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

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 September 2014

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 Crew

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 December 2014

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 65/100

The Crew is a realistic racing simulator with first and third person views. The game features one of the largest maps, the length of roads in which is more than...

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...

Child of Light

Arcade, Role-playing game, Platformer, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 April 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Child of Light is a puzzle-platformer adventure with RPG elements and turn-based combat. The game is based on fairy tales. The events of the game tell the story of...

LittleBigPlanet 3

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 November 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 79/100

This platform-puzzle game follows Sackboy on an adventure through the Imagisphere, as he explores the planet Bunkum and faces the villainous Newton. Sackboy can...

Trials Fusion

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Stunts, Logic, Motorcycle racing, Racing

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 May 2014

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Trials Fusion is the long-awaited sequel to the popular game Trials Evolution. The game preserves and enhances the best qualities of the series. You'll be able to...

SteamWorld Dig

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Steampunk

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 March 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of finding...

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...

Spelunky

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 October 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Spelunky is a fun adventure that takes you to explore dangerous but rich mines. You will control a rather big-nosed but cute gold digger who came to the mines for...

The Swapper

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 August 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in a sci-fi setting. In this game, a lone astronaut will explore a cave created by aliens. In order to get to its secrets...

Towerfall: Ascension

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 March 2014

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Towerfall: Ascension is a fun side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer where you take on the role of archers who hate each other very much and fight on a...

Hohokum

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Logic, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 August 2014

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This adventure game with puzzle and platforming elements follows a curious flying, kite-like being as it travels through colorful, unusual worlds. The player can...

Mercenary Kings

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 April 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer similar to games like SNK's Metal Slug series. Players can jump, crouch, roll, shoot in four directions...

Dust: An Elysian Tail

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 October 2014

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits you, filled with...

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...

Volgarr the Viking

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 31 October 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Volgarr the Viking is a hardcore arcade platformer in which the Viking hero fights enemies and navigates deadly traps across a series of dangerous worlds. The game...

Star Wars Pinball: Heroes Within

Arcade, Pinball, Star Wars

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 April 2014

Metacritic: 80/100

Star Wars Pinball: Heroes Within is an arcade pinball game in the Ride Wars series. You'll play on a table dedicated to Han Solo, filled with his most memorable...

Surgeon Simulator

Arcade, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Logic, Indie, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 August 2014

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Surgeon Simulator is a logic action game with simulator elements and a first-person view. You take on the role of Nigel Burke, a would-be surgeon with a penchant...

Sparkle 2

Arcade, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 May 2014

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Sparkle 2 is the continuation of the exciting arcade puzzle game in the “three in a row” genre. Long ago, five enchanted keys were created. They are scattered all...

Rocksmith 2014

Arcade, Educational game (Education), Music game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 November 2014

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 87/100

A music-learning game that lets players connect an electric guitar or bass to their system and learn to play using the Rocksmith Method. The instrument itself is...

LEGO The Hobbit

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 April 2014

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 71/100

LEGO The Hobbit is an arcade action adventure game with a third-person view in the Lord of the Rings universe. The events of the game cover the first two films in...

Air Conflicts: Vietnam

Arcade, Action, Flight Simulator, Helicopters, Simulation

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 September 2014

Players: 6/10

Steam: 36/100

Metacritic: 43/100

An arcade flight simulator with action elements, Air Conflicts: Vietnam is set during the Vietnam War. Its story follows US Navy pilot Joe Thompson, while the “Lost...

Puyo Puyo Tetris

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 April 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Puyo Puyo Tetris is a combination of two popular puzzle games where you have to challenge your opponent. Ten unique stories await you, in each of which you will...

Awesomenauts

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Free game, Side view, MOBA

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 March 2014

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Awesomenauts is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MOBA action game. The events of the game will take you to the distant year 3587, in which there is a great...

Skylanders Trap Team

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 October 2014

Players: 5.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Skylanders Trap Team is a free-to-play action-adventure platformer with a third-person view. The game takes place in the colorful fantasy world of Skylands. The...

1001 Spikes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 June 2014

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This arcade platformer with puzzle elements follows Aban Hawkins as he searches the ruins of Ukampa in South America for his missing father, archaeologist Jim...

Jet Car Stunts

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Casual game, Sports game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 October 2014

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 61/100

An arcade racing game about driving jet-powered cars through tracks filled with challenging stunts. Jet Car Stunts focuses on time-based runs: the player learns...

Dead Nation

Arcade, Zombies, Top-down view, Shooter

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 March 2014

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Dead Nation is a top-down arcade game. Players receive score multipliers and cash when zombies are killed. Money is used to purchase and upgrade weapons at...

Stick it to the Man

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 April 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Stick it to the Man is a side-scrolling adventure arcade platformer. The game's plot tells the story of a safety helmet tester named Rey. One day the hero wakes up...

Jetpack Joyride

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 June 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Jetpack Joyride is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. It's time to join Barry Steakfries and equip cool jetpacks, dress up in stylish suits and drive crazy...

Home

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Side view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 October 2014

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Home is a unique side-scrolling horror adventure in a pixelated style. The main character wakes up in a mysterious dark place and does not know how exactly he got...

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Remake

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 July 2014

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 83/100

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is a remake of the side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee. Expect dynamic lighting, beautiful animations and...

OlliOlli

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Sports game, Indie, Skateboards

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 September 2014

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This skateboarding arcade game revolves around landing tricks and maintaining control through obstacle-filled levels. Players perform more than 120 tricks and...

Samurai Warriors 4

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Beat them all, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 October 2014

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Samurai Warriors 4 is a sequel to the samurai slasher film set in medieval Japan. The game features 55 playable characters, including newcomers and fighters from...

Castlestorm

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 September 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Castlestorm is a fun side-view tower defense strategy game. Clouds are gathering in the sky... There is a war between knights and Vikings. The game features...

Arcade

Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2014 for PlayStation 4