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The best games of 2014 · Ludixa
The best games of 2014
Ranked on the Metacritic score where one exists, and on the number of Steam reviews where it doesn't — because a game judged by a hundred thousand players is not less known than one judged by twenty critics. Titles with neither are left out.
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Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
2014
89/100
13,304 reviews
Simulation · Strategy
Rise of Nations is back! Play the updated classic with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features!
LIMBO
2014
88/100
40,443 reviews
Action & adventure
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO.
Subnautica
2014
87/100
339,841 reviews
Adventure
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
2014
87/100
23,559 reviews
Action · Indie
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
The Talos Principle: Deluxe Edition
2014
85/100
29,191 reviews
Action · Adventure
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2014
84/100
63,470 reviews
Action role-playing game
Fight through Mordor and uncover the truth of the spirit that compels you, discover the origins of the Rings of Power, build your legend and ultimately confront the evil of Sauron in this new chronicle of Middle-earth.
Don't Starve Together
2014
83/100
374,844 reviews
Action · Adventure
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
This War of Mine: Complete Edition
2014
83/100
89,091 reviews
Adventure · Indie
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
2014
83/100
78,347 reviews
Rpg
For newcomers, the Free Trial includes four award-winning titles
Transistor
2014
83/100
27,970 reviews
Action · Indie
Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.
SMITE
2014
83/100
1,389 reviews
Action · Adventure
Join 40+ million players in SMITE, the Battleground of the Gods! Wield Thor’s hammer, turn your foes to stone as Medusa, or flex your divine power as one of 100+ other mythological icons. Become a God and play FREE today!
Resident Evil
2014
82/100
27,120 reviews
Action · Adventure
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
ENDLESS Legend
2014
82/100
14,400 reviews
RPG · Strategy
ENDLESS Legend™ is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS Space™ and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!
Alien: Isolation
2014
81/100
48,277 reviews
Action
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Wolfenstein: The New Order
2014
81/100
46,149 reviews
Action
Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
2014
81/100
14,013 reviews
Strategy
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.
The Elder Scrolls Online
2014
80/100
134,171 reviews
Role playing
Every legend starts somewhere and in The Elder Scrolls Online, it starts with you. Join millions of players in an online, fantasy RPG set in a vast living Elder Scrolls world.
Elite Dangerous
2014
80/100
82,019 reviews
Action · Adventure
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
Far Cry 4
2014
80/100
67,733 reviews
Action & adventure
Hidden in the towering Himalayas lies Kyrat, a country steeped in tradition and violence. You are Ajay Ghale. Traveling to Kyrat to fulfill your mother’s dying wish, you find yourself caught up in a civil war to overthrow the oppressive regime of dictator Pagan Min. Explore and navigate this vast open world, where danger and unpredictability lurk around every corner. Here, every decision counts, and every second is a story. Welcome to Kyrat.
Black Desert
2014
80/100
62,814 reviews
Action · Adventure
Played by over 20 million Adventurers - Black Desert Online is an open-world, action MMORPG. Experience intense, action-packed combat, battle massive world bosses, fight alongside friends to siege and conquer castles, and train in professions such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and more!
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
2014
80/100
13,431 reviews
Third-person shooter · Action-adventure game
World-renowned Kojima Productions brings the Metal Gear Solid franchise to Steam with METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES. Play as the legendary hero Snake and infiltrate a Cuban military base to rescue the hostages. Can you make it out alive?
Age of Wonders III
2014
80/100
7,012 reviews
RPG · Strategy
Age of Wonders III is the long anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy series. Delivering a unique mix of Empire Building, Role Playing and Warfare, Age of Wonders III offers the ultimate in turn-based fantasy strategy for veterans of the series and new players alike!
Resident Evil 4 (2005)
2014
79/100
78,035 reviews
Action · Adventure
(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.
Five Nights at Freddy's
2014
78/100
53,343 reviews
Indie · Simulation
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!
Wargame: Red Dragon
2014
78/100
15,728 reviews
Indie · Simulation
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition
2014
78/100
11,055 reviews
Action
Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare envisions a powerful future, where both technology and tactics have evolved to usher in a new era of combat for the franchise.Power Changes Everything.
Watch Dogs
2014
77/100
48,722 reviews
Action & adventure
Play as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker, whose criminal past led to a violent family tragedy. Now on the hunt for those who hurt your family, monitor and hack all who surround you by manipulating everything connected to the city’s network. Access omnipresent security cameras, download personal information to locate a target, control traffic lights and public transportation to stop the enemy. Use the city of Chicago as your ultimate weapon and exact your own style of revenge.
Metro: Last Light Redux
2014
76/100
70,648 reviews
Action
It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above.
Wakfu
2014
76/100
148 reviews
Action · Adventure
Immerse yourself in the WAKFU universe with this free to play MMORPG. Select your class, travel the world, meet adventurers to challenge powerful monsters in epic turn-based battles.Participate in the kingdom’s economy and politics and create your own legend!
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
2014
75/100
32,709 reviews
Action · RPG
Launch into the Borderlands universe and shoot ‘n’ loot your way through a brand new adventure that rockets you onto Pandora’s moon in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!
Tropico 5
2014
75/100
9,787 reviews
RPG · Simulation
Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.
Insurgency
2014
74/100
86,366 reviews
Action · Indie
Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.
Banished
2014
73/100
37,838 reviews
Indie · Simulation
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
A Story About My Uncle
2014
73/100
12,166 reviews
Adventure · Casual
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
Loadout
2014
72/100
1,157 reviews
Action · Free To Play
Loadout is an outrageous new multi-player shooter that’s all about the guns, baby! Build a massive variety of absolutely insane weaponry - billions of combinations - totally customized, totally unique, and totally deadly.
DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition
2014
71/100
11,869 reviews
Action
"Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends" introduces entirely new levels of fun to the refreshing gameplay vanquishing swarms of enemies with mighty warriors found in "Dynasty Warriors 8."
Thief
2014
70/100
17,335 reviews
Action · Adventure
Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
The Evil Within
2014
68/100
21,299 reviews
Action & adventure
Developed by Shinji Mikami, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension. With limited resources at your disposal, you’ll fight for survival in this perfect blend of horror and action.
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
2014
66/100
31,820 reviews
Simulation · Strategy
Age of Mythology is back! Choose your god and take to the battlefield in this classic, upgraded with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features.
Depth
2014
65/100
23,580 reviews
Action · Indie
Play as a shark or a diver in a dark aquatic world and overcome your enemies by employing cunning, teamwork, and stealth. Depth blends tension and visceral action as you team up against AI or be matched with other players in heart pounding combat.
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition201489/10013,304 reviewsSimulation · StrategyRise of Nations is back! Play the updated classic with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features!
