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🎯 Starter shooter recommendations

30 well-reviewed shooters with large player bases, difficult games excluded, ideal for newcomers to FPS / TPS.

  1. 1

    Grand Theft Auto V

    88% positive (2.1M reviews)
  2. 2

    Deep Rock Galactic

    97% positive (380.9K reviews)
  3. 3

    Titanfall 2

    96% positive (288.2K reviews)
  4. 4

    Half-Life: Alyx

    98% positive (105.8K reviews)
  5. 5

    Battlefield 1

    87% positive (229K reviews)
  6. 6

    ARC Raiders

    82% positive (422.7K reviews)
  7. 7

    Grand Theft Auto IV

    83% positive (206.1K reviews)
  8. 8

    Star Wars Battlefront II (2017)

    88% positive (100.4K reviews)
  9. 9

    Mafia: Definitive Edition

    87% positive (111.7K reviews)
  10. 10

    Squad

    81% positive (245.4K reviews)
  11. 11

    Far Cry 5

    81% positive (190.4K reviews)
  12. 12

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    85% positive (88.8K reviews)
  13. 13

    Fistful of Frags

    91% positive (36.9K reviews)
    Free to play
    · Free to play
  14. 14

    Control

    86% positive (66K reviews)
  15. 15

    Far Cry 4

    85% positive (74.7K reviews)
  16. 16

    F.E.A.R.

    94% positive (19.7K reviews)
  17. 17

    Holdfast: Nations At War

    90% positive (29.7K reviews)
  18. 18

    The Riftbreaker

    90% positive (25.1K reviews)
  19. 19

    Verdun

    86% positive (37.7K reviews)
  20. 20

    Witch It

    89% positive (19.9K reviews)
  21. 21

    Call of Duty 2

    94% positive (11.6K reviews)
  22. 22

    Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

    87% positive (20K reviews)
  23. 23

    METAL SLUG 3

    90% positive (9,207 reviews)
  24. 24

    Yet Another Zombie Defense

    87% positive (12.4K reviews)
    Free to play
    · Free to play
  25. 25

    Kill It With Fire

    95% positive (5,531 reviews)
  26. 26

    I Wanna Maker

    95% positive (5,116 reviews)
    Free to play
    · Free to play
  27. 27

    Pathogenic

    93% positive (4,703 reviews)
  28. 28

    State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition

    82% positive (13.2K reviews)
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  30. 30

    X-Morph: Defense

    91% positive (4,259 reviews)

FAQ

Should shooter beginners start with single-player or online?

Start with a game that has a single-player campaign to learn the controls, then jump into online matches, so you're less likely to get crushed and lose confidence.