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Steam Gauge: Measuring the most popular Steam games of 2014

Free-to-play dominates "sales," while pay-to-own dominates hourly usage.

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# Title Release Players Owners Total hours Developer Publisher
1 Unturned 7/7/2014 9099669 12226095 100073000 Nelson Sexton Smartly Dressed Games
2 Robocraft 7/8/2014 3549730 5344712 56569900 Freejam Freejam
3 Heroes & Generals 7/11/2014 2779196 4442318 22875900 Reto-Moto Reto-Moto
4 Loadout 1/31/2014 1993110 3312720 17126300 Edge of Reality Edge of Reality
5 Dead Island: Epidemic 11/20/2014 1713161 3900679 7806700 Stunlock Studios Deep Silver
6 Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies 10/7/2014 1439637 2674384 12633200 Nexon Nexon Europe S.a.r.l
7 Goat Simulator 4/1/2014 1383174 1478519 8526140 Coffee Stain Studios Coffee Stain Studios
8 Warface 7/1/2014 1365931 2377193 11710200 Crytek Crytek
9 Insurgency 1/22/2014 1191808 1608012 14349900 New World Interactive New World Interactive
10 Nosgoth 3/26/2014 1183018 2121250 6551330 Psyonix Square Enix
11 The Forest 5/30/2014 1126893 1170846 9611450 Endnight Games Ltd Endnight Games Ltd
12 Don't Starve Together 12/15/2014 1044058 1190118 11593600 Klei Entertainment Klei Entertainment
13 Firefall 7/29/2014 958856 1964033 12948500 Red 5 Studios Red 5 Studios
14 Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ 9/30/2014 916256 977790 20158100 Monolith Productions, Inc. WB Games
15 Banished 2/18/2014 891236 958518 20322200 Shining Rock Software LLC Shining Rock Software LLC
16 Quake Live™ 9/17/2014 891236 1749338 3631170 id Software Bethesda Softworks
17 DARK SOULS™ II 4/24/2014 887517 964266 70448700 FromSoftware, Inc BANDAI NAMCO Games, FromSoftwa
18 Defiance 6/4/2014 886165 1844345 20619000 Trion Worlds, Inc. Trion Worlds, Inc.
19 BLOCKADE 3D 12/19/2014 858440 1207699 4084370 Shumkov Dmitriy Shumkov Dmitriy
20 South Park™: The Stick of Truth™ 3/3/2014 855397 929442 14157000 Obsidian Entertainment Ubisoft
21 Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ 10/23/2014 849311 2129364 26854600 Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac, Lin 2K, Aspyr (Mac, Linux)
22 Football Manager 2015 11/1/2014 844578 854383 130397000 Sports Interactive SEGA
23 The Mighty Quest For Epic Loot 2/25/2014 778648 1219871 10654100 Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft Montreal
24 Toribash 5/16/2014 773239 1132979 3526530 Nabi Studios Nicalis, Inc.
25 The Expendabros 8/5/2014 771210 1332121 1682060 Free Lives Devolver Digital
26 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth 11/4/2014 755319 778310 37499900 Nicalis, Inc., Edmund McMillen Nicalis, Inc.
27 Divinity: Original Sin 6/30/2014 744500 802315 24263500 Larian Studios Larian Studios
28 Fistful of Frags 5/9/2014 740105 1142784 3856480 Fistful of Frags Team Fistful of Frags Team
29 Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel 10/13/2014 685670 741457 24431400 2K Australia, Gearbox Software 2K, Aspyr (Mac and Linux)
30 Thief 2/27/2014 665384 971028 7688740 Eidos-Montréal Square Enix
31 Train Simulator 2015 9/18/2014 624474 680261 41532000 RailSimulator.com RailSimulator.com
32 Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare 11/3/2014 611626 787439 5153550 Sledgehammer Games, Raven Soft Activision
