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by Valve
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
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-29%$7.09Brotherhood
Nov 26 · FatCatGames
Both: FPS · Shooter · 1990's
An old-school shooter inspired by Wolfenstein 3D. You are one of the prisoners of an ancient prison. There is no one to help you. You only have yourself to rely on. Your shotgun. Against hordes of enemies. Animal rage and the desire to kill. Destroy Them All!
Old SchoolRetroFPSShooterActionTranshumanismSciencePixel Graphics1990's3D
$9.99NO BACKUP
May 9 · Serundeox
Both: FPS · First-Person · Shooter
Escape together or die alone. A relentless creature is hunting you in this intense co-op bodycam horror experience. Communicate. Stay quiet. Survive. Every move matters. Every sound could be your last. Made by one developer.
HorrorFPSOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorActionRealisticFirst-PersonSurvival HorrorShooter👍 893
$69.99Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7
Nov 21 · Treyarch, Raven Software, Beenox, High Moon Studios, Sledgehammer Games, Infinity Ward, Activision Shanghai, Demonware
Both: FPS · Shooter · First-Person
In Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7, Treyarch and Raven Software are bringing players the biggest Black Ops ever across an innovative Co-Op Campaign, an electrifying Multiplayer experience, and the legendary Round-Based Zombies mode.
FPSShooterActionMultiplayerSingleplayerZombiesViolentFirst-PersonGorePvP👍 4,356
$9.99SILENT BREATH
Aug 20 · EXODIAC STUDIOS
Both: 1990's · First-Person
Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness
HorrorPsychological HorrorThriller1990'sRealisticMultiplayerDarkFirst-PersonExplorationEarly Access👍 1,125
$19.99Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
Jul 4 · RUST LTD.
Both: Shooter · FPS · First-Person
Do you like hot dogs? How about horseshoes? Hand grenades? (everyone likes hand grenades) Anyway, we've got all that, and guns. SO MANY GUNS. So if you like ordnance, meat, and far too many groan-worthy puns, this is the VR sandbox game for you.
SandboxVRShooterPhysicsFPSSimulationGun CustomizationFirst-PersonFunnyModdable👍 22,782
$17.99Angels Fall First
Jul 11 · Strangely Interactive Ltd
Both: FPS · Sci-fi · First-Person
From commanding the battle standing on the bridge of your flagship all the way down to tactical infantry firefights - AFF brings together all the combat you ever loved in a rich science fiction setting. Boarding, pilotable capital ships, deep weapon customization and full Bot support included!
ActionFPSIndieMultiplayerSci-fiSpaceSimulationFirst-PersonSingleplayerTactical👍 3,834
$12.99MeowGun: Hell Denizen
Jan 24 · SusaDeBastet
Both: FPS · Aliens · Sci-fi
A fast paced silly cutegore FPS! Earth has been taken over by demons. A catgirl codenamed MeowMeow fights back! MEOW, GUN, CLAW and BLOW UP hordes of evil demons, zombies, and other monsters in colorful environments with tons of weapons! The game runs on the FTEQW engine.
ActionFPSBoomer ShooterFemale ProtagonistBullet HellDemonsZombiesAliensHorrorSci-fi👍 114
$39.99Into the Radius 2
Apr 23 · CM IMMERSIVE
Both: FPS · Shooter
Into the Radius 2 is an immersive VR survival shooter, set in a realm of surreal landscapes and deadly entities known as Pechorsk Anomaly. Arm yourself with realistic weapons and venture deeper into the mysteries within. Featuring co‑op for up to four players.
VRFPSSurvivalCo-opImmersiveRealisticGun CustomizationShooterPost-apocalypticAction👍 5,261
-20%$10.39ODDCORE
Jan 7 · ODDCORP
Both: FPS · Shooter
You have only 5 minutes to stylishly explode your way through the hordes of corrupted entities in a retro FPS, roguelike liminal-nightmare... and Timmee is here to help!
