Best Shooter Games
1,596 Shooter games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Metroid Prime: Trilogy
Released: Aug 24, 2009
Critic rating: 88.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Wii U
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In this compilation that bundles all three landmark Metroid Prime games, experience the danger and high-intense action of facing space alone as you play skilled bounty hunter, Samus Aran.
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
Released: Dec 7, 2006
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Oleg Maddox’s world famous IL-2 Sturmovik series of flight simulators continues to expand.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Released: Oct 26, 2004
Critic rating: 93.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Returning after his mother's murder to the semi-fictional city of Los Santos (based on Los Angeles), Carl Johnson, a former gang banger, must take back the streets for his family and friends by gaining respect and once again gaining control over the streets.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Released: Jun 26, 2025
Critic rating: 92.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is a third-person action-adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by otherworldly creatures.
Star Citizen
Released: Aug 30, 2013
Critic rating: 91.4 / 100 • 91 votes
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Star Citizen is a sandbox open-world MMO "SpaceSim" by Cloud Imperium Games.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. G.A.M.M.A.
Released: May 11, 2018
Critic rating: 91.4 / 100 • 277 votes
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
G.A.M.M.A.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - HD Edition
Released: Nov 8, 2011
Critic rating: 91.2 / 100 • 56 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Android, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
A remastered version of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, featuring updated controls and graphical improvements.
Doom
Released: Jul 26, 2019
Critic rating: 90.9 / 100 • 43 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Doom is a sci-fi first-person shooter game developed by id Software and Nerve Software and published by Bethesda Softworks.
Mass Effect 3: Citadel
Released: Mar 5, 2013
Critic rating: 88.3 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
When a sinister conspiracy targets Commander Shepard, you and your team must uncover the truth, through battles and intrigue that range from the glamour of the Citadel's Wards to the top-secret Council Archives.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Released: Oct 27, 2002
Critic rating: 94.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
In the year 1986, Tommy Vercetti is heavily indebted to his mafia superiors after a drug deal gone awry, but his dreams of taking over Vice City (based on Miami) push him down a different path.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Released: Jun 12, 2008
Critic rating: 93.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is the final canonical Metal Gear game to feature Solid Snake as the main character.
TimeSplitters 2
Released: Oct 9, 2002
Critic rating: 95.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
TimeSplitters 2 is a first-person shooter that requires players to kill enemies and complete objectives using a variety of weapons and tactics in different predefined scenarios.
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Remastered
Released: Jan 28, 2022
Critic rating: 90.7 / 100 • 81 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
A remastered version of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End included in the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection.
Metroid Prime Remastered
Released: Feb 8, 2023
Critic rating: 93.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Get behind the visor of intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran in her critically-acclaimed first-person adventure.
Red Dead Redemption
Released: May 18, 2010
Critic rating: 91.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A modern-day Western epic, Red Dead Redemption takes John Marston, a relic from the fast-closing time of the gunslinger, through an open world filled with wildlife, mini-games, and shootouts.
Metroid: Zero Mission
Released: Feb 9, 2004
Critic rating: 95.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
The full story of Samus Aran's first mission finally unfolds...
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Released: Sep 1, 2015
Critic rating: 95.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is the sequel to Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and a prequel to the original Metal Gear.
Quake II
Released: Aug 10, 2023
Critic rating: 98.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
You are humanity's last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth.
Resident Evil 2
Released: Jan 25, 2019
Critic rating: 92.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Resident Evil 2 is a remake of 1998's Resident Evil 2.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Released: Nov 4, 2014
Critic rating: 95.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, New Nintendo 3DS, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
A top-down roguelike action-adventure game and remake of the 2011 original, rebuilt from its Flash engine to enable expanded content and features.
Resident Evil Requiem
Released: Feb 27, 2026
Critic rating: 90.5 / 100
Stephen Popovich's rating: 10
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Resident Evil Requiem is the ninth entry in the Resident Evil series.
Alan Wake II
Released: Oct 27, 2023
Critic rating: 92.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Alan Wake 2 marks Remedy Entertainment’s first foray into the survival horror genre.
Hitman World of Assassination
Released: Jan 26, 2023
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, SteamVR, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Become Agent 47 in the ultimate spy-thriller adventure across more than 20 locations.
Cuphead
Released: Sep 29, 2019
Critic rating: 89.8 / 100 • 31 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux
Game modes: Single player
A port of Cuphead that was released as a part of Tesla’s 10.0 software update.
System Shock
Released: Sep 22, 1994
Critic rating: 89.8 / 100 • 89 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PC-9800 Series, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player
A seminal cyberpunk first-person exploratory adventure game with RPG elements in which, waking up in the Citadel Space Station, a lone hacker has to survive corrupted enemies and collect audio logs and equipment from former station workers in order to shut down SHODAN, the station's artificial intelligence that has killed everyone on board and now intends to destroy the world.