List of third-person shooters

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Third-person shooter (TPS) is a genre of 3D action video game in which the player character is visible on-screen, and the gameplay consists primarily of shooting.

Contents

Legend

Video game platforms
3DO 3DO
3DS Nintendo 3DS
AMI Amiga
Arcade Arcade video game
C64 Commodore 64
CPC Amstrad CPC
DC Dreamcast
DOS MS-DOS
DROI Android
DS Nintendo DS
FMT FM Towns
GBA Game Boy Advance
GCN GameCube
iOS iOS
iPad iPad
iPhone iPhone
LIN Linux
MAC Mac
MOBI Mobile phone
N64 Nintendo 64
NEO Neo Geo
NEOCD Neo Geo CD
NES Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom
NGE N-Gage
NX Nintendo Switch
OSX macOS / OS X
PS1 PlayStation / PSone
PS2 PlayStation 2
PS3 PlayStation 3
PS4 PlayStation 4
PSN PlayStation Network
PSP PlayStation Portable
PSV PlayStation Vita
SAT Sega Saturn
SNES Super NES / Super Famicom
VC Virtual Console (Wii)
Wii Wii
WiiU Wii U
WIN Microsoft Windows
WIN9X Windows 9x
WINNT Windows NT
X360 Xbox 360
XBLA Xbox Live Arcade
XBOX Xbox
XOne Xbox One
ZX ZX Spectrum
  
  

The platform ROBLOX also has lots of TPS.

List

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TitleDeveloperPlatform(s)Release date
3-D WorldRunner Square FDS, NES1987-03-12
3rd Birthday, The HexaDrive PSP2010-12-22
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand Swordfish Studios PS3, X3602009-02-20
50 Cent: Bulletproof Genuine Games PS2, PSP, Xbox2005-11-17
Advent Rising GlyphX Games Xbox, WIN2005-05-31
Agents of Mayhem Volition WIN, PS4, XONE2017-08-15
Airheart Dan Gorlin APL21986-??-??
Alien Swarm Black Cat Games WIN2004-05-28
Alan Wake Remedy Entertainment X360, WIN2010-05-14
Alan Wake's American Nightmare Remedy Entertainment X360, WIN2012-02-22
Alan Wake 2 Remedy Entertainment WIN, PS5, XSX2023-10-27
Alpha Protocol Obsidian Entertainment WIN, PS3, X3602010-05-27
American McGee's Alice Rogue Entertainment WIN, MAC, PS3, X3602000-12-05
Anthem BioWare WIN, PS4, XONE2019-02-22
APB: All Points Bulletin Realtime Worlds WIN, XONE, PS42010-06-29
Apocalypse Neversoft PS11998-10-31
Apocalyptica Extreme FX WIN2003-10-24
Armed and Dangerous Planet Moon Studios WIN, Xbox2003-12-02
Armored Core V FromSoftware PS3, X3602012-03-20
Army of Two EA Montreal PS3, X3602008-03-04
Army of Two: The 40th Day EA Montreal PS3, X360, PSP2010-01-12
Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel Visceral Games, EA Montreal PS3, X3602013-03-26
Astro Boy Sonic Team PS22004-04-18
Astrorock Intrepid Software Solutions WIN9X (Windows 95)1996-07-31
BaboViolent 2 RndLabs Client: WIN
Server: WIN, LIN		2006-10-10
Bad Boys: Miami Takedown Blitz Games GCN, PS2, WIN, Xbox2004-02-25
Battlefield Heroes DICE, Easy StudiosWIN2009-06-25
Beyond Forbidden Forest Cosmi Corporation C641986-??-??
