The best first-person shooter games
First-person shooters (FPS for short) are shoot'em all action video games in which the player shoots its way from level to level through a first-person perspective. The most popular FPS series are Doom, Half-life, and Quake.
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Interphase
DOS1989 The Assembly Line
Blake Stone 2: Planet Strike
DOS1994protected JAM Productions
Blake Stone: Planet Strike picks up where the first left off — more aliens, more guns, and more corridors that all look suspiciously alike. Released in 1994 for DOS, it’s basically Blake’s victory lap, but with a...
Corridor 7: Alien Invasion
DOS1994protected Capstone Software
Redneck Rampage
DOS1997protected Xatrix Entertainment
Blake Stone 1: Aliens of Gold
DOS1993protected JAM Productions
Before Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold, the world only knew of one man who could mow down Nazis in a maze of corridors — then Blake showed up with a laser gun and a mission to rid the universe of alien gold hoarders. Released in...
Infestation
DOS1990 Psygnosis
Quake 2
Windows XP/98/95Windows 10/11Mac OS1997protecteddemo Activision
Quake II is a first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and released in 1997. It is the sequel to the original Quake and was a significant milestone in the evolution of 3D graphics in video games. Quake II main...
Stellar 7
DOSMac OS1990 Dynamix
Strife
DOS1996protecteddemo Velocity
Strife from 1996 is a first-person shooter game developed by Rogue Entertainment and published by Velocity, based on the Doom engine. It's often remembered for being one of the earlier games to blend first-person shooter gameplay ...
Terminal Velocity
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1995protected Terminal Reality
William Shatner's TekWar
DOS1995 Capstone Software
Powerslave
DOS1996 Playmates Interactive Entertainment
The Terminator: Rampage
DOS1993 Bethesda Softworks
Bram Stoker's Dracula
DOS1993 Psygnosis
Bram Stoker's Dracula (the game) is based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula (the movie) based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula (the book). Confused yet? Good. This 1993 action-platformer has you battling the undead with the grace of a ...
Chasm: The Rift
DOS1997 Action Forms
System Shock
DOS1994protected Looking Glass Studios
Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected Bullfrog
Shadow Warrior
DOS1997protected 3d Realms
Terminal Terror
DOS1994 Pie in the Sky Software
Rise of the Triad: Dark War
DOS1994protected Apogee Software
Robocop 3
DOS1992 Digital Image Design
Alien Cabal
DOS1997freeware QASoft
Imagine Doom got abducted by aliens, experimented on, and sent back to Earth with a case of amnesia. That’s Alien Cabal (1997). It’s a weird mix of FPS action and X-Files paranoia, with pixelated bad guys who look like...
CyClones
DOS1994protected Raven Software
Arctic Fox
DOS1987 Dynamix
Tank controls + polar bears + Cold War vibes = Arctic Fox. In this early vehicular combat sim, you're piloting a futuristic snow tank across an icy wasteland to stop some aliens or Russians or alien Russians. The plot is thin, the...
Secret Agent: The Escape
DOS1996 PhreAk Software
Krazy Ivan
Windows XP/98/951996 Psygnosis
Magic Carpet
DOSMac OS1994protected Bullfrog
Magic Carpet is an action shooter game set in a fictional Middle East developed by Bullfrog and released by Electronic Arts in 1994 for DOS and Macintosh. Your goal is to fly around a magic carpet and collect mana to expand your c...
Zeitgeist
Windows XP/98/951996 Taito
Zeitgeist — also known as Jupiter Strike in some markets — is a PlayStation-era space shooter that boldly says: "Let’s do Star Fox, but with less personality and more techno music." You’re piloting a sleek ...
Nitemare 3D
DOSWindows 3.x1994protected Gray Design Associates
Nitemare 3D is a first-person shooter video game developed and published by David P. Gray under the Gray Design Associates label. It was released in 1994 as a follow-up to the earlier adventure games in the "Hugo" series. The...
X-COM: Alliance
Windows XP/98/952002canceled MicroProse Software