Top 100 Best First Person Shooter Games
This list is primarily comprised of my favorite FPS games on numerous systems. I love them in respective order based on the actual story, characters, music and plot... as well as the bosses, which would be a huge deciding factor in this genre. The FPS genre is my favorite when it comes to gaming, so I decipher the games on a solid basis; not based on trivia or which sells most, but based on actual level of numerous positive factors that go into play. Of course, this list does not decipher nor include multiplayer as a deciding factor, as that doesn't connect to the overall replay value of the single player campaigns. In essence, this would be a good resource for FPS games that don't rely on multiplayer as the primary positive point but have some of the best single player missions and bosses.
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- DirectorTom HallStarsBill CapizziNathan RenichMike ReynoldsAn American P.O.W. is trying desperately to escape from the Nazi prison Wolfenstein during World War II.
- DirectorTom HallB.J Blazkowicz is sent to Castle Nuremberg to retrieve the Spear of Destiny back, but what danger lies beyond the castle is unknown
- DirectorDrew MarkhamBrandon JamesStarsJames AlcroftSteve BlumCam ClarkeIn 1945, the Nazis are planning to resurrect Heinrich I. After being imprisoned, it is up to O.S.A. soldier B.J. Blazkowicz to foil the operation.
- StarsMatthew MercerSasha RoizPeter JessopB.J is sent to Isenstadt to find and retrieve the Thule Medallion and 4 crystals to prevent the Nazis from using it.
- StarsBrian BloomGabrielle ScharnitzkyLilli FichtnerSet in 1946, follows a man as he tries to discover the locations of a Nazi compound and sabotage Helga Von Schabbs's plans.
- DirectorScott EwersStarsJason CourtAngela HarryChristopher NeameYou play as Kyle Katarn, a mercenary whose skills progress into becoming a Jedi knight, to stop a team of dark Jedis from taking the valley of the Jedi's power.
- DirectorJohn CarmackTomohiko SatoStarsKevin CloudDavid KoserubaChristopher MurveyIn the future, an unnamed marine fights for survival on a space station on Mars where the Union Aerospace Corporation accidentally opened up a physical portal to Hell.
- DirectorBrian RaffelIn a twisted medieval dimension, undead creatures and bestial horrors have done the unthinkable--callously slaughtering your entire race.
- StarsKevin CloudBobby PrinceJohn RomeroDoom 2 follows the story of Doom-Guy, killing hell creatures, for the future of mankind.
- StarsHeidi ShannonRino RomanoBrendan HolmesExpansion pack for Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II (1997) including a single-player mode story set five years after the events of Dark Forces II, and fifteen multiplayer maps that allows up to eight players to play online or over a Local area network.
- DirectorGreg MaloneStarsLani MinellaJon St. JohnLee JacksonBlonde action hero Duke Nukem takes on murderous aliens and mutated Los Angeles police officers that have taken over Los Angeles.
- DirectorGabe NewellRandy PitchfordStarsKathy LevinHarry S. RobinsMike ShapiroDr. Gordon Freeman must fight his way out of a secret research facility after a teleportation experiment goes disastrously wrong.
- DirectorElisabeth PellenJérôme DesplasOlivier MartineauStarsDavid DuchovnyEveAdam WestA man is rescued by a lifeguard on Brighton Beach. He has suffered a head wound and has no memory of who he is. His only clues to his identity are a tattoo of a roman numeral, XIII and a key to a bank deposit box.
- DirectorMo DavoudianStarsJennifer HaleRose McGowanMichael BellA vampiric frontiersman sets out on a path of violence against evil forces that plague the old west.
- DirectorJohn RomeroStarsJ.S. GilbertMatt MarkDavid LockeMankind discovers the secret of 'slipgates' called teleporters. However, they're misused by some strange force code-named 'Quake', which uses the slipgates to send hordes of warriors to earth to take over the whole world.
- StarsTom BakerBrian BlessedBurt KwoukATau Fire Warrior named Shas'la Kais, seeking to rescue his leader and defend his race from the aggressive Imperium of Man and forces of Chaos.
- DirectorIan GrieveStarsHenry RollinsTony JaySet in a SF Vagner System on the edge of the known universe in an alternate history.