Binary Domain Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio PS3, WIN, X3602012-02-16
Bionic Commando Grin PS3, X360, WIN2009-05-19
Bionicle Heroes TT Games DS, GBA, GCN, PS2, X360, Wii, WIN2006-11-14
Blasto Sony Interactive PS11998-04-09
Blinx: The Time Sweeper ArtoonXbox2002
Bloodrayne Terminal Reality Xbox, PS2, WIN, GameCube, OSX, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX, NX2002-10-15
Bloodrayne 2 Terminal Reality Xbox, PS2, WIN, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX, NX2004-10-13
Border Break Sega AM2 Arcade, PS42009-09-01
Bounty Hounds XPEC PSP2006-09-12
Brawl Stars Supercell iOS, Android2018-12-12
Brute Force Digital Anvil Xbox2003-05-27
Bullet Witch Cavia X360, WIN2006-07-27
Bureau: XCOM Declassified, The 2K Marin WIN, PS3, X360, OSX2013-08-20
Burning Rangers Sonic Team SAT1998-02-26
C-12: Final Resistance SCE Studio Cambridge PS12001-04-06
Cabal TAD Corporation ARC, AMI, CPC, C64, ZX, DOS, NES1988-07-25
C The Contra Adventure Appaloosa Interactive PS11998-08-01
Callisto Protocol, The Striking Distance StudiosWIN, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX2022-12-02
Captain Quazar Cyclone Studios 3DO, WIN1996-02-01
Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall Unity Web Player OSX, WINNT2009-01-14
Club, The Bizarre Creations WIN, PS3, X3602008-02-07
Computer Space [1] Syzygy Engineering ARC1971
Conflict: Desert Storm Pivotal Games WIN, PS2, Xbox, GCN2002-09-13
Conflict: Desert Storm II Pivotal Games WIN, PS2, Xbox, GCN2003-09-19
Conflict: Global Terror Pivotal Games WIN, PS2, Xbox2005-09-30
Conflict: Vietnam Pivotal Games WIN, PS2, Xbox2004-09-03
Cosmic Break CyberStep WIN2008-12-19
Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn Sugar and Rockets PS12000-01-27
Crackdown Realtime Worlds X3602007-02-20
Crackdown 2 Ruffian Games X3602010-07-06
Crackdown 3 Sumo Digital WIN, XONE2019-02-15
CrimeCraft Vogster Entertainment WIN2009-08-25
Control Remedy Entertainment PS4, XONE, WIN, NX, PS5, XSX2019-08-27
Cyber Sled Namco Arcade, PS1, PSN1993-??-??
Damnation Blue Omega Entertainment WIN, PS3, X3602009-05-22
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls Spike Chunsoft PS4, PSV, WIN2014-09-25
Dark Sector Digital Extremes PS3, WIN, X3602008-04-04
Deadpool High Moon Studios WIN, PS3, X360, PS4, XONE2013-06-25
Days Gone Bend Studio PS4, WIN2019-04-26
Dead Rising 3 Capcom Vancouver XONE, WIN2013-11-22
Dead Rising 4 Capcom Vancouver WIN, XONE, PS42016-12-06
Dead Space Visceral Games WIN, PS3, X3602008-10-13
Dead Space IronMonkey Studios iOS, Android2011-01-25
Dead Space 2 Visceral Games WIN, PS3, X3602011-01-25
Dead Space 3 Visceral Games WIN, PS3, X3602013-02-25
Dead Space Motive Studio WIN, PS5, XSX2023-01-27
Dead to Rights Namco Hometek Xbox, PS2, GCN, WIN2002-08-19
Dead to Rights II Widescreen GamesPS2, Xbox, WIN2005-04-12
Dead to Rights: Reckoning Rebellion Developments PSP2005-06-28
Dead to Rights: Retribution Volatile Games PS3, X3602010-04-23
Death to Spies Haggard Games 2007-10-16
DeathDrome Zipper Interactive WIN1996-01-01
Des Blood 4 Illusion WIN2002-09-13
Destroy All Humans! Pandemic Studios PS2, Xbox2005-06-21
Destroy All Humans! 2 Pandemic Studios PS2, Xbox2006-10-20
Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed Locomotive Games Wii2008-02-25
Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon Sandblast Games PS3, X3602008-12-01
Devastators Konami Arcade1988-06-23
Devil Inside, The Gamesquad WIN2000-03-01
Devil's Third Valhalla Game Studios WiiU2015-08-04
Die Hard Dynamix DOS1989-12-??
Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas n-Space PS1, WIN2000-02-29
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII Square Enix PS22006-01-26
Dragon Drive: D-Masters Shot Treasure GCN2003-03-30
Drake of the 99 Dragons Idol FX Xbox2003-01-01
DRIV3R Reflections Interactive PS2, Xbox, WIN2004-06-21
Driver: Parallel Lines Reflections Interactive PS2, Xbox, WIN, Wii2006-03-14
Driver 76 Ubisoft Reflections PSP2007-05-08
Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes n-Space PS12000-09-19
Duke Nukem: Time to Kill n-Space PS11998-09-30
Duke Nukem: Zero Hour n-Space N641999-08-01
E.X. Troopers Capcom, HexaDrive 3DS, PS32012-11-22
Earth Defense Force 2017 Sandlot PSV, X3602006-12-14
Earth Defense Force 2025 Sandlot PS3, X3602013-07-04
Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair Sandlot PS4, WIN2015-04-02
Earth Defense Force 5 Sandlot PS4, WIN2017-12-07
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard Vicious Cycle Software PS3, X3602009-02-26
Elite Warriors: Vietnam nFusionWIN2005-03-25
El Matador Plastic Reality TechnologiesWIN2006-09-08
Eradicator Accolade DOS1996-01-01
Evil West Flying Wild Hog WIN, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX2022-11-22
Evil Within, The Tango Gameworks PS3, PS4, WIN, X360, XONE2014-10-14
Evil Within 2, The Tango Gameworks PS4, WIN, XONE2017-10-13
Exteel NCsoft WIN2008-10-28
Fade to Black Delphine Software International DOS, PS11995-08-31
Fracture Day 1 Studios PS3, X3602008-10-07
Freedom Fighters IO Interactive GCN, PS2, WIN, Xbox2003-09-26
Fortnite Epic Games WIN, PS5, PS4, PS3, XSX, XSS, XONE, X360, NX, OSX2017-07-27
Foxhole Siege CampWIN2022-09-28
Fur Fighters Bizarre Creations DC, PS2, WIN2000-06-23
Fuse Insomniac Games X360, PS32013-05-28
Future Cop: LAPD Electronic Arts MAC, PS1, PSN, WIN1998-08-31
Galaxy Game [1] Bill Pitts, Hugh TuckARC1971-11
Gangs of London Team Soho PSP2006-09-01
Garena Free Fire 111dots Studio & Garena DROI, iOS2017-08-23
Gears of War Epic Games X360, WIN2006-11-07
Gears of War 2 Epic Games X3602008-11-07
Gears of War 3 Epic Games X3602011-09-20
Gears of War: Judgment People Can Fly X3602013-03-19
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition The Coalition XONE, WIN2015-08-25
Gears of War 4 The Coalition WIN, XONE2016-10-11
Gears 5 The Coalition WIN, XONE2019-09-10
Getaway, The Team Soho PS22002-12-11
Getaway: Black Monday, The Team Soho PS22004-11-12
Ghetto Golf Unreal Engine 3 WIN, PS3, X360TBA
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Terminal Reality DS, PS3, PS2, PSP, X360, Wii, WIN2009-06-16
Ghost in the Shell Exact Co., Ltd. PS11997-07-17
Giants: Citizen Kabuto Planet Moon Studios PS2, OSX, WIN2000-12-07
Global Agenda Hi-Rez Studios WIN2010-02-01
Global Defence Force Sandlot PS2, PSP, PSV2005-07-28
Goddess of Victory: Nikke [2] Shift UpDROI, iOS2022-11-04
Godfather, The EA Redwood Shores PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, WIN, X360, Xbox2006-03-21
Godfather II, The EA Redwood Shores PS3, WIN, X3602009-04-07
Grand Theft Auto III DMA Design PS2, WIN, Xbox, OSX, Android, iOS2001-10-23
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Rockstar North PS2, WIN, Xbox, OSX, iOS, Android2002-10-29
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Rockstar North PS2, WIN, Xbox, OSX, iOS, Android, X360, PS32004-10-26
