Best First-Person Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated first-person games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play First-Person games on Steam.

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Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original Arma 2, a new flashpoint explodes in the Green Sea Region. Coalition forces led by the US Army are deployed to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties.

Price -94% 0.91€
Rating 9.0
Release 29 Jun 2010
F.E.A.R. Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.

Price -90% 0.98€
Rating 9.1
Release 21 May 2010
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month!

Price -64% 7.35€
Rating 8.6
Release 28 Apr 2010
Mount & Blade: Warband In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!

Price -89% 2.28€
Rating 9.7
Release 31 Mar 2010
NecroVisioN: Lost Company NecroVisioN: Lost Company is the prequel to original horror FPS shooter, taking place before the NecroVisioN story begins. It contains a bunch of unique levels, characters, weapons and gameplay elements as well as new main hero that presents the original game story from opposite perspective.

Price -91% 0.69€
Rating 6.8
Release 19 Feb 2010
Aliens vs. Predator™ Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 16 Feb 2010
Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II pits three teams against each other in a struggle for wealth, power and total domination. Whether using the Gunpowder Keg to clear out a territory full of enemies, or the Javelin to pin your dead foes to a wall, you'll find this game both hilarious and exhilarating.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 12 Feb 2010
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is the direct sequel of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. As a Major Alexander Degtyarev you should investigate the crash of the governmental helicopters around the Zone and find out, what happened there.

Price -53% 9.59€
Rating 9.4
Release 11 Feb 2010
BioShock® 2 Set approximately 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, the halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 09 Feb 2010
Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000 Aliens Versus Predator Classic 2000 features the Colonial Marine, Alien and Predator Campaigns and the frenetic single-player Skirmish mode from the original title: Alien Versus Predator Gold Edition, which was released to massive acclaim in 2000.

Price -83% 0.87€
Rating 8.4
Release 15 Jan 2010
Nancy Drew®: Warnings at Waverly Academy Enroll in a School Plagued by Suspicions and Lies!

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.3
Release 13 Jan 2010
Wings of Prey Wings of Prey is based around the large-scale aerial combat and ground military operations of World War II. Players can participate in some of the war’s most famous battles piloting fighters, battle planes and bombers across a range of thrilling missions.

Price 9.75€
Rating 6.2
Release 08 Jan 2010
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition Prepare for the Future™ With Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, experience the most acclaimed game of 2008 like never before. Create a character of your choosing and descend into an awe-inspiring, post-apocalyptic world where every minute is a fight for survival.

Price -67% 6.59€
Rating 8.0
Release 17 Dec 2009
The Void Only brought to life by scarce sparks of Color, the bleak, grey Void is a peculiar place. The player gets to explore it, get to know the Sisters, Brothers, and other weird creatures inhabiting it, and learn the ways of Color, harvesting it and drawing sigils that change the world around them.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 15 Dec 2009
Gothic® 3 A nameless hero becomes a legend! Myrtana, a world in upheaval: overrun by orcs from the dark lands in the north, King Rhobar is defending Vengard, the former stronghold of the humans, with his last troop of followers.

Price -75% 4.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 02 Dec 2009
Rogue Warrior Rogue Warrior is a character-driven, first-person-shooter, featuring Richard 'Demo Dick' Marcinko's explosive personality in an action-packed single player campaign, and intense multiplayer combat. Playing as Richard 'Demo Dick' Marcinko, you go behind the iron curtain to disrupt a suspected North Korean ballistic missile program.

Price -82% 0.91€
Rating 6.5
Release 01 Dec 2009
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!

Price -83% 2.57€
Rating 9.1
Release 24 Nov 2009
Left 4 Dead 2 Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) is the highly anticipated sequel to the award-winning Left 4 Dead, the #1 co-op game of 2008. This co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

Price 9.75€
Rating 9.7
Release 16 Nov 2009
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009) The most-anticipated game of the year and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse.

Price -25% 14.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 11 Nov 2009
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a game about a fictitious conflict on one of the Sakhalin islands.

Price 11.33€
Rating 6.7
Release 06 Oct 2009
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast™ The Legacy of Star Wars Dark Forces™ and Star Wars® Jedi Knight lives on in the intense first-person action of Jedi Outcast.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.8
Release 16 Sep 2009
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™ Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

Price 9.75€
Rating 9.3
Release 16 Sep 2009
STAR WARS™ Dark Forces (Classic, 1995) Behind a veil of secrecy the evil Empire is creating a doomsday army - one that, if finished, will become the final cog in the Empire's arsenal of terror and domination. Your Mission? Join the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division, infiltrate the Empire.

Price 5.89€
Rating 8.6
Release 16 Sep 2009
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Mysteries of the Sith™ It is five years after Kyle's victory over the seven dark Jedi. Invading Imperial forces advance upon a quiet Rebel outpost, interrupting Kyle's training of a brave new Jedi, Mara Jade. First introduced in Timothy Zahn's award-winning Star Wars novel, Heir to the Empire, Mara Jade blends her past experiences as a one time smuggler and...

Price 2.99€
Rating 6.4
Release 16 Sep 2009