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Half-Life
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
November 19, 1998
Players: 8.5/10
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 game takes place...
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Black Mesa
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
May 5, 2015
Players: 8.5/10
Black Mesa is a remake of the most legendary adventure shooter with a first-person view, Half-Life. The events of the game completely repeat the story of the...
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Quake
Action, Shooter, First-person view
June 22, 1996
Players: 8.6/10
Metacritic: 84/100
Quake is a legendary sci-fi first-person shooter. You will try on the role of a nameless soldier who needs to fight the legions of death sent by a mysterious enemy...
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Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops
Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view
April 5, 2011
Players: 4.4/10
Metacritic: 34/100
Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops is a third-person action game with a mixture of shooter and stealth games from the developers of Black Lion Studios GmbH. The main...
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Virtual Resort: Spring Break
Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric
September 6, 2002
Players: 10/10
Virtual Resort: Spring Break is an isometric simulator with a dash of business simulator from Deep Red Games Ltd.. The game is published by Eidos Interactive, Inc...
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Zeno Clash
Action, Shooter, Fighting, First-person view
April 21, 2009
Players: 5/10
Metacritic: 77/100
Zeno Clash is a first-person action game with a mixture of shooter and fighting from the studio ACE Team Software. The game is published by ACE Team Software. It...
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Game of Life
Arcade, Board / Group Game, Logic
November 12, 2011
Game of Life is an arcade game from developers from the Electronic Arts studio. The game is published by Electronic...
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Counter-Strike Online
Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Free game, Tactics
July 24, 2008
Players: 6.9/10
Counter-Strike Online — shareware special version of Counter-Strike 1.6 for Asian audiences. The game features original online game modes, both taken from...
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Crysis: Warhead
Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
September 16, 2008
Players: 8.7/10
Metacritic: 84/100
Crysis: Warhead is a continuation of the adventure shooter with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. This time you will watch the story of the original Crysis...
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Hellbringers
Indie, Shooter, First-person view, Online
May 21, 2023
The events of the game take place in 2150. Monsters from hell have captured the alternate universe of the Soviets and want to make their way to planet Earth. The...
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Postal 2
Action, Shooter, First-person view
April 13, 2003
Players: 8.9/10
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...
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Hitman: Codename 47
Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view
November 19, 2000
Players: 7.8/10
Metacritic: 73/100
Hitman: Codename 47 is a third-person action game with a mixture of shooter and stealth games from developers from the studio IO Interactive A/S. The game is...
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Far Cry 2
Action, Shooter, First-person view
October 21, 2008
Players: 7.9/10
Metacritic: 85/100
Far Cry 2 is a continuation of the dynamic first-person shooter. The game takes place in a small African province where a fierce civil war is being waged. You play...
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Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Online, Action, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval
October 9, 2012
Players: 7.6/10
Metacritic: 65/100
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is a competitive action game with a first-person view in a medieval setting. You can choose one of four classes (archer, soldier...
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Counter-Strike
Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics
November 8, 2000
Players: 7.9/10
Metacritic: 81/100
Counter-Strike is a competitive team shooter with a first-person view. Initially, the game was a modification to Half-Life, but its great popularity made it...
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FIFA Manager 12
Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view, Sports game, Sandbox
October 18, 2011
Players: 5.5/10
Metacritic: 72/100
FIFA Manager 12 is a third-person simulator with elements of a business simulator, sports game and sandbox from the masters from the Bright Future GmbH studio. The...
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Zeno Clash 2
Role-playing game, Action, Beat them all, First-person view
April 30, 2013
Metacritic: 61/100
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Alpha Prime
Action, Shooter, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
December 21, 2006
Players: 7/10
Metacritic: 59/100
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DUSK
Shooter, Horror, First-person view
December 10, 2018
Players: 8.3/10
Metacritic: 88/100
A retro shooter filled with three atmospheric campaign episodes, designed in the spirit of the 90s. The main character fights against mystical creatures. The game...
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Hellraid
Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, First-person view
May 21, 2015
Anticipation Rating: 9.1/10
Hellraid is a first-person fantasy action game; the developers described it as a cooperative first-person slasher game, which would include gameplay elements...
