Shooter 2003 for PC — top best games in the Shooter genre

Counter-Strike 1.6 - a game in the Shooter genre

Game released: PC → 15 September 2003

Players: 7.5/10

Counter-Strike 1.6 is the most popular and stable version of the competitive team shooter with a first-person view. The main ideology is a...

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Open world, Adventure

Game released: PC → 9 October 2009

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...

Half-Life

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

Game released: PC → 12 September 2003

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Half-Life is a legendary adventure shooter with a first-person view. You have to try on the role of a silent researcher named Gordon Freeman. The...

Call of Duty

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 29 October 2003

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This first-person shooter depicts World War II through the perspectives of American, British, and Russian soldiers. Its interconnected campaigns...

Conflict: Desert Storm

Action, Shooter, In real time, Third-person view, Historical, Tactics, Online

Game released: PC → 13 September 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...

Deus Ex

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Stealth

Game released: PC → 28 February 2008

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...

Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world

Game released: PC → 30 May 2003

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...

Hitman: Codename 47

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 15 March 2007

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 64/100

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...

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 4 January 2008

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a continuation of the exciting action game with a third-person view, which continues the tragic story of police...

Postal 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Open world, Comedy

Game released: PC → 2 November 2012

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 50/100

Postal 2 is an open-world satirical action-adventure game with a first-person view. The main character in the game is a certain Dude, who is used to...

Halo: Combat Evolved

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 9 October 2003

Players: 8.7/10

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...

Alien Shooter

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 October 2003

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Alien Shooter is a dynamic shooter with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. Endless darkness and gloomy, long passages of a military...

System Shock 2

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 24 November 2003

Players: 9/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 92/100

This science-fiction horror shooter with role-playing elements unfolds aboard the derelict starship Von Braun. The protagonist awakens from cryogenic...

Line of Sight: Vietnam

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

Game released: PC → 31 May 2006

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A tactical first- and third-person shooter about an elite marksman operating during the Vietnam War. His task is to locate concealed enemy soldiers...

Beyond Good & Evil

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

Game released: PC → 13 May 2008

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This science-fiction action adventure takes place on Hyllis, a planet under siege by an alien race. Young reporter Jade becomes involved with the...

I.G.I-2: Covert Strike

Action, Shooter, Fighting, In real time, First-person view

Game released: PC → 28 October 2008

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 64/100

I.G.I-2: Covert Strike is a first-person tactical action shooter and a sequel to Project IGI. Operative David Jones carries out covert missions...

Air Raid: This is Not a Drill

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Warships / Submarines, First-person view

Game released: PC → 2 February 2010

Metacritic: 39/100

This first-person arcade shooter takes place aboard a battleship under attack during World War II. The player mans a fixed 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft...

No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 12 August 2005

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 91/100

No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way — The action takes place a year after the events of the original game. The USA and the USSR are...

Red Faction 2

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

Game released: PC → 2 July 2009

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...

Conflict: Desert Storm 2: Back to Baghdad

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 20 November 2003

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

A third-person tactical shooter set during the 1991 Gulf War. The player commands a squad of special forces operatives carrying out strikes against...

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down

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

Game released: PC → 18 June 2009

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 65/100

A first-person tactical shooter set during U.S. military operations in Mogadishu in late 1993. Delta Force operatives and Army Rangers are sent to...

Crimsonland (2003)

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 9 September 2003

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with RPG elements, pitting the player against aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and other enemies. The goal is...

Freedom Fighters

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC → 30 November 2003

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Freedom Fighters is a third-person action shooter set in an alternate-history New York under invasion by a foreign superpower. The player takes the...

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance

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

Game released: PC → 11 April 2003

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance is a stealth action game with a third-person view. This is a special edition of the game MGS2: Sons of Liberty, which...

Deus Ex: Invisible War

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 28 February 2008

Players: 9/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Deus Ex: Invisible War is a continuation of the action role-playing game with a first-person view in the cyberpunk universe of Deus Ex. The game...

Postal

Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric

Game released: PC → 14 November 1997

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Postal is a hardcore isometric shooter with dark...

Curse: The Eye of Isis

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 1 April 2009

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Set in 1890, this survival horror adventure begins at a British natural history museum, where a gang of thugs has stolen the Egyptian statue known as...

Soldier of Fortune 2: Double Helix

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 25 April 2003

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 71/100

This first-person shooter follows a modern-day mercenary trying to stop a bioterrorist organization. The action takes place around the globe, with...

XIII (2003)

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Comics

Game released: PC → 18 November 2003

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

XIII (2003) — a cult adventure shooter with a first-person view. The game is a parody of old spy films. In the story, the main character wakes...

Project IGI: I'm Going In

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 14 December 2007

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 70/100

This first-person shooter follows the pursuit of a former Russian colonel who plans to turn Europe into a nuclear wasteland. Project IGI emphasizes...

Mad Dog 2: The Lost Gold

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Interactive movie

Game released: PC → 11 April 2008

Players: 5.5/10

Mad Dog 2: The Lost Gold is a first-person arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter and interactive movie game from the developers of American...

Chrome

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

Game released: PC → 1 April 2008

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Chrome is a dynamic first-person shooter in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the distant future on colonized planets. You will take on the...

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

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

Game released: PC → 24 October 2007

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Will Rock

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 7 October 2003

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 63/100

This first-person shooter brings the gods and creatures of ancient Greek mythology into the modern world. Archaeology student Will Rock explores...

Starsky & Hutch

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

Game released: PC → 9 September 2003

Metacritic: 58/100

A racing action game based on the 1970s television series, following detectives Starsky and Hutch as they chase criminals through Bay City. Starsky...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield

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

Game released: PC → 26 January 2007

Players: 4.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This tactical first-person shooter follows Rainbow, an international counter-terrorist team facing a threat across several countries. The squad races...

Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2 - Jedi Outcast

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Science fiction, Online

Game released: PC → 16 September 2009

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...

Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force (Gold Bundle)

Action, Shooter, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: PC → July 2003

Star Trek: Voyager — Elite Force (Gold Bundle) is a first-person action game with shooter and puzzle elements from developers from the Raven...

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Breakthrough

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 16 November 2003

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

An expansion for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, this first-person shooter is set in the European Theatre of Operations during 1943–1944. Players...

Dead to Rights (2002)

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

Game released: PC → 4 December 2003

Players: 5.7/10

Metacritic: 73/100

This action shooter follows Jack Slate, a police officer framed for murder and sentenced to execution. After escaping, he sets out to take revenge on...

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Best Games in the Shooter genre of 2003 for PC