Judas
What is Judas? Judas is a single-player shooter with a story focus developed by the American studio Ghost Story Games. Ghost Story Games operated under the name Irrational Games until 2017 and was founded by Ken Levine. The studio is primarily known for the System Shock and BioShock series.
In Judas, you play the titular protagonist, who is trapped on a decaying spaceship. You will be accompanied by 3 NPCs who regularly appear as holograms near you and participate in conversations – similar to Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077. However, they can also intervene in the action and assist you in battle or block an escape route – depending on whether they are currently feeling positively or negatively towards you.
These three characters each have different perspectives, and you will have the freedom to choose whom to support among the three. You will be promised a significant influence on the story’s outcome. Additionally, during the story, you can forge alliances with your enemies and betray them – fitting to the name Judas.
The game features roguelite elements. This means you lose all your items when you die but still have constant progression. To prevent this, you can use various weapons with your right hand. With your left hand, you unleash what is essentially magic.
Dying Light: The Beast
What is Dying Light: The Beast? With Dying Light: The Beast, the Polish developer Techland continues the “Dying Light” series. In the latest installment, you once again take on the role of Kyle Crane, whom you portrayed in the first part.
Dying Light: The Beast, however, takes place many years later. Crane was held captive for over 10 years so that scientists could conduct experiments on him. Now he has managed to escape, and naturally, he wants revenge on his tormentors.
The “Dying Light” players among you are probably wondering what this game is doing on a shooter list. The answer comes from the first trailers. Dying Light: The Beast will offer much more than just melee options. The game also provides you with pistols, flamethrowers, and a crossbow. Additionally, you can drive vehicles across the now more rural map.
FBC: Firebreak
Players: up to 3 players | Subgenre: Co-op Shooter | Mode: PvE | Perspective: First-Person |
What is FBC Firebreak? FBC: Firebreak is a co-op shooter and spin-off to the successful single-player shooter Control. With up to three players, you fight against supernatural attackers and must end the siege of a mysterious federal agency. You also have supernatural abilities but must equip yourself with the right equipment. This includes not only tools but also weapons and grenades.
Bonus Mentions
As our list is limited to just 10 games, but we still wanted to share more potentially interesting games with shooter gameplay, here is an overview of games that did not make it into our top 10.
- GTA 6 – not a classic shooter, but shooter elements are indeed present, and since it will definitely be one of the most interesting releases of the year, it deserves a mention
- Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater – single-player game with stealth and shooter mechanics that tells the origin story of Solid Snake (release year TBA)
- Luna Abyss – single-player shooter set in a futuristic setting reminiscent of Destiny 2. Promises intense combat and platforming elements
- Den of Wolves – futuristic co-op game about heists from the creative minds behind Payday 1 & 2 (release year TBA).
- Exoborne – extraction shooter with apocalyptic natural disasters sweeping across the map during rounds
- ARC Raiders – 3rd-person extraction shooter where Earth is threatened by malicious machines
- Hunger – extraction shooter in the style of Hunt: Showdown, but instead of the Wild West, it takes place in Napoleonic Europe
- Pioner – MMO survival shooter in a post-apocalyptic world reminiscent of S.T.A.L.K.E.R., offering both PvE and PvP
- Covenant – soulslike with first-person shooter gameplay and dark fantasy setting
- Ashfall – shooter MMORPG set in a post-apocalyptic future. The setting strongly resembles Fallout.
- Battlefield 2025 – While we don’t yet know the name, exact setting, trailer, or release date, a new Battlefield is indeed expected
*TBA = to be announced (about: announcement to follow)
Some of these games are not in the top 10 because they are potentially coming out after 2025. Other games didn’t make it onto the list of the 10 most interesting shooters because they belong more to other genres – such as Pioner to survival games or Ashfall to MMORPGs.
If you want to keep playing until the releases of the individual games, numerous shooters are already available that have been established in the community for months or years. We present the best ones here: The 25 best shooters of 2025 – These PvP and PvE games impress with their gameplay
