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

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

Players: 8.7/10

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 that arise...

Resident Evil 4 (2005)

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 27 February 2014

Players: 8.3/10

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...

Far Cry 4

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view

Game released: PC → 20 November 2014

Players: 8.2/10

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

Game released: PC → 26 May 2014

Players: 7.9/10

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...

Alien: Isolation

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

Game released: PC → 7 October 2014

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Dark Souls 2

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

Game released: PC → 25 April 2014

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

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

Game released: PC → 3 October 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 85/100

The Evil Within

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

Game released: PC → 13 October 2014

Players: 8.2/10

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...

This War of Mine

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 November 2014

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Thief

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

Game released: PC → 25 February 2014

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Wolfenstein: The New Order

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

Game released: PC → 19 May 2014

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Unturned

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

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

Players: 7.8/10

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...

Sniper Elite 3

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

Game released: PC → 27 June 2014

Players: 7.3/10

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...

Assassin's Creed: Unity

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 11 November 2014

Players: 7.8/10

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...

Broforce

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Isometric, Indie

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

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

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

Game released: PC → 9 January 2014

Players: 8.7/10

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...

Hero Siege

Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Indie

Game released: PC → 29 January 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 13 October 2014

Players: 8/10

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...

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

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

Game released: PC → 3 November 2014

Players: 7.2/10

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...

Warface

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

Game released: PC → 1 July 2014

Players: 5.2/10

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...

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

Metacritic: 74/100

Call of Duty: Ghosts is a first-person action game with a dash of shooter from Certain Affinity, Infinity Ward, Neversoft Entertainment, Inc., Raven Software and...

How to Survive

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

Game released: PC → 23 October 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Elite Dangerous

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

Game released: PC → 16 December 2014

Players: 8.3/10

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...

Dead Rising 3

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Slasher, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world

Game released: PC → 5 September 2014

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Dead Rising 3 is an action-adventure game with elements of horror, slasher and third-person view in a post-apocalyptic setting. The game takes place ten years after...

Risen 3: Titan Lords

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

Game released: PC → 15 August 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 49/100

The Escapists

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Isometric

Game released: PC → 13 February 2015; Early Access: PC → 9 July 2014

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 72/100

The Escapists is a fun indie prison escape game. This can be done by any means. For example, organize a riot. Or dig a tunnel right under the prison. Or quietly...

Fable Anniversary

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

Game released: PC → 12 September 2014

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Starpoint Gemini 2

Simulation, Action, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 6 September 2013

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Starpoint Gemini 2 is a continuation of a well-developed space simulator with role-playing elements and a third-person view. You will take control of a futuristic...

SMITE

Online, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, MOBA

Game released: PC → 8 September 2015

Players: 5.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

SMITE is a fantasy MOBA with a third-person view. In the game, you can feel like a mythical god, taking control of one of the 75 available characters, whose images...

Unepic

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Early Access: PC → 2 October 2011; Game released: PC → 25 July 2014

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Unepic is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. You will play as Daniel, who, due to strange circumstances, finds himself in the ancient and...

Goat Simulator

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 April 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Goat Simulator is an unusual goat simulator with a third-person view. You have to control such extraordinary characters in the world of computer games as a goat...

South Park: The Stick of Truth

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

Game released: PC → 6 March 2014

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.8/10

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...

Bound by Flame

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 8 May 2014

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 55/100

Bound by Flame is an action-adventure role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting from the creators of Mars: War Logs. You will play the role...

Metro: Last Light Redux

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

Game released: PC → 25 August 2014

Players: 8/10

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...

Never Alone

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

Game released: PC → 18 November 2014

Players: 6.8/10

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...

Wasteland 2

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

Game released: PC → 18 September 2014

Players: 7.2/10

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...

Wargame: Red Dragon

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 17 April 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Wargame: Red Dragon is a real-time tactical strategy game with an isometric camera view. The plot of the game tells about the confrontation between Western...

Double Dragon: Neon

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 6 February 2014

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Double Dragon: Neon is an arcade game with a mixture of action, fighting and anime or manga games from the masters from the studios WayForward Technologies and...

LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham

Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 14 November 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 74/100

LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham is a third-person action game with elements of a beat-'em-up game and platformer from the developers of TT Games. The game is published...

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

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

Game released: PC → 26 June 2014

Players: 8/10

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...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2014 for PC