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Rockstar Leeds PSP, PS2, iOS, Android2005-10-25
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories Rockstar Leeds, Rockstar North PSP, PS22006-10-31
Grand Theft Auto IV Rockstar North PS3, X360, WIN2008-04-29
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned Rockstar North X360, WIN, PS32009-02-17
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony Rockstar North X360, WIN, PS32009-10-29
Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar North PS3, X360, PS4, XONE, WIN, PS5, XSX2013-09-17
Gun Neversoft WIN, PS2, Xbox, GCN, X360, PSP2005-11-08
Gunslinger Stratos Taito & Square Enix Arcade2012-07-12
Gunslinger Stratos 2 Taito & Square Enix Arcade2013-11-07
GunValkyrie Smilebit Xbox2002-03-30
GunZ: The Duel MAIET Entertainment WIN2006-11-01
Gundam Seed: Rengou vs. Z.A.F.T. Capcom Arcade, PS2, PSP2005-01-01
Gungage Konami PS11999-06-03
Gungrave Red Entertainment PS22002-09-16
Gungrave: Overdose Inkusabune PS22004-03-04
Gungrave G.O.R.E Studio IGGYMOBWIN, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX, NX2022-11-22
Guns and Robots Masthead Studios WIN2014-08-04
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2 Ritual Entertainment LIN, MAC, OSX, WIN2000-08-02
Helldivers 2 Arrowhead Game Studios WIN, PS52024-02-08
Heretic II Raven Software AMI, LIN, MAC, WIN1998-10-31
Higurashi Daybreak Twilight Frontier PSP, WINNT2006-08-13
Hitman: Codename 47 IO Interactive WIN2000-11-19
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin IO Interactive WIN, PS2, XBOX2002-10-01
Hitman: Contracts IO Interactive WIN, PS2, XBOX2004-04-30
Hitman: Blood Money IO Interactive WIN, PS2, PS4, XBOX, X360, XONE2006-05-26
Hitman: Absolution IO Interactive WIN, PS3, PS4, X360, XONE, OSX2012-11-20
Hitman IO Interactive WIN, PS4, XONE, LIN, MAC2016-03-11
Hitman 2 IO Interactive WIN, PS4, XONE2018-11-13
Hitman 3 IO Interactive WIN, PS4, PS5, XONE, NX, XSX2021-01-20
Hybrid 5TH Cell XBLA2012-08-08
Hydrophobia Dark Energy Digital X360 (XBLA), WIN, PS3 (PSN)2010-09-29
Infected Planet Moon Studios PSP2005-12-15
Infernal Metropolis Software WIN, X3602007-05-08
Inversion Saber Interactive WIN, PS3, X3602012-06-05
Iron Man Secret Level, Artificial Mind and Movement PS3, X360, PS2, PSP, DS, Wii, WIN2008-05-02
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing EA Canada GCN, PS2, Xbox2004-02-17
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love Electronic Arts GCN, PS2, PSP, Xbox2005-11-01
James Bond 007: Blood Stone Bizarre Creations WIN, PS3, X360, DS2010-11-02
Jet Force Gemini Rare N641999-10-11
JJ Square NES1987-12-07
Just Cause Avalanche Studios PS2, X360, Xbox, WIN2006-09-22
Just Cause 2 Avalanche Studios PS3, X360, WIN2010-03-23
Just Cause 3 Avalanche Studios WIN, PS4, XONE2015-12-01
Just Cause 4 Avalanche Studios WIN, PS4, XONE2018-12-04
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men IO Interactive WIN, PS3, X3602007-11-13
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days IO Interactive WIN, PS3, X3602010-08-17
Kid Icarus: Uprising Project Sora 3DS2012-03-22
Kill Switch Namco USA PS2, Xbox, GBA2003-10-28
Last of Us, The Naughty Dog PS3, PS4, PS5, WIN2013-06-14
Last of Us: Left Behind, The Naughty Dog PS3, PS4, PS5, WIN2014-02-14
Last of Us Part II, The Naughty Dog PS4, PS52020-06-19
Last Survivor Sega Arcade, FMT1989-??-??
