Best Shooter Games
1,616 Shooter games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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.
Metal Gear: Ghost Babel
Released: Apr 24, 2000
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100 • 42 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.
Battlezone
Released: Nov 1, 1980
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Arcade
Platforms: Commodore VIC-20, Arcade, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari Lynx, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Apple II
Game modes: Single player
Battlezone is an arcade game from Atari released in November 1980.
Blazing Chrome
Released: Jul 11, 2019
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Blazing Chrome is a classic co-op run 'n gun with an original arcade feel.
Nuclear Throne
Released: Dec 5, 2015
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Nuclear Throne is an action roguelike-like by Vlambeer about mutants fighting their way through a post-apocalyptic world.
Mass Effect 2: Arrival
Released: Mar 29, 2011
Critic rating: 78.2 / 100 • 53 votes
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
A deep cover agent is missing in Batarian space, after reporting evidence of an imminent Reaper invasion.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Released: Oct 25, 2024
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is a first-person shooter co-developed by Treyarch and Raven Software, published by Activision in October 2024.
Quake Live
Released: Aug 6, 2010
Critic rating: 78.2 / 100 • 68 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
From the legendary series that founded the online shooter genre comes the most exciting, energetic, and fast-paced shooter on the Internet.
Fallout 3: Broken Steel
Released: May 5, 2009
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
You may have dealt the Enclave a serious blow at Project Purity, but their forces are still out there, and still pose a grave threat to the people and security of the Capital Wasteland.
Top Gunner
Released: Oct 1, 1986
Critic rating: 78.2 / 100 • 28 votes
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, DOS, Amstrad CPC
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative, Split screen
Overhead run'n gun-style shoot-'em-up.
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.
Crow Country
Released: May 9, 2024
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The year is 1990.
Prey
Released: May 4, 2017
Critic rating: 75.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032.
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - End of Zoe
Released: Dec 12, 2017
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
End of Zoe is the epilogue chronicling the final events of Resident Evil 7.
Mega Man X3
Released: Nov 30, 1995
Critic rating: 78.2 / 100 • 128 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Legacy Mobile Device, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
Mega Man X and his trusty partner Zero have a new force to reckon with.
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
Released: Oct 10, 2014
Critic rating: 74.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The Definitive Edition of the critically acclaimed, award winning open-world action adventure, reworked, rebuilt and re-mastered for the new generation.
Mega Man ZX
Released: Jul 6, 2006
Critic rating: 63.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
This game contains elements from the Mega Man X series and the Mega Man Zero series.
Interstate '76
Released: Mar 28, 1997
Critic rating: 78.1 / 100 • 27 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Racing
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
It's 1976 - a different '76.
Gears 5: Hivebusters
Released: Dec 15, 2020
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Return to Gears 5 with the new Hivebusters campaign expansion.
Battlefield 4
Released: Oct 29, 2013
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Battlefield 4 is the genre-defining action blockbuster created by Dice, and made from moments that blur the line between game and glory, moments found only in Battlefield.
Twisted Metal 4
Released: Nov 16, 1999
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100 • 42 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Shooter, Racing
Platforms: PlayStation
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Twisted Metal 4 is the fourth installment in the Twisted Metal series and the second and last installment to be developed by 989 Studios.
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Released: Sep 9, 2015
Critic rating: 83.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a frantic 1- or 4-player couch co-op action space shooter set in a massive neon battleship.
Day of Defeat: Source
Released: Sep 26, 2005
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer
Day of Defeat offers intense online action gameplay set in Europe during WWII.
Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Released: Jul 31, 1998
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100 • 97 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 is a platform game produced by Epic MegaGames, now known as Epic Games.