30 BEST First Person Shooters of All Time (2023 Edition)

[@heborres]

Quake? Doom? Wolfenstein 3D? Unreal Tournament?

[@bimmerM3003]

The guy who made this is probably terrible at fps games😂

[@jasonhensley2452]

I stopped the video when they brought up Farcry 2...

[@metalvideos1961]

I have not seen the video yet. But those games are not included? What a pointless video then. Those are the biggest fps games ever

[@michaelbiljon8249]

Yeah I didn't have much hope for this video after Resident Evil Village as a shooter.

[@Daveyengland]

Garbage list. System Shock 2 is NOT a FPS. Where’s the Doom series, no Quake? Pfft… amateurs.

[@MrDilkington15]

Think whoever made this list just looked up FPS games on some Buzzfeed article and grabbed some random clips off KZbin lol

[@bimmerM3003]

😂😂

[@haewymetal]

You can tell this guy doesnt play games at all. As he calls Hunt Showdown a game to hunt Monsters????? its a PVP game. And says it didnt get the longevity it deserved. What the f is he ona bout? the game is still very much active.

[@Steve3Thumbs]

The second I saw Resident Evil Village, I knew it was not a serious list

[@xSabinx1]

Lots of decent entries though

[@fernandoabascal6295]

Jajajajaja 0:38 seconds into the video and thought the exact same

[@fernandoabascal6295]

I was looking for this comment 🤣

[@timothyshane8921]

For me, as a long-time Resident Evil fan, RE Village was dull, monotonous with tedium and just does not fit into the RE Universe very well at all, Ethan was very fleshed out, the actual Chris Redfield returning was great and honestly the section where You take control of Chris at the end of the game was the best part. RE Village was okay generally overall, but, definitely lacked much of what made the franchise so great and most definitely build on the tension or survival horror that made RE 7 Biohazard such a masterpiece.

[@brandtrichardson4049]

I like RE village..... but I like alot of games though.

[@herohunter81]

Halo 1,2,3., Medal of Honor 1,2., FEAR 1,2,3, Singularity, System Shock, Resistance Fall of Man 1,2,3, Metroid Prime 1,2, Bioshock 1,2, Half-life 2, Metro 1,2,Exodus, Killzone 2,3, Descent PS1, Doom 1,2,3, Wolfenstein 1, Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

[@PedroGonzalez-yu2ov]

Miren es el verdadero listado

[@sillyfella2009]

the master chief collection covers all Halo games except 5

[@qaj4j58fgs6]

FEAR - what a game!!

[@Shot.On.iPhone.]

How is Doom Eternal not on this list???

[@ИванСытников-г5щ]

Not even Doom 2016🤯

[@bimmerM3003]

Blasphemy!

[@metalvideos1961]

Not even classic doom or any other id software game

[@Exiter_Black]

Not even Doom '93

[@mr.kwamid-86_43]

@@Exiter_Black not even doom 84

[@andrewknaff9220]

Not a single Doom entry? Really?!!

[@greenbow7888]

Bizarre video. (Weird narrator.)

[@dhookster7459]

Doom, Bioshock, Serious Sam. There are so many better games than some of these games you've mentioned!

[@andrewbreese8240]

Add Prey to that list too. Their list feels like someone was getting paid to add some of these titles. Seriously, how can you leave DOOM off an all-time best FPS list?

[@SrdjanPoznanovic]

@@andrewbreese8240 and Quakeeee 😄

[@GordonFreemanC13]

Perfect Dark > Goldeneye 007, Black > Time splitters 2, RTCW > Wolfenstein 2,... By the way, no Doom, Crysis, Quake 2, Medal of Honor PS1, this list is totally incomplete without those games!

[@kid_thegamer]

F.E.A.R. ? Doom? _not even in_ "The Top THiiiiiiiiiiiRTY" ? 😂

[@mikiryates6075]

Bro Fear is a classic. That game and Black are very similar

[@wrena79]

I feel like Doom Eternal very much needs to be included in this list.

[@seebarry4068]

Somewhat.

