10 Best PC FPS Games You Can Play Right Now

Titanfall 2

Best PC FPS Games You Can Play Right Now

Released in 2016, Titanfall 2 is easily one of the best FPS games currently on the market. It offers fast-paced gameplay, an extremely polished movement system, and giant mechs. Titanfall 2 excels in creating a playground for players to double jump and wall run into heated combat, all while accumulating points to hurl a giant mechanical suit down from space onto the battlefield for players to take control of. This is enhanced on PC with the ability to play the game in Ultra 4K if you have a serious gaming rig.

Titanfall also offers deeply customizable pilots and titans to give players a wide variety of different tool kits. Players can choose from a myriad of options like weapons, grappling hooks, gun skins, and explosives. With all DLC and additional content being free for Titanfall 2, it offers constant improvement and an ever-changing landscape to keep players coming back for more.

Overwatch

Best PC FPS Games You Can Play Right Now

Overwatch has taken the world by storm since its release in 2016. With its recent announcement of the new hero Brigitte, that brings the roster up to 27 unique heroes. The game is constantly gaining new players, but what makes it a great PC game? Overwatch is an extremely polished hero shooter that offers a level of cooperation and team building not seen currently in many games. Picking heroes to complement your teammates’ picks is as important as knowing how to play that hero effectively.

With such a large roster of heroes, players find themselves constantly relearning how to play the game with each new choice, flying through the air as Pharah raining death from above is vastly different from hunkering down as the bullet machine known as Bastion. The level of accuracy given to players by mouse and keyboard is vital for match-deciding team fights that Overwatch is known for. All new heroes and maps for Overwatch are free, so the bar to entry is low, and worth checking out.

Counter-Strike: GO

Best PC FPS Games You Can Play Right Now

The multiplayer FPS Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was released in 2012. Counter Strike has a long history of being incredibly competitive, and Global Offensive is no different. Players are on one of two teams, Terrorists, or Counter-Terrorists, with the goal of completing objectives such as planting a bomb, or defending a hostage while they eliminate the other team.

Players purchase their weapons at the start of each round using in-game currency they have accrued from completing objectives, or killing other players during the match. With dedicated servers and the ability for players to host their own servers with custom maps and game modes, the community has a ton of options for players to mess around with. Counter-Strike receives maps, game balances, and game modes for free through Valve. 

Doom (2016)

Best PC FPS Games You Can Play Right Now

ID Software released a re-imagined Doom in 2016, and it is one of the strongest FPS games on PC. Doom offers fast-paced carnage in all the ways you remember from the original games, while adding even more. A large arsenal for slaying demons will keep players engaged throughout its campaign. Ripping demons in half with the chainsaw, or blowing their head off with a shotgun, makes players feel powerful and in control, even if they feel overwhelmed with enemies.

Playing on PC offers rock solid frame rates and some of the most impressive graphics available on PC today. Hell has literally never looked more beautiful before. Doom’s campaign will bring you through research labs, molten lava infested bases, and different parts of hell, all looking unique and horrifying. Doom also offers multiplayer if that is more your speed, and even lets you play as the demons. This is a must-play for any PC FPS player out there.

Call of Duty: WWII

Best PC FPS Games You Can Play Right Now

Sledgehammer Games brings us back from space and drops us in the Pacific Northwest for an old school boots on the ground Call of Duty experience. World War II offers a more traditional Call of Duty experience by going back to its roots. All of the Call of Duty staples are still there, character progression, weapon skins, and an assortment of game modes and maps. Being the best-selling game every year, Call of Duty never drastically changes the formula, but offers the solid gun play popularized from the Modern Warfare days. Sledgehammer provides constant updates and in-game events for players to participate in, to keep the game feeling fresh.

Since its launch in November, Call of Duty has already hosted two large events that brought in new character customization options, and brand new weapons for players to enjoy. With a large player base, it is easy to find matches quickly and play with friends. Sledgehammer even created a social space for players to hang out in together and pick up challenges. This space has secrets to discover, a firing range to test out new weapons, and NPCs to interact with. If you’re looking for a more traditional FPS in this ocean of futuristic shooters, Call of Duty: WWII is worth looking into.

Rainbow Six Siege

Best PC FPS Games You Can Play Right Now

Rainbow Six Siege had a rocky launch, due to performance issues, server troubles, and a general lack of content, however that is no longer the case. Ubisoft stuck with Rainbow Six Siege, and helped grow it into a widely successful example of the ‘games as a service’ model. Going on its third year of DLC and game updates, Rainbow Six Siege now stands with the best of them. In this 4v4 tactical shooter, players are either on the attacking or defending team, trying to eliminate the opposing squad.