Early AccessRoguelikeArena ShooterBoomer ShooterRetroFPSShoot 'Em UpBullet HellShooterArcade👍 1,083
FreeОперация "Гость"
Dec 5 · 4TK
Both: Shooter · 1990's · Aliens
Operation Guest is an action-adventure game set in Russia in the late 1990s. Explore an open world, complete tasks from local residents, battle enemies, find secrets and uncover a terrifying conspiracy as you embark on an exciting journey.
AdventureActionAction-AdventureShooterThird-Person ShooterThird Person1990'sMilitaryAliensFree to Play
$12.99Unknown Operations : The Habitus
5 days ago · JenTakStudioGames
Both: FPS · Shooter · First-Person
Primarily solo-developed tactical WWII FPS with sabotage, destructible environments, tanks and vehicles, inspired by real events. Experience the opening chapters of Eduard Pěnkava's story and take part in dangerous operations behind enemy lines.
FPSActionShooterWorld War IISingleplayerFirst-PersonExplorationDestructionWargameMilitary
-20%$7.99Escape the Backrooms
Oct 23 · Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Both: First-Person
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
HorrorMultiplayerOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonEscape RoomExplorationAdventure👍 137,469
FreeAtomix
May 6 · T.M.Ngulo
Both: Shooter · FPS · First-Person
Pilot devastating combat mechs, fly through massive sci-fi battlefields, unleash tactical nukes, and destroy enemy machines in this fast-paced arcade FPS built for chaos, speed, and domination
ActionShooterFPS3DFirst-PersonSci-fiCombatCasualEarly AccessFree to Play
FreeBlindfire
May 7 · Double Eleven
Both: FPS · Shooter · First-Person
Blindfire delivers unique FPS action in pitch-black arenas. Rely on sound and high-tech gadgets to develop your skills in new ways. Ideal for quick, high-tension matches with friends.
FPSPvPCompetitiveShooterCharacter Customization3DFirst-PersonCyberpunkTeam-BasedAction
$19.99Project L33T: Founders Edition
Jun 23 · Targetpoint Interactive, Holmgard Games
Both: FPS · Shooter · First-Person
Join the persistent open world of OZERSK! Choose your way to play on PvE or PvP servers, fight for precious loot and gear, and risk it all in a hostile environment. Die, lose all your gear and loot, then return to the same server in hopes of retrieving what you lost. This is your story!
ActionRPGLooter ShooterFPSShooterSandboxOutbreak Sim3DFirst-PersonRealistic👍 525
-10%$20.69I AM YOUR BEAST VR
4 days ago · Flat2VR Spark, Strange Scaffold
Both: FPS · First-Person · Shooter
I Am Your Beast VR brings Strange Scaffold’s shortform covert revenge thriller FPS into virtual reality, placing you inside Alphonse Harding’s one-man war against the military-industrial complex.
GoreActionAdventureFPSVRBoomer ShooterSingleplayerFirst-PersonShooterStealth
Free스페셜포스 리마스터
5 days ago · DRAGONFLY GF CO., LTD.
Both: FPS · Shooter
Special Force Returns! A classic team-based FPS bringing elite special forces from around the world together. Fast movement, impactful gunplay, and round-based tactical equipment create unpredictable battles where teamwork leads to victory.
FPSPvPActionMultiplayerMilitaryTacticalTeam-BasedCompetitiveGun CustomizationShooter
-10%$11.69TheoSync
13 days ago · Zoma Games
Both: Shooter · Sci-fi · FPS
ASCEND and claim your rightful place as the Hand of the Empress. Become AB3, an immortal super soldier, in this action packed first-person shooter that combines old school style with new era gunplay.
ActionShooterPsychological HorrorSci-fi3D PlatformerZombiesFPSTacticalAtmosphericFirst-Person
$29.99No More Room in Hell 2
Aug 11 · Torn Banner Studios
Both: FPS · First-Person
No More Room in Hell 2 is an intense 8 player zombie shooter. Overcome the endless undead. Avoid infection. Survive hell together.