33 Planetary Annihilation 9/5/2014 580183 654903 6994110 Uber Entertainment Uber Entertainment
34 How to Survive 8/29/2014 574097 700209 3528630   505 Games
35 GunZ 2: The Second Duel 5/1/2014 556177 1560001 6203250 MAIET Entertainment MAIET Entertainment
36 Happy Wars 7/23/2014 527439 897660 2114290 Toylogic inc. Microsoft Studios
37 Wolfenstein: The New Order 5/19/2014 525748 602159 9854040 Machine Games Bethesda Softworks
38 Dizzel 12/10/2014 521015 1146165 906387 NSStudio, NeoWiz OGPlanet
39 World of Guns: Gun Disassembly 5/21/2014 510872 789467 2906350 Noble Empire Corp. Noble Empire Corp.
40 Nether 6/5/2014 493290 553811 5623610 Phosphor Games Nether Productions, LLC
41 ArcheBlade™ 4/25/2014 478752 1004162 3221060 CodeBrush Games Codebrush Games
42 Double Action: Boogaloo 10/23/2014 470976 845592 719920 Double Action Factory Double Action Factory
43 Plague Inc: Evolved 2/20/2014 448323 463537 5202980 Ndemic Creations Ndemic Creations
44 Five Nights at Freddy's 8/19/2014 423303 519662 1485820 Scott Cawthon Scott Cawthon
45 Watch_Dogs™ 5/26/2014 399636 422965 11798300 Ubisoft Ubisoft
46 Ultra Street Fighter® IV 8/7/2014 397269 451366 16656200 Capcom Capcom
47 Transistor 5/20/2014 392874 526762 2060090 Supergiant Games Supergiant Games
48 Age of Mythology: Extended Edition 5/8/2014 369883 430742 5645290 SkyBox Labs, Ensemble Studios Microsoft Studios
49 SPINTIRES™ 6/12/2014 368869 382731 7191530 Oovee® Game Studios Oovee® Game Studios, IMGN.PRO
50 Only If 7/25/2014 362783 673837 344930 Creability Creability
51 Free to Play 3/19/2014 360078 1123174 799138 Valve Valve
52 Aura Kingdom 7/1/2014 357035 863174 5737280 X-Legend Aeria Games
53 F.E.A.R. Online 10/21/2014 355345 751938 1536030 InPlay Interactive Aeria Games Europe
54 This War of Mine 11/14/2014 338102 370221 4589870 11 bit studios 11 bit studios
55 WAKFU 9/18/2014 334383 530820 5959990 Ankama Studio Ankama Games
56 Wasteland 2 9/18/2014 332354 384760 11076800 inXile Entertainment inXile Entertainment
57 METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE 1/9/2014 331678 444266 3536070 PlatinumGames Konami Digital Entertainment