[@zeroomicron4821]

Much agreed!!!!!

[@bchearne]

And original Doom, Doom 2016, Quake and Quake II, and Return to Castle Wolfenstien. Not including id software was a pretty poor decision. Also, what about Goldeneye? Really the list of better games they didn’t include is as long as the actual list. Making it kind of a shitty list

[@seebarry4068]

@@bchearne yeah, these are the games to play if you can’t get any of these good ones 😂🛸

[@Carlos-591]

They won't due to its difficulty. Besides, these are game journalists reviewing all these so it doesn't count in reality

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

A 1/3 of these games could be on "the worst FPS shooters of all time list".

[@McGeezle]

What are you talking about

[@neurath2638]

No Doom? No Quake? Really? This video should be called 30 random FPS...

[@TravisTravels]

My two games of memory were Golden Eye and Black. So I was happy to see those. But I’m shocked that Doom and Call of Duty didn’t make this list.

[@jamesyoung5610]

Black is a hidden gem!

[@NotSoUpstandingCitizen]

Call of duty must be a joke dude

[@HansDampf-bt8jy]

Doom should definitely have been listed. But CoD, seriously? CoD is one of the most generic games of all time and in the beginning only copied Medal of Honor. CoD also made every FPS developer think bad game design is the way to go.

[@JimmyEres]

​@@HansDampf-bt8jyCOD 4 was literally game of the year 🤫

[@KunoichiPeri]

Black to this day remains the most enjoyable FPS I have ever played!! A remaster would be amazing!

[@stargreenx355]

Quake 2. Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Doom 3. Quake 4 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

[@chrisbampton5225]

I would have added F.E.A.R, The Chronicle Of Riddick Escape From Butcher Bay, Black, Blood, Unreal Tournament, Quake, Shadow warrior, Unreal, doom, Return to castle Wolfenstein, Kingpin life of crime, Serious Sam, painkiller, red faction, perfect dark

[@jamdc2000]

For me, the top5 five are Crysis, FarCry3, Halo1, Half Life 1 and 2

[@frozenfenix0]

If you are making a GOAT FPS list up to 30, and any of these words are not uttered, you must rethink your list (in rough order of importance) Doom Gaben (l4d, tf, hl, cs) Halo Call of Duty Battlefield Bioshock Wolfenstein (ET, RTCW, new order, old blood) goldeneye Quake Fear Metro Far Cry Borderlands Titanfall overwatch Destiny

[@optchurch1402]

See you get it, there list is just wow. Timesplitters is awesome though

[@TheGadfly85]

Crysis?

[@imightbedisturbed4752]

Gaben haha. But actually instead of listing every valve game one by one in a list you could just easily write Valve as whole in any FPS list. Same counts for Id software of course.

[@thomasyoung2709]

I know its subject to opinion, but if you purposefully left out Doom in a top 30 FPS list because you wanted to get more people to comment, it worked. If it wasn't included on this list because you guys genuinely think it isn't a top 30 FPS game of all time...then...that's just dumb. Even if you don't like it, it's impact alone has it top 30. And I'm talking old school Doom.

[@datoxgaming]

Without Doom Eternal, any iteration of the Crysis or F.E.A.R. series, this list is not true to its name.

[@MidniteMeatBus]

Doom 3 was my fav doom and that should be here. Crysis is overrated though, espeically the furst Crysis

[@mrbungle3310]

Found an old CD of FEAR and i love it playing it again for the first time since i was a kid

[@herohunter81]

Great Series. I like the Gameplay of FEAR 2 the best. Alma doesn’t play.

[@McGeezle]

​@@herohunter81Fear 2 was just a shitty cod clone that got rid of everything that made the first game good

[@mikiryates6075]

@@McGeezleFunny thing is I got the fear bundle on Steam for like $8 and had no intention of playing fear 2 and 3 after extraction point 😂

[@AL15966]

1. Unreal Goty 1999 2. Quake 3 3. Half Life 1 4. Doom 5. Duke Nukem 6. COD2

[@alexhayes7853]

Wow! no cod, doom, quake. Feeaking wow

[@wailingfeller4503]

Did i miss call of duty and medal of honor ?

