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Gears of War: E-Day - Players say: Join Marcus and Dom as the Locust erupt on Emergence Day, fighting through a cover-shooter campaign and team modes. Players like: Cover-Based Combat · Visuals and Atmosphere · Movement and Controls ·

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Experience Emergence Day – the brutal origin story of one of gaming’s most acclaimed third-person shooter franchises.

Oct 6, 2026

76% 👍

of 5.0k

$69.99 on Steam More Detail

Birds of War - Players say: In 3v3v3 aerial matches, play a bird, raid rival nests for eggs, defend your own, and fight with physics-driven melee. Players like: Fun Bird Combat · Satisfying Flight · Distinct Bird Classes ·

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You are a bird. You have a nest. Other birds want your eggs. Birds of War is a team-based aerial PvP game. Raid nests, steal eggs, fight beak-to-beak in fast, chaotic matches built around flight and combat. Your mic is always hot. Your enemies can hear you. Plan accordingly.

Jul 22, 2026

86% 👍

of 495

Multiplayer · Hero Shooter · Flight · PvP · Third-Person Shooter · Arena Shooter · Team-Based · Competitive · Class-Based · Shooter · Character Customization · Physics · Funny · Comedy · Memes

$4.99 on Steam More Detail

Alien Strike: Blasting the Intruders - Slide, jump and shoot in 8 directions in this explosive Run 'n Gun for up to 3 players! Swap weapons in real time, activate insane specials and take on alien bosses in an action-packed invasion of retro mayhem!

May 7, 2026

93% 👍

of 168

Aliens · Retro · Pixel Graphics · Shoot 'Em Up · Side Scroller · Old School · Cyberpunk · Action · Hero Shooter · Platformer · Local Co-Op · 2D Platformer · Shooter · Arcade · Linear

$9.99 on Steam More Detail

Last Flag - Players say: In a 5v5 third-person shooter, hide your flag, hunt the enemy’s, then defend it for 60 seconds using hero abilities and teamwork. Players like: Flag-Hiding Twist · Team Tactics · Distinct Characters ·

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Hide your flag. Find the enemy flag. Run it back, then defend for a minute to win it. Welcome to Last Flag: a fast-paced 5v5 shooter with showstopping contestants, set in a televised competition where strategy, teamwork, and chaos blend in the ultimate game of Capture the Flag.

Apr 14, 2026

76% 👍

of 700

Third Person · PvP · Hero Shooter · MOBA · Multiplayer · Funny · Team-Based · Colorful · Arena Shooter · Family Friendly · Shooter · Competitive · Controller · Third-Person Shooter · Online Co-Op

$4.99 on Steam More Detail

SHRAPNEL - Players say: In a storm-battered 2043, squad up in 4v4 battles to collect Sigma from meteor craters, raid rivals, and bank 300 units. Players like: Engaging Sigma Loop · Fast Match Pace · Team Tactics ·

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Shrapnel is a 4v4 objective FPS. Operators clash in a storm-ravaged impact zone to control Sigma—a volatile resource capable of reshaping humanity’s future.

Mar 12, 2026

72% 👍

of 727

Hero Shooter · FPS · PvP · Competitive · Shooter · First-Person · Team-Based · Action · Extraction Shooter · Realistic · Sci-fi · Tactical · Futuristic · Multiplayer · Early Access

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Beyond Sunset - Cyberpunk first-person shooter with a rich story and RPG elements. You are Lucy, an enhanced street samurai searching for lost memories. Fight in large, open, interactive levels overtaken by yakuza, zombies, robots and bosses!

Sep 12, 2025

79% 👍

of 377

FPS · Old School · Boomer Shooter · Action · Shooter · First-Person · Arena Shooter · Hero Shooter · Adventure · 2.5D · Colorful · Action RPG · Pixel Graphics · Stylized · Voxel

$9.99 on Steam More Detail

Iron Core: Mech Survivor - 100 years after a nuclear apocalypse, an AI-managed shelter and its guardian mechs await human survivors. The shelter’s reactor creates safe zones to improve living conditions. Players control mechs to gather reactor fuel, fend off mutants, complete missions, and protect survivors.

Aug 8, 2025

76% 👍

of 402

Multiplayer · Dwarves · Online Co-Op · Action · Battle Royale · Roguelite · PvE · Cinematic · Action Roguelike · Top-Down Shooter · Arena Shooter · Adventure · Casual · Hero Shooter · Bullet Hell

$6.99 on Steam More Detail

Shatterline - Players say: Fight an alien crystalline outbreak as an elite operative in a single-player FPS campaign of missions and gunfights. Players like: Satisfying Gunplay · Co-op Missions · Extraction Runs ·

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Get ready for the apocalypse! Shatterline is a high-octane single-player FPS adventure where Earth’s survival hangs in the balance. Pick a unique operator and combat the alien plague!