58 School of Dragons 12/4/2014 328635 577140 924133 JumpStart Games, Inc. JumpStart Games, Inc.
59 Sniper Elite 3 6/27/2014 327621 381379 5481510 Rebellion Rebellion
60 Endless Legend™ 9/18/2014 322887 360416 6600930 AMPLITUDE Studios AMPLITUDE Studios
61 METAL SLUG 3 2/14/2014 318830 443928 623527 DotEmu SNK Playmore
62 Brick-Force 12/11/2014 316801 550430 457754 Exe Games Inc. Infernum Productions AG
63 Cubic Castles 8/13/2014 313082 458466 1615210 Cosmic Cow LLC Cosmic Cow LLC
64 Gauntlet™ 9/23/2014 311392 359740 2280190 Arrowhead Game Studios WB Games
65 Guns and Robots 8/4/2014 310377 594045 631404 Masthead Studios Ltd Masthead Studios Ltd, Thegamew
66 Far Cry® 4 11/1/2014 302939 322887 9856440 Ubisoft Montreal, Red Storm, S Ubisoft
67 Pixel Piracy 7/31/2014 294825 359740 2234680 Vitali Kirpu, Alexander Poysky Quadro Delta, Re-Logic
68 Alien: Isolation 10/6/2014 280286 329649 3116860 Creative Assembly SEGA
69 Tropico 5 5/23/2014 278596 300234 5568330 Haemimont Games Kalypso Media Digital
70 Zombies Monsters Robots (ZMR) 9/19/2014 270481 503433 1737740 En Masse Entertainment, Yingpe En Masse Entertainment
71 Age of Wonders III 3/31/2014 262705 282991 8370650 Triumph Studios Triumph Studios
72 The Banner Saga 1/14/2014 261015 343511 2424930 Stoic Versus Evil
73 StarForge 9/22/2014 256281 287725 1131150 CodeHatch Code Hatch Corp
74 NEOTOKYO 7/4/2014 251210 654227 271903 STUDIO RADI-8 NEOTOKYO [MOD]
75 FINAL FANTASY® XIII 10/9/2014 239714 327959 4518220 SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX
76 Rise of Nations: Extended Edition 6/12/2014 239038 305644 3018610 SkyBox Labs, Big Huge Games Microsoft Studios
77 Farming Simulator 15 10/30/2014 234643 237009 11575900 Giants Software Focus Home Interactive
78 The Long Dark 9/22/2014 234304 266424 1941990 Hinterland Studio Inc. Hinterland Studio Inc.
79 Octodad: Dadliest Catch 1/30/2014 234304 279272 1289790 Young Horses Young Horses
80 Wargame: Red Dragon 4/17/2014 232952 275891 11359600 Eugen Systems Focus Home Interactive
81 Elsword 7/2/2014 219090 448661 8079450 KOG KOG Games
82 Nidhogg 1/13/2014 218414 268453 578897 Messhof Messhof
83 Next Car Game: Wreckfest 1/14/2014 217399 229571 985296 Bugbear Bugbear
84 Five Nights at Freddy's 2 11/10/2014 214018 264396 917608 Scott Cawthon Scott Cawthon
85 The Way of Life 12/29/2014 211314 398284 42026.9 Fabio Ferrara, Davide Caio, Ni Chubby Pixel
86 Broforce 4/7/2014 210975 230247 2223120 Free Lives Devolver Digital
87 Turbo Dismount™ 5/21/2014 210637 234981 1280290 Secret Exit Ltd. Secret Exit Ltd.
88 The Evil Within 10/13/2014 206242 250533 2345210 Tango Gameworks Bethesda Softworks
89 TOME: Immortal Arena 11/21/2014 206242 336411 620349 KIXEYE KIXEYE
90 Assetto Corsa 12/19/2014 205566 214356 6091480 Kunos Simulazioni Kunos Simulazioni
91 Magic 2015 - Duels of the Planeswalkers 7/16/2014 205566 237685 6217080 Stainless Games Wizards of the Coast
92 One Finger Death Punch 3/3/2014 205566 258986 1221260 Silver Dollar Games Silver Dollar Games
93 Mount Your Friends 7/29/2014 201509 242757 584241 Stegersaurus Software Inc. Stegersaurus Software Inc.
94 Magicite 6/9/2014 200832 220780 2418880 SmashGames SmashGames
95 Dragons and Titans 3/12/2014 197789 436827 1103970 Wyrmbyte Versus Evil
96 Floating Point 6/6/2014 194408 433108 178891 Suspicious Developments Suspicious Developments
97 The Plan 2/14/2014 191704 314435 47570.8 Krillbite Studio Krillbite Studio
98 Infinity Wars 2014: Animated Trading Card Game 9/5/2014 190351 327282 3616470 Lightmare Studios Lightmare Studios
99 Planet Explorers 3/11/2014 190351 211314 2175550 Pathea Games Pathea Games
100 Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition 9/5/2014 187308 201847 2655960 Capcom Game Studio Vancouver Capcom
101 Dungeon of the Endless™ 10/27/2014 185280 216723 2101940 AMPLITUDE Studios AMPLITUDE Studios
102 Shovel Knight 6/26/2014 183927 208609 1335710 Yacht Club Games Yacht Club Games
103 Hero Siege 1/29/2014 182237 262705 1311460 Elias Viglione, Jussi Kukkonen Panic Art Studios
104 March of War 6/10/2014 180208 408427 2278300 ISOTX ISOTX
105 Child of Light 4/29/2014 177165 257295 1629080 Ubisoft Montréal Ubisoft
106 Halo: Spartan Assault 4/4/2014 175137 250533 301046 Vanguard Games, 343 Industries Microsoft Studios
107 Lords Of The Fallen™ 10/28/2014 174122 193394 1863380 CI Games, Deck 13 CI Games
108 Anarchy Arcade 9/3/2014 173108 307334 228285 Elijah Newman-Gomez Elijah Newman-Gomez
109 Yet Another Zombie Defense 3/28/2014 173108 238024 301452 Awesome Games Studio Awesome Games Studio
110 Battle Islands 8/6/2014 171079 320520 1993080 DR Studios 505 Mobile Games
111 UnEpic 7/25/2014 170403 200494 2564770 Francisco Téllez de Meneses Francisco Téllez de Meneses
112 Blade Symphony 5/7/2014 170065 209623 946211 Puny Human Puny Human
113 You Have to Win the Game 5/6/2014 169389 297868 239950 Minor Key Games Minor Key Games
114 Broken Age 1/28/2014 166008 233290 807928 Double Fine Productions Double Fine Productions
115 Assassin’s Creed® Unity 11/11/2014 164656 179532 4130720 Ubisoft Ubisoft
116 Ascend: Hand of Kul 5/20/2014 162627 280963 811512 Signal Studios Signal Studios
117 Villagers and Heroes 4/17/2014 161613 284344 1082130 Mad Otter Games Mad Otter Games
118 Metro 2033 Redux 8/25/2014 160936 207933 1202970 4A GAMES Deep Silver
119 The Crew™ 12/1/2014 160260 166008 5848350 Ivory Tower in collaboration w Ubisoft
120 Life is Feudal: Your Own 9/19/2014 159246 163979 5599780 Bitbox Ltd. Bitbox Ltd.
121 Everlasting Summer 11/19/2014 159246 288063 793898 Soviet Games Soviet Games
122 Men of War: Assault Squad 2 5/15/2014 157555 173784 5575130 Digitalmindsoft 1C Company
123 Tabletop Simulator 4/18/2014 157217 177165 1446540 Berserk Games Berserk Games
124 La Tale 6/17/2014 157217 371912 496603 Actoz Soft OGPlanet
125 Valkyria Chronicles™ 11/11/2014 156541 210299 1945540 SEGA SEGA
126 Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series 12/2/2014 155865 173108 922410 Telltale Games Telltale Games
127 Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™ 6/25/2014 154851 206242 1068330 Ubisoft Montpellier Ubisoft
128 Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition 12/18/2014 154512 215371 1480750 Microsoft Game Studios Dovetail Games - Flight
129 sZone-Online 12/29/2014 154512 257633 336176 Cybertime System Cybertime System
130 Murdered: Soul Suspect 6/3/2014 153836 347569 984112 Airtight Games Square Enix
131 METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES 12/18/2014 151470 192042 893941 Kojima Productions Konami Digital Entertainment
132 LEGO® The Hobbit™ 4/8/2014 147750 219428 2127340 Traveller's Tales, Feral Inter Warner Bros. Interactive Enter
133 Minimum 9/10/2014 146398 175137 618287 Human Head Studios Atari, Cubed Productions LLC
134 Royal Quest 8/6/2014 146060 385774 2107350 Katauri 1C Online Games
135 The LEGO® Movie - Videogame 2/7/2014 144708 191704 2966330 TT Fusion, Traveller's Tales, Warner Bros. Interactive Enter
136 Ryse: Son of Rome 10/10/2014 143693 166684 1019780 Crytek Crytek
137 Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 1/24/2014 141665 162289 941004 PlayWay S.A., Red Dot Games PlayWay S.A.
138 LUFTRAUSERS 3/18/2014 140988 261353 455896 Vlambeer Devolver Digital
139 resident evil 4 / biohazard 4 2/27/2014 139974 170403 1997440 Capcom Capcom
140 Eets Munchies 3/11/2014 137607 460495 177843 Klei Entertainment Klei Entertainment
141 The Stomping Land 5/30/2014 136593 139298 880079 SuperCrit SuperCrit
142 Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut 9/18/2014 134226 313082 1752990 Harebrained Schemes Harebrained Holdings