[@applerskee]

My thoughts exactly..I'm nod a cod fan boy but I've played em all and at least one should be on this list...black ops 1? Modern warfare 1? And modern warfare remake?....really?. Other than that it's a solid list

[@PIP...33]

@@applerskee GENERATION ZERO BEST LAST DECADE !!

[@6Pain]

I don't know but cod Black ops one I really don't like it shit​@@applerskee

[@TheGadfly85]

Doom, COD, Bioshock, Crysis, and F.E.A.R. deserve a place in that list.

[@gavinkellymusic]

No Doom? F.E.A.R? Modern Warfare? Ridiculous!

[@josedesa929]

How is Doom not on this list??? 😅

[@Gthornby]

I think this should of been split into single player and multi player. Both will have their respective attractions. You can't compare the two types together. Tarkov being one of the most complex multi player games with bullet speed/drop/player load out etc of current times and comparing it to a single player campaign games, " point and shoot" like Doom or Duke nuke 'em 3d are worlds a part. I do agree some games are worlds a part but out dated now due to graphical ability at the time like Golden eye, but golden eye was mainly single player marketed (although had fun in multi player with friends) I personally feel the best games are ones yo can play over and over again but play certain scenarios differently to change the out come of the story/battle.

[@retrorich3679]

The 90s have some of the best fps games ever made, half life, Return to castle Wolfenstein, perfect dark, goldeneye, soldier of fortune, elite force, doom, quake, avp, unreal, turok 1,2 i can quite happily play these over and over again, i will always have the urge to play them they are ingrained into my dna.

[@the13thfox46]

Agreed, Half-life the original and Return to castle wolfenstein are the best

[@Frostbid]

I agree... and happy to hear some love for Elite Force - one of the best Star Trek experiences I've ever had... movies/series included!

[@mattonthemoon225]

Duke Nukem 3D included but NOT Doom? Quake 1&2? Unreal? Are you serious?

[@Peterplayingguitar]

Halo: CE is number 1 IMO. That was the most amazing game experience I've ever had. It was mind blowing when it came out with the Xbox.

[@snsdkbopper7819]

Yeah I remember 2001 like it was yesterday, As a young adult, when I got home with my brand new Xbox and my copy of Halo, I was totally mesmerized hrs later with my sweaty hand still wrapped around that big ol manly game controller, and totally immersed in that entertaining experience, And I still go back to it to this day.

[@simonjibb6753]

We need a time splitters remake

[@josipbutorac4719]

Medal of Honor Allied Assault, Call of Duty 2, Doom 3

[@wyzpro305]

Not including Call of duty and Doom is just ridiculous lol

[@kasatari2600]

The old blood and the new order are better than the new collosus

[@jugglingbeast]

Far Cry 2 and Stalker are a masterpiece each one on its own

[@bloatedbacklog]

Glad to see Splitgate get a mention. Some of the most fun I’ve had in a shooter in years.

[@shepherdlazlo4619]

F.E.A.R, Soldier Of Fortune, Crysis, COD, Serious Sam...

[@ALLinONE-te6bn]

Apart from these some of my favorites:- 1. Doom and Quake 2. Other Farcry and Wolfenstein games 3. Rage 4. Cyberpunk 5. Painkiller 6. I.G.I 7. Shadow warrior Anddd... Where tf is COD ??

[@PIP...33]

GENERATION ZERO BEST LAST DECADE

[@Doa744]

aside from half-life for sure the first Unreal game as well.

[@highfived]

Resident evil a shooter ? No doom no call of duty no Wolfenstein this list is a joke

[@americansuperdad5769]

Dishonored? Doom?? Call of Duty??? BIOSHOCK???? Shame......

[@No-sr5fb]

They seriously put destiny but not doom, wat

[@CountBrass]

Did you say Borderlands 2 has "crafting wacky weapons"? There is no crafting in B2.