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Capcom X360, WIN, PS32006-12-21
Lost Planet 2 Capcom PS3, X360, WIN2010-05-11
Lost Planet 3 Spark Unlimited WIN, PS3, X3602013-08-27
Loadout Edge of Reality WIN2014-01-31
Love & Destroy Arc Entertainment, Inti Creates PS11999-12-16
MDK Shiny Entertainment DOS, PS1, WIN1997-05-31
MDK2 BioWare DC, PS2, WIN2000-03-31
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Eidos-Montréal WIN, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX, NX2021-10-26
Mass Effect BioWare X360, WIN, PS3, PS4, XONE2007-11-20
Mass Effect 2 BioWare WIN, X360, PS3, PS4, XONE2010-01-26
Mass Effect 3 BioWare WIN, PS3, X360, WiiU, PS4, XONE2012-03-06
Mass Effect: Andromeda BioWare WIN, PS4, XONE2017-03-21
Made Man SilverBack StudiosPS2, WIN2006-11-06
Mafia Illusion Softworks WIN, PS2, Xbox2002-08-29
Mafia II 2K Czech WIN, PS3, X360, OSX, PS4, XONE2010-08-24
Mafia III Hangar 13 WIN, PS4, XONE, OSX2016-10-07
Mafia: Definitive Edition Hangar 13 WIN, PS4, XONE2020-09-25
Mageslayer Raven Software WIN1997-09-30
Matrix: Path of Neo, The Shiny Entertainment PS2, WIN, Xbox2005-11-08
Max Payne Remedy Entertainment WIN, PS2, Xbox, OSX, GBA, iOS, Android, PS42001-07-24
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Remedy Entertainment WIN, Xbox, PS22003-10-14
Max Payne 3 Rockstar Games WIN, PS3, X360, OSX2012-05-15
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction Pandemic Studios PS2, Xbox2005-01-11
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames Pandemic Studios WIN, PS2, PS3, X3602008-08-31
Messiah Shiny Entertainment WIN2000-03-31
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System Swingin' Ape Studios GCN, PS2, X360, Xbox2003-11-18
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Kojima Productions PS32008-06-12
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Kojima Productions PSP, PS3, X3602010-04-29
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Kojima Productions WIN, PS3, PS4, X360, XONE2015-09-01
Metal Slug SNK Playmore PS22006-06-29
Metal Wolf Chaos FromSoftware Xbox, WIN, PS4, XONE2004-12-22
Miami Vice: The Game Rebellion Developments PSP2006-08-31
Mission: Impossible Ocean Software PS1, N641998-07-18
Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma Paradigm Entertainment GBA, GCN, PS2, Xbox2003-12-02
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny: Rengou vs. Z.A.F.T. II Capcom Arcade, PS22006-01-01
Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam Capcom GCN, PS22004-12-09
NAM-1975 SNK ARC, NEO, NEOCD, VC1990-04-26
Nanosaur Pangea Software MAC, WIN1998-01-01
CT Special Forces: Fire for Effect Asobo Studio WIN, PS2, Xbox2005-03-22
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath Oddworld Inhabitants PS3, WIN, Xbox2005-01-25
Oni Bungie WIN, MAC, PS22001-01-26
Order: 1886, The Ready at Dawn PS42015-02-20
Outfit, The Relic Entertainment X3602006-03-13
Outriders People Can Fly WIN, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX2021-04-01
Outwars SingleTrac WIN1998-04-01
P.N.03 Capcom GCN2003-03-27
Paragon Epic Games WIN, PS4Cancelled
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare PopCap Games PS3, PS4, X360, X1, WIN2014-02-25
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 PopCap Games WIN, PS4, XONE2016-2-23
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville PopCap Games WIN, PS4, XONE2019-10-18
Postal III Trashmasters, Running with Scissors WIN2011-12-21
Project Eden Core Design PS2, WIN2001-10-08
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy Midway Games PS2, WIN, Xbox2004-06-14
Punisher, The Volition PS2, WIN, Xbox2005-01-18
Quantum Break Remedy Entertainment XONE, WIN2016-04-05
Radar Scope [3] Nintendo ARC1979-12
