Best Shooter Games
1,596 Shooter games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Paladins
Released: May 2, 2017
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Join 25+ million players in Paladins, the free-to-play fantasy team-based shooter sensation.
Once Human
Released: Jul 9, 2024
Critic rating: 84.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future.
Serious Sam II
Released: Oct 11, 2005
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: Xbox, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
The iconic Serious Sam brings his trademark relentless intensity to this bigger, bolder, more colorful sequel to the classic Serious Sam: First and Second Encounters!
Saints Row
Released: Aug 29, 2006
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Saints Row takes place in the fictional city of Stilwater, where the main character is involved in a conflict between four rival gangs.
Sniper Elite 4
Released: Feb 13, 2017
Critic rating: 76.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Sniper Elite 4 combines genre-defining ballistics, breathless emergent stealth, and gripping third person action across the largest and most diverse environments ever seen in a Sniper Elite game.
World of Tanks
Released: Apr 12, 2011
Critic rating: 72.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Jump into the free-to-play team-based shooter with an ever-expanding roster of historical vehicles, stunning graphics, spectacular locales, and orchestral scores.
Valorant
Released: Jun 2, 2020
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Multiplayer
Valorant is a character-based 5v5 tactical shooter set on the global stage.
R-Type
Released: Jul 1, 1987
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100 • 63 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Sharp X68000, PC-8800 Series, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, MSX
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
R-Type is set in the 22nd century, and the player flies a futuristic fighter craft called the R-9a "Arrowhead", named for its shape, and because it is the ninth model in the 'R' series of fighter craft (but it is the first of the series to actually be used in combat; the previous models were all prototypes).
Hell Let Loose
Released: Jun 6, 2019
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Multiplayer
Fight in the most iconic battles of the Second World War, including El Alamein, Stalingrad, Omaha Beach, and Foy!
Destroy All Humans! 2
Released: Oct 17, 2006
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Assume the role of the human-hating alien Crypto once again, in the sci-fi action-adventure spoof, bound to enslave mankind.
The Saboteur
Released: Dec 4, 2009
Critic rating: 78.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Experience the ultimate open-world action/adventure as The Saboteur.
Sanctum 2
Released: May 15, 2013
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In Sanctum 2, you will have to utilize elements of multiple gameplay genres to succeed.
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2
Released: Aug 4, 2000
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Released: Mar 10, 2015
Critic rating: 71.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.
Twisted Metal
Released: Oct 1, 1995
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Shooter, Racing
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Twisted Metal consists of a series of arena-based battles against an increasing number of opponents in increasingly large arenas.
Manhunt
Released: Nov 18, 2003
Critic rating: 71.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Manhunt is a third-person stealth horror game.
Industria
Released: Sep 30, 2021
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Industria is a first-person shooter that takes you from East Berlin into a parallel reality, shortly before the end of the Cold War.
Alien Breed
Released: Dec 31, 1991
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PlayStation 3, DOS, Amiga, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
You've landed in a space station only to discover it is overrun by alien life.
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Released: Nov 10, 1999
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Opposing Force returns to the same setting as Half-Life, but instead portrays the events from the perspective of a U.S.
NieR
Released: Apr 22, 2010
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Nothing is as it seems in Square Enix's latest action adventure game, set in a crumbling world plagued by disease and dark, unrecognizable creatures.
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
Released: Nov 24, 2009
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS.
Alien Soldier
Released: Feb 24, 1995
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100 • 46 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The planet Sierra is being attacked by Scarlet, a terrorist group lead by a vicious creature named Xi-Tiger who is plotting to destroy the human race.
Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares
Released: Feb 17, 2010
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative, Split screen
Lost in Nightmares is the first story-based DLC for Resident Evil 5, set during a previous mission hinted at in flashback from that game.
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
Released: Feb 13, 2003
Critic rating: 69.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
The sequel to Zone of the Enders is based around mecha combat with the player once again controlling the "Orbital Frame" Jehuty.
Mafia II: Joe's Adventure
Released: Nov 23, 2010
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Racing
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Joe’s Adventures continues the prodigious crime drama of Mafia II through the eyes of Joe Barbaro, Vito Scaletta’s best friend, during the time that Vito spends in prison.