- DirectorDavid DoakStarsBertie CarvelRupert EvansCarlos RieraTwenty-five years into the future. Governments have outsourced military operations to private multi-national corporations. As Shane Carpenter, a newly enlisted soldier in the Mantel Corporation, you are seeking fulfillment and thrills by fighting for a good cause. Thanks to their high-tech arsenal of vehicles, weaponry, and a performance enhancing bio-medical support known as Nectar, the Mantel Corporation's ruthlessly efficient soldiers are the most feared by terrorists, dictators, and the corporation's political enemies. Your conflict begins in a war-torn country located in South America, where you have been sent to fight a vicious rebel faction, The Promise Hand, and it's leader, codenamed Skin Coat. At first glance, all is well, but things quickly begin to look a little strange...
- DirectorKen LevineStarsJohn AhlinGreg BaldwinJane BellerIn 1960, a lone survivor of a plane crash named Jack discovers an abandoned underwater utopia, only to find out that the mystery behind its creation is much more sinister than he first believed.
- DirectorCraig HubbardStarsGreg BaldwinJock BlaneySusanna BurneyYou play an elite commando for a unique covert operations unit hunting for a mysterious fugitive who commands a clone army while mysterious things occur around you.
- DirectorNathan HendricksonPeter WyseStarsJohn ArmstrongDennis BatemanJock BlaneySgt. Michael Becket is tapped to investigate mysterious happenings within a private aerospace company before a nuclear explosion rocked the Auburn industrial district in the first game.
- DirectorDavid DoakStephen EllisStarsHeidi AndrewsJune AndrewsKevin BullockIn 2401, humanity is at war with relentless aliens, TimeSplitters. Space marines Cortez and Hart travel through time to stop the aliens in various spots, including Wild West, zombie-infested Gothic church and Blade Runner-esque future.
- DirectorDavid DoakStephen EllisStarsTom Clarke HillSarah MennellWayne ForesterSent to undo the TimeSplitter threat, Cortez journeys into 6 different time periods to track down Jacob Crow who created the TimeSplitter creatures.
- StarsJennifer Lee NoonanPrequel to Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (1997) following protagonist Tal'Set as he fights off his way through the Lost Land.
- After Heretic and Hexen, the third and final Serpent Rider, Eidolon, besieges the world of Thyrion. Only four brave souls; a Paladin, a Crusader, an Assassin and a Necromancer can face him and the Four Horsemen of the apocalypse.
- DirectorBrian GomezStarsJames HoranSteve BlumMichele SpechtA team of elite warriors with mysterious powers enter a city immersed in a sandstorm.
- StarsTom Clarke HillNoah Lee MargettsEric MeyersNick Mason, a elite police officer that has the job of clearing crazy rioters of the streets of New York City.
- StarsJules de JonghPhillipa AlexanderMorgan DeareA popular politician is murdered and Faith's sister is arrested, whilst Faith escapes. Now she must try to unravel the circumstances of Pope's murder and to relieve her sister.
- StarsDavid DuchovnyPowers BootheMarilyn MansonIn a routine mission, Soldier Ethan Cole must survive a degenerative contamination and find out what is behind everything, which includes events and cases about UFO's and non-terrestrial life covered by the government.
- StarsJackie GonneauMartin PapazianPaul PapeBlack Ops soldier Sgt. Jack Kellar gets interrogated about his actions in the previous four days towards an international weapons-dealing terrorist organization known as "Seventh Wave."
- DirectorHeinz SchullerStarsJohn ArmstrongRobin Atkin DownesJaime AymerichPoint Man and his deceased brother Paxton Fettel both have supernatural powers and must work together to face off against an evil presence from their past.
- StarsJohn William GaltLee JacksonLani MinellaPower corrupts companies for defense and Shadow Warrior Lo Wang discovers Master Zilla's plan to take over Japan, using creatures summoned from the dark side. A man of honor, Lo Wang quit, only to be Zilla's next target.
- DirectorMichal SzustakStarsJason LiebrechtAlex DobrenkoEugene LeeLo Wang, a top hit man for the Zilla Corporation, is trying to retrieve an ancient sword during a demon invasion.
