Video games are supposed to be many things, and stress relief is one of them. Shooter games are something that gamers flock to for pointless fun, and the genre continues to grow year after year. Here are our picks for the best upcoming shooter games of 2023. Keep an eye out – these look like a blast.
#15 IGI Origins
Developer: Antimatter Games
Publisher: Toadman Interactive
Release Date: 2023
Platform: PC, PS4 Xbox One
It may have taken over twenty years, but the IGI is back with a prequel game that sets up everything the first game did.
In IGI Origins, you are assigned as a special agent named Regent. MI6 orders them to take on a role that will send them deep into enemy territory so they can take out enemies of the state.
But how will you fulfill your mission? That’s up to you. The IGI gives you a lot of firepowers to deal damage or helps you with your stealth skills so that you can sneak around them all so that they don’t notice you. The deeper you delve into the mission, the clearer it becomes that something is wrong…
#14 ARC Raiders
Developer: Embark Studios
Publisher: Embark Studios
Platform: PC PS5 XSX/S
Release Date: TBA
ARC Raiders puts you and a group of other players on a remote planet with a big challenge in front of you. First, you need to team up to face the arc, machines falling out of orbit, with the simple goal of destroying them.
You will have only the shortest warnings before falling; it’s time to go to work. There can be no “cowboys” in their squad. Only through teamwork can you survive the recurring attacks of the mechanized threat.
Explore the open world to get the resources you need and maybe have a better chance against the waves of enemies. How long will you survive in this world?
#13 Spine
Developer: Nekki
Publisher: Nekki
Platform: Microsoft Windows
Release Date: TBA
Action hero movie lovers rejoice! A video game has been designed in such a way that it is really a version of those epic battle scenes you sometimes see in action movies.
In the future, a cyberpunk city will be a focal point for all sorts of events, both for good and for evil. You are someone who will influence everything while you get your revenge. Using a special spine technology, you will upgrade yourself to become one of the deadliest people! Epic melee fights and shootouts await you, so be ready for the bullets to fly and the camera to show you the intensity of it all!
So, are you ready to be an action hero?
#12 Max Payne Movie Adaptation
Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Platform: TBA
Release Date: TBA
The original Max Payne games were widely regarded as one of the most action-packed and punchy titles gaming had made at the time. They were Max Payne, a man to whom the loss of his family and the death of his partner were tied.
Now that the whole town is after him, Max Payne has nothing to lose and everyone to kill. The upcoming Max Payne remake will bring this original title back to life and improve it visually and with advantages for the “quality of life” of the gameplay, making playing even more enjoyable.
This remake is for those who just love these old-school action games and want to enjoy them in a new light.
#11 STALKER 2: The Heart of Chernobyl
Release Date: 2023
Publisher: GSC Game World
Developer: GSC Game World
Platforms: Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows
Yes, the STALKER series is coming back in 2023, and STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl will build the events of the previous games in several ways.
Last but not least, it shows the “new and improved” version of the exclusion zone, which is now filled with all sorts of mutants and anomalies, which are probably very deadly. I’m just saying it this way.
You will get involved in a non-linear story where you will find allies, enemies, and more. Every important decision you make takes you on a different path and makes sure you play again just to see what else you can find and fight.
#10 Warhammer 40000: Boltgun
Developer: Auroch Digital
Release Date: 2023
Publisher: Focus Entertainment
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X, and Series S, PlayStation 5
The Warhammer 40K series has never been afraid to have fun at its own expense and create unique versions of its history. Warhammer 40000: Boltgun is a great example of this. Because instead of making a “profound next-gen title,” they’re making their version of a Doom game. Complete with the pixel graphics!
You play as a lone Space Marine who must venture across the galaxy to take on all sorts of enemies, including Chaos Space Marines and the forces of Chaos itself! Use the biggest and most vicious weapons to get the job done!
This game is a tribute to the shooters that existed before, so don’t miss it.
#9 Alterborn
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X, and Series S, PlayStation 5
Developer: Iron Lung, Iron Lung Sp. z o.o.
Publisher: Iron Lung Sp. z O.O., Iron Lung
Release Date: 2023
In Alterborn, you are one of the living (well, really living) creatures on the planet after death has swept over it. But you are now cursed with a plague that has changed you. To get rid of it, you need to venture into this lawless land, fight monsters and seek the heart of the curse in you.