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Red Faction 2
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
October 15, 2002
Players: 9.6/10
Metacritic: 75/100
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Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Action
October 24, 2006
Players: 9.3/10
Metacritic: 62/100
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Crysis
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox
November 13, 2007
Players: 8.3/10
Metacritic: 84/100
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Section 8: Prejudice
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
April 20, 2011
Players: 9.5/10
Metacritic: 74/100
Section 8: Prejudice — The player can use Overdrive to move horizontally at superhuman speeds, or activate their jetpack to reach new heights. Rather than...
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Duke Nukem Forever
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adult game
June 9, 2011
Players: 7.9/10
Metacritic: 51/100
Duke Nukem Forever is a continuation of the legendary first-person shooter in the sci-fi series of games about Duke Nukem. Bloodthirsty aliens are stealing every...
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Team Fortress Classic
Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view
April 1, 1999
Players: 6.4/10
Team Fortress Classic is a competitive first-person shooter that pits two opposing teams against each other. You have a choice of ten character classes: from Medic...
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LawBreakers
Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game
August 4, 2017
Players: 4.6/10
Metacritic: 76/100
LawBreakers is a team-based first-person shooter where different factions fight. The events of the game develop when the Earth has come to an end — albeit not...
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Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view
October 1, 2002
Players: 8/10
Metacritic: 85/100
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Tiger Knight: Empire War
Strategy, MMO, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game
October 25, 2016
Players: 5.2/10
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Lichdom: Battlemage
Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval
August 25, 2014
Players: 7/10
Metacritic: 69/100
Lichdom: Battlemage is an action role-playing game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. You have to fight hundreds of unique enemies using magical powers...
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Shadow Ops: Red Mercury
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
June 15, 2004
Players: 8/10
Metacritic: 61/100
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Wolfenstein 3D
Action, Shooter
May 5, 1992
Players: 9.5/10
Metacritic: 62/100
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Half-Life: Blue Shift
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future)
April 5, 2001
Players: 8.6/10
Metacritic: 71/100
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Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
Action, Shooter, First-person view
March 4, 1997
Players: 10/10
Metacritic: 71/100
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Counter-Strike 1.6
Action, Shooter, First-person view
September 15, 2003
Players: 7.6/10
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 confrontation between two...
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Half-Life: Opposing Force
Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
November 1, 1999
Players: 9/10
Half-Life: Opposing Force is one of the most famous additions to the first-person shooter Half-Life. You will experience the familiar events that happened in the...
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Culling
Online, Action, MMO, First-person view
December 15, 2017
Anticipation Rating: 6.7/10
Culling is a multiplayer action game with a first-person view from the developers of Lichdom: Battlemage. The game takes place on an island where sixteen people...
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For Honor
Online, Action, MMO, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval
February 13, 2017
Players: 7.5/10
Metacritic: 78/100
For Honor is a competitive medieval-fantasy action game about sword fights and large-scale battlefields. You will take part in team battles for territory with many...
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Far Cry
Action, Shooter, First-person view
March 23, 2004
Players: 8.2/10
Metacritic: 71/100
Far Cry is an exciting first-person shooter. You are Jack Carver, the owner of a small charter company that rents boats in the tropical state of Micronesia. With...
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Half-Life 3
Action, Shooter, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic
2028
Anticipation Rating: 8.5/10
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Cart Life
Simulation, Adventure, Business / Management, Indie
March 18, 2013
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Painkiller: Recurring Evil
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view
February 29, 2012
Players: 3.8/10
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Still Life
Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle
April 14, 2005
Players: 9/10
Metacritic: 73/100
Still Life is a detective adventure with quest elements and mini-games about an FBI employee who is investigating a series of bloody murders from the authors of...
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Condemned: Criminal Origins
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Fighting, First-person view, Detective
November 16, 2005
Players: 9.3/10
Metacritic: 80/100
A dark psychological thriller in which the hunt for killers gradually turns into a hunt for one's own sanity. FBI agent Ethan Thomas investigates a series of brutal...
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Kingpin: Life of Crime
Action, Shooter, First-person view
June 1, 1999
Players: 8.9/10
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Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior
Role-playing game, Action, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval
November 14, 2013
Players: 6.9/10
Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior is a first-person role-playing game with action and fantasy elements from the masters at Torn Banner Studios. The game is published by...
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