- DirectorKeith AremStarsSteve BlumJason StathamGiovanni RibisiYou play as three different Allied nations: the Americans, the British, and the Russians. From 1944 to 1945, you must answer the call of duty and defeat the domination-bent Germans.
- DirectorKeith AremJason WestStarsMichael CudlitzRick GomezFrank John HughesCall of Duty 2 recreates the big military operations of World War II (Defence of Stalingrad, invasion in Normandy and German-British war in North Africa), in a first-person perspective shooter.
- DirectorKeith AremStarsNick ChinlundJohn MeseChris TardioIn Call of Duty 3 the player takes part in the Normandy breakout, where the British, Canadian, Polish, US, and French forces are pushed into the village of Chambois, France.
- StarsJeff BennettBilly Dee WilliamsMark KlastorinYou guide mercenary Kyle Katarn, who must stop the evil plot of a renegade Jedi by relearning his skills as a Jedi Knight.
- DirectorJosh HolmesStarsGregory CruzRon PerlmanTimothy OlyphantJoseph Turok's ship is shot down during a mission to hunt down a war criminal. Turok and the rest of his squad are scattered across an alien planet inhabited by both the War criminals army and dozens of species of blood thirsty creatures.
- StarsLani MinellaThe SWAT: GST is an international, specialized squad whose main objective is to protect, defend and save the lives of the innocent. The storyline takes place five years in the future - in 2008, the year the GST was formed. As team leader Mathias Kincaid, formerly with US Army Delta Force, players will lead his squad all the way from basic training to full blown secret ops.
- DirectorTom KeeganStarsVin DieselCole HauserKristin LehmanSet before the events of Pitch Black (2000), this game tells the story of how Richard B. Riddick obtained his ability to see in the dark.
- DirectorEric WeissStarsBrian BloomDave WittenbergGideon EmeryFeaturing a remastered edition of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004), as well as a new full-length campaign, Assault on Dark Athena picks up moments after Riddick's escape.
- StarsCarly Staehlin-TaylorA single marine crash lands on an alien planet. You mission is to destroy the bio-mechanical enemy and the big gun.
- StarsAndreas BeckettAntoinette BoersSteve BulenTake on the role of Lieutenant James Patterson. You are the Allied force's most reliable military special agent. From storming the front lines of Normandy Beach as an infantryman to becoming an elite intel officer.
- DirectorBrian HastingsStarsTroy BakerDavid BoatEmerson BrooksThe Chimera have launched a full scale invasion on both the east and west coasts of the United States. Hale joins a special task force group put together by the SRPA, who are also resistant to the Chimera virus.
- StarsDale DyeNick JamesonYuri LowenthalWhen the Japanese declare war on the United States of America with the attack on Pearl Harbour, Corporal Joseph D. "Joe" Griffin fights through the Pacific whilst on a mission to rescue his captured brother.
- DirectorAdam FoshkoStarsRon MasakWayne RobertsOlivia d'AboThe game is based on Lieutenant William Holt, an operative in the Office of Strategic Services, and follows his deployments to allied forces in France, North Africa, Soviet Union and Belgium.
- DirectorTom KeeganEric WeissJulian WiddowsStarsTom BakerNathaniel ParkerKristy WuAndrew Sterling is an MI6 agent captured while spying in China. After weeks of torture, MI6 abandons Andrew and he is rescued by a woman named Kim and his old friend Danny Parish. To repay his debt, Andrew volunteers for Parish's private security agency. Armed with an arsenal of weapons and equipment, Andrew is sent off to Egypt to investigate Amenkoht Ali-Salah, a corrupt Egyptian businessman who's corporation, Setech Industries is involved with illegal arms dealers. But the closer Andrew get's to Salah and his compatriots, more information on a post WWII secret society begins to emerge, and Andrew may be on a much bigger mission than he thought he was...
- StarsKirk AcevedoLauren AmbroseMike PattonOn his 21st birthday, mafia hit man Jackie Estacado is possessed by an ancient demonic force called The Darkness. This further complicates his relationships with his mafia family, a corrupt police department and his childhood love Jenny.
- StarsMaxwell CaulfieldSamantha EggarKimberley DaviesJames Bond is on a mission to investigate about a stolen space weapon platform. Raphael Drake, who is an industrialist that takes on a job to disarm nuclear missiles, is suspected to secretly using them to start a nuclear holocaust.
