Best Shooter Games

Rolling Thunder

Released: Dec 1, 1986

Critic rating: 60.5 / 100 • 25 votes

Genres: Shooter, Platform

Platforms: Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Wii, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Nintendo Entertainment System

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Rolling Thunder is a run and gun/action arcade game that was released by Namco in 1986 and licensed to Atari Games for US manufacture and distribution.

F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn

Released: Sep 3, 2009

Critic rating: 60.5 / 100 • 32 votes

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter

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

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Experience four brand new single-player levels in this additional DLC campaign for F.E.A.R.2!

Extreme-G

Released: Sep 30, 1997

Critic rating: 60.5 / 100 • 25 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Shooter, Racing, Sport

Platforms: Nintendo 64

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen

Extreme-G is a futuristic racing game with an emphasis on speed.

Shadow Warrior 3

Released: Mar 1, 2022

Critic rating: 55.8 / 100

Rating: M

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

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player

Shadow Warrior 3 launches the offbeat first-person shooter series to the next level with a seamless blend of fast-paced gunplay, razor-sharp melee combat, and a spectacular free-running movement system.

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Breakthrough

Released: Sep 22, 2003

Critic rating: 50.0 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

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Medal of Honor: Vanguard

Released: Mar 25, 2007

Critic rating: 51.8 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter

Platforms: Wii, PlayStation 2

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Players take on the role of Sgt.

Totally Accurate Battlegrounds

Released: Jun 5, 2018

Critic rating: 60.4 / 100 • 34 votes

Genres: Shooter, Indie

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Multiplayer, Battle Royale

Totally Accurate Battlegrounds is a parody of the Battle Royale genre.

Fortnite

Released: Jan 10, 2018

Critic rating: 60.4 / 100 • 33 votes

Genres: Shooter

Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Multiplayer

Fortnite China was a Chinese exclusive version of Fortnite, published by Tencent Games, that was available between January 10, 2018 and November 15th 2021.

DayZ

Released: Dec 13, 2018

Critic rating: 69.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Tactical, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One

Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Battle Royale

DayZ is a hardcore open-world survival game with only one rule: stay alive, no matter what.

Worms Rumble

Released: Dec 1, 2020

Critic rating: 63.8 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Shooter, Platform, Strategy, Indie

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Battle Royale

Welcome to Worms Rumble, the first ever Worms game to feature real-time combat!

Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project

Released: May 14, 2002

Critic rating: 45.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360

Game modes: Single player

Duke Nukem takes his Mighty Boot to the Big Apple.

Batman Arkham Origins: Blackgate - Deluxe Edition

Released: Apr 1, 2014

Critic rating: 60.8 / 100

Rating: T

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

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

Game modes: Single player

Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - Deluxe Edition amplifies the 2.5-D game developed by Armature Studio with new maps, enemy encounters, difficulty levels, and batsuits, all with enhanced visuals.

Fallout: New Vegas - Lonesome Road

Released: Sep 20, 2011

Critic rating: 53.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)

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

Game modes: Single player

In Lonesome Road you are contacted by the original Courier Six, a man by the name of Ulysses who refused to deliver the Platinum Chip at the start of Fallout: New Vegas.

Postal 2: Paradise Lost

Released: Apr 14, 2015

Critic rating: 60.3 / 100 • 23 votes

Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

Paradise Lost is a full-fledged expansion pack for Postal 2 continuing the saga of the POSTAL series.

NecroVisioN

Released: Feb 27, 2009

Critic rating: 60.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

NecroVision is a first-person shooter that takes gamers across the frantic battlegrounds of World War I and into a dark underworld of vampires, demons and dark magic.

Trials of the Blood Dragon

Released: Jun 13, 2016

Critic rating: 52.9 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter, Platform, Racing, Arcade

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One

Game modes: Single player

Trials with a storyline gives you 30 missions across 7 different worlds in a full narrative-driven adventure, a cast of colourful characters and a self-contained story set 12 years on from the events of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon.

Wet

Released: Sep 15, 2009

Critic rating: 70.2 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter

Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Game modes: Single player

Wet is an action game that combines shooting and swordplay with acrobatics and gore.

Resident Evil: Deadly Silence

Released: Jan 19, 2006

Critic rating: 58.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: Nintendo DS

Game modes: Single player, Co-operative

Resident Evil: Deadly Silence is an enhanced version of the original Resident Evil for the Nintendo DS.

Blood & Bacon

Released: Feb 1, 2016

Critic rating: 60.2 / 100 • 28 votes

Genres: Shooter, Adventure

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

This Multiplayer (Up To 6P) FPS has a new Horde Mode, Day and Night levels, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

After Burner II

Released: Oct 1, 1987

Critic rating: 60.2 / 100 • 21 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Shooter, Arcade

Platforms: Arcade

Game modes: Single player

After Burner II is an arcade-style flight game released by Sega in 1987.

Call of Duty: Roads to Victory

Released: Mar 13, 2007

Critic rating: 59.0 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter

Platforms: PlayStation Portable

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

"Call of Duty: Roads to Victory" is a first-person shooter developed by Amaze Entertainment and published by Activision, specifically designed for the PlayStation Portable (PSP).

Hyper Scape

Released: Aug 11, 2020

Critic rating: 63.5 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One

Game modes: Battle Royale

Hyper Scape was the one and only urban futuristic free-to-play Battle Royale where 100 contenders engaged in first-person close-quarters combat and fast-paced matches to become the next global superstar.

Destiny 2: Warmind

Released: May 8, 2018

Critic rating: 56.3 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Warmind continues your Guardian’s journey with an all-new story.

Red Steel

Released: Nov 19, 2006

Critic rating: 63.3 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter

Platforms: Wii

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Taking place in both the USA and Japan, Red Steel is a crime themed shooter that has the player controlled Scott Monroe fighting off various members of the Yakuza clans in order to rescue his fianceé.

Far Cry 5: Hours of Darkness

Released: Jun 5, 2018

Critic rating: 62.5 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Hours of Darkness, the first of three planned DLC expansions for Far Cry 5, will be out on June 5.