Ratchet: Deadlocked Insomniac Games PS22005-10-25
Ratchet & Clank Insomniac Games PS22002-11-04
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One Insomniac Games PS32011-10-18
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time Insomniac Games PS32009-10-27
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty Insomniac Games PS32008-08-21
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction Insomniac Games PS32007-10-23
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando Insomniac Games PS22003-11-11
Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus Insomniac Games PS32013-11-06
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters High Impact Games PSP2007-02-13
Ratchet & Clank Insomniac Games PS42016-04-12
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal Insomniac Games PS22004-11-03
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Insomniac Games PS5, WIN2021-06-11
Re-Mission Realtime Associates WIN2006-04-03
ReCore Armature Studio WIN, XONE2016-09-13
Red Dead Revolver Rockstar San Diego PS2, Xbox2004-05-03
Red Dead Redemption Rockstar San Diego PS3, X360, PS4, NX2010-05-18
Red Dead Redemption 2 Rockstar Games PS4, XONE, WIN2018-10-26
Red Faction: Guerrilla Volition PS3, X360, WIN, PS4, XONE, NX2009-06-05
Red Faction: Armageddon Volition PS3, WIN, X3602011-06-07
Remnant: From the Ashes Gunfire Games WIN, PS4, XONE, NX2019-08-20
Remnant 2 Gunfire Games WIN, PS5, XSX2023-07-25
Renegade X Totem Arts WIN2014-02-26
Reservoir Dogs Volatile Games PS2, WIN, Xbox2006-10-24
Resident Evil 4 Capcom DROI, GCN, iOS, NX, PS2, PS3, PS4, Wii, WIN, X360, XONE2005-01-11
Resident Evil 5 Capcom NX, PS3, PS4, WIN, X360, XONE2009-03-05
Resident Evil 6 Capcom NX, PS3, PS4, WIN, X360, XONE2012-10-02
Resident Evil: Revelations Capcom 3DS, WIN, PS3, X360, WiiU, PS4, XONE, NX2012-01-26
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Capcom WIN, PS3, PS4, X360, XONE, NX, VITA2015-02-24
Resident Evil 2 Capcom PS4, WIN, XONE2019-01-25
Resident Evil 3 Capcom PS4, WIN, XONE2020-04-03
Resident Evil 4 Capcom WIN, PS4, PS5, XSX, OSX, iOS2023-03-24
Resistance: Retribution Bend Studio PSP, PS4, PS52009-03-12
Returnal Housemarque PS5, WIN2021-04-30
Rise of the Tomb Raider Crystal Dynamics X360, XONE, WIN, PS4, OSX, LIN2015-11-10
Risk of Rain 2 Hopoo GamesWIN, PS4, XONE, NX2020-08-11
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy High Moon Studios PS3, X3602008-06-03
Rogue Company First Watch Games WIN, XONE, PS4, NX, PS5, XSX2020-09-30
Rogue Trooper Rebellion Developments PS2, Wii, WIN, Xbox, PS4, XONE, NX2006-04-21
Run Like Hell Digital Mayhem PS2, Xbox2002-02-27
S4 League Game On Studio Pentavision (formerly)WIN2008-01-01
Saboteur, The Pandemic Studios PS3, WIN, X3602009-12-04
Saints Row Volition X3602006-08-28
Saints Row 2 Volition PS3, X360, WIN, LIN2008-10-01
Saints Row: The Third Volition PS3, WIN, X360, LIN, NX, PS4, XONE, PS5, XSX2011-10-15
Saints Row IV Volition PS3, WIN, X360, PS4, XONE, NX2013-08-20
Saints Row Volition WIN, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX2022-08-23
Scarface: The World Is Yours Radical Entertainment WIN, PS2, Xbox, Wii2006-10-10
Second Sight Free Radical Design PS2, Xbox, GCN, WIN2004-09-03
Shadow the Hedgehog SEGA Studio USA GCN, PS2, Xbox2005-11-15
Shadows of the Damned Grasshopper Manufacture PS3, X3602011-06-21
Shadow of the Tomb Raider Eidos-Montréal WIN, PS4, XONE, OSX, LIN2018-09-14
Shellshock: Nam '67 Guerrilla Games WIN, PS2, Xbox2004-09-03
Shield, The Point of View PS2, WIN2007-01-09
Slave Zero Accolade DC, WIN1999-10-31
Sleeping Dogs United Front Games WIN, PS3, X360, PS4, XONE, OSX2012-08-14
Sniper Elite Rebellion Developments WIN, PS2, Xbox, Wii, OSX2005-09-30