143 Takedown: Red Sabre 2/10/2014 133888 185618 303175 Serellan LLC 505 Games
144 Blackguards 1/22/2014 131183 304968 2501850 Daedalic Entertainment Daedalic Entertainment
145 Sir, You Are Being Hunted 5/2/2014 130845 159584 375089 Big Robot Ltd Big Robot Ltd
146 Stronghold Crusader 2 9/22/2014 128479 135917 2557570 FireFly Studios FireFly Studios
147 Battle Nations 9/18/2014 127802 291782 1433960 Z2 Z2
148 One Way Heroics 2/28/2014 127802 213342 708121 Smoking WOLF AGM PLAYISM
149 Canyon Capers 4/25/2014 127126 277920 287116 Crazy Moo Games KISS ltd
150 Velvet Sundown 7/22/2014 127126 320859 185010 Tribe Studios Tribe Studios
151 Viscera Cleanup Detail 4/4/2014 125098 146736 610578 RuneStorm RuneStorm
152 Woodle Tree Adventures 6/6/2014 125098 230923 138621 Fabio Ferrara Chubby Pixel
153 Thinking with Time Machine 4/18/2014 124083 302939 190724 Stridemann SignHead Studio
154 RaiderZ 1/14/2014 123069 275553 527405   Perfect World
155 Retro City Rampage™ DX 11/11/2014 122055 165332 375902 Vblank Entertainment, Inc. Vblank Entertainment, Inc.
156 DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition 5/13/2014 121717 131183 2640140 KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
157 Eldevin 11/5/2014 118674 200156 671268 Hunted Cow Studios Hunted Cow Studios
158 Starpoint Gemini 2 9/26/2014 118336 130507 1211790 Little Green Men Games Iceberg Interactive
159 Jazzpunk 2/7/2014 117659 205566 383339 Necrophone Games Adult Swim Games
160 Crypt of the NecroDancer 7/30/2014 117321 126112 1474330 Brace Yourself Games Brace Yourself Games, Klei Ent
161 Divine Souls F2P MMO 8/15/2014 117321 305306 151740 GamePrix Suba Games
162 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter 9/25/2014 116983 155865 456268 The Astronauts The Astronauts
163 Prime World: Thrones 3/31/2014 116307 251886 3660660 Nival Nival
164 Dead Bits 6/7/2014 115969 218752 191907 Microblast Games Microblast Games
165 Mountain 8/18/2014 115293 153836 489944 David OReilly Double Fine Presents, David OR
166 Grand Chase 7/17/2014 114278 344526 677523 KOG KOG Games
167 Craft The World 11/24/2014 113940 119012 3963020 Dekovir Entertainment Black Maple Games
168 Dungeon Defenders II 12/5/2014 113602 124760 1089940 Trendy Entertainment Trendy Entertainment
169 Talisman: Digital Edition 2/25/2014 113602 202523 1257200 Nomad Games Limited Nomad Games Limited
170 Full Mojo Rampage 5/8/2014 113264 248843 386518 Over the Top Games Over The Top Games
171 Amazing World™ 8/7/2014 112588 272172 350881 Ganz Ganz
172 Arena : Cyber Evolution 8/18/2014 112250 288063 420295 Spearhead Games Spearhead Games
173 Color Symphony 9/15/2014 112250 199480 61703.2 REMIMORY REMIMORY
174 Lethal League 8/27/2014 111574 128141 554013 Team Reptile Team Reptile
175 Strike Vector 1/28/2014 110221 171756 278157 Ragequit Corporation Ragequit Corporation
176 Damned 10/6/2014 109207 149103 569296 9heads Game Studios 9heads Game Studios
177 Agarest: Generations of War 2/4/2014 107516 138622 1542120 Idea Factory Ghostlight LTD
178 Always Sometimes Monsters 5/21/2014 105826 329987 452413 Vagabond Dog Devolver Digital
179 Kingdom Rush 1/6/2014 105488 170065 1771480 Ironhide Game Studio Ironhide Game Studio
180 Get Off My Lawn! 11/11/2014 104135 194408 112419 Digital Leisure Inc. Digital Leisure Inc.
181 Might & Magic X - Legacy 1/23/2014 103121 131183 4269920 Ubisoft Ubisoft
182 Dungeon Defenders Eternity 7/22/2014 102783 116645 1885150 Nom Nom Games Trendy Entertainment
183 Fable Anniversary 9/12/2014 102445 121717 1277210 Lionhead Studios Microsoft
184 Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition 10/8/2014 102445 147750 889140 United Front Games SQUARE ENIX
185 Mercenary Kings 3/25/2014 101769 124421 866149 Tribute Games Inc. Tribute Games Inc.
186 Deadbreed® 7/1/2014 101092 253238 288096 Deadbreed AB Deadbreed AB
187 The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II 6/13/2014 99740 153836 1078710 NeocoreGames NeocoreGames
188 I am Bread 12/3/2014 98726 107178 240796 Bossa Studios Bossa Studios
189 DARK BLOOD ONLINE 7/22/2014 98049 270481 807793 JCR Soft Co., Ltd Nexon GT Co., Ltd
190 Metro: Last Light Redux 8/25/2014 96021 180884 812696 4A Games Deep Silver
191 Depth 11/3/2014 95683 108531 524734 Digital Confectioners Digital Confectioners
192 NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM Revolution 9/15/2014 95345 100416 1440720 CyberConnect2 Co., Ltd. BANDAI NAMCO Games
193 The Culling Of The Cows 5/9/2014 95345 196775 172940 Decaying Logic KISS ltd
194 Spacebase DF-9 10/27/2014 91964 120026 654295 Double Fine Productions Double Fine Productions
195 Vanguard Princess 3/3/2014 90273 135241 196708 Tomoaki Sugeno eigoMANGA
196 Paranautical Activity: Deluxe Atonement Edition 10/20/2014 89935 161613 203740 Digerati Distribution Digerati Distribution
197 Lichdom: Battlemage 8/26/2014 89597 111912 495826 Xaviant Xaviant Games
198 Sigils of Elohim 10/13/2014 88583 147750 85608.1 Croteam Devolver Digital
199 Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi 3/6/2014 88583 237347 111539 Idol FX KISS ltd, Funbox Media Ltd
200 Tales from the Borderlands 11/25/2014 87230 102445 355548 Telltale Games Telltale Games
201 GEARCRACK Arena 5/29/2014 87230 241067 96494.1 Walter Machado Walter Machado
202 Face of Mankind 7/17/2014 86554 277243 621330 Duplex Systems Nexeon Technologies
203 Fork Parker's Holiday Profit Hike 12/18/2014 85540 198128 58289.1 Dodge Roll Devolver Digital
204 Sakura Spirit 7/9/2014 83511 113264 351253 Winged Cloud Sekai Project
205 Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 11/13/2014 83173 83849 5065710 KONAMI Digital Entertainment KONAMI Digital Entertainment
206 Kinetic Void 11/21/2014 82497 101769 243670 Badland Studio Badland Studio
207 Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest 12/5/2014 80130 124760 302974 Hassey Enterprises, Inc. Hassey Enterprises, Inc.
