First-person shooter

Game genre concept

A shooter from first-person perspective with fairly free movement (not locked to a grid, rails, or autoscrolling) and view direction. As such, despite the name, simply being from 1st person perspective and being a shooter is not enough to qualify.

2183

games

platforms

Alternate names: FPS
Name variations: 1st person shooter

Men of Valor

WIN 2004-10-26

Cabela's Survival: Shadows of Katmai

PS3 2011-11-01

Doom

SWTC 2017-11-10

CodeRED: Alien Arena

LIN 2004-08

Crysis 3

WIN 2013-02-19

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

WIN 2006-03-27

Medal Of Honor Heroes 2

PSP 2007-11-13

Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood

XBOX 2005-10-04

WIN 2019-05-13

PS3 2011-09-06

PS1 1996-11

MAC ? *

Parent group

Shooter

Child group

Doom

Games by year

A	1993 - First id Tech 1 game
B	1996 - First Quake engine game
C	1997 - First id Tech 2 game
D	1998 - First Unreal Engine 1 game
E	1999 - First id Tech 3 game
F	2002 - First Unreal Engine 2 game
G	2004 - First Source game 2004 - First id Tech 4 game
H	2006 - First Unreal Engine 3 game
I	2011 - First id Tech 5 game
J	2014 - First Unreal Engine 4 game
K	2016 - First id Tech 6 game
L	2020 - First id Tech 7 game

Activision, Electronic Arts and Ubisoft published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows		504
Linux		447
X360		116
MS-DOS		101
PS3		93
PS2		92
Xbox		86
Mac OS X		67
Wii		54
PS4		52
Mac OS Classic		42
PS		38
BSD		34
Xbox One		33
GameCube		26
iOS		25
Amiga AGA		22
Saturn		21
Arcade		18
BeOS		18
GBA		17
N64		15
Switch		15
Nintendo DS		15
Wii U		14
PSP		13
3DO		12
OS/2		11
Atari ST		11
3DS		11

Most common companies

Activision	168
Electronic Arts	105
Ubisoft	56
Bethesda Softworks	38
Valve	34
id Software	32
2K Games	32
GT Interactive	20
Devolver Digital	18
THQ	18
LucasArts	18
Sega	17
Sony Computer Entertainment	16
Eidos	16
Square Enix	15