ZombiesMultiplayerOnline Co-OpCo-opSurvival HorrorActionSurvivalFPSFirst-PersonIndie👍 16,843
FreeWheels of Duty
Oct 24 · leo waters
Both: FPS · First-Person · Shooter
After a deadly virus left humanity paralyzed, survivors now battle on wheels! Customize your rig, sharpen your aim, and roll into fast-paced wheelchair warfare across multiple maps and modes. Join the fight!
ActionMultiplayerPvPFPSFirst-PersonShooterTacticalCombatFree to Play
$29.99Active Matter
6 days ago · Matter Team
Both: FPS
Join dangerous raids for loot or intense PvP battles in this new realistic military shooter set in a fractured multiverse. Fight in the quantum unstable zones over control of the active matter – the substance that bends time and space.
FPSHorrorExtraction ShooterPvEPvPAtmosphericCo-opOnline Co-OpMultiplayerAction👍 802
$11.99Collision Course
May 29 · Crynosaurs
Both: First-Person · FPS
An asteroid is hurtling toward the planet! Sneak, scavenge and blast your way through an immersive prehistoric world filled with Humans, Dinosaurs, Droids and Mother Nature’s fury!
AdventureActionIndieDinosaursSurvivalEarly AccessOpen WorldFirst-PersonMultiplayerFPS👍 302
$14.99Rising Front
Jan 9 · Sandstorm Studios Inc.
Both: FPS · Shooter
A FPS WW1 & Revolutionary War battle simulator with a focus on Workshop Content, rag-doll physics, intelligent AI, massive battles, procedural AI cover system, real-time building system and FPS combat!
SandboxWarSingleplayerWorld War IFPSSimulationActionShooterStrategyHistorical👍 4,062
$19.99The Front
Oct 30 · Samar Studio
Both: Shooter
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Open World Survival CraftMultiplayerSurvivalCraftingBase BuildingBuildingOpen WorldTower DefenseSandboxShooter👍 9,553
$1.00Baston
Feb 10 · GRIN-GAME
Both: Shooter · FPS · First-Person
In the glorious town of Milenagrad, and mainly in its environs, they settled and occupied a shadow business - a branch of the Cartel, which greatly annoys the local major Stepanovich and he decided to call for help an old friend - Gena "Baston"...
AdventureActionCrimeSatireWalking SimulatorShooterChoose Your Own AdventureFPS3DFirst-Person
$29.99Voidtrain
Nov 7 · HypeTrain Digital
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Open World Survival CraftCo-opTrainsMultiplayerSurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldCraftingOnline Co-OpAdventure👍 8,715
New$1.90BABU - Blow All Blocks Up!
Yesterday · Hoopdy Woopdy Games (UG)
Both: Shooter · 1990's
A sci-fi 80s retro shooter and bullet hell. Use your plasma cannon and bombs to repell an alien invasion. Either defeat the alien robots building and upgrading the blocks and turrets - or blow all of their blocks up! 20 straightforward levels.
ActionCasualArcade2DPixel GraphicsOld School1980sShooterReal Time Tactics1990's
-30%$6.99Subsurface
Jul 29 · Tyler Powell Studios
Both: Shooter · FPS · First-Person
A 1–4 player co-op underwater horror game where you and your crew descend into the depths, recover valuable resources, meet your quota, and survive whatever lurks below.
ActionAdventureAction-AdventureShooterExplorationFPSImmersive Sim3DFirst-PersonRealistic
$39.99Xenonauts 2
Apr 2 · Goldhawk Interactive
Both: Sci-fi
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategySci-fiTurn-Based CombatTacticalTurn-BasedPvECharacter Customization👍 4,857
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$4.99RoundZ
Oct 10 · GG Interactive
Both: Shooter · FPS · First-Person
RoundZ is a solo-developed round-based survival zombie game, with each round becoming progressively harder as the zombies get more health and in bigger waves.
