The best FPS games 2025

What are the best FPS games on PC? From the classic physics chaos of Half-Life 2 to the intense action of Stalker 2, these are the top FPS games you can play right now. For more than two decades, FPS games have been the driving force of the PC games industry. They've let us travel from the depths of Hell in Doom to the outer reaches of space in Titanfall 2. We'll kick our list off with some of the best free-to-play games, before moving on to more unique experiences and Valve shooters you should already be playing.

Some of these games are old, others are new, and all are great. No matter what sort of virtual gunplay you're after, whether you want multiplayer games, war games, or something altogether different, the following titles will satisfy your itchy trigger finger. So crack those knuckles and make every shot count. If you're looking for shooters of different kinds or great games that are a little different, be sure to also check out our best PC games list, too. You'll absolutely find something on there for your gaming tastes.

The best FPS games to play right now are:

Battlefield 6

While Battlefield 2042 was gradually brought up to scratch, years after its underwhelming debut, Battlefield 6 has been a huge hit from the off. Developed in close proximity to the playerbase, the results speak for themselves, as Battlefield 6 incorporates everything that made the series so iconic in the first place, and has dialled it up in the best possible ways.

As PK says in his gleaming 9/10 Battlefield 6 review, "a host of minor and major improvements add up to make Battlefield 6 the smoothest, most bombastically entertaining entry in the series to date. A lacklustre campaign aside, this is a triumphant return and a must-play for both BF veterans and newcomers alike."

Before you jump in, make sure your PC meets the Battlefield 6 system requirements; don't worry, they're surprisingly modest for a modern triple-A shooter. You'll also want to read up on the best Battlefield 6 weapons and guns to stay one step ahead of the meta.

Dying Light: The Beast

Following on from the events of the first game, Dying Light: The Beast puts you in the boots of Kyle Crane, who has managed to escape his captors after years of countless experiments. Fighting with the zombie DNA inside him, Crane must learn to live with the 'beast within', unlocking a range of abilities to help him get revenge on the Baron while contending with the zombies that surround the Dying Light The Beast map.

This zombie sandbox game gives you the freedom to parkour across rooftops, searching for items and attachments to build powerful weapons. The movement and gunplay allow you to creatively tackle any combat encounter, combining perfectly to help take the series to new heights, as highlighted by Paul Kelly in our Dying Light The Beast review.

Doom: The Dark Ages

Id Software's latest rip-tearing soirée, Doom: The Dark Ages, once again switches up the Slayer experience drastically, toning down Eternal's furious freneticism and quick-swapping. The result is something much closer to Doom 2016 in terms of pacing, but with a whole new gameplay quirk in the form of the shield saw. But that's not to say you'll be stuck jousting demons for the length of Doom The Dark Ages. No, there are still plenty of modern conveniences in the intergalactic Dark Ages, like guns, bigger guns, and big, redacted guns.

If that's not convincing enough to give id's latest a go, our sparkling Doom The Dark Ages review will tell you everything you need to decide. While all three modern Doom games are absolutely worth playing, since The Dark Ages is the latest action epic and it's available on Game Pass, it's the obvious one to play if you have to pick just one.

STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl

Stalker 2 is the perfect example of an FPS game that helps to redefine what many people expect from the genre. Set in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, the game takes place in a world where the radioactive area is host to invaluable artifacts, violent mutants, and deadly anomalies. You play as a lone stalker, someone who has dedicated their life to learning the secrets of the Zone.

It's almost impossible to live in the Zone due to the number of warring factions surrounding the area, introducing you to a cast of interesting characters as you discover the motives behind each group. There's so much more to Heart of Chernobyl than simply shooting at human and mutant enemies. In addition to the game's intriguing plot, there's so much to uncover as you learn about the mysteries surrounding the Zone. Be sure to read our Stalker 2 review to see what we thought of GSC Game World's 2024 smash hit.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Bringing a trio of excellent modes, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is one of the best games in the long-running franchise - something we discuss in our Black Ops 6 review. Firstly, a globe-trotting campaign delivers a frenetic and bombastic action movie-style experience as you uncover a rotten terrorist force within the CIA itself, while Zombies brings back the classic-style round-based co-op mode we've all come to know and love.

However, the multiplayer has always been the main part of any good Call of Duty game. With an excellent range of Black Ops 6 guns, and some brilliant maps, Black Ops 6's multiplayer brings arcade-style gunplay for fast-paced matches that are satisfying and engaging. Combine your experience with the current Black Ops 6 events and equip the best Black Ops 6 loadouts to get the most out of the best FPS in recent memory.

