Shooter 2001 for PC — top best games in the Shooter genre

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Shooter

Game released: PC → 23 July 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...

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 3 August 2007

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...

Quake 3: Arena

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Online

Game released: PC → 3 August 2007

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 93/100

Quake 3: Arena is a cult multiplayer shooter with a first-person view. The game does not have a single-player story campaign (there is a mode where the player...

1942

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Historical

Game released: PC → 26 September 2001

Players: 7.1/10

1942 is a dynamic top-down shooter with the ability to play together with a friend on the same screen. The year is 1942, you have to try on the role of a fighter...

Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Helicopters, Historical, Tanks

Game released: PC → 9 July 2004

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...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

Simulation, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Action

Game released: PC → 7 April 2009

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...

Serious Sam: The First Encounter

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 3 August 2010

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...

Venom. Codename: Outbreak

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 16 August 2002

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...

American McGee's Alice

Action, Shooter, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 11 January 2001

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

This action platformer blends shooter and horror elements as Alice returns to Wonderland, a place she can barely recognize. The Mushroom Forest is afflicted by...

Oni

Action, Shooter, Fighting, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 2 March 2001

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 71/100

This futuristic third-person action game follows Konoko, an elite agent in the Tech Crimes Task Force. Combat combines hand-to-hand fighting with gunplay, while...

Clive Barker's Undying

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 16 March 2001

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Clive Barker's Undying is an action-horror game with a third-person view. Summoned by an old friend, you are Patrick Galloway, a master of the occult, armed with...

House of the Dead 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 22 June 2001

Players: 5.4/10

House of the Dead 2 — The gameplay, although it received several additions, remained largely the same. The player needs to shoot the monsters he encounters...

AquaNox

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 20 April 2010

Players: 5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 67/100

AquaNox is a futuristic submarine simulator with third-person shooter...

Requiem Hurts: Kankin

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Adult game

Game released: PC → 29 June 2001

Requiem Hurts: Kankin is a first-person action game with a mixture of shooter, anime or manga game and adult game from developers from Illusion studio. The game is...

Tribes 2

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots

Game released: PC → April 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 88/100

A team-based first-person shooter set in the 40th century and a sequel to Starsiege: Tribes. Players battle in teams across outdoor environments in online matches...

Evil Dead: Hail to the King

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Survival

Game released: PC → 28 March 2001

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 47/100

Red Faction

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: PC → 6 August 2009

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Set on Mars, this first-person science-fiction shooter follows miners working for the Ultor Corporation, where a deadly plague and abuse by the guards fuel growing...

Aliens versus Predator 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 22 October 2001

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Aliens versus Predator 2 is a first-person shooter in the futuristic genre. In 2220, the Corporation, under the leadership of Dr. Eisenberg, establishes a research...

Carnivores: Ice Age

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Sports game

Game released: PC → 1 December 2002

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 54/100

A first-person shooter about an expedition into the Ice Age, where the player encounters woolly mammoths, saber-toothed tigers and the dangerous yeti. The journey...

Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Trial by Fire

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 23 January 2002

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 50/100

This first-person shooter follows the events of the film Atlantis: The Lost Empire. The protagonist uses tools rather than weapons, keeping the focus away from...

Super Methane Bros

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer

Game released: PC → 15 June 2001

Super Methane Bros is an arcade game with shooter and platformer elements from developers from Apache Software Limited. The main publisher of the game is Apache...

Operation Flashpoint: Gold Edition

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Collection, Historical, Tanks

Game released: PC → 30 December 2001

Operation Flashpoint: Gold Edition is a first-person simulator with a mixture of action, shooter, flight simulator, helicopter simulator, historical game and tank...

Enemy Zero

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: PC → 15 June 2001

Enemy Zero — aboard the biological research space station AKI, Laura Lewis is in deep cryogenic sleep. The air in the chamber dissipates when the ship's...

X-COM: Enforcer

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Strategy

Game released: PC → 4 September 2008

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 65/100

A sci-fi third-person shooter about an alien invasion of America in the early 21st century. To fight the invaders, a scientist from the secret X-COM unit creates...

From Dusk Till Dawn

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 17 May 2002

Players: 6/10

From Dusk Till Dawn — Seth Gekko, one of the two survivors of From Dusk Till Dawn, was sentenced to death for the murders committed by his dead brother...

Project Eden

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 23 June 2008

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

This futuristic action shooter with puzzle elements follows an investigation into an equipment malfunction at the Real Meat factory. The player controls a...

KOPS

Arcade, Action, Shooter, In real time, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 6 June 2001

KOPS is an arcade game with a mixture of action and...

chromium B.S.U.

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view

Game released: PC → August 2001

Players: 4.1/10

chromium B.S.U. is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action and...

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 8 March 2001

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This science-fiction third-person shooter set in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine universe follows the search for three Red Orbs. The Federation believes that whoever...

Secret Service: In Harm's Way

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 20 August 2003

Secret Service: In Harm's Way is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter from the FUN Labs studio. The main publisher of the game is Activision. Secret...

Deathmatch Classic

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 1 June 2001

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Deathmatch Classic is a competitive first-person shooter inspired by id Software projects. You can arm yourself with deadly rocket launchers and test your reflexes...

Moorhen 3 ...Chicken Chase

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 4 October 2001

Moorhen 3 ...Chicken Chase is a first-person action game with shooter elements from the masters from the Phenomedia AG studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force Expansion Pack

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 9 May 2001

Metacritic: 62/100

An expansion for Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force, a first-person shooter set in the Star Trek universe. It adds five multiplayer modes and lets players explore all...

Ballerburg: Castle Siege

Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 11 December 2003

Ballerburg: Castle Siege is a third-person action game with a mixture of shooter, strategy, business simulator and fantasy game from the developers of the studio...

Jurassic Park 3: Danger Zone

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Board / Group Game, Logic, Mini-game / browser-based

Game released: PC → July 2001

Jurassic Park 3: Danger Zone — arcade action. InGen's stock of dinosaur DNA is nearly destroyed after an earthquake hits Jurassic Park. As in Jurassic Park 3...

Army Men: Air Attack

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Flight Simulator

Game released: PC → 1 September 2001

Metacritic: 77/100

This arcade action game with flight-simulation and strategy elements follows toy soldiers fighting across backyards, playgrounds and other everyday locations. The...

Intellivision Rocks

Game released: PC → November 2001

Intellivision Rocks is a first-person arcade game with elements of simulation, action, shooter, horror, baseball simulator, billiards simulator, flight simulator...

Half-Life: Blue Shift

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: PC → 24 August 2005

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This science-fiction first-person shooter returns to the Black Mesa research facility and follows security guard Barney Calhoun. He must fight the extraterrestrial...

Mortyr (2093 - 1944)

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 6 March 2008

Players: 5.5/10

Mortyr (2093 — 1944) is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter from the masters from the Mirage Media S.C. studio. The main publisher of the game...

Soldier of Fortune (Platinum Edition)

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 26 October 2001

Soldier of Fortune (Platinum Edition) is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter from developers from the studio Raven Software Corporation. The main...

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Best Games in the Shooter genre of 2001 for PC