ActionCasualShooterFPSHidden Object3DFirst-PersonRealisticSci-fiConspiracy
$5.99Besitupia: Mediator
May 3 · Oppressive HellMode
Both: FPS · First-Person
You have lost most of your memories after parabiosis. You will have to learn how to use your new abilities to figure out everything happening around you. Will you be able to adapt? Be sure to read “About the Game” before purchasing 👽
ExplorationMetroidvaniaImmersive SimFPSThird-Person ShooterSurvival HorrorPhysicsAction3DFirst-Person
$14.99Yet Another Zombie Survivors
Aug 20 · Awesome Games Studio
The Horde is coming, but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your squad, choose their upgrades, and build powerful synergies against thousands of undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break every limit in this deceptively simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
Bullet HeavenAction RoguelikeZombiesTop-Down ShooterRogueliteIndieArcadeSingleplayerAction RPGRoguelike👍 14,162
-40%$14.99CONVRGENCE
4 days ago · Monkey-With-a-Bomb
Both: Shooter
CONVRGENCE is an atmospheric VR extraction shooter set in the procedurally generated, ever-changing Chernokamensk Anomaly Zone. Scavenge loot, fight bandits and hunt for mystical artifacts — all with your loyal dog companion by your side. But extract before nightfall, or face what lurks in the dark.
VRAtmosphericPost-apocalypticShooterExtraction ShooterLooter ShooterLootSurvival HorrorSurvivalHorror👍 1,588
$14.99Red Crucible Assault
Nov 18 · Massive Head Games
Both: FPS · First-Person
Fight through forgotten WWII bunkers and Cold War black sites, battling rival forces to uncover lost esoteric technology buried from history. Every firefight brings you closer to secrets that were never meant to resurface—and powers that could rewrite the modern world.
Early AccessFPSMultiplayerModernMilitaryGun CustomizationFirst-PersonTeam-BasedCombatAction
$11.99Palpus X Annihilation
Feb 17 · Sebastian Vargek (Meister Palpus)
Both: Shooter · Aliens · Sci-fi
Isometric action shooter with light RPG elements. Brutally kill tons of alien monsters, find over a dozen powerful weapons, skill up your hero & stop the blood thirsty invaders in a classic handcrafted campaign. Never ending waves await you in horde-mode!
ActionShooter2DIsometricAliensSci-fiCombatIndieViolentSingleplayer
$18.99Winter Survival
Nov 19 · DRAGO entertainment
Both: First-Person
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftCookingOpen WorldAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayerAdventureFirst-PersonBase Building👍 595
$9.99LOCKDOWN Protocol
Nov 18 · Mirage Creative Lab
Both: First-Person · Sci-fi
A first person social deduction game, combining real time action and communication, playable up to 16 players. While most players will cooperate to complete objectives to ensure victory, a small portion of dissidents will try their best to stop them at all cost, without being caught.
MultiplayerSocial DeductionDialogue HeavySpaceInvestigationActionFirst-PersonCasualSci-fiTeam-Based👍 16,609
$9.99Pathogenic
Jul 16 · Aberrant Labs
Both: Shooter
You are a disease. Infect the human body as a lone pathogen in this cellular roguelike shooter. Collect organelles to evolve your parasite in a microscopic arms race against your host's immune system. Conquer a beautiful, procedurally generated world of tiny proportions.
RoguelikeBullet HellTop-Down ShooterLocal Co-OpBullet HeavenAction RoguelikeDifficultDungeon CrawlerShooterCharacter Customization👍 4,186
$17.99Sephiria
Jul 31 · TEAM HORAY
Save Bunnyville from a doomed fate: a top-down action/RPG roguelite from the makers of Dungreed. Explore the depths of the tower, collect and upgrade artifacts, and defeat hordes of demons to keep your village safe.
Action RoguelikeRogueliteRoguelikeCo-opPixel GraphicsInventory ManagementActionRPGCombatCute👍 11,674
$19.99Voltage High Society
Jun 23 · Platonic Partnership
Both: FPS · First-Person
First-person horror metroidvania about fisting your way through a prison island crawling with cybernetic monstrosities. Explore, evolve, escape. Inspired by Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
ExplorationBoomer ShooterMetroidvaniaFPSImmersive SimBoxingCharacter Customization3DFirst-PersonDark Comedy👍 144
$24.99Quasimorph
Jul 31 · Magnum Scriptum
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.