Jul 3, 2025

73% 👍

of 29k

Shooter · Singleplayer · FPS · Hero Shooter · Action · First-Person · PvE · Sci-fi · Lore-Rich · Realistic · Combat · Roguelike · Free to Play · Multiplayer · Online Co-Op

$9.99 on Steam More Detail

Discounted 25% or more right now, limited to well-reviewed games, steepest cuts first.

Marathon - Players say: Scavenge a lost colony on Tau Ceti IV, battle rival players and hostile forces, then escape with loot alone or with a crew. Players like: Responsive Gunplay · Distinctive Art Direction · Tense Extraction Runs ·

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Explore the lost colony of Tau Ceti IV, scavenging valuable loot in a high-stakes survival first person shooter from the creators of Halo and Destiny.

Mar 5, 2026

77% 👍

of 64k

Extraction Shooter · PvP · Multiplayer · Shooter · FPS · Sci-fi · Futuristic · First-Person · Action · PvE · Cyberpunk · Gun Customization · Class-Based · Online Co-Op · Inventory Management

$39.99 -40% $23.99 on Steam More Detail

Superhero Simulator - Players say: Patrol a city as a flying superhero, stopping crimes and rescuing civilians while working jobs to cover rent and daily needs. Players like: Enjoyable Flying · Hero-Life Premise · Character Customization ·

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Superhero Simulator is an open-world superhero game where you fight villains and save lives! But being a hero isn’t free! You’ll need to work, pay rent, and survive. Can you handle both sides of the superhero life?

Oct 7, 2026

74% 👍

of 981

Hero Shooter · Exploration · Roguelite · Metroidvania · Beat 'em up · Sandbox · Detective · Life Sim · Arcade · Action-Adventure · Character Customization · 3D · Comic Book · Dark Comedy · Open World

$5.99 -30% $4.19 on Steam More Detail

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

Black Gunner Wukong - Wukong Survivors" is a TPS + ROGUE game where players control Sun Wukong and his friends, sweeping through all visible enemies and rescuing their captured master.

Feb 4, 2024

98% 👍

of 485

Shoot 'Em Up · Action Roguelike · Looter Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Arena Shooter · Hero Shooter · Shooter · Arcade · Action · Singleplayer · RPG · Beat 'em up · Roguelike · 3D · Bullet Hell

$9.99 on Steam More Detail

Acquitted - Players say: After leaving court acquitted in a self-defense trial, fight through destructible riot zones with weapons and built defenses. Players like: Funny, Engaging Combat · Challenging Arcade Levels ·

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Piss bottles. Bats. Bike locks. Face the media-manufactured outrage of braindead mobs in a fully destructible, randomly generated riot zone as you try to get home from court alive after each self-defense trial. Shoot, hack, blast & build walls & turrets vs tricky AI in this brutally intense shooter!

May 2, 2022

96% 👍

of 800

Action · Shoot 'Em Up · Zombies · Satire · Shooter · Indie · Singleplayer · PvE · Combat · Casual · Isometric · Gore · Violent · Villain Protagonist · Hero Shooter

$7.95 on Steam More Detail

KUNKUN Defender 2 - KUNKUN Defender 2 is a hybrid TPS and tower defense game where players must fend off waves of zombies in virus-infected zones, holding their ground until a helicopter arrives for extraction.

May 16, 2025

94% 👍

of 342

Action · Horror · Memes · Survival Horror · Co-op · Zombies · Action Roguelike · Comedy · Combat · Singleplayer · Online Co-Op · Multiplayer · Sports · Tower Defense · Psychological Horror

$4.99 -70% $1.49 on Steam More Detail

TYRONE vs COPS VR - Sip lean and shoot cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America... Fully reimagined for VR!

Oct 1, 2022

93% 👍

of 188

Memes · Action · Arcade · Dark Comedy · Parody · Roguelike · Satire · Funny · Shooter · FPS · Hero Shooter · Immersive Sim · Roguelite · 3D · First-Person

$1.99 on Steam More Detail

Kuro survival - In the game, we live as Kuro's life, a young ninja got a bad situation in the forest of monster. Kuro have to fight against a ton of monster to stay alive. With blade and shurikens, Kuro hope that he can come back to home soon. Together, help Kuro reunite with his waifu.

