Best Action games on Game Boy Advance
The 53 best Action games on Game Boy Advance, ranked from 11,859 critic and player ratings.
The best Action game on Game Boy Advance right now is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, with a critic score of 100/100 — updated août 2026.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Venture back to Hyrule and an age of magic and heroes. The predecessors of Link and Zelda face monsters on the march when a menacing magician takes over the kingdom. Only you can prevent his evil plot from shattering the land of Hyrule. In your quest, you'll venture into twisting mazes, dungeons, palaces and shadowy forests. Test your mettle with mighty swords and magical weapons. Or heft a boulder and hurl it at your enemies. If the going gets tough, dive into a river - you can swim to escape! Learn powerful spells, locate magical artifacts and solve the mysteries of the evil magician and the hidden realm of Hyrule.
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Metroid: Zero Mission
The full story of Samus Aran's first mission finally unfolds... The first Metroid game just scratched the surface of the cataclysmic events on planet Zebes, and at long last the rest of the tale has come to light. Experience the first of Samus's legendary adventures through all-new cut-scenes and action sequences as the bounty hunter races through the deeps toward her showdown with the leader of the Space Pirates. But will the end of Mother Brain really mean the end of the story...? Completion of the game unlocks an emulated version of the original Metroid game. Zero Mission also allow players to unlock the Metroid Fusion picture gallery by linking between Zero Mission and Fusion cartridges via the Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable.
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03
Jet Set Radio
94
/100
Metroid Fusion
92
/100
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Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
92
/100
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
91
/100
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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
91
/100
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Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
91
/100
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The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is a top-down action adventure game that tells the origins of the evil Vaati from Four Swords. Like most other titles in the series, The Minish Cap features the fully explorable land of Hyrule, although it can be viewed from the eyes of a human or the eyes of a Minish, a race of tiny people and an alternate form that Link can transform into. Unlike the multiplayer focus of the other games in the series, The Minish Cap retains the original form of exploration and dungeons as seen in A Link to the Past, Oracle of Seasons, and Oracle of Ages, as well as returning characters and game mechanics such as Malon and the Spin Attack. New features include fusing Kinstones and shrinking to the size of a Minish.
90
/100
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
90
/100
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WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
89
/100
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Wario Land 4
88
/100
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Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
87
/100
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Sonic Advance 2
86
/100
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Sonic Advance
85
/100
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Tron 2.0
84
/100
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Super Mario Bros.
84
/100
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DOOM
83
/100
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DOOM II
83
/100
20
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
82
/100
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Mega Man Zero
81
/100
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Mega Man Zero 2
81
/100
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Marvel Ultimate Alliance
81
/100
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Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
81
/100
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The Legend of Zelda
81
/100
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Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
80
/100
27
Kirby & the Amazing Mirror
80
/100
28
Mega Man Zero 4
79
/100
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Castlevania
79
/100
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James Bond 007: NightFire
78
/100
31
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts (1991)
78
/100
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Earthworm Jim
76
/100
33
The Lost Vikings
75
/100
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Ultimate Spider-Man
74
/100
35
Worms Blast
73
/100
36
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
72
/100
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Rayman Raving Rabbids
70
/100
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Contra III: The Alien Wars
70
/100
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Shark Tale
69
/100
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Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
68
/100
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Blackthorne
67
/100
42
Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
66
/100
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
65
/100
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
65
/100
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Over the Hedge
65
/100
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
60
/100
47
Metroid
60
/100
48
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
59
/100
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Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue
57
/100
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X2: Wolverine's Revenge
56
/100
What is the best Action game on Game Boy Advance?
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past currently tops the ranking with a score of 100/100 across 1,667 ratings. Ranking updated août 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.