Shooter

Game genre theme

Informal group for finding shooter sub-genres.

22
games
9
platforms

Parent groups

Action, Main game types

Games by year

Mosoft and Milwaukee Coin Industries published most of these games.

This is a container group; its children are:

Arena FPS/TPSArena-style first/third-person shooters that have fast-paced, twitch/skill-based gameplay in fairly small locations with powerups strewn across them. Equipment is only gained as pickups within the levels themselves. Commonly PvP oriented.1999 / 201759 games
Corridor ShooterA shooter sub-genre where player follows narrow paths with little to no choice where to go. (too short)1982 / 201522 games
First-person shooterA 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.1973 / 20231986 games
Fixed shooterA shooter sub-genre where each level fits within a single screen and the main character movement is fixed to a single axis of motion (commonly left and right along the bottom) or no movement at all.1973 / 20241483 games
Gallery shooterA type of shooter where player control is limited to a reticle across a screen or a light gun where any movement is out of player's control. Generally mimics shooting gallery games found in carnivals.1977 / 201630 games
Hero ShooterA class-based (the heroes) PvP multiplayer shooter game where classes are distinct characters. Usually from first person perspective but is not necessarily so.0 game
Rail shooterA shooter sub-genre where the player is stuck on a relatively linear path with few or no branches, can't stray far from it and viewing angles are limited (usually none but what the virtual "rails" dictate).1982 / 2020130 games
Run and GunShoot 'em up sub-genre, with both horizontal or vertical scrolling and may feature multidirectional movement.1972 / 20231145 games
Shoot 'em upInformal group for finding shmup sub-genres. (too short)container group
Third-person shooterA derivative genre of first-person shooters with same restrictive qualifiers, but from third-person perspective instead.1995 / 20005 games
Twin-stick shooterA shooter sub-genre characterized by two (joy)stick control with no buttons needed to shoot, one stick controls movement while the other stick controls shooting (both direction and the action).1980 / 2021117 games