208 Reversion - The Escape (1st Chapter) 6/10/2014 79116 229571 101870 3f Interactive 3f Interactive
209 The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 7/29/2014 78440 107516 1523650 Nihon Falcom XSEED, Marvelous USA, Inc.
210 Landmark 5/13/2014 78440 91626 779527 Sony Online Entertainment Sony Online Entertainment
211 City of Steam: Arkadia 3/6/2014 78440 187308 459954 Mechanist Games Mechanist Games
212 Trials Fusion™ 4/24/2014 77763 86216 1029150 RedLynx, in collaboration with Ubisoft
213 Risen 3 - Titan Lords 8/12/2014 77087 85878 2619040 Piranha Bytes Deep Silver
214 Xenonauts 6/16/2014 76411 86554 2020500 Goldhawk Interactive Goldhawk Interactive
215 Max Gentlemen 8/21/2014 76411 142003 52440.2 The Men Who Wear Many Hats The Men Who Wear Many Hats
216 RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe 5/21/2014 75397 94330 1104210 Chris Sawyer Productions Atari
217 The Elder Scrolls Online 7/17/2014 75059 82835 3363030 Zenimax Online Studios Bethesda Softworks
218 LYNE 3/17/2014 74720 101769 371371 Thomas Bowker Thomas Bowker
219 Lambda Wars Beta 12/5/2014 73030 133212 161849 Vortal Storm Vortal Storm
220 Depression Quest 8/11/2014 73030 168375 78981.2 The Quinnspiracy, Patrick Lind The Quinnspiracy
221 LEGO® Batman™3: Beyond Gotham 11/11/2014 72692 87568 1770880 TT Games Ltd, Feral Interactiv WB Games, Feral Interactive (M
222 Gang Beasts 8/29/2014 72692 78101 251345 Boneloaf Double Fine Productions
223 My Lands: Black Gem Hunting 9/16/2014 72354 160936 1933370 Gravvit Ltd, Forbes Consult L ELYLAND INVESTMENT COMPANY Lt
224 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack 5/21/2014 72016 87906 634110 Chris Sawyer Productions Atari
225 CastleMiner Z 2/3/2014 72016 87230 665992 DigitalDNA Games LLC DigitalDNA Games LLC
226 Racer 8 6/6/2014 72016 193056 146196 30.06 Studios Ltd KISS ltd
227 Legend of Grimrock 2 10/15/2014 71339 88245 2378210 Almost Human Games Almost Human Games
228 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 2/25/2014 71339 107178 1110600 MercurySteam Konami Digital Entertainment
229 100% Orange Juice 5/16/2014 71339 87906 556583 Orange_Juice Fruitbat Factory
230 Gods Will Be Watching 7/24/2014 71001 101769 214965 Deconstructeam Devolver Digital
231 Wild Warfare 7/15/2014 67958 117321 70899.6 Hyper Hippo Productions Ltd. Hyper Hippo Productions Ltd.
232 Construction Simulator 2015 11/18/2014 67620 68973 1113880 weltenbauer. Software Entwickl astragon Software GmbH
233 The Forgotten Ones 7/17/2014 67620 221457 80873.7 Bernt Andreas Eide Bernt Andreas Eide
234 NEO Scavenger 12/15/2014 67282 91287 1437240 Blue Bottle Games Blue Bottle Games
235 Space Run 6/13/2014 67282 76073 578966 Passtech Games Focus Home Interactive
236 Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius 7/9/2014 66268 221457 414241 Love in Space Sekai Project
237 Super Killer Hornet: Resurrection 2/5/2014 66268 198128 133651 Flump Studios KISS ltd
238 Dethroned! 2/28/2014 66268 151808 54942.2 Treehouse Ltd Treehouse Ltd
239 Among the Sleep 5/29/2014 65930 90611 196099 Krillbite Studio Krillbite Studio
240 Train Fever 9/4/2014 65254 69311 2959340 Urban Games Gambitious Digital Entertainme
241 Gems of War 11/20/2014 65254 105488 1569570 Infinity Plus 2 505 Games, 505 Games Mobile
242 FINAL FANTASY® XIII-2 12/11/2014 64916 159922 849413 SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX
243 Memories of a Vagabond 7/7/2014 64577 184265 124016 DarkElite DarkElite
244 RADical ROACH Deluxe Edition 5/16/2014 64577 169727 136661 Decaying Logic KISS ltd
245 Betrayer 3/24/2014 63225 112250 194916 Blackpowder Games Blackpowder Games
246 StarMade 12/4/2014 62887 68297 696455 Schine, GmbH Schine, GmbH
247 F1 2014 10/16/2014 62211 65592 1527920 Codemasters Codemasters
248 Lost Saga NA 11/25/2014 61873 142003 242859 IO Entertainment Smilegate West
249 Assassin’s Creed® Liberation HD 1/15/2014 61535 108869 676001 Ubisoft Sofia Ubisoft
250 OlliOlli 7/22/2014 61196 143693 85641.2 Roll7, General Arcade Devolver Digital
251 Tower of Guns 3/4/2014 60858 155189 268216 Terrible Posture Games Terrible Posture Games LLC
252 Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae 3/10/2014 60182 105488 133517 Zenith Blue AGM PLAYISM
253 Uriel's Chasm 9/12/2014 59844 173784 114042 Rail Slave Games KISS ltd
254 Daylight 4/29/2014 59844 86892 90476.4 Zombie Studios Zombie Studios
255 FINAL FANTASY III 5/27/2014 59168 91964 743824 Square Enix Square Enix
256 BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger 2/13/2014 59168 85540 239984 Arc System Works Co., Ltd. H2 Interactive Co., Ltd.
