Action 2014 for PC — top best games in the Action genre

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival, Open world, Horror

Game released: PC → 23 January 2018; Early Access: PC → 14 December 2014

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A single-player adventure in a vast open world, with a first-person view, survival elements, and sandbox features. Playing the game will evoke feelings associated...

Resident Evil 4 (2005)

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

Game released: PC → 27 February 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Continuation of the action-horror adventure with a third-person view in the Resident Evil series. The story of the fourth part takes place in 2004, six years after...

Warface

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Free game

Game released: PC → 1 July 2014

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Warface — a free-to-play dynamic multiplayer first-person shooter. Players choose one of five classes — assault, medic, engineer, sniper, or SED — and fight in...

Wolfenstein: The New Order

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

Game released: PC → 19 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: PC → 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...

Alien: Isolation

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Broforce

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 15 October 2015; Early Access: PC → 6 April 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Broforce is a brutal 2D platformer full of pure, unadulterated fun that requires the player to destroy everything that moves in order to defeat the Satanic...

The Evil Within

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

Game released: PC → 13 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...

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 9 January 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a dynamic action-slasher game with a third-person view in the Metal Gear universe. The game will tell about the events taking...

Watch Dogs

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

Game released: PC → 26 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...

Dark Souls 2

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

Game released: PC → 25 April 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Dark Souls 2 is an action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You play as a nameless hero afflicted by an undead curse. To get rid of...

Banner Saga

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: PC → 14 January 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The game combines amazing visual style and Nordic atmosphere. Banner...

Wasteland 2

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 18 September 2014

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Wasteland 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat that inspired the Fallout series. Just like in the original...

Metro 2033 Redux

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

Game released: PC → 28 August 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 88/100

The Metro universe tells the story of Moscow’s residents, whose city was destroyed by a nuclear strike in 2013. The only refuge was the metro, which had originally...

Crimsonland

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

Game released: PC → 11 June 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...

Beyond Space

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 16 June 2014

Steam: 31/100

This 3D space shooter follows Max Walker, a pilot-for-hire who is drawn into a galaxy-spanning conflict after taking a contract with the Alliance of Planets. During...

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Never Alone

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

Game released: PC → 18 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...

This War of Mine

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Survival, Simulation

Game released: PC → 14 November 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This War of Mine is an atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The game allows you to plunge into the life of ordinary civilians trying to...

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

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

Game released: PC → 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: PC → 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...

How to Survive

Action, Horror, Hack and slash, Beat them all, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Zombies, Crafting

Game released: PC → 23 October 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This survival action game follows a shipwrecked castaway stranded on a remote island inhabited by monsters. To stay alive, the protagonist must find food and water...

Metro: Last Light Redux

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

Game released: PC → 25 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...

Thief

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Assassin's Creed: Unity

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

Game released: PC → 11 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: Ghosts

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

Game released: PC → 25 March 2014

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...

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Action, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Detective, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC → 25 September 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and horror elements. You take control of a detective searching for a missing boy...

Metal Slug 3

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Arcade, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 15 February 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A 2D arcade run-and-gun shooter in which a soldier fights through stages filled with enemies and giant bosses. Metal Slug 3 features five large stages with...

South Park: The Stick of Truth

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Comedy

Game released: PC → 6 March 2014

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

South Park: The Stick of Truth is a role-playing adventure based on the animated series South Park. In the game you will take control of a new character, which you...

Styx: Master of Shadows

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

Game released: PC → 10 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...

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

Action, Adventure, Horror, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 25 February 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is a continuation of the action-slasher game with a third-person view in the Castlevania fantasy universe. Simon Belmont is the hero...

Titanfall

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

Game released: PC → 13 March 2014

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 85/100

This futuristic first-person shooter combines multiplayer combat with cinematic moments. Players fight as elite assault pilots, using advanced combat techniques, or...

Unturned

Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Sandbox, Survival, Zombies

Early Access: PC → 7 July 2014; Game released: PC → 7 July 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Unturned is a multiplayer sandbox action game with a first-person view. The main goal here is to survive by defending yourself from zombies and hostile players...

Elite Dangerous

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Space, Exploration

Game released: PC → 16 December 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 40/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Elite Dangerous is a reboot of the legendary space simulator of the 80s. The Empire is on the brink of chaos. The Emperor is ill, and a fierce struggle for the...

Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris

Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure

Game released: PC → 9 December 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Direct continuation of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light with co-op for four people. Exciting adventures, dark dungeons, hordes of monsters, difficult riddles...

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

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

Game released: PC → 26 June 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is an old-school pixelated platformer about Shovel Knight, who must destroy his enemies to save his beloved and defeat the evil...

Life is Feudal: Your Own

Role-playing game, Online, Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Medieval era, Open world, Survival

Game released: PC → 17 November 2015; Early Access: PC → 19 September 2014

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Life is Feudal: Your Own is a medieval life simulator from the Moscow studio Bitbox S.L.. You have to live a medieval life on a 9 km² map along with other 63...

Fable Anniversary

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

Game released: PC → 12 September 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Fable Anniversary is a re-release of an adventure role-playing action game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The updated edition has a new interface...

Lords of the Fallen 2014

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

Game released: PC → 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...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2014 for PC