This guide to the best FPS games delivers a quick shortlist, clear platform picks for PC, PS5, Xbox, and Switch, and a simple explanation of FPS as a genre and as a performance metric.

Experience the pinnacle of FPS gaming with these exceptional titles, ranked from absolute masterpieces to near-perfect games.

Shooters began mostly as 2D games, like Contra, or in fixed angles wherein enemies came at the screen like Duck Hunt. The 90s are where the modern first-person shooter was born, and year after year, ...

Explore Unreal Tournament, Painkiller, and other influential FPS titles that shaped gaming history.