Through DLC, there are 16 maps and six different game modes for players to enjoy. Modes like Hostage where a team defends a group of hostages from the other team who are there to break the walls down and escort the hostages to safety, offer intense moments in buildings with multiple floors and tactical entry points. Then there’s Terrorist Hunt, a co-op mode that allows players to team up to take down a bunch of computer-controlled enemies. Classes come in the form of different operators, currently in game there are 36 different operators, but developers have stated they would like Rainbow Six Siege to have between 50-100 by the end. Hibana’s versatility with her explosive pellets allow for players to make one giant breach, or a few smaller ones, while Ash is effective at getting in and out before the enemy team even knows what hit them. The cast of operators in Rainbow Six Siege are the star of the show, with varied and balanced abilities. With 36 operators and 77 weapons, Rainbow Six Siege offers nearly endless combinations for players to explore and check out.

Wolfenstein: The New Colossus

Best PC FPS Games You Can Play Right Now

Wolfenstein: The New Colossus released in Oct. 2017, and is an FPS centered around if the Nazi’s won World War II. The game is a sequel to the 2014 shooter Wolfenstein: The New Order, which follows the story of BJ Blazkowicz, a United States Army veteran on a mission to assault Deathshead’s Compound. After being attacked and knocked unconscious, BJ finds himself in a post-war Nazi-ran world.

The team at MachineGames has created a world where over the top action and gun fights are not only acceptable, they’re encouraged. With giant machine guns, laser cannons, and a crazy exo suit, players will find themselves zipping around killing Nazi’s in clever and brutal ways. A gripping story, exciting action, and a visually stimulating world, all help put Wolfenstein: The New Order at the top of any FPS player’s list of must-plays. 

Battlefield 1

Best PC FPS Games You Can Play Right Now

The Battlefield series went back even further in time in 2016 all the way to World War I. It showcases the brutality of World War I with 64-player battles of epic proportions, but really drives that concept home in the campaign. Battlefield 1 follows the stories of multiple characters throughout World War 1 throughout vignettes. It shows the more intimate sides of its characters with small squads trying to make their impact on the war, and get out alive. In one case you’re a squad trying to escort a tank to provide reinforcements for pinned down allies, while in other scenarios you’re simply trying to stand your ground. The brutality of war is shown by humanizing the player characters.

Battlefield’s combat and map design is top notch, and gives players a real sense of how intense war can be. The biggest staple of Battlefield is its vehicle combat, and Battlefield 1 delivers in a variety of new ways. With giant trains, horses, tanks, jeeps, and planes, players have a large assortment of ways to traverse and kill enemies with their squad mates. Battlefield 1 has progression, classes, and everything you love about the Battlefield formula, while covering a war often overlooked by video games. 

Team Fortress 2

Best PC FPS Games You Can Play Right Now

Team Fortress 2 is often regarded as one of the best hero shooters on PC. In 2007, the game was in a league of its own, offering just an insane playground for some of the most fun available on PC. With a diverse cast of characters each with their own personality, it is a joy to be inside of that world. Hosting tons of events and fun unlockables in the form of hats for players to don upon their head. Team Fortress 2 offers game modes familiar to players such as Capture the Flag, King of the Hill, and Payload race.

The classes are where Team Fortress really shines, with each offering unique gameplay, such as the scout, a wacky loudmouth who swings a baseball bat, shoots a shotgun, and is the only character who can double jump. There is the spy, a double agent with a device in a cigarette case to appear as a friendly of the opposite team, a cloaking device, and a sapper to destroy engineers’ creations. Valve has allowed players to create their own maps, weapons and cosmetic items, which has kept a large amount of the community around. Team Fortress 2 is a staple of the PC FPS genre, and it’s important to play and see where some of the most popular games today drew inspiration from.

Resident Evil 7

Best PC FPS Games You Can Play Right Now

Back from what was presumed dead, Resident Evil 7 took the franchise in a whole new direction, first person. Taking the horror you love from the Resident Evil franchise and presenting it in a first-person perspective was a game changer for this 2017 title, not to mention its ability to be played entirely in PlayStation VR. Exploring the Baker estate is a truly horrifying and grotesque series of events as Resident Evil 7 unfolds.

With a strong cast of characters, and true survival horror gameplay, Resident Evil 7 brings the franchise back to its survival horror roots, which it strayed away from in RE 6. The action is still there in RE 7, but ammo is scarce and being conservative with it is the key to surviving this game. Knowing what enemies to shoot, and what enemies to run away from can be the difference between getting out alive, or death. Any horror, FPS, or Resident Evil fan should play Resident Evil 7 for a truly terrifying time.