Best Shooter games of 2015
The 36 best Shooter games released in 2015, ranked from 17,777 critic and player ratings.
The best Shooter game of 2015 is Half-Life 2: Update, with a critic score of 96/100 — updated août 2026.
Half-Life 2: Update
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/100
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is the sequel to Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and a prequel to the original Metal Gear. The game has a complex story with long cut-scene sequences, but there are fewer and they are shorter compared to earlier Metal Gear Solid titles. Most of the gameplay mechanics introduced in Ground Zeroes are carried over: it is still an action game and stealth oriented but replaces the linear corridor design from most earlier titles with large open world environments that offer the player unrestricted freedom for the approach. The world has now a real-time day and night cycle and various weather effects that influence enemy behaviour, visibility and sound. Sabotaging or destroying certain structures can also influence other parts of the map.
96
/100
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Rise of the Tomb Raider
Join Lara Croft on her first great tomb raiding expedition as she seeks to discover the secret of immortality. Featuring high-octane action set in the most beautiful and hostile environments on earth, Rise of the Tomb Raider delivers cinematic survival action-adventure.
87
/100
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection is a remastered compilation of the action-adventure shooter platform video games Drake's Fortune, Among Thieves, and Drake's Deception. Ported by Bluepoint Games, the collection was released exclusively for the PlayStation 4 on October 7, 2015 in Europe and October 9th, 2015 in North America. The Nathan Drake Collection features the original three games in the Uncharted series with 1080p resolution, 60 frames per second, better lighting, textures and models. The collection also implements a "Photo Mode", a mode where the player can freeze the game at any moment to take personalized screenshots, derived from Naughty Dog's other remastered entry, The Last of Us Remastered, as well as new trophies. The ported games only include their respective single-player modes. The pre-ordered version of The Nathan Drake Collection includes the "Nathan Drake Pack", which consists of single-player skins of iconic Nathan Drake outfits, as well as two weapons: the Golden AK-47 and Golden 92FS - 9mm. Pre-ordering the collection as a digital download through the PlayStation Store would also give an exclusive Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection PlayStation 4 dynamic theme. Purchasing The Nathan Drake Collection, and owning a valid subscription to PlayStation Plus, before the expiry date of December 13, 2015 would grant the player exclusive access to the multiplayer beta of A Thief's End.
85
/100
05
Fallout 4
Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to the world of Fallout 4, their most ambitious game ever, and the next generation of open-world gaming. As the sole survivor of Vault 111, you enter a world destroyed by nuclear war. Every second is a fight for survival, and every choice is yours. Only you can rebuild and determine the fate of the Wasteland. Welcome home.
84
/100
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Halo 5: Guardians
84
/100
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Nuclear Throne
Nuclear Throne is an action roguelike-like by Vlambeer about mutants fighting their way through a post-apocalyptic world. The radioactive waste in the world allows mutants to get ahead by mutating new limbs on the fly, the abundant availability of powerful weaponry make the quest to become ruler of the Wasteland one fraught with peril.
84
/100
08
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a frantic 1- or 4-player couch co-op action space shooter set in a massive neon battleship. Only through teamwork can you triumph over the evil forces of Anti-Love, rescue kidnapped space-bunnies, and avoid a vacuumy demise. Deep space is a dangerous place, but you don’t have to face it alone!
83
/100
09
Broforce
When evil threatens the world, the world calls on Broforce - an under-funded, over-powered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force. Brace your loins with up to four players to run ‘n’ gun as dozens of different bros and eliminate the opposing terrorist forces that threaten our way of life. Unleash scores of unique weapons and set off incredible chain reactions of fire, napalm, and limbs in the name of freedom.
83
/100
10
Splatoon
81
/100
11
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
80
/100
12
Dishonored: Definitive Edition
80
/100
13
Mega Man Legacy Collection
79
/100
14
State of Decay YOSE - Day One Edition
78
/100
15
GALAK-Z
78
/100
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Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
78
/100
17
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
77
/100
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Turok
77
/100
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III
77
/100
20
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
76
/100
21
Evolve
76
/100
22
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
74
/100
23
Rainbow Six Siege
74
/100
24
Just Cause 3
74
/100
25
Dying Light
74
/100
26
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III
73
/100
27
Battlefield Hardline
72
/100
28
Zombie Army Trilogy
72
/100
29
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
71
/100
30
Not a Hero
70
/100
31
Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell
64
/100
32
Guns, Gore & Cannoli
63
/100
33
Dirty Bomb
63
/100
34
12 is Better than 6
60
/100
35
Dead Effect 2
53
/100
36
Hatred
43
/100
What is the best Shooter game of 2015?
Half-Life 2: Update currently tops the ranking with a score of 96/100 across 126 ratings. Ranking updated août 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.