[@kevingoodwin9204]

Here is my list in no order. Halo Halo 3 BioShock Prey (2006) Prey (2017) Half-Life Half-Life 2 Counter-Strike Doom (1993) Doom 3 Doom (2016) The Darkness Turok 2 Farcry 3 GoldenEye 007 Perfect Dark Quake Quake 2 Wolfenstein 3D COD 4 COD BO2 Metro: Last Light Titanfall 2 F.E.A.R (The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay) Duke Nukem 3D Red Faction 2 Crysis Unreal Championship Bulletstorm

[@mikiryates6075]

Great list. I’m enjoying the Bioshock and Half life series so far. And I’m on the first one for Both

[@mikiryates6075]

Should I play Black Mesa after HL2??

[@kevingoodwin9204]

@@mikiryates6075 If you want to play Black Mesa, go for it. I still need to play that one.

[@kammen1flatza]

"Black" was on of the greatest fps games ever. It should be high on the list.

[@SoberMan1971]

No version of quake or unreal tournament. ( 2023 clueless edition)

[@lifeisconflict1140]

30 Best FPS Shooters of All Time with no mention of any of the Call Of Duty franchise seems incredibly weird. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare changed the face of gaming and this genre. Shame to see it missed, yet the Half Life franchise gets 2+1 (Black Mesa) mentions in the same video. Was Bulletstorm really more impactful? Timesplitters 2? Who writes these?!?

[@1andOnlyKB]

Everyone is saying 30, I only see 20 games, are all of you ok? Do you need some help with math?

[@lifeisconflict1140]

@@1andOnlyKB Congrats Big Boy! Happy for you! 😉

[@planetfourthreich3022]

Bioshock is masterpiece.. and as it happens, it just is, fps aswell

[@sharkeegaming3290]

Without doom this list is incomplete

[@Cautious_Gamer]

I'm surprised SoF II wasn't on this list. It pioneered realistic gore in FPS's. F.E.A.R. should've been here as well. Seeing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. on here though kind of made up for their absence as I'm currently playing through G.A.M.M.A..

[@BkBk-gy6vr]

Redneck rampage

[@sixten8493]

@@RedaSalhi93 What CoD or CS for best FPS ever? What are you, 9yrs of age? Wolfenstein was mentioned, although New Colossus did not convince me. Also Mass Effect is not an FPS.

[@Cream_CurdlR]

Yes i agree. Sof ll was the bomb back in the day. even the first sof was great . Then after 2 they never kept going and everyone wanted sof 3 and finally they came out with 3 and it sucked balls. that was the end for me. them bastards. this was back when i was pc gaming . after sof 3 came out i went back to consoles and played tomb raider again.

[@countbiscuit3274]

Any list with "the best fps of all time" without any Doom game mentioned is completely invalid

[@keonwells934]

Black was such a great game. Short but great. Another great 1st person shooter was Area 51.

[@WasephWastar]

so the best game is an unfinished game that gets boring after 5 hours? it's good, but it doesn't deserve to be number 1, or even in the top 10

[@mesi0r]

without any quake and/or doom this video is a joke hehe

[@markkevorkian]

No Fear? That game is amazing. Played it constantly when it came out. Picked it up again last year and it still holds up if not outshines most current shooters

[@McGeezle]

Was waiting for it the whole video. What a joke

[@brokenskullvk6376]

forgot igi, wolfenstien 3d ,quake ,doom ?

[@yoavziv69]

Half Life was a game ahead of its time and in my opinion one of the greatest of all time. the first one.

[@BkBk-gy6vr]

Yes the 1st Halflife enabled all the rest of these it should be number one.

[@Fr3ddyUK]

And of course it enabled the CS to come to life at the end of 1999 to 2000. Which at the time was the biggest online fps game going.

[@nejihyuuga531]

Perfect Dark N64.

[@gregd3344]

uh a certain game called Perfect Dark.

[@raifilho-0085]

I played a story mode game a couple of decades ago and I can't remember the name of it, so if anyone can help me, I'd appreciate it! In the game, the main character was similar in style to the character who appears on the cover of the game Uncharted (but this is not the game) and he starts with a pistol, in a night scene. What really caught my attention was that whenever the character used his pistol, I would hold down the right mouse button and the handle holding the pistol would become "energized" yellow. The game's story didn't seem to take place in an ultra-technological world, so I came to the conclusion that it was a special power of the character. I played it on PC!