Jun 21, 2017

91% 👍

of 486

Side Scroller · Arena Shooter · Hero Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter · Beat 'em up · Racing · PvE · Platformer · Shooter · 2D Fighter · Action-Adventure · Character Customization · Female Protagonist · 2D

$5.99 on Steam More Detail

illWill - Eliminate hordes of monsters in a thrilling first person shooter - ILLWILL.

Apr 13, 2023

91% 👍

of 320

Boomer Shooter · FPS · Spectacle fighter · Psychedelic · Shooter · First-Person · Action · 3D · 1990's · Dark · Hero Shooter · Retro · Surreal · Noir · Horror

$19.99 on Steam More Detail

Wee Tanks! - Players say: Drive a toy tank through ricochet-heavy arenas, clear campaigns solo or with friends, and build custom battles. Players like: Wii Tanks Nostalgia · Co-op Campaigns · Level Editor ·

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Explosions. Tanks. Bosses. And more explosions. Crazy fun with your friends. Hundreds of maps. Boom.

May 16, 2023

90% 👍

of 607

Action · Action-Adventure · Shoot 'Em Up · Hero Shooter · Vehicular Combat · Family Friendly · Level Editor · Adventure · PvE · Combat · 4 Player Local · Co-op · Local Co-Op · Tanks · Shooter

$9.99 on Steam More Detail

Combots - Players say: Choose a robot and fight in multiplayer battles across procedurally generated maps, with customizable loadouts and six game modes. Players like: ·

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Combots is a multiplayer robot war shooter set in fully procedurally generated maps with the physical environment.

Jul 8, 2021

90% 👍

of 595

Indie · VR · FPS · Third-Person Shooter · Multiplayer · Early Access · Hero Shooter · Robots · Shooter · Action · Procedural Generation · Arena Shooter · Sci-fi · Character Customization · Physics

$4.99 on Steam More Detail

MEATGRINDER - Meatgrinder is a chaotic and fast-paced FPS. Use agility and guns to jump your way through insane levels on top of speeding trucks, trains and planes. No cutscenes or storylines, just pure action.

Apr 13, 2023

88% 👍

of 282

Shooter · FPS · Action · Parkour · Post-apocalyptic · Cyberpunk · 1990's · Retro · Stylized · Gore · Atmospheric · Hero Shooter · Action-Adventure · Old School · 1980s

$9.99 on Steam More Detail

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Gun Devil - Players say: As a gun-wielding devil, dash, glide, and shoot through hellish stages, gather upgrades, and search for your kidnapped wife. Players like: Fluid Movement · Fast Bullet-Fights · Pixel-Art Style ·

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GUN DEVIL is an explosive platformer about rescuing your kidnapped hell wife from Satan's child, the Caramelized Dumbass and his Pimp Legion.

Aug 2, 2022

96% 👍

of 1.6k

Side Scroller · 2D Platformer · Hero Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up · Precision Platformer · Bullet Hell · Platformer · Shooter · 2D · Action-Adventure · Cute · Pixel Graphics · Dark Humor · Controller · Action

Free on Steam More Detail

Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque - Players say: Play as Ahmad, a Palestinian student turned fighter, in a mission-based shooter with bullet time, stealth, and acrobatic combat. Players like: Distinct Palestinian Perspective · Fun, Fast Combat · Classic and Remake Modes ·

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FPS/TPS Game which addresses the Israel x Palestine conflict from a Palestinian perspective. The Palestinian Max Payne on Steroids. Most BASED game of all times!!!

Apr 18, 2022

96% 👍

of 1.0k

FPS · PvE · Shooter · Tactical · Military · First-Person · Hero Shooter · Wargame · Historical · Action · Team-Based · Co-op · Nonlinear · Realistic · Stealth

$14.99 on Steam More Detail

TheDawn - Players say: In an AI-ruled future, Maya fights robot forces with guns and time powers while hacker Max supports her mission. Players like: Time-Control Abilities · Satisfying Combat · Distinct Visual Style ·

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TheDawn is a third-person shooting game about the journey of Maya, the superpowers who can manipulate time, and Max, the hacker who helps her. Will they be able to save mankind and face a new dawn?