I Am Your Beast

Remember Rambo? You know, John Rambo, that movie about the guy who was hunted by the might of the police in the forest? Well, I Am Your Beast takes that same premise, except it puts you in the shoes of retired secret agent Alphonse Harding, an efficient killer who can wipe out a squad of soldiers in a matter of seconds. Harding has been called in for one last mission by the Covert Operations Initiative, but by declining the mission, he has set in motion a guerilla war against his old employer.

In this short but sweet, fast-paced shooter, there are 20 missions designed to be completed in the shortest time possible. Featuring several weapons, including assault rifles, snipers, and even bear traps, if you can hold it, it can be used to eliminate someone. In some cases, you're equipped with nothing but your fists, forcing you to use the enemy's tools against them, wiping out any survivors before they call for backup. Don't just take our word for it; you can read about how the Steam reviews are practically flawless.

Crysis Remastered

Don't be fooled into thinking Crysis is just a visual treat, it's also a fantastic FPS with a unique suit mechanic that turns you into the ultimate soldier. You play as Nomad, a special forces soldier equipped with a nanosuit that can drastically change the course of battle. You essentially have four superpowers on hand: armor, speed, strength, and invisibility. It doesn't take long before you're effortlessly switching between powers to wipe out multiple enemy squads.

The campaign in Crysis Remastered largely holds up today, though there is a part where aliens are introduced where things start to get a bit shaky. That being said, the whole game is filled with epic set pieces, and it's still a graphical showcase depending on what type of machine you're using. The remastered version may miss out on some features from the original, but it makes up for it with ray tracing, DLSS, and HDR.

Trepang2

2023 was a superb year for gaming. There were a few big names that we're all still talking about, sure - Baldur's Gate 3, Diablo 4 - but it's actually some lesser-known games that made that year so great. Among them are multiple shooters that have remained tragically under the radar, such as Trepang 2, which we went as far as to name one of our favorite games of 2023.

One of the best things about Trepang2 is the audio design. A shooter needs to pack and punch when it comes to sound, the sound of the shots, the reload, and the environment, and Trepang2 does that in unequivocal quality. In fact, our resident FPS expert, Ed Smith, describes the effect of each battle every battle in Trepang2 as leaving you "breathless, shaken, and feeling like you've just survived the end of the world." If that's not enough to make you want to try it, we don't know what will.

RoboCop

There's something special about videogames that gives you the ability to live out your wildest fantasies. On this list, you'll find games that let you play as super soldiers and scientists, but this is the only game that puts you in the shoes of Officer Alex James Murphy, aka RoboCop. After a horrific accident that would've left most men for dead, Murphy was stitched back up and recreated to become the world's most dangerous policeman.

As our RoboCop review establishes, this game isn't supposed to be difficult; you're supposed to feel like an unstoppable monster whose only job is to stop crime. Whether it's placing parking tickets on cars or killing waves of drug-slinging enemies, RoboCop can truly do it all. We're not saying RoboCop is the next Half-Life, far from it, but if you want to switch your brain off and blast away criminals, you won't find anything better than this. The Robocop DLC, Unfinished Business, adds more brilliant action to the game, and it's standalone, so you don't need to own the base game to play it.

Ghostrunner 2

Okay, so you technically don't shoot anyone in Ghostrunner 2, but you do slash people in first person, which is just as good in our book. Set in a cyberpunk future where society has broken down, you play as a cyber ninja ready to stop the AI cult that threatens to wipe out humanity as you know it.

Equipped with a katana and occasionally a motorbike, you're set with everything you need to drive through neon-soaked environments, slicing and dicing your way through robot enemies. Ghostrunner 2 does everything a great sequel should by improving on its predecessor in almost every way. Give our Ghostrunner 2 review a read to find out why many people consider this to be one of the best games of 2023.

Neon White

Plucked out of hell, you play as Neon White, a demon with a shot at redemption, who must compete with other demon slayers to assassinate countless demons in heaven. Instead of just running and gunning through the clouds, you use a card system to either attack or perform elaborate special moves such as stomping on enemies, leaping to a platform, or dashing through the air.

These Soul Cards can be collected throughout level exploration or by defeating demons and will help you to become victorious. Not all is as it seems, though, as Neon White has total amnesia, and though other demon slayers are vaguely familiar to him, it's your job to piece together his past and rid heaven of the demon infestation.

Halo Infinite

Nothing quite beats the feeling of mowing down foes with your battle rifle, tearing across the landscape in a Warthog, or slicing through enemies with your Energy Sword. Halo Infinite masterfully captures the nostalgia and feel of the classic Halo games while keeping it fresh with innovations like a grappling hook and open-world gameplay.