257 Cannons Lasers Rockets 8/25/2014 59168 138960 24545.9 Net Games Laboratory Net Games Distribution LTD
258 Contraption Maker 7/7/2014 57815 91964 179836 Spotkin Spotkin
259 Hatoful Boyfriend 9/4/2014 57477 85878 298916 Mediatonic, Hato Moa Devolver Digital
260 Deus Ex: The Fall 3/17/2014 57477 304968 234813 Square Enix Square Enix
261 Door Kickers 10/20/2014 55787 63563 395985 KillHouse Games KillHouse Games
262 Deadly 30 1/8/2014 55449 95683 128580 Ignatus Zuk and Gonzalo Villag Headup Games
263 Serena 1/30/2014 54772 159246 31849.2 Senscape Senscape
264 The Talos Principle 12/11/2014 54434 61196 805866 Croteam Devolver Digital
265 Uncharted Waters Online: 2nd Age 10/3/2014 54096 133212 462151 KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. OGPlanet
266 Mini Metro 8/11/2014 54096 60182 411098 Dinosaur Polo Club Dinosaur Polo Club
267 Beasts of Prey 6/5/2014 53420 56801 688476 Octagon Interactive Octagon Interactive
268 Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative 7/15/2014 53082 64577 305002 Aperture Tag Team Aperture Tag Team
269 Shadows on the Vatican Act I: Greed 6/9/2014 52406 162627 87264 10th Art Studio, Adventure Pro Adventure Productions
270 Scania Truck Driving Simulator 2/27/2014 52068 138622 128547 SCS Software SCS Software
271 Brawlhalla 4/30/2014 51391 92640 142747 Blue Mammoth Games Xaviant Games
272 Ultimate General: Gettysburg 10/16/2014 51053 61196 386619 Game-Labs Game-Labs
273 Bound By Flame 5/8/2014 50715 62211 513306 Spiders Focus Home Interactive
274 Darkwind: War on Wheels 8/22/2014 50715 116983 20421.8 Psychic Software Psychic Software
275 ibb & obb 5/26/2014 50039 106502 312339 Sparpweed, Codeglue Sparpweed
276 Carmageddon: Reincarnation 3/27/2014 50039 58830 172770 Stainless Games Ltd Stainless Games Ltd
277 Space Hack 8/5/2014 49701 364812 28400.6 Rebelmind Meridian4
278 The Amazing Spider-Man 2™ 4/29/2014 48687 53758 440445 Beenox Activision
279 The Legend of Korra™ 10/21/2014 48349 57139 384219 Platinum Games Activision
280 Ziggurat 10/23/2014 48349 55111 228151 Milkstone Studios Milkstone Studios
281 Bardbarian 4/1/2014 48349 80468 179735 TreeFortress Games TreeFortress Games
282 Murder Miners 7/25/2014 48010 82835 248437 JForce Games JForce Games
283 The Fall 5/30/2014 48010 75059 157893 Over The Moon Over The Moon
284 Serious Sam Classics: Revolution 4/30/2014 47672 463876 180615 Croteam, Alligator Pit Devolver Digital
285 Borealis 9/2/2014 47334 99402 51932.5 Conrad Nelson None
286 Circuits 4/17/2014 47334 64577 81414.7 Digital Tentacle Digital Tentacle
287 theHunter: Primal 12/15/2014 45644 47672 318864 Expansive Worlds, Avalanche St Expansive Worlds, Avalanche St
288 Hack 'n' Slash 9/9/2014 45644 103121 85539.9 Double Fine Productions Double Fine Productions
289 Bus Driver 6/3/2014 45644 119350 65524.3 SCS Software SCS Software
290 Sacred 3 8/5/2014 44968 49025 237787 Keen Games Deep Silver
291 Disciples III: Reincarnation 2/14/2014 44629 73368 1859900 Akella bitComposer Games
292 KickBeat Steam Edition 1/20/2014 44629 176827 159279 Zen Studios Zen Studios
293 Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition 5/23/2014 44291 64239 264463 KADOKAWA GAMES / GRASSHOPPER M Deep Silver
294 Ikaruga 2/18/2014 44291 52406 146128 Treasure Treasure
295 War of the Vikings 4/15/2014 43615 50377 869496 Fatshark Paradox Interactive
296 Styx: Master of Shadows 10/7/2014 43277 56801 295670 Cyanide Studio Focus Home Interactive
297 Breach & Clear 3/21/2014 43277 114278 222437 Mighty Rabbit Studios, Gun. Gambitious Digital Entertainme
298 Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~ 2/21/2014 42939 95007 138317 OVERDRIVE MangaGamer
299 Dogs of War Online 2/4/2014 41587 105488 252867 Cyanide Cyanide
300 STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜® 2/19/2014 41587 55787 171046 Double Helix Games, Capcom Capcom
