Action 2014 for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Action genre

Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting, Arcade

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 September 2014

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An exciting sandbox game focused on freedom of action and exploration of a virtually endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...

GTA 5

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts, Sandbox, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 November 2014

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 92/100

A legendary sequel to the popular Grand Theft Auto series. The game is set in Los Santos, a city beloved by fans since Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. For the first...

Terraria

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Sandbox, Survival, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 November 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Terraria is an adventure sandbox game with platformer elements and a side view. You will embark on a colorful journey where you can create various items, build...

Tomb Raider

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 January 2014

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 86/100

The game reinterprets the story of Lara Croft, showing her not as an immortal legend, but as a living person, facing the wild and ruthless environment for the first...

War Thunder

Action, Online, MMO, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Tanks, Free game, Simulation

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 June 2014

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 4.3/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 79/100

War Thunder combines aviation, tanks, and ships in one combat space, offering historically accurate models of equipment and realistic damage physics. It is the...

Wolfenstein: The New Order

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 May 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Wolfenstein: The New Order is the legendary return of the famous series about Nazis, black magic, underground experiments and grandiose conspiracies. This time the...

Far Cry 4

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Open world, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 November 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Far Cry 4 is a first-person shooter adventure set in a large open world. The game takes place in the Himalayas. You will explore the Himalayan region of Kirat: a...

Watch Dogs

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Cyberpunk, Open world, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 May 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Watch Dogs is a third-person, open-world sci-fi action-adventure game. The game takes place in the summer of 2003 in New York, whose key systems were infected with...

Sleeping Dogs

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 October 2014

VGTimes: 9.6/10

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The game takes place in Hong Kong from the perspective of secret agent Wei Sheng, embedded in the local triads. The game pays special attention to combat mechanics...

The Evil Within

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view, Survival horror

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 October 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A terrifying action-horror with a third-person view and stealth elements from Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami. You have to try on the role of detective...

Alien: Isolation

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival horror, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 October 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Alien: Isolation is a first-person stealth horror adventure set in the Alien universe. The plot of the game takes place fifteen years after the events of Ridley...

Rayman Legends

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 February 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Rayman Legends is a continuation of the exciting side-scrolling arcade platformer Rayman Origins. Rayman and his friends find a mysterious tent in the magical...

Metro 2033 Redux

Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Horror, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 August 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 88/100

The Metro universe tells the story of the inhabitants of Moscow, whose city was destroyed by a nuclear strike in 2013. The only salvation turned out to be the...

Walking Dead: Season 1

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie, Zombies, Point & Click

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 31 October 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Walking Dead: Season 1 is an episodic third-person interactive adventure based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comics. The main character is a black guy named...

Need for Speed: Rivals

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Open world, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 November 2013

VGTimes: 5.8/10

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Set in the open roads of Redview County, this arcade racing game centers on the rivalry between street racers and the police. Players can take either side: racers...

Outlast

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Survival horror

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 February 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Outlast is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game take place in the Mount Massive Asylum, which for a long time served as a home...

Assassin's Creed: Unity

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Parkour, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 November 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Assassin's Creed: Unity is a stealth action game with a third-person view in a historical setting. The game takes place in Paris in the 18th century. The developers...

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 November 2014

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is a first-person shooter in a futuristic setting. Private military corporations have come to power in the world. Technology has...

Crimsonland

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Top-down view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 July 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Crimsonland is an isometric action game in a post-apocalyptic fantasy setting. You have to destroy huge numbers of enemies, pick up weapons and destroy enemies...

Destiny

Online, Action, Shooter, Adventure, MMO, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 September 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 76/100

This online first-person shooter follows a Guardian defending humanity’s last city on Earth. The hero explores ancient ruins across the solar system, from the...

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Comics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 April 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 53/100

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the second part of a new chapter in the life of Spider-Man, based on the popular film of the same name. Many new adventures await you...

Sniper Elite 3

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 June 2014

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Sniper Elite 3 is a continuation of the sniper shooter with stealth elements in the popular Sniper Elite series of games. The main character, Karl Fairbairn, makes...

Call of Duty: Ghosts

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 November 2013

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This first-person shooter is set in a post-apocalyptic world where the United States has been weakened by a catastrophic event and the Ghosts face a technologically...

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 October 2014

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Set in the open world of Mordor, this fantasy action game with role-playing elements follows a hero pursued by a spirit seeking to bend him to its will. As he...

Hotline Miami

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 August 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Hotline Miami is a brutal and bloody top-down action game. You have to step into the shoes of a serial killer who kills hundreds of various bandits and simply not...

The Wolf Among Us

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Point & Click, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 November 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A detective thriller with adventure elements based on the Fables comics, The Wolf Among Us takes place in Fabletown, where characters from fairy tales, legends, and...

Never Alone

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 November 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Never Alone is an arcade side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. You play as the girl Nunu and her arctic fox companion. You have to solve the mystery of an...

Anomaly 2

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction, Isometric, Online, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 September 2014

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly 2 is a fantastic arcade action game with elements of tower defense and real-time strategy. Years after the 2018 invasion of Earth, the planet is overrun by...

LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham

Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Online, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 November 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This action-adventure with platforming elements brings Batman together with heroes and villains from the DC universe to stop Brainiac. Using the power of the...

inFamous: Second Son

Action, Adventure, Beat them all, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 March 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 80/100

An action-adventure game about superhumans hunted and imprisoned by the Department of Unified Protection. In a locked-down Seattle, Delsin Rowe, who has recently...

Lords of the Fallen 2014

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 June 2015

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 51/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Set in a dark fantasy world, this third-person action RPG follows Harkyn, a convicted sinner tasked with stopping the Rhogar invasion and the return of their god...

Thief

Action, Adventure, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Steampunk

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 February 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Thief is an adventure stealth action game with a first-person view in a medieval setting. Professional thief Garrett wants to lighten the wallets of the rich...

Rogue Legacy

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 July 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Rogue Legacy is a fantasy platforming roguelite in which a hero explores procedurally generated castles and battles enemies. When a character dies, an heir takes...

Styx: Master of Shadows

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 October 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Styx: Master of Shadows is a stealth action role-playing adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You will take on the role of Styx, the oldest...

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare

Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Logic, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 August 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is a third-person multiplayer shooter set in the Plants vs. Zombies. You, as one of the plants, will have to run around a...

Contrast

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 February 2014

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Contrast is a puzzle platformer that combines a three-dimensional fantasy world with a mysterious two-dimensional shadowscape. Its central mechanic is shifting...

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 August 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 49/100

A multiplayer role-playing game from a third-person perspective set in a fantasy world, which is a reworked version of the original Final Fantasy XIV 2010. The...

Metro: Last Light Redux

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Collection, Post-apocalyptic, Horror

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 August 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metro: Last Light Redux is an improved version of the post-apocalyptic shooter with a first-person view. The Metro universe tells the story of Moscow residents...

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 October 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is a dynamic shooter with role-playing elements and a first-person view in the Borderlands universe. The game takes place after the...

Murdered: Soul Suspect

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Detective, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 July 2014

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Murdered: Soul Suspect is an action-adventure game with a third-person view. The game will challenge you to investigate the most difficult case — your own...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2014 for PlayStation 4