First-person shooters (FPS) sorted by year, newest first
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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Duke Nukem 3D: Reloaded
Windows 10/112011canceled
Dark Horizons Lore: Invasion
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux2004freeware
X-COM: Alliance
Windows XP/98/952002canceled MicroProse Software
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...
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...
The Operative: No One Lives Forever
Windows XP/98/952000 Monolith Productions
The Operative: No One Lives Forever is a first-person shooter with stealth gameplay elements, developed by Monolith Productions and released by Fox Interactive in 2000 for Windows, Mac and PS2. As Cate Archer, a spy working for a ...
Unreal Gold
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2000 Epic MegaGames
Unreal Gold is a first-person shooter (FPS) video game developed by Epic MegaGames and published by GT Interactive. It was originally released in 1998 for Windows. Unreal Gold is an enhanced edition of the original Unreal game, an...
System Shock 2
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1999protected Irrational Games
System Shock 2 is a first-person action role-playing video game developed by Irrational Games and Looking Glass Studios. It was released in 1999 and is known for its innovative gameplay, atmospheric setting, and deep narrative.The...
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...
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...
Chasm: The Rift
DOS1997 Action Forms
Colosso Revenge
DOS1997freeware Campana Productions
Colosso Secret
DOS1997freeware Campana Productions
Escape from Dr. Colosso
DOS1997freeware Campana Productions
Extreme Assault
DOS1997 Blue Byte Software
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...
Redneck Rampage
DOS1997protected Xatrix Entertainment
Shadow Warrior
DOS1997protected 3d Realms
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II
Windows XP/98/951997protected LucasArts
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...
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...
Krazy Ivan
Windows XP/98/951996 Psygnosis
Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected Bullfrog
Marathon 2: Durandal
Windows XP/98/95Linux1996 Bungie
Powerslave
DOS1996 Playmates Interactive Entertainment
Quake
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protecteddemo id software
Quake is a first-person shooter (FPS) video game developed by id Software and released in 1996. It is the successor to id Software's immensely popular "Doom" series and is known for its groundbreaking 3D graphics, fast-paced gamep...
Secret Agent: The Escape
DOS1996 PhreAk Software
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 ...
Transland
DOS1996 Origin Systems
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 ...