Shooter

Description

Shooters are action games in which the player character shoots enemies.

The shooting is usually performed with firearms in these games; however, any weapon that dispatches projectiles qualifies, which makes many games (e.g. Heretic) that rely on medieval ranged weaponry or even magical projectiles shooters as well.

There are many shooter sub-genres, including fixed-screen shooters, scrolling shooters, rail shooters, and others.

Since the emergence of 3D graphics, 3D shooters, popularized by Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, have become the leading representatives of the genre. This sub-genre is sometimes referred to as first-person shooter, though this definition is not very precise, since the genre's distinguishing feature are 3D environments, not the perspective; some 3D shooters allow players to switch between perspectives, while others enforce a third-person view.

3D shooters may incorporate elements of other genres, most commonly role-playing (e.g. System Shock games and Deus Ex).

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Project Gotham Racing 2 Xbox (2003) Two years after the original game, Project Gotham Racing is back. There's no storyline: it's all about becoming the best...
Project GunViper Windows (2002) Project GunViper is a freeware vertical shooter rendered with full 3D graphics. The game follows the standards of the genre,...
Project: Horned Owl PlayStation (1995) Horned Owl is a rail-shooter that can take advantage of the PlayStation mouse or the Konami light gun. Three main...
Project IGI: I'm Going In Windows (2000) Project: I'm Going In is a tactical shooter based on the Joint Strike Fighter 3d-engine. In the game, you are...
Project Nebula TRS-80 CoCo (1981) Lord Scylla, ruler of six galaxies, has declared eminent domain over ours. Zycon, the commandant of Scylla's Imperial Fleet, has...
Project Neptune DOS (1989), Amiga (1989), Commodore 64 (1989), Atari ST (1989) and Amstrad CPC (1988) Taking on the role of special agent Robert "Rip" Steel, it is up to you to destroy the evil Yellow...
Project Nomads Windows (2002) and Macintosh (2005) Project Nomads leads you into a very strange futuristic world. Your planet is destroyed, and all that's left are thousands...
Project Overkill PlayStation (1996) In the distant future, mega-corporation Terracom has authorized its Off-World Colonization Division to expand to new planets through whatever means...
Project: Snowblind Windows (2005), PlayStation 2 (2005) and Xbox (2005) Project: Snowblind is a first-person spy action game set in the year 2065. You play Lt. Nathan Frost, a cybernetically...
Project: Starfighter Linux (2003) and Windows (2003) In the future, after decades of war, the Weapco corporation, using its superior weaponry and AI driven craft, defeats both...
Project Sylpheed: Arc of Deception Xbox 360 (2006) Project Sylpheed is an arcade-style shooter and is the follow-up to Silpheed: The Lost Planet on the PlayStation 2. The...
Project-X DOS (1994) and Amiga (1992) Six levels of horizontally-scrolling shooting await in this R-Type style action game. The attack waves vary in style, with some...
Project Xenoclone Windows (2006) Project Xenoclone is a science-fiction 3D shooter with a top-down view and moving camera, similar to Alien Shooter. It is...
Protector Jaguar (1999) Haven-7 is a planetoid near Earth whose inhabitants are in grave danger. Aliens will arrive soon and plan to terraform...
Protector Windows (2007) Protector is a turret shooter (meaning you cannot move and can only shoot) that sends you into deep space to...
Protector II Atari 8-bit (1982), Commodore 64 (1983), TRS-80 CoCo (1983) and TI-99/4A (1983) An arcade style game with a loose basis on the arcade hit Defender, Protector II is a side-scrolling shooter. Like...
Protoganda: Strings Windows (2007) Protoganda: Strings is a fast-paced vertical shooter inspired by protoganda, old Soviet 8mm movies. Gameplay consists of sequences of boss...
Prototype DOS (1995) Prototype is a side-scrolling shooter. Controlling a cutting-edge prototype craft, you must save the world from an alien attack.The ship...
Prototype PlayStation 3 (2009), Windows (2009) and Xbox 360 (2009) Alex Mercer has a problem or a gift - depending on the view. Thanks to a virus in his system...
ProtoType Windows (2006) This shoot 'em up won the ShmupDev 2006 contest to write a horizontally-scrolling shooter with bosses. From the title and...
Prototype 2 PlayStation 3 (2012), Xbox 360 (2012) and Windows (2012) Prototype 2 is an action game set in an open world environment and it is the sequel to Prototype. At...
Prototype 2 (Blackwatch Collector's Edition) PlayStation 3 (2012) and Xbox 360 (2012) This collector's edition contains: Prototype 2 Soundtrack disc Hardbound art book Voucher code to download Dark Horse Comic's third and...
Prototype 2: Radnet PlayStation 3 (2012), Windows (2012) and Xbox 360 (2012) Radnet is an add-on for Prototype 2 and was released simultaneously with the main game for the PC version. For...
Prototype 2 (Radnet Edition) PlayStation 3 (2012) and Xbox 360 (2012) The radnet edition is an edition of the game Prototype 2 that was provided for all preorders for the game...
Prowler PC Booter (1987), Commodore 64 (1987), ZX Spectrum (1988) and Amstrad CPC (1987) Prowler sends you deep into space, to Ursa Minor Delta-V, where the Peradusins are on the attack (companies were starting...