Best Shooter games of 2025
The 12 best Shooter games released in 2025, ranked from 1,215 critic and player ratings.
The best Shooter game of 2025 is Abiotic Factor, with a critic score of 92/100 — updated August 2026.
Abiotic Factor
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
92
/100
02
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic, take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades. It's one dwarf against all of Planet Hoxxes!
90
/100
03
ARC Raiders
ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC. Enlist as a Raider and scavenge the surface to thrive in a desolate world. But beware of the machines. Beware of Raiders preying on others. ARC Raiders blends the tension from extraction shooters with atmospheric settings from the adventure genre. Lurking threats—from deadly machines to other Raiders—create a constant ebb and flow of intensity, where every moment is charged with the thrill of high stakes. Extract valuable loot and explore the unfolding mysteries of a vibrant, lethal world. ARC Raiders supports seamless social play across PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. Play with your squad and thrive as a team, or rise in the ranks as a lone ranger.
89
/100
Battlefield 6
The ultimate all-out warfare experience. In a war of tanks, fighter jets, and massive combat arsenals, your squad is the deadliest weapon.
86
/100
05
FragPunk
FragPunk is the new free-to-play 5v5 hero shooter poised to break the rules of combat. What makes FragPunk different is the introduction of Shard Cards that can affect the playing field for all players. Shard Cards are voted on by players before each round and can change the entire playing field – from making player’s heads big to your team into zombies when you are downed. FragPunk has a low barrier entry but a high-level of gunplay mechanics making it a great choice for casual gamers to hardcore FPS fans alike.
84
/100
06
The Outer Worlds 2
The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment.
83
/100
07
Arena Breakout: Infinite
Arena Breakout: Infinite is a high-stakes tactical extraction shooter where every decision matters. Fight, loot, and extract alive—or lose it all. With realistic visuals, true-to-life sound design, and unforgiving PvPvE combat, every raid is a gamble between glory and ruin.
82
/100
08
Dying Light: The Beast
Dying Light: The Beast Restored Land is a new enhanced version of the game that includes the base game, all previously released updates and the premiere Restored Land content in one package. This includes Legend Levels, New Game+, Ray Tracing, Nightmare Mode, dozens of new brutal finishers, hundreds of parkour and gameplay improvements, and numerous visual and audio enhancements - delivering new ways to experience the apocalypse.
82
/100
09
Mafia: The Old Country
Mafia: The Old Country is an action-adventure game part of the Mafia series. It is a prequel to the first Mafia game. The game lets players descend into Sicily's criminal underworld during the 1900s.
78
/100
10
Slime Rancher 2
Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle in this sequel to the smash-hit, Slime Rancher.
67
/100
11
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
66
/100
12
Escape from Tarkov
30
/100
What is the best Shooter game of 2025?
Abiotic Factor currently tops the ranking with a score of 92/100 across 40 ratings. Ranking updated August 2026.
How is this ranking built?
Games are ranked on their aggregated critic score out of 100, with a minimum vote threshold so a single glowing review never outranks a proven classic; the Tier community's own F-to-S grades are shown alongside each game.