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

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...

Broken Age

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: PC → 28 April 2015

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Broken Age is an exciting point-and-click side-scrolling adventure from the author of Full Throttle and Grim Fandango. The game will tell two parallel developing...

Geometry Dash

Arcade, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie, Side view, Music game

Game released: PC → 22 December 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Geometry Dash is a fast-paced arcade platformer where you have to jump and dodge over various obstacles. The game has many levels that will bring many challenges...

Craft The World

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Platformer, Crafting, Sandbox, Construction

Game released: PC → 24 November 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 82/100

A sandbox strategy game with platforming elements about leading a tribe of dwarves in randomly generated worlds inhabited by dangerous creatures. The player orders...

The Crew

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

Game released: PC → 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...

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...

Child of Light

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

Game released: PC → 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...

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...

Luftrausers

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 March 2014

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Luftrausers is an arcade aerial combat shooter set among the clouds and over open seas. Players configure their fighter by choosing its weapon, body, and propulsion...

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...

Talos Principle

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 11 December 2014

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Talos Principle is a first-person adventure puzzle game in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Serious Sam. In an unknown place, deserted and seemingly divorced...

Expendabros

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, DLC, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Free game, Online

Game released: PC → 5 August 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Expendabros is an action-adventure game with platformer elements. You'll fight through a barrage of bullets and non-stop action in ten fast-paced missions set among...

Trials Fusion

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

Game released: PC → 16 April 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...

Car Mechanic Simulator 2014

Arcade, Simulation, Educational game (Education), Puzzle

Game released: PC → 24 January 2014

Players: 7/10

Steam: 79/100

Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 is an educational car simulator with elements of a racing arcade game with a first-person view. You have to take on the role of a car...

Towerfall: Ascension

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

Game released: PC → 11 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...

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Action

Game released: PC → 15 September 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A fighting game set in the NARUTO SHIPPUDEN universe, where ninjas battle in arenas using jutsu techniques. The roster features over 100 playable characters and...

Batman: Arkham Origins - Blackgate

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 1 April 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 44/100

Metacritic: 65/100

A 2.5D action-adventure companion to Batman: Arkham Origins, the game continues its story and reveals more about the Dark Knight’s past. The adventure unfolds in a...

Little Racers STREET

Racing, Arcade, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 6 February 2014

Steam: 84/100

A top-down arcade racer that combines straightforward racing with street events across two cities. The career begins from scratch and spans around 200 events on...

BattleBlock Theater

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

Game released: PC → 15 May 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 85/100

BattleBlock Theater is a side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer. There are a total of eight different modes available in the game. In Soul, the player will...

LEGO The Hobbit

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

Game released: PC → 10 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...

Double Dragon: Neon

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 6 February 2014

Players: 9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This arcade beat ’em up follows brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee as they set out to rescue Marian and fight the villain Skullmageddon. Trained in the martial art of...

Star Wars Pinball: Heroes Within

Arcade, Pinball, Star Wars

Game released: PC → 25 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...

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow — Mirror of Fate

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Platformer, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 27 March 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This action-adventure platformer with metroidvania elements follows the Belmont family’s conflict with Dracula. Trevor Belmont, a knight of the Brotherhood of...

Metal Slug X

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

Game released: PC → 2 October 2014

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This 2D run-and-gun shooter with pixel-art graphics follows a fight to stop General Morden’s new coup. In Metal Slug X, players battle through six missions...

Mercenary Kings

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

Game released: PC → 22 July 2013

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...

Planet Michael

Arcade, Simulation, Music game

Frozen: PC → Q4 2014

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Planet Michael is an arcade, simulation and music game from SEE Digital Studios AB. The main publisher of the game is SEE Virtual...

Super Panda Adventures

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 14 July 2014

Steam: 93/100

Super Panda Adventures is a metroidvania action platformer. In it, the main character is a brave panda knight, capable of using sword, magic and shuriken in battle...

Constant C

Arcade, Isometric, Logic, Indie, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: PC → 16 April 2023

Steam: 92/100

Constant C is a 2D puzzle platformer set on a space station far from Earth, where mysterious events have distorted time. The player controls a lone robot who...

Halo: Spartan Assault

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 18 July 2013

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 62/100

A dynamic shooter set in the year 2554, between Halo 3 and Halo 4. Some 30 missions against the Covenant reveal the early operations of Sarah Palmer and Edward...

100% Orange Juice

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Card game, Anime / Manga, Online

Game released: PC → 16 May 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

100% Orange Juice is an arcade adventure puzzle game with elements of a board card game. You will travel to an amazing world where dogs, people and cars fly in the...

Fist of Awesome

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 3 July 2014

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This arcade action game follows lumberjack Tim Burr, who travels through time and fights bears that have taken over the world. After his family disappears and his...

Wings! Remastered Edition

Arcade, Action, Flight Simulator, Simulation, Remake

Game released: PC → 17 October 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

An arcade flight-combat game about the life of a combat pilot during World War I. Its story follows the perspective of a member of the 56th Squadron as it struggles...

Lethal League

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Baseball, Sports game, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 27 August 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Lethal League is a side-scrolling arcade sports game that can be played cooperatively by up to four people. You will go to fight in various arenas, where the main...

Spacebase DF-9

Arcade, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 27 October 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 16/100

This space simulation focuses on building a home for humans and aliens in Earth's distant future. The player expands the base by mining asteroids, growing it from a...

Descent

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Old school

Game released: PC → 11 February 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 64/100

Descent is an exciting first-person shooter in a sci-fi setting. Alien invaders have occupied a number of mining complexes located throughout the Solar System. They...

BlazBlue Calamity Trigger

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 20 August 2010

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 85/100

BlazBlue Calamity Trigger is an anime-style fighting game set in Kagutsuchi, a hierarchical city where the Librarium regulates Armagus, a power that combines magic...

Boson X

Action, Arcade, Runner

Game released: PC → 15 September 2014

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Boson X is an arcade runner set inside a particle accelerator, where the character navigates a subatomic space without conventional floors or ceilings. The aim is...

Gunman Clive

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

Game released: PC → 3 January 2014

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Gunman Clive is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with a beat 'em up style. The game takes place in 1800, where the player controls the main character...

The Tomorrow War

Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Arcade, Adventure

Game released: PC → 3 April 2014

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 52/100

The Tomorrow War is a space simulator based on the books of the famous Russian writer Alexander Zorich. Heroes in colorful cloaks and pointy-eared masks are good...

Disney Planes: The Video Game

Arcade, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Adventure, Action

Game released: PC → 6 October 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 51/100

An arcade aviation adventure based on the animated film Planes follows Dusty Crophopper, a speed-loving crop duster who sets out on missions around the world with...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2014 for PC