The best 50 free shooter PC games of all time

The Free Games Utopia top 50 lists the best free-to-play, free full version and liberated video games of all time according to users ratings. The games on this list belong to the whole history of video games; you can find games for DOS, Sega Genesis, Commodore 64 all the way up to more recent systems like Android, iOS, Linux and, of course, Windows.

The concept of "free" game is not very well-defined. All the games on Free Games Utopia do not require any kind of payment to start playing right away, but may OPTIONALLY require payments in the form of subscriptions, upgrades or microtransactions (MMOs, for example).

This top 50 includes games published for many platforms:

every PC platform since the dawn of desktop computers: from popular systems (Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, Linux) to lesser known ones (Solaris, FreeBSD, BeOS)
old microcomputers: Commodore 64, Spectrum, etc.
mobile platform: mainly Android and iOS
a few popular consoles (and even old ones): Xbox, Nintendo, PlayStation

To be part of the top 50, a single game must have been voted at least three times. Use the button bar to filter the list by genre.

SHOOTER - Shooting games are action games in which the player task is to shoot enemies and staying alive using long-range weapons such as guns, bows, missiles, etc. The shooter can be a person (in FPS), an aircraft (in shoot'em up) or anything that can fire bullets. Some popular subgenres are: FPS (first-person shooters), shoot'em up, run and gun. More shooter games on Free Games Utopia.

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#	title	genre	status	rating
01.	Hyper Princess Pitch Windows	shooter / shoot 'em up	free, optional donation	4.23 / 5
02.	Warframe Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch	shooter / MMOFPS	free-to-play, with microtransactions	4.00 / 5
03.	Hero Core Windows, Mac OSX	shooter / metroidvania	free, optional donation	3.94 / 5
04.	Doom RL Windows, Mac OSX, Linux	shooter / roguelike	full free version	3.92 / 5
05.	Tyrian 2000 Windows, DOS, Mac OSX	shooter / shoot 'em up	liberated	3.91 / 5
06.	Cube Linux, Windows	shooter / first-person shooter	full free version	3.83 / 5
07.	Hydorah Windows	shooter / shoot 'em up	free, optional donation	3.83 / 5
08.	Team Fortress 2 Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3	shooter / first-person shooter	free-to-play, with microtransactions	3.82 / 5
09.	Katakis Amiga, Commodore 64	shooter / shoot 'em up	liberated	3.80 / 5
10.	Hawken Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One	shooter / MMOFPS	free-to-play, with microtransactions	3.78 / 5
11.	Warsow Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	shooter / first-person shooter	open source	3.75 / 5
12.	Beyond Castle Wolfenstein DOS	shooter / maze	liberated	3.75 / 5
13.	Shadow Warrior Windows, Linux, DOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS	shooter / first-person shooter	liberated	3.75 / 5
14.	Wolfenstein 3D DOS, Xbox, Xbox 360, Linux, iOS, Android, PlayStation 3	shooter / first-person shooter	liberated	3.70 / 5
15.	Alien Arena Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	shooter / first-person shooter	open source	3.67 / 5
16.	Xonotic Linux, Free BSD, Windows, Mac OSX	shooter / first-person shooter	open source	3.67 / 5
17.	Invisible Vision Windows	shooter / shoot 'em up	full free version	3.67 / 5
18.	Fortnite Windows, Mac OSX, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Xbox One	shooter	free-to-play, with microtransactions	3.67 / 5
19.	Alien Swarm Windows	shooter / run and gun	open source	3.64 / 5
20.	Turbo Raketti Amiga	shooter / shoot 'em up	liberated	3.60 / 5
21.	Soldat Windows	shooter	full free version	3.57 / 5
22.	Mutant Factions Windows, Linux	shooter	full free version	3.50 / 5
23.	Pixelships Windows	shooter / shoot 'em up	full free version	3.50 / 5
24.	Return of Dr. Destructo Windows, Linux, Mac OSX, Android	shooter / shoot 'em up	open source	3.44 / 5
25.	Star Wars: The Battle of Yavin Windows	shooter / space combat	free, optional donation	3.42 / 5
26.	MechWarrior Online Windows	shooter / MMOFPS	free-to-play, with microtransactions	3.40 / 5
27.	M.A.R.S. - a Ridiculous Shooter Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	shooter / arcade	free, optional donation	3.40 / 5
28.	Infinos Windows, Mac OSX	shooter / shoot 'em up	full free version	3.40 / 5
29.	Xeno Fighters EX Windows	shooter / shoot 'em up	full free version	3.38 / 5
30.	Urban Terror Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	shooter / first-person shooter	open source	3.36 / 5
31.	Cube 2: Sauerbraten Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	shooter / first-person shooter	open source	3.36 / 5
32.	Chicken Invaders Universe Windows, Android	shooter / shoot 'em up	full free version	3.36 / 5
33.	AssaultCube Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	shooter / first-person shooter	open source	3.36 / 5
34.	Hero Windows	shooter / metroidvania	free, optional donation	3.33 / 5
35.	Guns and Robots Windows	shooter / MMOFPS	free-to-play, with microtransactions	3.33 / 5
36.	Teeworlds Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	shooter / run and gun	full free version	3.33 / 5
37.	Tremulous Windows, Linux, Mac OSX, Amiga	shooter / first-person shooter	open source	3.33 / 5
38.	OverKill DOS	shooter / shoot 'em up	liberated	3.33 / 5
39.	Spheres of Chaos Windows, Linux	shooter / shoot 'em up	liberated	3.33 / 5
40.	Starsiege: Tribes Windows	shooter / first-person shooter	liberated	3.33 / 5
41.	Shoot First Windows	shooter / roguelike	full free version	3.31 / 5
42.	America's Army Windows, PlayStation 4, Linux	shooter / first-person shooter	full free version	3.29 / 5
43.	World of Tanks Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Mac OSX, Android	shooter / MMOFPS	free-to-play, with microtransactions	3.29 / 5
44.	The Winter Solstice Windows	shooter / shoot 'em up	full free version	3.25 / 5
45.	Dead Estate Classic Windows, browser	shooter / shoot 'em up	free, optional donation	3.25 / 5
46.	Time Clickers Windows, Linux, Mac OSX, iOS, Android	shooter / idle clicker	full free version	3.22 / 5
47.	Gaurodan Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	shooter / arcade	free, optional donation	3.22 / 5
48.	Verminest Windows	shooter / shoot 'em up	free, optional donation	3.20 / 5
49.	Marathon 2: Durandal Windows, Linux, Mac OSX, Xbox	shooter / first-person shooter	liberated	3.20 / 5
50.	Xeno Fighters R Windows	shooter / shoot 'em up	full free version	3.18 / 5