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Best Games in the Shooter genre of 2002

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Open world, Adventure
October 29, 2002
Players: 7.5/10
Steam: 80/100
Metacritic: 95/100
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a legendary spin-off of Grand Theft Auto 3, which developed the ideas and mechanics laid out in it, connected by common characters...
Deus Ex
Deus Ex
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Stealth
June 23, 2000
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 86/100
Deus Ex is a legendary action role-playing game with a third-person view in a cyberpunk style. The game takes place in the fictional dystopian world of Earth in...
Grand Theft Auto 3
Grand Theft Auto 3
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view, Open world, Adventure
October 22, 2001
Players: 7.2/10
Steam: 66/100
Metacritic: 95/100
Grand Theft Auto 3 is a continuation of the dynamic action game with a third-person view in the open world. Working for the mafia sooner or later ends in trouble...
Halo: Combat Evolved
Halo: Combat Evolved
Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
November 15, 2001
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 73/100
Metacritic: 90/100
Halo: Combat Evolved is a cult adventure shooter with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting, the plot of which tells about the war between humans and alien...
Max Payne
Max Payne
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Shooter
July 23, 2001
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Max Payne is a cinematic action-adventure game with a third-person view. The main character of the game is Max Payne, a fair cop who single-handedly tries to...
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world
August 27, 2002
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in an open world. The events of the game take place in the 30s of the last...
Hitman: Codename 47
Hitman: Codename 47
Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view
November 19, 2000
Players: 7.8/10
Steam: 63/100
Metacritic: 73/100
This third-person stealth action game follows Hitman, a contract assassin investigating his past while carrying out assignments around the world. The story unfolds...
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical
January 20, 2002
Players: 6.9/10
Metacritic: 91/100
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault is a first-person shooter. The game begins in North Africa on November 7, 1942. Immediately after landing in Algiers, a special group...
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural
November 19, 2001
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a legendary first-person shooter with elements of mysticism and horror. The game takes place in 1940 during World War II. As in the...
DOOM 2
DOOM 2
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Demons
September 30, 1994
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 77/100
DOOM 2 is a continuation of the legendary bloody first-person shooter in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place shortly after the events of the original DOOM...
Resident Evil Zero
Resident Evil Zero
Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Shooter
November 12, 2002
Players: 7.4/10
Steam: 75/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Resident Evil Zero is an exciting action-horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. One of the S.T.A.R.S. units sent to the vicinity of the...
Wolfenstein 3D
Wolfenstein 3D
Action, Shooter, Old school, First-person view
May 5, 1992
Players: 9.5/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 62/100
This first-person shooter follows OSA agent B.J. Blazkowicz as he tries to escape Castle Wolfenstein and battle the Nazi regime. Enemies include Hans Grosse and...
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view
November 12, 2001
Players: 9.4/10
Metacritic: 96/100
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is a continuation of the legendary stealth action game with a third-person view. Technological data about the nuclear weapon...
Battlefield 1942
Battlefield 1942
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical
September 10, 2002
Players: 8.2/10
Metacritic: 89/100
Battlefield 1942 is a first-person shooter. The gameplay consists of capturing and holding control points — special places on the map. Whoever controls such a...
Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2 - Jedi Outcast
Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2 - Jedi Outcast
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Science fiction, Online
March 26, 2002
Players: 4.5/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2 — Jedi Outcast is an action-adventure game with first and third person views in the Star Wars universe. As Kyle Katarn, an agent of...
Serious Sam: The First Encounter
Serious Sam: The First Encounter
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op)
March 21, 2001
Players: 8/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Serious Sam: The First Encounter is a first-person shooter. It's a high-adrenaline game that focuses heavily on frantic arcade-style single-player action. In a...
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view
October 1, 2002
Players: 8/10
Steam: 78/100
Metacritic: 85/100
A stealth action game about a retired contract killer forced back into service by treachery. The protagonist takes on assignments around the world, including in...
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Simulation, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Action
November 13, 2001
Players: 4.5/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 72/100
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is a hardcore tactical shooter with a first-person view. The events of the game will take you to Eastern Europe in 2008, where massive...
Delta Force 1
Delta Force 1
Action, Shooter, First-person view
September 30, 1998
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 90/100
A tactical shooter about Delta Force, a secret special operations unit carrying out missions around the world. The player undertakes operations swiftly and quietly...
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)
November 17, 2002
Players: 7.5/10
Metacritic: 97/100
Metroid Prime is a futuristic first-person shooter. Samus must travel the world of Tallon 4 in search of 12 Chozo Artifacts that will open the way to the crater...
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Helicopters, Historical, Tanks
June 22, 2001
Players: 9.5/10
Metacritic: 75/100
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis — the campaign's plot is based on a fictional conflict between NATO and the USSR during the Cold War. In addition, two...
