Best Shooter Games
1,596 Shooter games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Zaxxon
Released: Jan 1, 1982
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Arcade
Platforms: ColecoVision, Arcade, SG-1000, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Wii, TRS-80 Color Computer, Atari 5200, DOS, Apple II, TRS-80, MSX
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Zaxxon is a 1982 isometric shooter arcade game developed and released by Sega.
Rainbow Six Siege
Released: Dec 1, 2015
Critic rating: 74.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is a tactical first-person shooter focused on close-quarters combat between teams of five.
Electronic Super Joy
Released: Aug 23, 2013
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Music, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music.
Prey
Released: Jul 11, 2006
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Prey tells the story of Tommy, a Cherokee garage mechanic stuck on a reservation going nowhere.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
Released: Sep 6, 2011
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
In Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine you are Captain Titus, a Space Marine of the Ultramarines chapter and a seasoned veteran of countless battles.
Earthworm Jim 2
Released: Nov 15, 1995
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 119 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Game modes: Single player
From Evil the Cat’s’Circus of the Scars’ to the planet of Meat, join Jim on a madcap chase across the galaxy.
Grand Theft Auto: London 1961
Released: Jun 1, 1999
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 28 votes
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS
Game modes: Single player
Grand Theft Auto: London, 1961 is a freely distributed mission pack to Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969.
Remnant: From the Ashes
Released: Aug 20, 2019
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The world is in ruins.
Gonner
Released: Oct 12, 2016
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"Gonner is a tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world—a giant landbound whale named Sally—by searching for just the right trinket in the deep and dark places nearby.
U.N. Squadron
Released: Aug 31, 1989
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 27 votes
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Arcade, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Side-scrolling shoot-em-up, in a similar style to such games as Gradius, R-Type and Scramble.
Earthworm Jim
Released: Oct 1, 1994
Critic rating: 75.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Game modes: Single player
A crow is chasing a worm named Jim while in outer space Psy-Crow is chasing a renegade ship.
Second Sight
Released: Aug 27, 2004
Critic rating: 72.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Second Sight is primarily stealth-action, using psychic abilities to stealthily move through levels.
Gunman Clive
Released: Apr 2, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In the year of 18XX, the west is overrun by thugs and outlaws.
Mr. Shifty
Released: Apr 13, 2017
Critic rating: 63.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Shooter, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Quit creeping through shadows, stop surveilling security patterns, and ditch the fancy toys.
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Released: Feb 10, 2009
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
F.E.A.R.
Shadow Warrior 2
Released: Oct 13, 2016
Critic rating: 77.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
"Shadow Warrior 2 is the stunning evolution of Flying Wild Hog’s offbeat first-person shooter following the further misadventures of former corporate shogun Lo Wang.
F.E.A.R. Extraction Point
Released: Oct 24, 2006
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
F.E.A.R.
Scarface: The World Is Yours
Released: Jul 25, 2006
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
The game begins in the film's final scene, with Tony Montana's (Andre Sogliuzzo) mansion being raided by Alejandro Sosa's assassins.
Slime Rancher
Released: Aug 1, 2017
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Slime Rancher is a charming, first-person, sandbox experience.
Mercs
Released: Dec 31, 1990
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Sega Master System/Mark III
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The players are members of a covert counter-terrorist team of mercenaries known as the "Wolf Force".
SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate
Released: Feb 28, 2006
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Stetchkov Syndicate expansion adds seven new single player missions revolving around the Stetchkov family, an Eastern European crime syndicate and new multiplayer content, amongst other features.
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Released: Nov 17, 1998
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100 • 130 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Nintendo 64, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
It is a time of great rejoicing in the galaxy.
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
Released: Mar 23, 2006
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
The sixth installment in the Ace Combat series explores the Belkan War, a devastating conflict alluded to in Ace Combat 5.
Axelay
Released: Sep 1, 1992
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Wii U, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
An unknown alien race came to this planet and promptly laid waste to it.
Buster Bros.
Released: Nov 29, 1989
Critic rating: 76.2 / 100 • 47 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Amiga, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Amstrad CPC
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Pang, originally released in Japan as Pomping World and in North America as Buster Bros., is a 1989 arcade action game developed by Mitchell Corporation.