Best Shooter Games
1,596 Shooter games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Contra
Released: Feb 2, 1988
Critic rating: 78.7 / 100 • 80 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Contra is the NES port of the homonymous 1987 arcade game.
Resident Evil 5 Remastered
Released: Jun 28, 2016
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
The biohazard threat has not ended: Just when it seemed that the menace of Resident Evil had been destroyed, along comes a new terror to send shivers down players' spines.
Mega Man 3
Released: Sep 28, 1990
Critic rating: 78.6 / 100 • 202 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: Arcade, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
It's robot rebellion, and nobody's safe!
Heretic
Released: Dec 23, 1994
Critic rating: 78.6 / 100 • 98 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Three brothers, known as the Serpent Riders, have used their powerful magic to possess seven kings of Parthoris into mindless puppets and corrupt their armies.
Orcs Must Die!
Released: Oct 5, 2011
Critic rating: 86.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Orcs Must Die!
Mega Man 11
Released: Oct 2, 2018
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The classic series takes a leap forward in visual presentation in Mega Man 11 with a 2.5D design direction introducing beautiful, completely hand-drawn characters and environments.
Sky Force Anniversary
Released: Jun 5, 2014
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Legendary shoot-'em-up makes its way on the PCs!
Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII
Released: Sep 4, 2003
Critic rating: 78.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII is an expansion pack that introduces experimental and prototype WWII weaponry to the base game.
Mega Man 6
Released: Nov 5, 1993
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100 • 96 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
From the United States, Canada and Japan they came.
Infamous: Second Son
Released: Mar 21, 2014
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Game modes: Single player
Infamous: Second Son, a PlayStation 4 exclusive , brings you an action adventure game where surrounded by a society that fears them, superhumans are ruthlessly hunted down and caged by the Department of Unified Protection.
Elite
Released: Sep 20, 1984
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100 • 36 votes
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Acorn Electron, DOS, Tatung Einstein, Amiga, Apple II, Amstrad CPC, Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX
Game modes: Single player
Elite is a space trading video game, written and developed by David Braben and Ian Bell and originally published by Acornsoft for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers in September 1984.
TimeSplitters
Released: Oct 26, 2000
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100 • 46 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative, Split screen
TimeSplitters is a first-person shooter and the first game in the TimeSplitters series.
Gunman Chronicles
Released: Nov 20, 2000
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Originally, Gunman Chronicles was developed by Rewolf Software as a mod for the first person shooter Half Life; after negotiations Sierra released it as a retail version in 2000.
Anger Foot
Released: Jul 11, 2024
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Anger Foot is a lightning-fast action FPS where the only things harder than your ass-kicking feet are the ass-kicking beats.
Dying Light: The Following
Released: Feb 6, 2016
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Dying Light: The Following is a massive expansion to Dying Light and the untold chapter of Kyle Crane’s story.
Destiny 2
Released: Sep 6, 2017
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), 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)
Dive into the world of Destiny 2 to explore the mysteries of the solar system and experience responsive first-person shooter combat.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear
Released: Aug 31, 1999
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation, Dreamcast
Game modes: Multiplayer
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the economic situation in Russia and the former Eastern Europe falls into chaos.
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Released: Oct 24, 2005
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth combines an action-horror game with a fairly realistic and immersive first-person shooter, with good stealth elements.
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
Released: Feb 23, 2016
Critic rating: 85.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The battle for suburbia grows to crazy new heights in Plants vs.
Orcs Must Die! 2
Released: Jul 30, 2012
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Orcs Must Die!
Resident Evil
Released: Mar 22, 1996
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
Resident Evil is a survival horror classic in which a group of special forces agents, known as S.T.A.R.S, struggle against hordes of zombies and various other mutants in a mysterious mansion as they try to uncover the truth behind the terrifying infection.
Metal Gear: Ghost Babel
Released: Apr 24, 2000
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100 • 40 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Game Boy Color
Game modes: Single player
Metal Gear: Ghost Babel is a Game Boy Color spinoff of the popular stealth action game Metal Gear Solid.
Doom
Released: Nov 10, 2017
Critic rating: 77.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Doom, the brutally fun and challenging modern-day shooter, can now be taken anywhere with Nintendo Switch!
Battlefield 1943
Released: Jul 8, 2009
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Multiplayer
Using the Frostbite engine, Battlefield 1943 takes players back to WWII.
Metroid Prime Hunters
Released: Mar 20, 2006
Critic rating: 86.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Metroid Prime Hunters is a first-person action-adventure game that combines exploration, shooting, and competitive multiplayer gameplay.