Shooter 2012 for PC — top best games in the Shooter genre

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - a game in the Shooter genre

Game released: PC → 21 August 2012

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) is a popular competitive team shooter with a first-person view. The main ideology is the confrontation between two teams...

Fallout: New Vegas

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 15 May 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Fallout: New Vegas is an adventure role-playing shooter with a first-person view in the post-apocalyptic Fallout universe. The events of the game will take you to...

Borderlands 2

Action, Shooter, Beat them all, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 17 September 2012

VGTimes: 9.4/10

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Borderlands 2 is a continuation of a dynamic cooperative shooter with a first-person view and role-playing elements in a post-apocalyptic world. A new era of...

Far Cry 3

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view

Game released: PC → 29 November 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Multiplatform shooter-action Far Cry 3 with RPG elements was released by Ubisoft in 2012 and immediately gained huge popularity. The game is dedicated to survival...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

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

Game released: PC → 12 November 2012

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A first-person shooter that continues the story of the series and combines events from two eras. The plot takes players from the end of the 20th century to the near...

Warface

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Free game

Game released: PC → 1 July 2014

Players: 5.2/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Warface — a free-to-play dynamic multiplayer first-person shooter. Players choose one of five classes — assault, medic, engineer, sniper, or SED — and fight in...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

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

Game released: PC → 26 June 2012

VGTimes: 7.4/10

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is a continuation of the third-person tactical shooter in the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon series. There is devastation in...

Max Payne 3

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 5 June 2012

VGTimes: 10.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Max Payne 3 is a continuation of the legendary action game with a third-person view. Max Payne, the famous fighter for justice, returns after several years. The...

Medal of Honor: Warfighter

Online, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view

Game released: PC → 15 November 2012

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 54/100

Medal of Honor: Warfighter is a continuation of the series of military shooters with a first-person view. You will again be part of a Tier One special forces unit...

Serious Sam 3: BFE

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

Game released: PC → 2 December 2011

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Serious Sam 3: BFE is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter and sandbox from the Croteam Ltd. studio. The game is published by Devolver Digital, the...

Sniper Elite V2

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

Game released: PC → 4 May 2012

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Stay Out

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Online, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Beta testing: PC → 20 August 2012; Game in development: PC → 2026; Early Access: PC → 27 November 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Stay Out is a third-person multiplayer shooter in which you have to survive in the Exclusion Zone with your friends. You will find a large open world, a post-Soviet...

Postal 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 2 November 2012

Players: 9/10

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 solving his...

Spec Ops: The Line

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 25 June 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Spec Ops: The Line is an unusual cinematic third-person shooter that will force you to confront not only real opponents, but even your own principles. Get ready to...

Mass Effect 3

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

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

VGTimes: 8.3/10

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Mass Effect 3 is the final part of the space role-playing trilogy with a third-person view. Events begin with a devastating attack on Earth by an army of an ancient...

Hotline Miami

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 23 October 2012

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Hotline Miami is a brutal and bloody top-down action game. You have to step into the shoes of a serial killer who kills hundreds of various bandits and simply not...

Darkness 2

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

Game released: PC → 6 February 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Darkness 2 is a continuation of the fantastic first-person shooter in the Darkness universe. You will once again play the role of Jackie Estacado - the head of the...

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 26 July 2012

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 51/100

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is a third-person cooperative action-horror game set in the Resident Evil universe. The plot of the game takes place in 1998...

Inversion

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 26 July 2012

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 55/100

Inversion is a third-person shooter based entirely on physics. An alien scoundrel invaded Earth, and not only invaded, but also changed the gravitational field in...

Doom 3: BFG Edition

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

Game released: PC → 19 October 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Doom 3: BFG Edition is a special edition of the first-person shooter Doom 3 with enhanced graphics and a number of other innovations. In addition to the game...

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 28 April 2010

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a first-person action game with shooter elements from developers from the studio Croteam Ltd.. The main publisher of the...

I Am Alive

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

Game released: PC → 6 September 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Hawken

Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Free game

Game released: PC → 12 December 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Hawken is a free-to-play competitive online shooter with a first-person view about combat robots. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which people...

PlanetSide 2

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Shooter, MMO, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game

Game released: PC → 20 November 2012; Beta testing: PC → 26 August 2013

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

PlanetSide 2 is a first-person role-playing game with online, action, shooter, massively multiplayer and free-to-play elements from developers Sony Online...

Alpha Protocol

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 25 May 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Alpha Protocol is a spy role-playing action game with a third-person view. You will get into the role of a young agent Michael Thorton, who was framed by the US...

Gotham City Impostors

Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Comics, Free game

Game released: PC → 7 February 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Gotham City Impostors is a free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter based on the Batman comic book series. The game is designed for teams of 4 by 4 people. You...

Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb

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

Game released: PC → 29 May 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Binary Domain

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

Game released: PC → 27 April 2012

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Binary Domain is a dynamic tactical shooter with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. Tokyo, 2080. On the streets of the metropolis, people and robots clashed...

Combat Arms

Online, Shooter, First-person view, Free game

Game released: PC → 26 July 2012

Players: 7.9/10

Combat Arms is a free-to-play competitive shooter with a first-person view. The game features more than 300 types of weapons, 34 maps, 12 game modes and 4,500,000...

Battlefield 3: Close Quarters

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

Game released: PC → 26 June 2012

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Battlefield 3: Close Quarters is an add-on for an exciting first-person shooter. The addition will allow you to fight on closed maps without using military...

007 Legends

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

Game released: PC → 5 November 2012

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 43/100

007 Legends is a first-person spy shooter in the 007 series. The game begins during the beginning of the events of the film 007: Skyfall, in which Bond is seriously...

Miner Wars 2081

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

Game released: PC → 28 November 2012

Players: 1/10

Metacritic: 52/100

Miner Wars 2081 is a third-person online game with action and shooter elements from developers from the Keen Software House studio. The game is published by Keen...

Primal Carnage

Action, Shooter

Game released: PC → 29 October 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Primal Carnage is an action game with shooter elements from the masters from the Lukewarm Media studio. The game is published by Lukewarm Media and Reverb Triple...

Natural Selection 2

Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 30 October 2012

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Infestation: Survivor Stories

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, In real time, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 17 December 2012

Players: 6.6/10

Infestation: Survivor Stories is an action role-playing game for several people. One of the most iconic games in survival history returns, bringing classic gameplay...

Painkiller: Hell & Damnation

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 1 August 2013

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 52/100

Painkiller: Hell & Damnation is a continuation of the hardcore and bloody third-person shooter, which is a re-release of the original Painkiller, released in 2004...

Syndicate (2012)

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

Game released: PC → 21 February 2012

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Syndicate (2012) — Taking the storyline of the popular 1993 tactics game Syndicate as a basis, Starbreeze makes a modern remake in the spirit of cyberpunk and...

Painkiller: Recurring Evil

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 29 February 2012

Players: 3.8/10

Hard Reset

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

Game released: PC → 13 September 2011

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Hard Reset is a first-person action game with shooter elements from the studio Flying Wild Hog sp. z o.o.. The game is published by Flying Wild Hog sp. z o.o. and...

Hard Reset: Extended Edition

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

Game released: PC → 12 July 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Hard Reset: Extended Edition is an expanded edition of a dynamic first-person shooter in a cyberpunk setting. The events of the game will take you to the distant...

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Best Games in the Shooter genre of 2012 for PC