301 Geometry Dash 12/22/2014 41248 43615 537379 RobTop Games RobTop Games
302 Swipecart 5/8/2014 41248 98049 52236.8 Micro Factory Games Micro Factory Games
303 Enemy Front 6/10/2014 40910 43615 379452 CI Games CI Games
304 Town of Salem 12/15/2014 40572 45306 573860 BlankMediaGames BlankMediaGames
305 Warlock 2: The Exiled 4/10/2014 39896 51730 944588 Ino-Co Plus Paradox Interactive
306 TowerFall Ascension 3/11/2014 39896 44968 235352 Matt Thorson Matt Makes Games Inc.
307 The Last Federation 4/18/2014 39558 47334 252968 Arcen Games, LLC Arcen Games, LLC
308 A Bird Story 11/7/2014 39220 64239 53183.1 Freebird Games Freebird Games
309 WARMACHINE: Tactics 11/20/2014 38882 43615 174630 WhiteMoon Dreams Privateer Press Interactive
310 Lifeless Planet 6/6/2014 38882 69311 156068 Stage 2 Studios Lace Games, KISS ltd
311 Galactic Civilizations® III 8/14/2014 38544 46996 395376 Stardock Entertainment Stardock Entertainment
312 LARA CROFT AND THE TEMPLE OF OSIRIS™ 12/8/2014 38544 59506 152653 Crystal Dynamics Square Enix
313 Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) 11/18/2014 38544 61196 98151.1 Upper One Games, E-Line Media E-Line Media
314 Infested Planet 3/6/2014 38544 43953 305069 Rocket Bear Games Rocket Bear Games
315 Fight The Dragon 12/4/2014 38205 46658 395308 3 Sprockets 3 Sprockets
316 Abyss Odyssey 7/15/2014 37867 45982 199953 ACE Team ATLUS
317 Lovely Planet 7/31/2014 37867 86554 54637.2 QUICKTEQUILA tinyBuild
318 Astebreed 5/30/2014 37867 59844 50647.8 Edelweiss AGM PLAYISM
319 Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal 3/27/2014 37529 48349 787236 Knuckle Cracker Knuckle Cracker
320 FINAL FANTASY IV 9/17/2014 37191 75397 505361 Square Enix, DotEmu SAS. Square Enix
321 Miscreated 10/30/2014 36853 38205 147919 Entrada Interactive LLC Entrada Interactive LLC
322 Victim of Xen 5/21/2014 36853 98388 110221 Smolders Smolders
323 Dead State 12/4/2014 36515 42263 1017150 DoubleBear Productions DoubleBear Productions
324 Narcissu 1st & 2nd 4/25/2014 36177 113602 92233.6 stage-nana Sekai Project
325 The Yawhg 2/27/2014 36177 53082 69614.9 Damian Sommer, Emily Carroll Damian Sommer
326 A Story About My Uncle 5/28/2014 35839 55787 96696.9 Gone North Games Coffee Stain Studios
327 Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok 3/20/2014 35501 133888 207323 Crystal Shard Screen 7
328 Jets'n'Guns Gold 2/5/2014 35163 50715 288164 Rake in Grass Rake in Grass
329 TransOcean - The Shipping Company 9/23/2014 34824 35501 905504 Deck 13 Hamburg astragon Software GmbH
330 Horizon 2/6/2014 34824 64239 559626 L3O Interactive Iceberg Interactive
331 Invisible, Inc. 8/19/2014 34824 41587 229098 Klei Entertainment Klei Entertainment
332 Cloudbuilt 3/20/2014 34824 56801 62853.2 Coilworks Rising Star Games
333 Chaos Domain 5/1/2014 34486 252900 17852.2 Holy Warp, Black Wing Foundati KISS ltd, Holy Warp
334 King's Bounty: Dark Side 8/19/2014 34148 51730 1902130 1C-SoftClub 1C Company
335 Card City Nights 2/14/2014 34148 102445 130271 Ludosity Ludosity
336 KAMI 1/23/2014 33810 82497 73503 State of Play Games State of Play Games
337 Sins of a Dark Age 3/14/2014 33472 60520 539035 Ironclad Games Ironclad Games
338 Dreamfall Chapters 10/21/2014 33134 46996 383103 Red Thread Games Red Thread Games
339 The Room 7/28/2014 33134 41925 129662 Fireproof Games Fireproof Games
340 Year Walk 3/6/2014 33134 102783 66166.5 Simogo Simogo
341 XAM 7/15/2014 33134 159246 15112.4 LLC Anngames LLC Anngames
342 STARWHAL 9/29/2014 32796 35501 241438 Breakfall Breakfall
343 Mordheim: City of the Damned 11/20/2014 32796 35163 118335 Rogue Factor Focus Home Interactive
344 Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure 5/8/2014 32458 298206 244007 Big Finish Games ATLUS
345 The Impossible Game 5/8/2014 32458 34148 94060 Grip Games FlukeDude
346 Passing Pineview Forest 11/21/2014 32120 76073 16567.2 VIS - Visual Imagination Softw United Independent Entertainme
347 Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments 9/29/2014 31782 37191 438653 Frogwares Focus Home Interactive