- StarsAndré SogliuzzoStefan MarksKeone YoungThe outcome of experimental battlefield surgery is something more than human. A unique weapons-grade warrior, Nathan Frost now has abilities that far surpass human physical limits. Now, Frost is the best chance against the world's next Terrorist Sovereign. In a last attempt to restore Peace, War shall rage. Experience the dramatic intensity of the frontlines of a war through the eyes of the first of a new breed of super soldiers in this gritty and epic first-person action game. Eleven missions spanning across 16 maps including the Opera House turned Prison, a Buddhist Temple converted to a Military Base, and the sprawling urban Wastelands.
- StarsYuri LowenthalPeter GilesRaphael SbargeYou are Cpl/Sgt. Keegan, a member of the 82nd Airborne Division, and 17th Airborne Division, fighting the forces of Germany and the Kingdom of Italy
- DirectorBrian HastingsStarsCornelia Hayes O'HerlihyPeter JessopDavid KayeSergeant Nathan Hale, along with the human resistance forces, attempts to drive a mysterious alien-like invasion out of Britain.
- DirectorMark McCoyStarsRobin Atkin DownesStefan MarksThe third game in the Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six series, Raven Shield once again puts you in control of the elite counter-terrorism team known as Rainbow.
- StarsKal WeberTaylor LawrenceTom Clarke HillThe Helghans have rebuilt their planet after the first Helghan War and have attacked the ISA on the colony planet Vekta, who are heavily outnumbered. Captain Jan Templar and his squad are sent to find the ISA operative.
- StarsCam ClarkeLex LangVanessa MarshallEverything was going great in Daniel Garner's life. He had a loving wife, a house, a job...until one rainy night, his attention wandered and he and his wife were killed in a car crash.
- StarsBarbara WhitehillElaine MarshAndy WhitehillFirst-person shooter TimeSplitters takes place between 1935 and 2035 and follows 18 characters' individual attempts at defeating their own foes and the "TimeSplitters" with whom they have sided.
- DirectorJordan ThomasMichael CsuricsStarsFenella WoolgarDoug BoydAnne BobbyIn 1968, the first successfully-bonded Big Daddy is reawakened to save his Little Sister from the clutches of Rapture's new leader, Sofia Lamb.
- DirectorKen TurnerStarsLance HenriksenWilliam HopeLaila PyneBased on the Alien and Predator film franchises, take control of an Xenomorph, predator, or human marine in online or single player.
- DirectorDavid SpeyrerStarsRobert GuillaumeRobert CulpLouis Gossett Jr.Dr. Freeman is taken out of stasis by his "employer" to help rid the planet of invading aliens forces known as the Combine that entered through the portals he helped create.
- StarsPhilip TanziniJennifer HaleJason MarsdenYou play a young Jedi Academy student who must help stop an evil plot by Dark Jedi to collect and use Dark Side energy for their own ends.
- StarsStephen DorffSarah CarlsenMark CamachoJack Carver, a former U.S. Navy sailor, is trapped on an island after his boat was destroyed. With the odds against him, Jack must adapt to the island and fight through an army of mercenaries, rescue a reporter, and get off the island alive.
- StarsJ. Grant AlbrechtDee Bradley BakerMichael BellA demonic invasion at Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars Research Facility has left only you and a handful of survivors with the chance to fight your way to safety.
- StarsPhilip L. ClarkeJennifer HaleWally WingertDoom 3: Resurrection of Evil is an expansion pack and sequel to Doom 3 (2004), featuring eight multiplayer game modes, twelve new single player levels, six new enemies, as well as new weapons.
- StarsMichael MackJacqueline UnderwoodJeff BakerFormer Marine John Dalton is called back into service to retrieve seven pieces of an ancient artifact thought to make a powerful weapon when assembled.
- DirectorKyle PeschelDavid WheelerStarsGreg GrunbergEnn ReitelMary Chris WallMichael Swift, a test pilot has been tapped by the US Government to test two new time-control devices.
- StarsStephan WeyteJace HallBetrayed by the evil deity that he served in life (and death), Caleb rises from the grave seeking vengeance and answers.
