Best Shooter Games

Metro: Last Light Redux

Released: Aug 26, 2014

Critic rating: 80.3 / 100 • 283 votes

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Metro: Last Light Redux is the definitive version of the critically acclaimed ‘Metro: Last Light’, rebuilt in the latest and greatest iteration of the 4A Engine for Next Gen.

Jet Force Gemini

Released: Oct 11, 1999

Critic rating: 80.3 / 100 • 56 votes

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure

Platforms: Nintendo 64

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

The insect invasion has begun.

Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Mysteries of the Sith

Released: Feb 24, 1998

Critic rating: 80.3 / 100 • 39 votes

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Kyle Katarn's adventures continue five years after the events in Dark Forces II.

Jak and Daxter Collection

Released: Feb 7, 2012

Critic rating: 76.0 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter, Platform, Racing, Strategy, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita

Game modes: Single player

The Jak and Daxter Collection is a compilation of the first three main instalments in the Jak and Daxter series (The Precursor Legacy, Jak II, and Jak 3) remastered in full 720p HD with support for 3D graphics and PlayStation Network trophies.

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

Released: Nov 2, 2004

Critic rating: 82.3 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

The game puts the player in the role of Pvt.

Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour

Released: Oct 11, 2016

Critic rating: 80.8 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick!

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Released: Aug 23, 2016

Critic rating: 82.9 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided directly follows the aftermath of the Aug Incident, a day when mechanically augmented citizens all over the world were stripped of control over their minds and bodies, resulting in the deaths of millions of innocents.

L.A. Noire

Released: Nov 14, 2017

Critic rating: 75.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

L.A.

SuperHot: Mind Control Delete

Released: Jul 16, 2020

Critic rating: 83.9 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Indie

Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player

The third game in the SuperHot franchise - Mind Control Delete gives you more insight into the world of SuperHot, more story, more signature gameplay.

Touhou Youyoumu: Perfect Cherry Blossom

Released: Aug 17, 2003

Critic rating: 80.2 / 100 • 26 votes

Genres: Shooter, Indie, Arcade

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player

Perfect Cherry Blossom features three playable characters to choose from, and each character has two different sets of skills.

Star Wars: Battlefront II

Released: Oct 31, 2005

Critic rating: 75.6 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter

Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Star Wars: Battlefront II is the sequel to Star Wars: Battlefront.

Deadly Premonition

Released: Feb 23, 2010

Critic rating: 89.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Game modes: Single player

Playing as special agent Francis York Morgan (call him York – everyone else does), it’s your job to investigate the brutal murder of a young local beauty in the town of Greenvale.

Star Wars

Released: May 1, 1983

Critic rating: 90.0 / 100

Genres: Shooter, Arcade

Platforms: ColecoVision, Arcade, BBC Microcomputer System, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Acorn Electron, Mac, Atari 5200, DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC

Game modes: Single player

Star Wars is a first-person shoot 'em up based around the original Star Wars film.

Remnant II

Released: Jul 25, 2023

Critic rating: 83.5 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Remnant II is the sequel to the best-selling game Remnant: From the Ashes that pits survivors of humanity against new deadly creatures and god-like bosses across terrifying worlds.

Tom Clancy's The Division 2

Released: Mar 15, 2019

Critic rating: 85.3 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Adventure

Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

The Division 2 is an action-shooter RPG set in an open-world.

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

Released: May 23, 2023

Critic rating: 83.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Indie, Arcade

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Definitive Edition

Released: Nov 11, 2021

Critic rating: 80.1 / 100 • 66 votes

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Racing, Adventure

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

It's the early '90s.

Quake: Mission Pack 1 - Scourge of Armagon

Released: Feb 28, 1997

Critic rating: 80.1 / 100 • 22 votes

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

After defeating Shub-Niggurath, you arrive back at your home base on Earth, but it's not all blue skies and butterflies.

Quake: Mission Pack 2 - Dissolution of Eternity

Released: Mar 31, 1997

Critic rating: 80.1 / 100 • 22 votes

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Two new episodes.

Condemned 2: Bloodshot

Released: Mar 11, 2008

Critic rating: 85.4 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

In Condemned 2: Bloodshot, players will engage in visceral combat using a variety of firearms, blunt instruments and an all-new fighting system complete with defensive and offensive combo chains, as well as grapples and holds.

Ghostrunner

Released: Oct 27, 2020

Critic rating: 82.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Ascend humanity’s last remaining shelter, a great tower-city.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

Released: Mar 9, 2006

Critic rating: 92.8 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical

Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, PlayStation 2

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

The year is 2013 and you play as Captain Mitchell, commander of a Ghost Recon team, on a mission in Mexico City where rebels are attempting a coup, putting Mexico and the USA in danger.

Off The Grid

Released: Jul 17, 2025

Critic rating: 80.1 / 100 • 36 votes

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5

Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Battle Royale

Welcome to Off The Grid, the heart-pounding Extraction Royale where survival is just the beginning.

Far Cry 5

Released: Mar 26, 2018

Critic rating: 84.3 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Adventure

Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Welcome to Hope County, Montana, land of the free and the brave, but also home to a fanatical doomsday cult known as The Project at Eden’s Gate that is threatening the community's freedom.

Ion Fury

Released: Aug 15, 2019

Critic rating: 84.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison takes on a quest to slay evil transhumanist mastermind Dr.