Best Shooter Games
1,596 Shooter games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Bucky O'Hare
Released: Dec 31, 1992
Critic rating: 87.3 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Arcade
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
This video game is based on the cartoon television series Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars under license from Hasbro, Inc.
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare
Released: Oct 26, 2010
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare, later released as a standalone game, adds a new single-player experience in which Marston searches for a cure for an infectious zombie plague that has swept across the Old West.
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II - Rogue Leader
Released: Nov 9, 2001
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player
In Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader you get the chance to jump into the cockpit of an X-wing and join Luke Skywalker and the Star Wars galaxy's most daring pilots as they return to face off against the Empire.
Battlefield 2
Released: Jun 21, 2005
Critic rating: 93.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In Battlefield 2, players will choose to fight for one of three military superpowers: the United States, the Chinese, or the newly formed Middle East Coalition.
RoboCop Versus the Terminator
Released: May 19, 1994
Critic rating: 87.2 / 100 • 24 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Game modes: Single player
In the crumbling ruins of a world under siege, man-machine meets machine-man as legendary cyborgs clash to decide the fate of the Earth.
Dead Space
Released: Jan 27, 2023
Critic rating: 90.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
The sci-fi survival-horror classic Dead Space returns, completely rebuilt from the ground up to offer a deeper, more immersive experience.
Rez
Released: Nov 22, 2001
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Music
Platforms: Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
A rail shooter with a heavy emphasis on audiovisual elements in which a hacker attempts to breach an AI integral for the continuation of the human race to prevent it from shutting down due to information overload.
Pragmata
Released: Apr 17, 2026
Critic rating: 87.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Pragmata is a sci-fi action-adventure game set in the near future.
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
Released: Feb 22, 2022
Critic rating: 89.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Delve into Savathûn’s Throne World to uncover the mystery of how she and her Lucent Hive stole the Light.
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Released: Aug 27, 2007
Critic rating: 86.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii
Game modes: Single player
The trilogy closes as corruption creeps over the universe… and into Samus Aran.
Gears of War 2
Released: Nov 7, 2008
Critic rating: 90.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Gears of War 2 is a third-person shooter built around tactical use of cover.
GoldenEye 007
Released: Aug 23, 1997
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Nintendo 64
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
GoldenEye 007 is a first-person shooter based on the 1995 James Bond film.
Dead Space
Released: Oct 14, 2008
Critic rating: 88.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Dead Space is a 2008 science fiction survival horror video game developed by EA Redwood Shores (now Visceral Games) for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
Released: Nov 8, 2011
Critic rating: 88.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
From the critically acclaimed director, Hideo Kojima, Metal Gear Solid HD Collection offers a handful of the most popular Metal Gear Solid titles from the past in true HD for the first time ever.
Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course
Released: Jun 30, 2022
Critic rating: 86.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course, Cuphead and Mugman are joined by Ms.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Released: Jun 1, 2004
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Escape from Butcher Bay is set in the futuristic science fiction universe of the Chronicles of Riddick franchise, and is a prequel to the film Pitch Black.
Amid Evil
Released: Jun 20, 2019
Critic rating: 88.7 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Once branded a heretic.
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Released: Apr 29, 2010
Critic rating: 93.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is an action-adventure stealth video game and is the third action-based Metal Gear title made specifically for the PSP.
Halo: Reach
Released: Sep 14, 2010
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Halo: Reach is a first-person shooter set in 2552, serving as a prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved.
UFO 50
Released: Sep 18, 2024
Critic rating: 89.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games from the creators of Spelunky, Downwell, Time Barons, Skorpulac, and Madhouse.
Contra: Hard Corps
Released: Aug 8, 1994
Critic rating: 86.5 / 100 • 82 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Kickin' cyborg butt...
Dusk
Released: Dec 10, 2018
Critic rating: 89.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants and even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the earth in this retro FPS inspired by all your 90's favorites.
Far Cry 3
Released: Nov 28, 2012
Critic rating: 89.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Explore an island playground as stunningly beautiful as it is diverse – from mountain ranges to swampy grasslands and white sandy beaches.
Returnal
Released: Apr 30, 2021
Critic rating: 89.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Returnal is a 2021 roguelike third-person shooter video game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition
Released: Mar 7, 2023
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition is the ultimate way to play the award-winning RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division.