[@rqSiph]

Best FPS? Singularity (Raven 2010)

[@loganford3921]

Rocksteady Urban Chaos is a fun FPS that did a lot of cool stuff like having a riot shield and having fire fighters and paramedics department to support you in your missions. I wish they made a Sequel but there to busy with Batman games now.

[@craigmartin1907]

Agreed. It's like nobody even knows this game existed.

[@ez054098]

No Bioshock? Are you kidding me?

[@silverback1074]

Be honest, did you omit some blatantly obvious entries to stir up controversy?

[@dunkinmcokner8297]

In the words of Bill and Ted Bogus. No Doom, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Quake, Blood, Shadow Warrior, Ion Fury, Perfect Dark, Serious Sam, Dusk, Hexen.

[@newageBoundhippie]

a lot of favorites not mentioned....glad Goldeneye, Duke 3D, Master Chief Collection, Borderlands 2, Half-Life 2, L4D2 & Metroid Prime ( which isn't technically an FPS, it's officially classed as a 1st person adventure ) did at least. missing faves: Perfect Dark Doom Doom II Doom 64 Doom ( 2016 ) Doom Eternal Quake II F.E.A.R. Far Cry 3 Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Far Cry 6 Fallout 3 Fallout: New Vegas Fallout 4 Ion Fury Star Wars Battlefront II Singularity XIII

[@tkf28]

Quake 3 arena, killzone 3, unreal tournament, bf4, bad company 2, destiny 2, , Golden eye, time splitters 2, medal of honor

[@glozwellvonzergelflerven7405]

Did I miss something or did they actually just snub the entire Doom franchise I know we all have opinions but that's just stupid

[@KramAngel]

Where is quake and Doom? OMG!

[@crystianbebergoede3409]

Unreal tournament? Fear?

[@odeee_1]

What is this nostalgia based list

[@thewanderingmind3327]

It's literally an all time list..

[@metalvideos1961]

​@@thewanderingmind3327do where is doom quake Wolfenstein 3D and unreal? Or F. E. A. R. For that matter?

[@s4lami_grbikelife99]

Titanfall 2 is not just only one of the best fps games ive ever played but one of the best games ever made across all categories

[@direxps3]

Resistance and M.A.G. games that helped define what MP FPS should be on PS3 and 360...

[@logiclunacy606]

Yeah Resistance 1 is a masterpiece , though I feel that it's not recognised because of its inspirations being tied down to halo.

[@robertw9978]

System shock was named, but bioshock not? Bioshock is one of the greatest games ever

[@Bored2deathofgames]

No Insurgency sandstorm? That's crazy, the hardcore co op mode tops any FPS game hands down especially if you get a night map

[@whenisdinner2137]

Literal Halo clones make the list but only the Master Chief Collection makes the list. 😂

[@kcollier2192]

I've literally never heard of a couple of these games until I clicked thru this list (Splitgate?). I'm tempted to list all the games with timestamps of where they are in this video just so folks can more easily see what was left off and make a better list of their own. And seriously, RE Village should NOT be on a first person shooter list. Period.

[@stuartcartwright8992]

I have to agree about Black , it was a fantastic game , it was only released on PS2 (if i remember correctly) as they were releasing PS3.. That was unfortunate timing on the developers behalf , but the PS3 was not backwards compatible at that time so it was largely forgotten , I wish they would do a remake of it ...

[@nitinkanals5087]

Where is project IGI 1 and 2. ???

[@mateosimon4237]

Crysis, Doom 93, Wolfenstein, Call of Duty, Far Cry, where are they??🤔

[@mrhanky9719]

Would love to see a far cry 2 remaster

[@vedantbharvirkar3909]

or far cry remaster,the OG which started all

[@greenbow7888]

Without constantly respawning enemies at road checkpoints.

