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Top 100 Best First Person Shooter Games

by Zabon • Created 13 years ago • Modified 9 years ago
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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  • Wolfenstein 3D (1992)

    1. Wolfenstein 3D

    1992MVideo Game
    7.9 (2.4K)
    An American P.O.W. is trying desperately to escape from the Nazi prison Wolfenstein during World War II.
    DirectorTom HallStarsBill CapizziNathan RenichMike Reynolds
  • Spear of Destiny (1992)

    2. Spear of Destiny

    1992UnratedVideo Game
    7.5 (280)
    B.J Blazkowicz is sent to Castle Nuremberg to retrieve the Spear of Destiny back, but what danger lies beyond the castle is unknown
    DirectorTom Hall
  • Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001)

    3. Return to Castle Wolfenstein

    2001MVideo Game
    8.3 (2.8K)
    In 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.
    DirectorsDrew MarkhamBrandon JamesStarsJames AlcroftSteve BlumCam Clarke
  • Wolfenstein (2009)

    4. Wolfenstein

    2009MVideo Game
    7.4 (1.8K)
    B.J is sent to Isenstadt to find and retrieve the Thule Medallion and 4 crystals to prevent the Nazis from using it.
    StarsMatthew MercerSasha RoizDavid Lodge
  • Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (2015)

    5. Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

    2015MVideo Game
    7.7 (3K)
    Set in 1946, follows a man as he tries to discover the locations of a Nazi compound and sabotage Helga Von Schabbs's plans.
    StarsBrian BloomGabrielle ScharnitzkyLilli Fichtner
  • Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II (1997)

    6. Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II

    1997TVideo Game
    8.4 (1.5K)
    You 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.
    DirectorScott EwersStarsJason CourtAngela HarryChristopher Neame
  • Doom (1993)

    7. Doom

    1993MVideo Game
    8.6 (6K)
    In 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.
    DirectorsJohn CarmackTomohiko SatoStarsKevin CloudDavid KoserubaChristopher Murvey
  • Heretic (1994)

    8. Heretic

    1994TVideo Game
    7.5 (399)
    In a twisted medieval dimension, undead creatures and bestial horrors have done the unthinkable--callously slaughtering your entire race.
    DirectorBrian Raffel
  • Doom II: Hell on Earth (1994)

    9. Doom II: Hell on Earth

    1994MVideo Game
    8.5 (3.5K)
    Doom 2 follows the story of Doom-Guy, killing hell creatures, for the future of mankind.
    StarsKevin CloudBobby PrinceJohn Romero
  • Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Mysteries of the Sith (1998)

    10. Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Mysteries of the Sith

    1998TVideo Game
    7.6 (532)
    Expansion 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.
    StarsHeidi ShannonRino RomanoBrendan Holmes
  • Duke Nukem 3D (1996)

    11. Duke Nukem 3D

    1996MVideo Game
    8.4 (3.5K)
    Blonde action hero Duke Nukem takes on murderous aliens and mutated Los Angeles police officers that have taken over Los Angeles.
    DirectorGreg MaloneStarsLani MinellaJon St. JohnLee Jackson
  • Half-Life (1998)

    12. Half-Life

    1998MVideo Game
    9.1 (12K)
    Dr. Gordon Freeman must fight his way out of a secret research facility after a teleportation experiment goes disastrously wrong.
    DirectorsGabe NewellRandy PitchfordStarsKathy LevinHarry S. RobinsMike Shapiro
  • XIII (2003)

    13. XIII

    2003MVideo Game
    8.2 (1.1K)
    A 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.
    DirectorsElisabeth PellenJérôme DesplasOlivier MartineauStarsDavid DuchovnyEveAdam West
  • Darkwatch: Curse of the West (2005)

    14. Darkwatch: Curse of the West

    2005MVideo Game
    7.8 (318)
    A vampiric frontiersman sets out on a path of violence against evil forces that plague the old west.
    DirectorMo DavoudianStarsJennifer HaleRose McGowanMichael Bell
  • Quake (1996)

    15. Quake

    1996MVideo Game
    8.2 (2.7K)
    Mankind 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.
    DirectorJohn RomeroStarsJ.S. GilbertMatt MarkDavid Locke
  • Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior (2003)

    16. Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior

    2003EVideo Game
    6.2 (134)
    ATau 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.
    StarsTom BakerBrian BlessedBurt Kwouk
  • Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter (2003)

    17. Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter

    2003MVideo Game
    7.3 (67)
    Set in a SF Vagner System on the edge of the known universe in an alternate history.
    DirectorIan GrieveStarsHenry RollinsTony Jay
  • Haze (2008)

    18. Haze

    2008MVideo Game
    5.1 (231)
    Twenty-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...
    DirectorDavid DoakStarsBertie CarvelRupert EvansCarlos Riera
  • BioShock (2007)

    19. BioShock

    2007MVideo Game
    9.1 (23K)
    In 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.
    DirectorKen LevineStarsJohn AhlinGreg BaldwinJane Beller
  • F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon (2005)

    20. F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon

    2005MVideo Game
    8.2 (3.4K)
    You 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.
    DirectorCraig HubbardStarsGreg BaldwinJock BlaneySusanna Burney
  • F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (2009)

    21. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

    2009MVideo Game
    7.6 (2K)
    Sgt. 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.
    DirectorsNathan HendricksonPeter WyseStarsJohn ArmstrongDennis BatemanJock Blaney
  • TimeSplitters 2 (2002)

    22. TimeSplitters 2

    2002TVideo Game
    8.4 (874)
    In 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.
    DirectorsDavid DoakStephen EllisStarsHeidi AndrewsJune AndrewsKevin Bullock
  • TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (2005)

    23. TimeSplitters: Future Perfect

    2005MVideo Game
    8.7 (908)
    Sent to undo the TimeSplitter threat, Cortez journeys into 6 different time periods to track down Jacob Crow who created the TimeSplitter creatures.
    DirectorsDavid DoakStephen EllisStarsTom Clarke HillSarah MennellWayne Forester
  • Turok: Evolution (2002)

    24. Turok: Evolution

    2002MVideo Game
    6.6 (262)
    Prequel to Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (1997) following protagonist Tal'Set as he fights off his way through the Lost Land.
    StarJennifer Lee Noonan
  • Hexen II (1997)

    25. Hexen II

    1997TVideo Game
    7.4 (159)
    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.

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