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Best Action games on Sega Saturn

The 15 best Action games on Sega Saturn, ranked from 8,160 critic and player ratings.

The best Action game on Sega Saturn right now is Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, with a critic score of 92/100 — updated October 2026.

How this ranking is built
  • Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
  • A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
  • Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
  • Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
  • 15 games are listed on this page, carrying 8,160 ratings between them.
  • Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 12 October 2026.

Top 15

01 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 1997 · 846 ratings Having been awoken from his eternal slumber by the reappearance of Castlevania, Alucard must once again face the evil minions of darkness. Use your vampiric powers, along with weapons, potions, and other magical relics to change the tide of battle. A mixture of platform and role-playing action with many hidden areas and secrets. Can you discover them all? 92 /100
02 Rayman 2: The Great Escape Rayman 2: The Great Escape 1999 · 208 ratings With its enchanted storybook look beautifully translated into 3D, lush, vibrant colors, funny enemy designs, and clever jumping puzzles, Rayman 2 is platforming perfection. No arms, no legs, no problem for the little French creation that could. 90 /100
03 Doom S Doom 2016 · 1,927 ratings · 1 Tier vote Developed by id software, the studio that pioneered the first-person shooter genre and created multiplayer Deathmatch, Doom returns as a brutally fun and challenging modern-day shooter experience. Relentless demons, impossibly destructive guns, and fast, fluid movement provide the foundation for intense, first-person combat – whether you’re obliterating demon hordes through the depths of Hell in the single-player campaign, or competing against your friends in numerous multiplayer modes. Expand your gameplay experience using Doom SnapMap game editor to easily create, play, and share your content with the world. 87 /100
04 Street Fighter Alpha 2 Street Fighter Alpha 2 1996 · 80 ratings Street Fighter Alpha 2 is both a sequel and a remake to the previous year's Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams. The game features a number of improvements over the original, such as new attacks, stages, endings, and gameplay features. New characters in this version include Gen, Rolento and Sakura. Dhalsim and Zangief also return to the fight with some new moves. 85 /100
05 Tomb Raider D Tomb Raider 2013 · 2,387 ratings · 1 Tier vote A remaster of the original Tomb Raider, including The Unfinished Business expansion as well as the ability to toggle between original and remastered graphics. 85 /100
06 Tomb Raider (1996) Tomb Raider (1996) 1996 · 484 ratings Tomb Raider is a 3D action game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. The game follows the exploits of Lara Croft, a British female archaeologist in search of ancient treasures. The objective of Tomb Raider is to guide Lara through a series of tombs and other locations in search of treasures and artifacts. On the way, she must kill dangerous animals and other creatures, while collecting objects and solving puzzles to gain access to an ultimate prize, usually a powerful artifact. The game was critically acclaimed and widely influential, it spawned a number of sequels and a franchise of related media. 85 /100
07 Mega Man X4 (1997) Mega Man X4 (1997) 1997 · 151 ratings Mega Man X4, known as Rockman X4 in Japan, is the fourth game from the Mega Man X series. It was the second game in the series to be released on the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation (although it is the first original game; Mega Man X3 was ported to the systems), released in 1997 (and also re-released onto PlayStation as part of its greatest hits in 2002). It was later ported to the PC in 1998 and then re-released as part of the Mega Man X Collection 84 /100
08 Quake Quake 1996 · 401 ratings Quake is a first-person shooter video game, developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive in 1996 and featured music composed by Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails. It is the first game in the popular Quake series. In the game, players must find their way through various maze-like, medieval environments while battling a variety of monsters using a wide array of weapons. 82 /100
09 Worms Worms 1995 · 212 ratings Worms combines the best elements from the very best games ever created. It requires great thought, strategy and elements of sheer outrageous fortune. It provides the players with an almost infinite range of playing possibilities. It does take a little while to get into the swing of things however and despite everyone’s insistence that you should not need to read a game manual to be able to play it. Worms can be played by 1-16 players at the same time - it’s a turn based game so you`ll only need one machine - but prepare to be at odds with your loved ones, get ready to shout abuse at your best friend and be willing to exact unadulterated terror on those who plot to hurt your worms. Team17 planned on producing Worms for the Virtual Boy back in 1995. Though, after a few weeks, they cancelled this plan due to the lack of interest of the publisher and the expected failure of the Virtual Boy. 80 /100
10 Resident Evil Resident Evil 1996 · 448 ratings Hailed by many as a masterpiece, this remake of the first entry in the long-running Resident Evil series is now playable in HD. Experience true terror in this genre-launching survival horror classic. The year is 1998. The Bravo Team of S.T.A.R.S., an elite special forces squad, has gone radio silent, and its Alpha Team has been dispatched to the forest on the outskirts of Raccoon City to investigate this mysterious disappearance. Attacked by bizarre and vicious dogs, alpha team members Chris and Jill manage to escape to a mysterious mansion in the middle of the forest. The horrors they encounter there are far greater than anyone might have foreseen... 79 /100
11 Mega Man X3 Mega Man X3 1995 · 128 ratings 78 /100
12 Rayman Rayman 1995 · 223 ratings 78 /100
13 Earthworm Jim 2 Earthworm Jim 2 1995 · 122 ratings 76 /100
14 Duke Nukem 3D Duke Nukem 3D 1996 · 450 ratings 75 /100
15 Mega Man 8 (1996) Mega Man 8 (1996) 1996 · 93 ratings 68 /100
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What is the best Action game on Sega Saturn?

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night currently tops the ranking with a score of 92/100 across 846 ratings. Ranking updated October 2026.

How is this ranking built?

Games are ranked on their aggregated critic score out of 100, with a minimum vote threshold so a single glowing review never outranks a proven classic; the Tier community's own F-to-S grades are shown alongside each game.