Our Halo Infinite review praises the delivery and emotional weight of Master Chief's journey across the single-player campaign. There's also plenty of fun to be had in multiplayer. Halo's formula of arena-shooter style matches, lengthy gunfights, and Halo Infinite weapon spawns are a refreshing contrast to other FPS multiplayer modes out there.

Superhot

Superhot makes you feel unstoppable, capable of shattering incoming enemies into tiny red shards with a single bullet. In this indie smash-hit, players must navigate their way through waves of enemies that can take you out instantly, but you're capable of doing the same to them. While this may sound unfair, you have the advantage of time on your side. In Superhot, time only moves when you do, giving you plenty of thinking time to plan your next move.

Some action sequences in Superhot have been lifted directly from movies, allowing you to live out your fantasies of wiping out waves of enemies that want to stop you in your tracks. Featuring a mysterious, yet somewhat confusing story mode, and plenty of post-game content to experience, this unique puzzle/shooter hybrid is well worth playing if you managed to miss it when it launched back in 2016.

Escape From Tarkov

Countless FPS games tout their realism, but none come close to the obsessive attention to detail paid by Escape from Tarkov's dev team when it comes to guns, attachments, and ballistics modeling. Not only are there over 100 guns in Escape from Tarkov, but each one can be modded up or stripped down to the point where they're unrecognizable from their off-the-shelf counterparts. You can swap barrels, mounts, scopes, flashlights, foregrips, pistol grips, handguards, muzzle attachments, stocks, charging handles, magazines, receivers, and gas blocks, and choose from several types of rounds for each ammo type.

Escape from Tarkov stands out from other FPS and multiplayer games on this list as it mixes PvP and PvE seamlessly. Every raid plays out on a massive map with players spawning around the edges and AI enemies spawning in at key points of interest, usually where good loot can be found. From the start of the match, you have up to 40 minutes to kill, plunder, and make it to one of the designated extraction points. If you die, you'll only get the gear you insured beforehand back, and only if it's not been looted from your body first. After all this time, Escape From Tarkov finally received a 1.0 launch date, and the game is set to arrive on Steam later this year.

Titanfall 2

EA and Respawn built on everything the first game did right and balanced the sequel's multiplayer so well. There's nothing quite like Titanfall 2's juxtaposition of crunchy, industrial mech brawling and nimble pilot combat. As you'll see in our Titanfall 2 campaign review, the solo portion of this FPS also serves as both an excellent intro to the game's mechanics and a charming, self-contained narrative.

The campaign never tries to outdo the gameplay with epic set pieces or blockbuster bombast. Instead, the raw mechanics serve up all the thrills: wall-running at a group of enemies and blowing them away with a few, satisfying blasts of your shotgun feels exhilarating every time. What's more, the PC version holds up wonderfully, as we saw in our Titanfall 2 PC port review.

Black Mesa

Black Mesa is a remake of Half-Life 1, created entirely by fans using the latest Source engine. It took 15 years before Black Mesa reached its 1.0 release, but it finally happened in 2020, and it was well worth the wait. The remake is a reimagined version of the classic single-player campaign, eliminating any dated puzzles and combat sequences to create a succinct experience.

The developers even created their own expanded version of the Alien planet, Xen, the final section of Half-Life 1 that was reportedly cut short by Valve. If you haven't experienced Half-Life and you want to see what you've missed out on, Black Mesa is the best way to relive this classic FPS, with some people believing that Black Mesa is better than Half-Life. Best of all, there are still Black Mesa updates coming through.

Left 4 Dead 2

Valve's zombies are not like other zombies. In Left 4 Dead 2, they crash over you like waves, crawling up walls and leaping across gaps. They are accompanied by specials: highly evolved undead that force you to work together. A Smoker will drag you off into an alley with its long tongue, where you'll be mobbed by common undead. A Hunter will pin you to the asphalt before tearing out your throat. A Boomer will charge right into your face and explode, drowning you in a green gloop.

Even though zombies are a dime a dozen and Left 4 Dead 2 has been around for a long time, the tension, level design, and countless mods ensure it remains a compelling romp. It remains one of the best co-op games on PC. And the game is often copied, never beaten - see our guide to the best games like Left 4 Dead 2.

Team Fortress 2

In this extra shooty, class-based affair, angry cartoon men capture briefcases, escort bombs, and stand on nodes. Team Fortress 2 is brilliant, and it's still easily one of the best shooting games on PC. It has also evolved, with mountains of user-created content, maps, modes, and new Team Fortress 2 gadgets helping keep the shooter relevant. Online games like this never go out of style.

