In this week's Game Time we take a look at three excellent action games that are all under a dollar (for a limited time). If you like stabbing, shooting, and punching you should download these games ... and consider looking into an anger management course while they download.

Shadow Guardian

Gameloft
$0.99
iPhone or iPad

Is it possible to mention a Gameloft game without the terms "polished" and "complete ripoff of…?" We sort of doubt it, but in this case it's a small price to pay for an action-adventure game as high caliber as Shadow Guardian.

This week's homage victim is Uncharted, which unwittingly makes its way to iOS via Shadow Guardian. In SG, you run around shooting priceless relics like the world's worst archeologist. When you aren't destroying treasures, you hang from cliffs, punch guards in the face, and jump over crevices that lead directly to Hell (probably). The graphics are incredible; Shadow Guardian may well be Gameloft's most fun game of all time. If you have any interest in action-adventure games, get this while it's only 99 cents.

This game looks absolutely nothing like Uncharted.

Legendary Wars

Liv Games
$0.99
iPhone

Legendary Wars is part side-scroller, part tower defense game, part RPG. So what separates it from the thousands of tower defense games with cartoony visuals on iPhone? Besides the fact that you control actual people who run around the map, well, nothing, really. But it's only 99 cents, and if you're looking for a new strategy game with tons (and we mean tons) of upgrades and skill allocation and gallons of animated blood… then 99 cents is a small price to pay. As with many games of this genre, Legendary Wars escalates in difficulty quickly (we almost lost the first battle -- don't judge us), meaning that more than likely you'll always have something to come back to.

This war looks… legendary.

Street Fighter IV

Capcom
$0.99
iPhone

We've covered Street Fighter IV rather exhaustively since its release months and months ago. It's not our fault it's button mapping makes it one of the only playable fighting games on iOS. Or that Capcom keeps updating it by adding additional fighters and tightening gameplay every few weeks. And we certainly can't be blamed for overcoverage if they inexplicable drop the price ($0.99 for a limited time!). Simply put, SFIV is the best, and possibly only, fighting game worth having on iPhones and iPod touches.

Real men use the Brazilian Ninja Turtle.

That's it for this week. Got questions? How about comments? Hit us up in the comments or just yell really loud.