- StarsTimothy MooreWhile you were battling the evil forces of D'Sparil, the other Serpent Riders were busy sowing the seeds of destruction in other dimensions.
- StarsToby LongworthTeresa GallagherNicholas BriggsA first person shooter set in Mega-City One where Dredd must face mad doctor Icarus who seeks immortality, citizens turned vampires and zombies by his virus and his archenemies - the four Dark Judges who see life itself as a crime.
- StarsRachel SchmalzShannon EwingRodd HoustonFirst person shooter with vehicular combat sections about a medic trying to rescue a woman turned human weapon with the ability to create explosions, whose power all factions on the hostile planet they crash landed on want for themselves.
- DirectorRussell BrowerBill BlackStarsSkarkmark AbokarGwen BallantyneKeith BauerIn 1993, a soldier joins other Special Forces in the war-torn country of Somalia to assist in the delivery of food. To ensure the delivery, the soldiers must eliminate a warlord who has been seizing these shipments of food.
- DirectorKeith AremStarsArmando Valdes-KennedyJamieson PriceWendee LeeThe Global Liberation Front, a worldwide terrorist organization, has stolen a nano-tech virus that causes massive hemorrhaging in its victim and has a mortality rate of 100%. Team Rainbow is send in to stop the GLF from using the virus.
- StarsDale InghramLoredo SheperdSusan MessingRebels band together to bring down a power-hungry corporation controlling the world government with a violent iron-fist.
- DirectorMarco BertoldoStarsLance HenriksenJason StathamChristian CampbellThe 22nd century: humankind is ruled by an evil dictatorship, and only a group of elite soldiers who are physically enhanced by a secret technology originally developed on Mars, are able to stand in its way.
- StarsGary OldmanKiefer SutherlandCraig HoustonAn epic story of an American marine and a Soviet soldier in WWII.
- DirectorOfer EstlineKen HarshaStarsEnn ReitelJeannie EliasChristopher LeeJoin the other side of the law, as you play a rogue MI6 Agent, who becomes involved in a bitter gang war between Dr. No and Auric Goldfinger.
- DirectorBrian MartelStarsTroy BakerLarry BrantleyChad ClineEarned in Blood is the sequel of the Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30. It focuses on Joe "Red" Hartsock, one of the characters from the game as the main protagonist and follows his part in Operation Overlord. The sequel introduces new characters as Red's new squad with old characters coming back.
- DirectorRandy PitchfordStarsTroy BakerJeff BroomeEhren ButtlarThe game tells the story of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the famed 101st Airborne Division who were dropped behind German lines on D-Day.
- DirectorTom KeeganDean LewisStarsSean AstinPhil LaMarrTucker SmallwoodMen of Valor follows new recruit Dean Shepard and his squad of Marines through the war-torn jungles of Southeast Asia during America's most controversial conflict. The atmosphere of the troubled 1960s filters through sixteen historical missions that take the player from coastal plains of Chu Lai to the ancient city of Hue at the height of the Tet Offensive. With a unique combination of art, sound design and technology, Men of Valor surrounds the player with immersive, cinematic, real-time scripted events and intense first-person Gameplay.
- StarsTodd SusmanMichael Clarke DuncanTom WynerJohn Mullins, U.S. mercenary known as "soldier of fortune" and his partner Aaron "Hawk" Parsons are assigned to stop the nukes from falling in the wrong hands and prevent any terrorists from their deadly plans.
- DirectorBen GokeyYou assume the role of El Tejon, a master gunslinger on a mission of vengeance. As the story unfolds, you will pursue members of "The Nine," a gang of ruthless outlaws who betrayed you and left you for dead.
- DirectorHarvey SmithStarsJason LiebrechtRyan WickerhamKen ThomasCaptain Aeran Pierce and the rest of his Delta Force Echo Squad are sent to investigate a supposed weapons bunker in Iraq in 2003. Until they discovers that bunker is infested with mutated humans and wildlife.
- DirectorDavid MoodieStarsAthena KarkanisThomas MichaelIsaac C. Singleton Jr.While trying to capture international terrorist Irena Morales, Team Rainbow has uncovered a plot to attack Las Vegas and the existence of a reusable microwave-pulse weapon capable of killing millions of people.