The premise is to pick a character from a cast of nine and take your place on a team. Modes include Capture the Flag, King of the Hill, and Payload - the latter seeing a team drive a bomb forward on a rail track while their opponents desperately attempt to hold them back. It is a classic that has become the flagship mode of Overwatch, but it was refined to perfection here in Team Fortress 2 first.

Valorant

Riot's hero shooter will be incredibly familiar to fans of CS:GO and Overwatch, but - as we explain in our Valorant review - that's not a bad thing at all. Valorant has pushed its way right to the front of the competitive FPS pack, and it's not difficult to see why. There's a bright-eyed cast of heroes to choose from, each with a handful of useful, well-balanced abilities.

Matches are intense and require skill, precision, and team coordination. Just like CS:GO, if your aim is shoddy or your reactions aren't on point you're in for a rough one - but at least you don't have to play against a grown adult who has been playing Dust 2 for the past twenty years. Valorant couldn't be any more geared towards esports, so if you've got your eye on a new competitive scene, it comes highly recommended - and if you don't fancy the commitment of a full match, the Spike Rush game mode is faster, more casual, and offers just as much FPS fun.

Check out our Valorant Night Market guide so you can pick up some cosmetics that'll help you stand out from the crowd, and see our guide to Valorant ranks distribution, the latest Valorant codes, and our list of Valorant crosshair codes as used by the pros.

Counter-Strike 2

Some, including our Counter-Strike 2 review, say that CS2 was perhaps released a little prematurely. Missing a few features from CS:GO, the experience is still a little work in progress, although if you're looking for a tactical shooter, that both plays and looks lovely, you can't really do any better than Counter-Strike 2.

CS2 retains the classic 5v5 gameplay the series is known for, but it revamps the ranks and ratings system to let players know where they stand on a global level. While there have been important changes to the gameplay, including the way smoke grenades work, a lot of CS staples haven't been altered, like the CS2 skins.

Half-Life 2

So much more than an evolution of its superb predecessor, Half-Life 2 is frequently hailed as one of the best PC games of all time. The sequel to Half-Life is hugely ambitious, benefiting from being developed by a much more confident Valve. Everything is bigger than the 1998 original: the environments, the enemies, the story - it's a blockbuster and a smart one at that. There are decent AI companions; real characters who exist to do more than die comically, and physics that transform the world into a seemingly real, tangible place.

Valve again works magic with its environments. Despite often being larger and more open than Half-Life's, they are still crafted with the same care and attention to detail. And, importantly, they remain memorable, from the haunted streets of Ravenholm to the ominous Citadel, standing over City 17 like a steel and glass tyrant. Age may have worn away some sheen, but it remains a striking, compelling FPS game. While we're obviously looking forward to Half Life 3, at least we have the free Half-Life 2 RTX demo to help make the wait a little more bearable.

Ultrakill

If you combined the visual style of early 2000s shooters with Devil May Cry's focus on style and combos, coupled with the intensity of a twisted lore based on the stories of the Bible, Ultrakill is what would come out. This indie has an impressive 'Overwhelmingly Positive' score on Steam, despite four years in early access, but there's no shortage of content.

As you trick yourself out with new weapons, take on new layers of Hell, and defy all laws of physics, you'll slowly grow better at the game, and you'll be able to speedrun it - all the while playing harder difficulties. Even after tens of hours of playing, you'll find new tricks like surfing on rockets or boosting yourself with explosives, completely shortcutting levels that you've played countless times.

Quake (2021)

Quake is undoubtedly one of the foundational cornerstones of the FPS genre. In recent years, plenty of so-called "boomer shooters" have popped up, designed to evoke the same retro charm, labyrinthine levels, and high-speed shooting found in iD Software's classic 3D games.

Nothing quite compares to the original, but if you missed out on Quake when it first came out, Bethesda released a remastered version of the game during QuakeCon 2021, complete with beautifully updated graphics and even new episodes to play through. Quake's gothic, medieval dark fantasy setting has never looked so good - but rest assured, the gameplay remains unchanged; time to practice your strafe-jumping.

So there you have it, the best FPS games on PC. Our great upcoming PC games list also features a variety of shooters. Hopefully, many of them will be considered among the best of all time in the near future. Now is a glorious time to be an FPS fan. So give that trigger finger a stretch, keep practicing your virtual headshots, and maybe download an FPS monitor because more frames are never a bad thing.