RPGTurn-Based CombatStrategyTurn-Based StrategySingleplayerChoices MatterRoguelikeExtraction ShooterTranshumanismTurn-Based👍 7,207
$19.99Fracture Point
Sep 4 · Kyrylo Burlaka
Both: FPS · Shooter
After years in prison, you return to a dark megacity ruled by a ruthless corporation. The only way forward is up - through countless floors of a heavily guarded skyscraper - to reach the corporation's leader and take your revenge.
Action RoguelikeLooter ShooterRogueliteExplorationFPSPerma DeathPvEShooterWarInventory Management👍 161
-30%$6.99MIMESIS
Oct 27 · ReLU Games, Inc.
A 4-player online co-op survival horror game. Avoid the contaminated rain, gather scrap and get back to the tram. Monsters that copy your friends' voices and behavior, and many other threats, stand in your way. Gear up and stick together to survive.
Early AccessOnline Co-OpSocial DeductionPsychological HorrorFunnyPvEPost-apocalypticExplorationRogueliteSurvival Horror👍 8,404
$19.99XeGrader plus
Jul 6 · Tokihiro NAITO
Both: Shooter
A fantasy shooter where exploration and gimmicks are keys to victory. In a world of meticulous pixel art, uncover secrets hidden in every stage. Collect powerful upgrades, defeat fantasy monsters with precise shooting, and forge the world's fate!
ShooterTop-Down ShooterPixel GraphicsRetroActionScore AttackCollectathonArcadeExplorationFantasy
FreeLegend Battles
Jan 16 · Hanxiang
Both: First-Person · Shooter
Free-to-play UE 5.6 Extraction Battle Royale in 500 km² neo-futuristic world with destructible environment and vehicles, massive ET-ACUs, armored Aliens, ferocious Monsters, heavily armed MetaHumans, complete missions to attack, defend, loot, extract facing dynamic weathers.
Early AccessActionFirst-PersonThird PersonBattle RoyaleStealthSurvivalShooterThird-Person ShooterMultiplayer
$2.99Astrophobia
Aug 10 · CosmicArcade
Both: 1990's · Aliens
A PSX-style cosmic horror game where a classified mission to study alien architecture on the Moon leads two astronauts into the ruins of an ancient civilization that predates humanity.
HorrorRetroLovecraftianAtmosphericExploration1990'sStory RichSurvival HorrorCasualAliens
$7.99Backrooms Media
Dec 16 · NPK Games
Both: First-Person
Backrooms Media is a 1-4 player co-op horror that plunges you into unsettling, hyper-realistic liminal spaces. Navigate eerie environments filled with lurking horrors. Group up with your friends to face the terror of the endless backrooms together and... try to escape.
Co-opMultiplayerCasualPsychological HorrorHorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonExplorationSingleplayer👍 546
$24.99Anymaker
3 days ago · Geometa
Both: First-Person
Embark on your creative journey of vehicle design, as you create and operate vehicles to survive this dangerous open world. Anymaker is a detailed and technical vehicle builder and survival game. Design your chassis, build your engine, connect components, and travel into the unknown.
Early AccessSandboxSimulationOpen WorldMultiplayerBuildingFirst-PersonRealisticCo-opDriving👍 115
$29.99Valheim
12 days ago · Iron Gate AB
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOnline Co-OpOpen WorldMultiplayerBuildingCraftingBase BuildingExplorationCo-op👍 465,813
$19.99The Scourge | Tai Ương
Mar 28 · Rare Reversee, Beaztek
Both: First-Person
Explore the nightmarish lucid dreams of Nhat Huy to solve his family's mystery. Set in 90s Saigon, navigate dilapidated corridors, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover sinister secrets. Can you survive the twisting maze and The Scourge?
HorrorSingleplayerSupernaturalMultiple EndingsExplorationFirst-PersonIndieRealisticAdventurePuzzle👍 1,195