Sniper Elite V2 Rebellion Developments WIN, PS3, X360, WiiU, PS4, XONE, NX2012-05-02
Sniper Elite III Rebellion Developments WIN, PS3, PS4, X360, XONE, NX2014-06-27
Sniper Elite 4 Rebellion Developments WIN, PS4, XONE, NX2017-02-14
Sniper Elite 5 Rebellion Developments WIN, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX2022-05-26
SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs Zipper Interactive PS22002-08-27
SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault Zipper Interactive PS22006-11-07
SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Confrontation Slant Six Games PS32008-10-14
SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo Zipper Interactive PSP2005-11-08
SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 2 Zipper Interactive PSP2006-11-06
SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 3 Slant Six Games PSP2010-02-16
SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Tactical Strike Slant Six Games PSP2007-11-06
SOCOM II U.S. Navy SEALs Zipper Interactive PS22003-11-04
SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs Zipper Interactive PS22005-10-11
SOCOM 4 U.S. Navy SEALs Zipper Interactive PS32011-04-19
Spacewar! [4] Steve RussellPDP-11962
Space Bunnies Must Die! Ripcord Games WIN1998-10-31
Space Harrier Sega ARC1985-12
Space Raiders Taito GCN, PS22002-12-19
Spec Ops: Covert Assault Runecraft PS12001-12-19
Spec Ops: The Line Yager Development WIN, PS3, X360, OSX, LIN2012-06-26
Splatoon Nintendo EAD WiiU2015-05-28
Splatoon 2 Nintendo EPD NX2017-07-21
Splatoon 3 Nintendo EPD NX2022-09-09
Soukou Kihei Votoms Yuke's PS22007-11-15
Soukou Kihei Votoms: The Battling Road Sunrise SNES1993-10-29
Soukou Kihei Votoms: Uuodo Kummen Hen Takara PS11998-4-02
Starhawk LightBox Interactive PS32012-05-08
Star Trek Digital Extremes WIN, PS3, X3602013-04-23
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen The Collective MAC, WIN2000-11-15
Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron Rebellion Developments PSP2007-10-09
Star Wars: Battlefront Pandemic Studios PS2, WIN, Xbox, OSX, MOBI, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX, NX2004-09-21
Star Wars: Battlefront II Pandemic Studios PS2, PSP, WIN, Xbox, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX, NX2005-10-28
Star Wars Battlefront DICE PS4, WIN, XONE2015-11-17
Star Wars Battlefront II DICE WIN, PS4, XONE2017-11-17
Star Wars: Lethal Alliance Ubisoft Montreal DS, PSP2006-12-07
Stranglehold Midway Games WIN, X360, PS32007-09-07
Suffering, The Surreal Software PS2, WIN, Xbox2004-03-09
Suffering: Ties That Bind, The Surreal Software PS2, WIN, Xbox2005-09-26
Sunset Overdrive Insomniac Games XONE, WIN2014-10-28
Syphon Filter Eidetic PS11999-02-16
Syphon Filter 2 Eidetic PS12000-03-14
Syphon Filter 3 Bend Studio PS12001-11-06
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain Bend Studio PS22004-05-04
Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror Bend Studio PSP, PS22006-03-14
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow Bend Studio PSP, PS22007-10-02
Take No Prisoners Raven Software WIN1997-09-30
Tempest Atari ARC1981-10
Thing, The Computer Artworks PS2, WIN, Xbox2002-08-19
Terminator Salvation Grin iPhone, PS3, WIN, X3602009-05-19
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Ubisoft Paris, Red Storm Entertainment PS2, WIN, X360, Xbox2006-03-07
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 Ubisoft Paris, Red Storm Entertainment PS3, PSP, WIN, X3602007-03-06
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Paris PS3, X360, WIN2012-05-22
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands Ubisoft Paris WIN, PS4, XONE2017-03-07
