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Updated 31 October

Ranked by players

The best shooters of 2026

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 leads the shooters of 2026 so far, with 95% of 947 player reviews recommending it. Every shooter released this year that we cover, with at least 500 reviews, ranked by the share that recommend it.

  1. 1

    Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2

    Auroch Digital · out

    First-person shooter, Action

    PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S

    What players say

  2. 2

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

    Infinity Ward · out

    First-person shooter

    PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2

    What players say

  3. 3

    Gears of War: E-Day

    The Coalition · out

    Third-person shooter, Action

    PC, Xbox Series X|S

    What players say

  4. 4

    WARDOGS

    BULKHEAD · out

    Shooter, Simulation

    PC

    What players say

  5. 5

    Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

    Expression Games · out

    First-person shooter, Military

    PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S

    What players say

  6. 6

    Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2

    Cold Iron Studios · out

    Third-person shooter, Co-op

    PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S

    What players say

How we rank

Players decide the order.

Each game’s figure is the share of its player reviews that recommend it, in every language, from players who bought it in the store where they reviewed it. We never use critic scores.

A game needs 500 reviews to be ranked, so a handful of early reviews can’t put it on top. Expansions, remasters and games leaving early access are listed apart, because they aren’t new or their counts go back years. The figures update every day, and a game released late in the year has had less time to settle.

The list covers the games with a page of their own. Each month’s new games are ranked in Best of.

Sources

  1. 1Steam: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026
  2. 2Steam: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026
  3. 3Steam: Gears of War: E-Day, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026
  4. 4Steam: WARDOGS, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026
  5. 5Steam: Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026
  6. 6Steam: Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026