This application discloses an action execution method in a virtual gaming environment performed at a terminal device. The method includes: setting a key status of a first virtual key to a touchable state in a process of running a round of game when a target object controlled by a user of the terminal device completes an action combination once; monitoring a first touch operation performed on the first virtual key in the touchable state; controlling, when the first touch operation is detected, the target object to perform the acceleration operation, and monitoring, within a target time period, a second touch operation performed on a control key configured to control the target object to perform a target action; and controlling, when the second touch operation is detected within the target time period, the target object to perform the target action in a process of performing the acceleration operation.