348 Fractured Space 11/20/2014 31782 45306 86216.2 Edge Case Games Ltd. Edge Case Games Ltd.
349 Hitman: Contracts 1/21/2014 31782 284682 80266 IO Interactive Square Enix
350 99 Levels To Hell 2/19/2014 31782 46658 51864.6 Zaxis Games, B-evil Zaxis Games
351 X-Plane 10 Global - 64 Bit 7/14/2014 31443 33810 512968 Laminar Research Aerosoft GmbH
352 Interplanetary 4/18/2014 31443 41925 121007 Team Jolly Roger Team Jolly Roger
353 NEKOPARA Vol. 1 12/29/2014 31105 39896 149779 NEKO WORKs Sekai Project
354 RUNNING WITH RIFLES 3/13/2014 31105 33472 216825 Modulaatio Games Modulaatio Games
355 FarSky 4/25/2014 31105 42263 161511 Farsky Interactive Farsky Interactive
356 Karos 12/24/2014 30767 205566 118572 Galaxy Gate NIKITA ONLINE
357 Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry 2/25/2014 30767 57139 182406 Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
358 Steam Marines 9/24/2014 30767 49701 68262.8    
359 Super Time Force Ultra 8/25/2014 30767 48349 70967.4 Capybara Games Capybara Games
360 Caribbean! 4/29/2014 30091 32120 155391 Snowbird Games Snowbird Games
361 Quest of Dungeons 3/25/2014 30091 67620 88109.3 David Amador David Amador
362 Distant Worlds: Universe 5/23/2014 29077 29415 1319610 Code Force Slitherine Ltd.
363 Drunken Robot Pornography 2/19/2014 29077 42939 66098.9 Dejobaan Games, LLC Dejobaan Games, LLC
364 The Red Solstice 7/10/2014 28401 36515 247457 Ironward Nkidu Games Inc.
365 Scourge: Outbreak 4/2/2014 28401 93992 114751 Tragnarion Studios Bitbox S.L.
366 Double Dragon: Neon 2/6/2014 28401 47672 101972 WayForward, Abstraction Games Midnight City
367 TUG 3/28/2014 28401 32120 74348.7 Nerd Kingdom Inc. Nerd Kingdom Inc.
368 Battlegrounds of Eldhelm 10/22/2014 28062 57477 73537 Essence Ltd. Essence Ltd.
369 Road Redemption 9/18/2014 28062 31443 92842.8 Dark Seas Interactive, The Fis Dark Seas Interactive, The Fis
370 Darkwood 7/24/2014 28062 31105 106806 Acid Wizard Studio Acid Wizard Studio
371 Probably Archery 2/6/2014 28062 53758 23734.8 South East Games South East Games
372 Evolution RTS 4/7/2014 27724 67282 117626 Frozen Yak Entertainment Frozen Yak Entertainment
373 Rising Angels: Reborn 9/12/2014 27724 75059 34824.2 IDHAS Studios Sekai Project
374 The Whispered World Special Edition 5/6/2014 27386 119350 89462.3 Daedalic Entertainment Daedalic Entertainment
375 Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart 2/5/2014 27386 54772 105927 Artifex Mundi sp. z o.o. Artifex Mundi sp. z o.o.
376 Little Racers STREET 2/6/2014 27386 58153 81516.1 Milkstone Studios Milkstone Studios
377 Ionball 2: Ionstorm 6/6/2014 27386 208609 15789.6 Ironsun Studios KISS ltd
378 Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar 5/15/2014 27048 35839 358084 Longbow Games Kasedo Games
379 METAL SLUG X 10/2/2014 27048 42601 88244.6 DotEmu SNK Playmore
380 realMyst: Masterpiece Edition 2/5/2014 27048 37191 131454 Cyan Cyan
381 Screencheat 10/21/2014 26710 31443 42398 Samurai Punk Surprise Attack
382 UFO: Afterlight 1/6/2014 26710 239376 106637 Altar Games Bohemia Interactive
383 Batman™: Arkham Origins Blackgate - Deluxe Edition 4/1/2014 26710 51730 70291.2 Armature Studio WB Games
384 They Breathe 5/23/2014 26710 46658 29854.6 The Working Parts The Working Parts
385 Blockstorm 6/6/2014 26372 32458 155628 GhostShark IndieGala
386 Distance 12/9/2014 26034 28062 202692 Refract Refract
387 The Jackbox Party Pack 11/26/2014 26034 27386 187443 Jackbox Games, Inc. Jackbox Games, Inc.
388 Paper Sorcerer 1/22/2014 26034 39558 259594 Jesse Gallagher Ultra Runaway Games
389 Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden 4/3/2014 26034 41925 101058 Artifex Mundi sp. z o.o. Artifex Mundi sp. z o.o.
390 MASSIVE CHALICE 11/11/2014 25696 35501 198094 Double Fine Productions Double Fine Productions
391 Crawl 8/6/2014 25696 29415 158570 Powerhoof Powerhoof
392 Epic Battle Fantasy 4 2/25/2014 25358 36853 344458 Matt Roszak Matt Roszak
393 Saturday Morning RPG 1/29/2014 25358 48010 62920.6 Mighty Rabbit Studios Mighty Rabbit Studios
394 Skyborn 2/21/2014 25020 167360 118133 Dancing Dragon Games Degica
395 Real Horror Stories Ultimate Edition 4/1/2014 25020 62211 24073.1 GameORE Strategy First
396 Rising World 12/3/2014 24681 26372 132265 JIW-Games KISS ltd
397 Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut 7/15/2014 24681 58492 90712.9 WayForward WayForward
398 Meridian: New World 9/26/2014 24681 45982 53183.5 Elder Games Merge Games, Headup Games
399 Cannon Brawl 9/19/2014 24343 31782 142848   Turtle Sandbox
400 Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman 2/7/2014 24343 55111 84018.3 Hexage Hexage
Kyle Orland Kyle Orland has been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012, writing primarily about the business, tech, and culture behind video games. He has journalism and computer science degrees from University of Maryland. He once wrote a whole book about Minesweeper.

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