$
15. Robo Defence
Robo Defense is the ultimate portable tower defense experience. Featuring open maps, upgrades, achievements and nice graphics. The full version features 5 maps with unlimited upgrades and difficulty levels.
Price : Approx 3$
Some suggested games by nerdsmagazine readers
So these are Best Android Action Games of 2012. But if you feel there is something left of me then then drop those in the comments. So others can get those.








Robo Defense is awesome!! I’m totally addicted to defense style games =D
Kindly give me tips to how I can download these awesome games onto my android tablet. I am such a boring with my old games.
thank you
Men can y create a list with RPG games plz?like crusade of.destiny order and chaos and much more….
I already have List of Best RPG game for android. You might love to read here : http://goo.gl/mfO03
You forgot n.o.v.a. 3
And gangstar rio is 1000000 times better than gta, gta sucks (the phone version)
The common games on Android is Fruit Ninja and Angry birds. Quiet addictive and enjoyable as I have tried both the games on iPhone and Android. So I give a thumbs up to these two games and the others too contribute to a fair list of people. Thanks a lot.
What about temple run, temple run 2 and ninjump!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing your opinion, but when this list was created by me at that time these games was not available on play store.Yea, the games you mentioned here are good so I updated those in my article as opinion piece
Keep reading, keep suggesting !!