- DirectorDavid JankowskiDavid MoodieStarsMark CamachoPhilip Le MaistreKwasi SonguiSet before, during and after the events of Rainbow Six: Vegas (2006), this time the player takes control of Bishop as he leads his Rainbow team in an attempt to stop terrorists from attacking Las Vegas and beyond.
- StarsFrank WelkerTake the role of both Union and Confederate soldiers fighting behind enemy lines in legendary battles that took place during the American Civil War.
- StarsFrank CatalanoRichard EpcarElisa GabrielliAfter the Anime series Genesis Climber Mospeada.
- DirectorJuergen PeretzkiStarsFay MastersonEnn ReitelLloyd SherrDeep within the dusty basement of a new York museum lies mythology's most infamous artifact: Pandora's Box. When rouge art thief Charles Deckard is tasked with stealing the box, he accidentally opens it and releases mythological creatures we thought we thought were fiction. Now giant griffons rule the skies, ravenous werewolves stalk the streets, and Deckard is left branded with a signet that is the secret to man's salvation. With the aid of a clandestine parliamentary force, he must fight to seal the door between reality and myth once more or face the fall of civilization, torn apart by the tooth and claw of legend.
- DirectorJuergen PeretzkiStarsJohn DiMaggioAndré SogliuzzoBarry DennenWinston Churchill is hit by a taxi whilst visiting New York city and is killed. Without his leadership, Great Britain and Europe fall to the military might of the Third Reich. In 1953 the Reich, with new technology and weaponry, invade the United States. Players take the role of an ordinary citizen, as he tries to survive total war.
- DirectorCevat YerliStarsPeter ThiasCornell WomackAdriana AndersonJack Carver, a charter-boat businessman in Micronesia finds himself trapped on a mad scientist's private tropical island with ruthless mercenaries and worse.
- DirectorCraig HubbardStarsKit HarrisJock BlaneyKen BoyntonA 1960's female spy must battle an eccentric terrorist organization in this classic first person shooter, a stylish and tongue-in-cheek spoof of Cold War era James Bond.
- StarsDJ CarrollLani MinellaShannon NewansYou are a prisoner being transported across the galaxy, but when your transport crashes you must fight your way across dangerous alien worlds.
- StarsSteven GilbornLani MinellaTheresa RizzoOver the course of 10 solo FPS missions, help Ripley, Call, Distephano and Christie destroy all Ripley clones and stabilize the USM Auriga for long enough to escape to Betty in this loose video game adaptation of the eponymous movie.
- StarsCarter InskeepMichael MargottaPat SonesThe alien trilogy is based off from the first 3 alien movies
- StarsBruce BoxleitnerRebecca RomijnGame Boy Advance version of Tron 2.0.
- StarsPatrick DollaghanDavid W. CollinsEmil LinThe game revolves around a fictional war between NATO and China that takes place in Kazakhstan and the player chooses a side to lead to victory.
- StarsTodd SusmanEarl BoenIris BahrThe real-life mercenary John Mullins returns to put an end to the new threat of bio-terrorism, with the aid of his new assistant Madeline Taylor.
- DirectorTim LongoStarsTemuera MorrisonAndrew ChaikinRaphael SbargeYou play a Republic clone commando who leads an elite strike team in the Clone Wars.
- DirectorDaron StinnettStarsNick JamesonJulie EcclesJack AngelAfter successfully retrieving the Death Star plans, Kyle Katarn is hired by the Rebel Alliance to uncover information about a secret trooper project the Empire has in development.
- DirectorPeter Anthony ChiodoStarsFreeman BeasleyJohn BorgfeltJeffrey CloningerTake the role of a U.S. Marine Corps.
- StarsDwayne HillAndy MarshallBayo AkinfemiA mercenary is hired to travel to an African country to eliminate a notorious arms dealer called, The Jackal, only to be caught in the crossfire of a civil war.
- DirectorMathijs de JongeJonathan KrayStarsDemetri GoritsasCharles EverettRyan McCluskeyTwo years after the Helghast assault on Vekta, the ISA launched an assault on the enemy's home world of Helghan. The ISA goal is to capture the Helghast leader, Emperor Visari, and bring the Helghast war machine to a halt.