[@MaxModded]

Odd that Doom and Crysis weren't here.

[@Brasidas69]

The FPS genre is not among the oldest game genres; old computers and game consoles were not able run these kind of games for many years.

[@joshedenfield3761]

Rainbow 6 Vegas, and Soldier of Fortune!

[@aphidsun]

Counter Strike franchise should have been there. I mean, it basically is one of the ancient fathers of e-sports/competitive video game on FPS (along with Unreal Tournament and Quake, but much more successful). A brand that has survived for over 24 years, specially considering that it started as a mod. Counter Strike 1.6, Condition Zero, Source, Global Offensive and now Counter Strike 2. 5 different games, with the same structure but evolving along the eras.

[@thetrashcanman7537]

Wow all games you play as a floating gun ! So cool

[@McGeezle]

You need to look at your character's back like a weirdo

[@Antonio59018]

A lot of this list made no sense, but FarCry 2 100% deserved its spot here and I’m glad it was included, you rarely hear people talking about how incredible it was. Really want a remaster

[@ukm_shadowzz2160]

Hunt: Showdown is so underrated After COD BO2 it is the longest shooter i played so far

[@vioviorel887]

And where is Return to castle wolfentein?

[@jamesdylan2446]

Titanfall 2? Some of the best mechanics I’ve felt. I know it’s not just me. T2 was almost perfect

[@TheOneAndOnlySame]

High On Life is one of the best FPS of the last years

[@tantoonie0]

OK, as a lifelong FPS fan, this is a pretty crap list. Not a single Doom entry? No Quake? Call of Duty? Return to Castle Wolfenstein? Unreal Tournament? Dark Forces? Perfect Dark? Turok? No One Lives Forever? Extend it to immersive sim FPS games, and the list is even more galling. No Deus Ex, Bioshock, Prey or Dishonored. There are definitely some stone-cold bangers on here, but overlooking the genre-defining, still-fun-as-hell classics in light of the likes of Splitgate and Bulletstorm is pretty much unforgiveable. SMH.

[@nagruvajse]

If youre a Quake2 fan, check Prodeus. crazy good game

[@nagruvajse]

also, no one lives forever is a superb game, both parts

[@nagruvajse]

its crappy cause this dude plays fps games on console...lol.

[@urazsoktay5275]

Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3 Arena, Unreal, Unreal Tournament 2004, Unreal Tournament 3, Doom, Doom 2, Doom 3, Doom 2016, Doom Eternal, Bioshock, Bioshock 2, Bioshock Infinite, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light, Half Life, Fallout 3, Fallout 4, Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim... Is this list for real?

[@МаксимБаев-г5ь]

No ONE LEAVES Forever 2, Chaser !!! Postal2 ...

[@МаксимБаев-г5ь]

Predator vs alien 2 , Unreal 2

[@МаксимБаев-г5ь]

Chronic of Riddic: Escape from Butcher bay

[@urazsoktay5275]

@@МаксимБаев-г5ь Yes, of course. Riddick games are amazing.

[@unchartedrocks1]

Split gate was a brilliant concept agree but it definitely lack some magic & content to make it super memorable.

[@adaadaada1287]

Post Scriptum is the best Ww2 tactical FPS out there, much better than any competition at what it does. And if you're in Europe, it's definitely not dead.

[@JonPL]

The only thing I disagree about is putting BF Overhyped Company 2 instead of BF3. BF 3 was another level, on every level. Except for the horrible external server browser, the game was perfect. Fantastic graphics & art-style that hold up even nowadays, sound, animations & tech that helped BF 3 be the best BF. Really good destruction model, good gunplay, great vehicle physics and just overall fun gameplay. Best campaign out of all BF's, full of legendary bits & atmosphere.

[@roke7652]

No quake? No Doom? No COD? SMH

[@joshuat5140]

I would have put far cry 3 over 2 honestly. I still think farcry 3 is one of the best fps let alone my favorite of the series.

[@Nerdy_emily]

no doom at all ? that is just not right

[@davidbgreensmith]

Perfect Dark and Blood are two great FPS that could have made this list.