Alterborn allows you to customize your character to the desired style of play. Combine skills and weapons you get along the way to be the unstoppable force you want to be. With a mixture of different genres, Alterborn will offer a lot to many people.
#8 Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Release Date: 2023
Developer: Rocksteady Studios
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Platforms: Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League may be postponed again and again in terms of the release date, but make no mistake, this is a shooter title that many are looking forward to.
Mainly because the game lets you be the four main members of the suicide squad in Deadshot, King Shark, Harley Quinn, and Captain Boomerang, and do your best to defeat the mind-controlled Justice League.
Of course, it will not be easy, but no matter who you play as, you will have a lot of fun defeating villains left and right. Besides, the game is made by the team of Rocksteady, and we all know that they can make great games.
#7 Redfall
Developer: Arkane Studios
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Platforms: P.C., X/S
Release: 2023
You live in the city of Redfall, where nothing big ever happens – until the vampires come and take over everything. A horde of vampires has wiped out the sun and is trying to take power, but you and your friends will fight back to ensure this does not happen. You can work alone or team up with others in co-op to fend off the vampire threat and see the sun again.
Why did they attack your city? How could they block the sun? Who is the real mastermind of this invasion? Recharge it and find out in Redfall next year!
#6 Tom Clancy’s The Division: Heartland
Developer: Red Storm Entertainment
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platforms: PS4, PS5, P.C., XBOX One, XBOX One
Release: 2023
There have been a lot of puzzles about The Division’s heartland, as we know it will take place within the Division universe, but what is the game really about? Well, we now know that it will take place in Silver Creek, an attacked place by enemy forces.
Now they have to take a stand with their colleagues from the division to retake this place and show that the “heartland of America” can not be taken over so easily.
Undoubtedly, there will be all sorts of missions for you in the game, so be ready because you will take some closed tests in which, perhaps, you will take part!
#5 Gunbrella
Developer: Doinksoft
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Platforms: PC, NS
Release: 2023
An umbrella might sound like the official name for the penguin’s favorite weapon. This noir punk adventure shows her as a man out for revenge in a world where a certain natural resource has driven people (in a bad way) to great depths to get her. You will have to be armed with the Gunbrella and compete against everything from cops to ghouls to cults. If you want to see what this special weapon can do, you must play the game next year.
#4 Warhammer 40000: Space Marine II
Developer: Saber Interactive
Publisher: Focus Entertainment
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox
Publication: TBA
The Warhammer 40K franchise is full of games, big and small, both masterful in their strategy and ruthless in battle. In Warhammer 40000: Space Marine II, you once again take on the role of a marine trying to save the galaxy.
It’s up to you to fight the darkness invading the human kingdom and the galaxy. If you fight it back, you will learn deep and dark secrets that could challenge everything you know. Remember your loyalty to humanity and your desire to fight to surpass everything else!
#3 Alara Prime
Developer: Fall Damage
Publisher: Level Infinite
Platforms: PC
Release: 2023
Given the number of shooters, team shooters, and shooters with different characters or “heroes” to play as it’s easy to get lost in the shuffle, and this can be a death sentence. That’s why, frankly, Alara Prime is so unique. In this game, it’s not so easy for two character sets to go at each other – it’s 3 character sets. Alara Prime is a 4v4v4 matchup where anything can happen with all the personalities in the room.
You can work together against a team to achieve the goal, go crazy to mow down the opponent, or something in between. Choose your class and your style of play, and get to work.
#2 Killer Bean
Developer: Killer Bean Studios
Publisher: Killer Bean Studios
Platforms: PC
Release: 2023
The following game description, which you will read in a moment, is about seven types of craziness. You’re a killer bean. You were an assassin (yes, really) for a shadow organization that betrayed you! Now you have to use your incredible skills and weapons (yes, really) to take revenge and wipe out the whole group.
#1 Boundary
Release Date: 2023
Developer: Surgical scalpels
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems
Publisher: Skystone Games, Huya
Have you seen the movie Gravity? Have you ever wondered what it would be like if a fight scene broke out and the dressed astronauts were shooting at each other in space? Well, Boundary will make this vision happen for you.
Because in the game, you have team-against-team battles with enemy “astroperators,” as well as other groups trying to knock out your team. You will have to unload them and simultaneously complete missions on the various stations and satellites to which they are connected.
Customize your operator and use the best possible tactics to stay ahead!
