Best Shooter Games

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cronos: The New Dawn

Released: Sep 5, 2025

Critic rating: 80.5 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5

Game modes: Single player

Cronos: The New Dawn is a pulse-pounding, third-person survival horror game that throws you into the heart of a deadly struggle against overwhelming foes, all while uncovering the mysteries of a twisted time travel story.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Battle City

Released: Sep 9, 1985

Critic rating: 78.1 / 100 • 102 votes

Genres: Fighting, Shooter, Puzzle

Platforms: Arcade, Sharp X1, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, FM-7, Nintendo Entertainment System

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Battle City, also known as Tank 1990 or Tank in some pirate multicart releases, is a multi-directional shooter video game for the Family Computer produced and published in 1985 by Namco.

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: T

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.

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.

Twisted Metal 4

Released: Nov 16, 1999

Critic rating: 78.0 / 100 • 40 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.

Starfield

Released: Sep 6, 2023

Critic rating: 85.4 / 100

Rating: M

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

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

Game modes: Single player

Starfield is a single-player action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and set in an open-world space environment.

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.

Oni

Released: Jan 26, 2001

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2

Game modes: Single player

An intense action anime thriller comes to life in Oni.

Singularity

Released: Jun 25, 2010

Critic rating: 79.8 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Puzzle

Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

In this FPS, you travel across a remote island off the coast of Russia ripping through space and time, and are given your own Time Manipulation Device of which you use to vaporize enemies.