Dec 11, 2020

93% 👍

of 8.6k

Anime · Action · Third-Person Shooter · Shooter · Cute · Time Manipulation · Adventure · Singleplayer · Bullet Hell · Hero Shooter · 3D · Third Person · Free to Play · Robots · Atmospheric

Free on Steam More Detail

Perfect Heist 2 - Players say: In round-based bank heists, robbers blend in with civilians to steal and escape while cops search for and stop them. Players like: Playing With Friends · Distinctive Classes · Funny Heist Chaos ·

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Perfect Heist 2 is a round-based online game, where robbers try to hide in plain sight while robbing a bank without being noticed by the cop team!

Dec 10, 2021

93% 👍

of 4.8k

Action · Multiplayer · Stealth · Shooter · Strategy · Heist · Social Deduction · 3D · Detective · Hero Shooter · FPS · Class-Based · Level Editor · First-Person · Casual

$9.99 on Steam More Detail

Hitler is my crush - Players say: A girl in love with Hitler battles through an absurd enemy-filled city in a third-person shooter to rescue him from kidnappers. Players like: Absurd Meme Humor · Meme-Filled Soundtrack · Chaotic Shooter Combat ·

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Hitler is my Crush is an absurd adventure in which you will plunge into the world of black humor and satire. You have to take on the role of a girl who is in love with Hitler and does not want to share him, and go on an absurd journey with Hitler, who is captured by saboteurs.

Nov 14, 2023

92% 👍

of 2.4k

Side Scroller · Hero Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up · Third-Person Shooter · PvE · Shooter · Female Protagonist · Action-Adventure · Cute · Third Person · Funny · Dark Comedy · Dark Humor · Action · Casual

$0.99 on Steam More Detail

Team Fortress 2 - Players say: Choose from nine distinct mercenary classes and team up in fast-paced, objective-based matches across several game modes. Players like: Distinct Class Playstyles · Chaotic Match Humor · Memorable Character Design ·

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Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!

Oct 10, 2007

91% 👍

of 1.3M

Free to Play · Hero Shooter · Multiplayer · FPS · Shooter · Action · Class-Based · Funny · Team-Based · First-Person · Online Co-Op · Competitive · Cartoony · Trading · Co-op

Free on Steam More Detail

Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition - Players say: Plants and zombies battle for Suburbia in a third-person hero shooter with team modes, co-op, solo play, and a varied roster. Players like: Character Variety · Fun Chaotic Combat · Colorful Maps ·

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Ready the Peashooters and prepare for the craziest, funniest shooter in the universe: Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2.

May 16, 2022

90% 👍

of 50k

Zombies · PvP · Hero Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Multiplayer · Funny · Action · Character Customization · Shooter · Team-Based · Third Person · Controller · Casual · Cartoon · Colorful

$29.99 on Steam More Detail

Crysis 2 Remastered - Players say: In alien-ravaged New York, a nanosuit-equipped Marine fights through a solo FPS campaign, choosing between stealth, armor, and firepower. Players like: Nanosuit Abilities · Ruined New York · Satisfying Gunplay ·

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Relive the legendary single-player campaign from the classic first-person shooter, Crysis 2, optimized for today's hardware in Crysis 2 Remastered.

Nov 17, 2022

89% 👍

of 9.6k

Action · FPS · Shooter · Sandbox · First-Person · Aliens · Hero Shooter · Futuristic · Dystopian · Dark Humor · Shoot 'Em Up · Post-apocalyptic · Sci-fi · Tactical · Singleplayer

$29.99 on Steam More Detail

Crysis 3 Remastered - Players say: As Prophet, fight Ceph and CELL in a domed, overgrown New York using your Nanosuit, Predator Bow, stealth, and firepower. Players like: Predator Bow · Overgrown New York · Stealth-Combat Choices ·

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Experience the single-player experience from the iconic first-person shooter, Crysis 3, optimized to take advantage of today's hardware in Crysis 3 Remastered.

Nov 17, 2022

88% 👍

of 8.1k

Action · FPS · Shooter · Aliens · Sci-fi · Post-apocalyptic · Hero Shooter · First-Person · Dystopian · Sandbox · Futuristic · War · Combat · Shoot 'Em Up · Physics

$29.99 on Steam More Detail

3D Aim Trainer - Players say: A standalone FPS aim-practice tool where you match shooter settings, run focused target drills, and track accuracy and reactions. Players like: Free Training · Varied Aim Drills · Easy-to-Use Menus ·

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The #1 free aim trainer - now on Steam and SteelSeries GG. Join 13+ millions of FPS/TPS players improving flicks, tracking & reaction speed with pro drills, analytics & leaderboards. Dominate in Valorant, CS2, Apex & more. Play free and start hitting every shot. #AimToConquer