Best Shooter games of 2016
The 49 best Shooter games released in 2016, ranked from 32,615 critic and player ratings.
The best Shooter game of 2016 is Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, with a critic score of 93/100 — updated août 2026.
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Several years after his last adventure, retired fortune hunter, Nathan Drake, is forced back into the world of thieves. With the stakes much more personal, Drake embarks on a globe-trotting journey in pursuit of a historical conspiracy behind a fabled pirate treasure. His greatest adventure will test his physical limits, his resolve, and ultimately what he's willing to sacrifice to save the ones he loves.
93
/100
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Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
93
/100
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Overwatch
Join the fight for the future in the world of Overwatch and choose your hero from a diverse cast of soldiers, scientists, adventurers, and oddities. Bend time, defy physics, and unleash a dizzying array of extraordinary powers and weapons. Engage your enemies in iconic locations from around the globe in the ultimate team-based shooter.
89
/100
Hyper Light Drifter
Echoes of a dark and violent past resonate throughout a savage land, steeped in treasure and blood. Hyper Light Drifter is an action adventure RPG in the vein of the best 16-bit classics, with modernized mechanics and designs on a much grander scale.
89
/100
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Battlefield 1
Discover classic Battlefield gameplay with epic multiplayer and an adventure-filled campaign. Experience the dawn of all-out war, only in Battlefield 1. Fight your way through epic battles going from tight urban combat in a besieged French city to big open spaces in the Italian Alps or frantic combats in the Arabic sand dunes. Experience large-scale battles as infantry or piloting vehicles on land, air and sea, from the tanks and bikes on the ground, to bi-planes and gigantic battleships.
88
/100
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Titanfall 2
Titanfall 2 will deliver a crafted experience that explores the unique bond between man and machine. Playable offline, the single player campaign in Titanfall 2 will let fans step out onto the Frontier as a Militia rifleman with aspirations of becoming an elite Pilot. Stranded behind enemy lines and facing overwhelming odds, players must team up with a veteran Titan to uphold a mission they were never meant to carry out.
87
/100
07
Doom
Developed by id software, the studio that pioneered the first-person shooter genre and created multiplayer Deathmatch, Doom returns as a brutally fun and challenging modern-day shooter experience. Relentless demons, impossibly destructive guns, and fast, fluid movement provide the foundation for intense, first-person combat – whether you’re obliterating demon hordes through the depths of Hell in the single-player campaign, or competing against your friends in numerous multiplayer modes. Expand your gameplay experience using Doom SnapMap game editor to easily create, play, and share your content with the world.
87
/100
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
One of the most critically-acclaimed games in history. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is back, remastered in true high-definition, featuring enhanced textures, rendering, high-dynamic range lighting, and much more to bring a new generation experience to fans.
87
/100
09
Dishonored 2
Dishonored 2 is a first-person action video game and the sequel to Dishonored. It borrows many of the gameplay elements from the first opus: players define their own play style by blending action, assassination, stealth, mobility and combat. Combining tools at their disposal, players are allowed options to eliminate enemies, whether they choose to pursue them unseen or ruthlessly attack head on. Dishonored 2 features the same campaign style as its predecessor in which the protagonist must advance through a series of missions.
86
/100
10
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
The battle for suburbia grows to crazy new heights in Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2! In this hilarious, action-packed shooter, zombie leader Dr. Zomboss has strengthened his horde and rebuilt suburbia as a zombie utopia. But hope remains, because for the first time the plants are taking the offensive in an all-out attack to reclaim their turf. Play as the plants in the all-new 24-player Herbal Assault mode, or choose your side in 4-player co-op or Solo Play!
85
/100
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Ratchet & Clank
85
/100
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Gears of War 4
85
/100
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SuperHot
85
/100
14
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
84
/100
15
Hitman
83
/100
16
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
83
/100
17
BioShock: The Collection
83
/100
18
BioShock Remastered
83
/100
19
Enter the Gungeon
82
/100
20
SuperHot VR
82
/100
21
Watch Dogs 2
81
/100
22
GoNNER
81
/100
23
Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
81
/100
24
Killing Floor 2
81
/100
25
Tom Clancy’s The Division
80
/100
26
Resident Evil 5 Remastered
80
/100
27
Tom Clancy's The Division
80
/100
28
Ultimate Chicken Horse
79
/100
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BioShock 2 Remastered
79
/100
30
Alienation
79
/100
31
Furi
79
/100
32
Paladins
78
/100
33
Shadow Warrior 2
78
/100
34
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
77
/100
35
Fallout 4 - Far Harbor
77
/100
36
Quantum Break
77
/100
37
Deadbolt
75
/100
38
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Far Cry Primal
74
/100
39
Neon Chrome
74
/100
40
No Man's Sky
74
/100
41
Rec Room
73
/100
42
Dead Island: Definitive Edition
72
/100
43
The Final Station
72
/100
44
Resident Evil 0
70
/100
45
Fallout 4: Automatron
70
/100
46
Battleborn
69
/100
47
Mafia III
68
/100
48
STRAFE
66
/100
49
Homefront: The Revolution
48
/100
What is the best Shooter game of 2016?
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End currently tops the ranking with a score of 93/100 across 2,548 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.