Conflict: Desert Storm
Conflict: Desert Storm
Action, Shooter, In real time, Third-person view, Historical, Tactics, Online
September 13, 2002
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 69/100
Metacritic: 61/100
A third-person tactical shooter about a special forces squad deployed behind enemy lines. The squad must seek out and destroy enemies while sowing confusion in...
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven Special Edition
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven Special Edition
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Adventure, Open world
September 6, 2002
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 86/100
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven Special Edition is a special edition of an action-adventure game with a third-person view in an open world. It was released in a...
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Isometric, Helicopters
March 26, 1993
Players: 7.5/10
Medal of Honor: Frontline
Medal of Honor: Frontline
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical
May 29, 2002
Players: 6.7/10
Metacritic: 83/100
This first-person shooter set during World War II follows Lieutenant Jimmy Patterson as he infiltrates the German frontline. His mission is to steal the HO-IX, an...
Operation Flashpoint: Resistance
Operation Flashpoint: Resistance
Simulation, Action, Shooter, DLC, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Tanks
June 28, 2002
Players: 7.7/10
Metacritic: 77/100
An expansion for Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, set several years before the events of the original game. Victor Troska, an experienced former special...
Defender (1981)
Defender (1981)
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future)
October 22, 2002
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 58/100
A futuristic arcade shooter about defending humanity from alien forces invading the galaxy. The player controls a defender of the planet and destroys the invaders...
Operative: No One Lives Forever
Operative: No One Lives Forever
Action, Shooter, First-person view
November 9, 2000
Players: 8.4/10
Metacritic: 79/100
Operative: No One Lives Forever — first person shooter. The main character of the game is Kate Archer, a spy working for the secret organization UNITY. Most...
Soldat
Soldat
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Side view
June 29, 2002
Players: 7.3/10
Steam: 94/100
Soldat is a free-to-play, fun side-scrolling shooter inspired by games like Liero, Worms (2005), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Quake. The game has...
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle
December 20, 2001
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 80/100
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle is a third-person action game with a mixture of shooter, platformer and puzzle from the developers of SEGA Studios USA. The game is...
Delta Force: Urban Warfare
Delta Force: Urban Warfare
Action, Shooter, First-person view
July 2, 2002
Players: 8.5/10
Delta Force: Urban Warfare - as in previous games in the series Delta Force, the player acts as a fighter of the special unit "Delta". As a result of a failed...
Iron Storm
Iron Storm
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, Indie
October 23, 2002
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 75/100
Metacritic: 69/100
Iron Storm — a first-person shooter set in an alternate 60s. The First World War did not end, but grew into large-scale battles between the Russian-Mongol...
Getaway
Getaway
Action, Shooter, Third-person view
December 11, 2002
Players: 3.4/10
Metacritic: 72/100
Getaway is a third-person open-world action-adventure game. It takes you into London’s criminal underworld, where you’ll meet two main characters: former bank...
Command & Conquer: Renegade
Command & Conquer: Renegade
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Strategy, Adventure
February 27, 2002
Players: 6.7/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 75/100
Command & Conquer: Renegade — the player moves around the map, destroying enemy infantry, vehicles and buildings. When completing missions, the player uses a...
Venom. Codename: Outbreak
Venom. Codename: Outbreak
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)
October 8, 2001
Players: 8.6/10
Metacritic: 55/100
Venom. Codename: Outbreak is a tactical first-person shooter in a sci-fi setting. The plot tells about the events of 2034, when alien parasites, brought to Earth in...
Red Faction 2
Red Faction 2
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction
October 15, 2002
Players: 9.6/10
Steam: 52/100
Metacritic: 75/100
A first-person shooter set on twenty-second-century Earth, where a squad of super-soldiers moves against the dictator Sopot. Five years after the rebellion on Mars...
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars
October 28, 2002
Metacritic: 72/100
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — The game is divided into two segments: vehicles and third-person Jedi combat. The vehicle segments include most of the vehicles...
Contra 3: The Alien Wars
Contra 3: The Alien Wars
Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)
February 28, 1992
Players: 9/10
Metacritic: 70/100
Set in 2636, this futuristic shooter follows a new alien assault on Earth. Across six stages, the player fights enemy forces and giant bosses with powerful...
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op)
January 24, 2002
Players: 7.5/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter — the gameplay of this part of the game is not very different from The First Encounter, with the exception of added...
Rez
Rez
Action, Shooter, Music game, Third-person view, Cyberpunk
November 21, 2001
Metacritic: 84/100
This cyberpunk shooter with musical elements takes place inside a computer network, where the artificial intelligence Eden suffers a crisis and becomes lost deep...
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