First-person shooters (FPS)

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.

Most popular first-person shooter games

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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...

Alien Trilogy

DOS1996 Probe Entertainment

Alien Trilogy is a first-person shooter video game released in 1996 for various platforms, including the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and MS-DOS. Developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Acclaim Entertainment, the game is ba...

Aquanox

Windows XP/98/952001protected Massive Development

Dive into Aquanox (2001), where post-apocalyptic submarines battle it out beneath the ocean in a world that’s half Waterworld, half neon rave. With moody lighting and dialogue that screams “we’re trying to be dee...

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...

Battlezone

DOS1983 Atari

In 1983, Battlezone asked: what if vector graphics could give you war-induced vertigo? You’re in a tank, in a wireframe world, fighting other tanks. That’s it. But it’s oddly immersive—thanks to a pseudo-3D...

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...

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...

Blood

DOS1997protected Monolith Productions

Ah yes, Blood (1997)—the cheerful little game where you rise from the grave, wield a pitchfork, and quote evil-sounding movie lines while setting cultists on fire. It’s a first-person shooter soaked in gore and dark hu...

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 ...

Catacomb Abyss

DOS1992protected Softdisk Publishing

Catacomb Armageddon

DOS1993protected Softdisk Publishing

Chasm: The Rift

DOS1997 Action Forms

Colosso Revenge

DOS1997freeware Campana Productions

Colosso Secret

DOS1997freeware Campana Productions

Corridor 7: Alien Invasion

DOS1994protected Capstone Software

CyClones

DOS1994protected Raven Software

Dark Horizons Lore: Invasion

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux2004freeware

Day of the Viper

DOS1990 Accolade

Descent

DOS1995protecteddemo Parallax Software

Descent is a first person shooter with a unique six degree of freedom gameplay developed by Parallax Software and released by Interplay Productions in 1995.. You control a spaceship and must pilot it in a mine, through a series of...

Deus Ex

DOSMac OS2000protecteddemo Ion Storm

Deus Ex is a critically acclaimed action role-playing video game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released in 2000 and was designed by Warren Spector, combining elements of first-person shooters, s...

Doom

DOS1993protecteddemo id software

Doom was released by id Software in 1993. It is widely regarded as one of the most influential and groundbreaking video games of all time, particularly within the first-person shooter (FPS) genre.Set in the future on the moons of ...

Doom 2: Hell on Earth

DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected id software

Doom 2 is the sequel to the much acclaimed FPS Doom. Doom 2: Hell on Earth is a horror sci-fi first-person shooter created by id Software, (John Carmack, Sandy Petersen, John Romero) set on a hellish Earth invaded by demons. The p...

Duke Nukem 3D

DOS1996protecteddemo 3d Realms

Duke Nukem 3D is a classic first-person shooter that was developed by 3D Realms (formerly known as Apogee Software) and published by GT Interactive. It was released in 1996 for MS-DOS and later for various other platforms, includi...