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint Ubisoft Paris WIN, PS4, XONE2019-10-04
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms Ubisoft Singapore WIN2014-04-10
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Ubisoft Montreal Xbox, WIN, PS2, GCN, OSX, PS32002-11-18
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow Ubisoft Milan Xbox, WIN, PS2, GCN, PS32004-03-23
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Ubisoft Montreal WIN, PS2, Xbox, GCN, DS, 3DS, PS32005-03-28
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent Ubisoft Milan X360, PS2, Xbox, GCN, WIN, Wii, PS32006-10-19
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction Ubisoft Montreal X360, WIN, OSX2010-04-13
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist Ubisoft Toronto WIN, PS3, X360, WiiU2013-08-20
Tom Clancy's The Division Massive Entertainment WIN, PS4, XONE2016-03-08
Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Massive Entertainment WIN, PS4, XONE2019-03-15
Tomb Raider Core Design PS1, SAT, DOS, NGE, iOS, WIN, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX, NX1996-10-24
Tomb Raider: Legend Crystal Dynamics WIN, PS2, Xbox, X360, PSP, DS, GCN, PS32006-04-07
Tomb Raider: Anniversary Crystal Dynamics WIN, PS2, PSP, X360, Wii, OSX, PS32007-06-01
Tomb Raider: Underworld Crystal Dynamics WIN, PS3, X360, Wii, DS, PS2, OSX2008-11-18
Tomb Raider Crystal Dynamics WIN, PS3, X360, OSX, PS4, XONE, LIN2013-03-05
Tomorrow Never Dies Black Ops Entertainment PS11999-11-16
Total Overdose Deadline Games PS2, WIN, Xbox2005-09-16
Transformers: War for Cybertron High Moon Studios WIN, PS3, X3602010-06-22
Transformers: Dark of the Moon High Moon Studios WIN, PS3, X360, N3DS, WII, DS, IOS2011-06-14
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron High Moon Studios WIN, PS3, X3602012-08-21
True Crime: Streets of LA Luxoflux PS2, Xbox, GCN, WIN, OSX2003-11-04
True Crime: New York City Luxoflux PS2, Xbox, GCN, WIN2005-11-16
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Naughty Dog PS3, PS42007-11-19
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Naughty Dog PS3, PS42009-10-13
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Naughty Dog PS3, PS42011-11-01
Uncharted: Golden Abyss Bend Studio PSV2011-12-17
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Naughty Dog PS4, PS5, WIN2016-05-10
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Naughty Dog PS4, PS5, WIN2017-08-22
Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict Epic Games Xbox2005-04-18
Vanquish PlatinumGames PS3, PS4, WIN, X360, XONE2010-10-19
Virus: It is Aware Cryo Interactive PS11999-06-??
Warframe Digital Extremes WIN, PS4, XONE, NX2013-03-25
Wanted: Weapons of Fate Grin MOBI, WIN, PS3, X3602008-06-30
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Relic Entertainment WIN, PS3, X3602011-09-06
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II Saber Interactive WIN, PS5, XBOX/STBA
Warhawk Incognito Entertainment PS32007-08-28
Watch Dogs Ubisoft Montreal WIN, PS3, PS4, X360, XONE, WiiU2014-05-27
Watch Dogs 2 Ubisoft Montreal WIN, PS4, XONE2016-11-15
Watch Dogs: Legion Ubisoft Toronto WIN, PS4, XONE, PS5, XSX2020-10-29
Waterworld Ocean Software Virtual Boy1995-12-21
Wet Artificial Mind & Movement PS3, X3602009-09-15
Wheelman Tigon Studios WIN, PS3, X3602009-03-24
Wild Guns Natsume SNES, VC1994-08-12
WinBack Omega Force N64, PS21999-09-23
WinBack 2: Project Poseidon Cavia, Inc. PS2, Xbox2006-04-25
Without Warning Circle Studio PS2, Xbox2005-10-28
World War Z Saber Interactive WIN, PS4, XONE, NX, PS5, XSX2019-04-16
Xybots Atari Games ARC1987-11
X-COM: Enforcer Micro Prose WIN2001-04-18

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