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Third-Person Shooter hidden gems on Steam
Every game here is tagged Third-Person Shooter on Steam, sits between 1,000 and 5,000 reviews, is rated at least 80% positive, and carries a catch drawn from its own negative reviews. All 22 of them. How these pages are made.
This is a 3D stealth action compilation featuring cinematic storytelling and a core loop of avoiding detection. It offers a mature, intrigue-filled experience with a focus on espionage.
What players likedPlayers praise its timeless story and characters, feeling like a revolutionary indie game from today despite its 1998 release.
The catchBoss fights, especially the cyborg ninja, feel frustrating
Games like METAL GEAR SOLID - Master Collection Version →
Co-op third-person shooter with sniping and zombie combat. Survive a WWII zombie apocalypse with tactical teamwork.
What players likedPlayers praise its lasting fun and recommend the Trilogy or Dead War for a more complete experience.
The catchIt frequently crashes or freezes on modern systems, sometimes failing to launch at all.
Games like Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army →
Wave-based co-op shooter where players defend a power source by collecting weapons and fighting toy enemies. It offers casual, light-hearted fun with classic action figure themes.
The catchOnline matches are hard to find, leaving you fighting bots or wrestling server errors.
Games like HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed →
Open-world action game with physics-based destruction and guerrilla combat. Players use tactics and environmental destruction to fight an oppressive force on Mars.
What players likedPlayers praise its unparalleled destruction physics, making it a unique experience unlike other games.
The catchOpen-world missions are repetitive copy-paste objectives
Games like Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered →
Co-op third-person shooter with sniping and zombie combat. Players fight undead hordes in a dark, intense campaign.
The catchIt runs badly even on decent hardware, with heavy frame drops on lowest settings.
Games like Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 →
Stealth action game with first-person aiming and enemy manipulation. It features a two-part narrative with tactical infiltration and a tense atmosphere.
What players likedPlayers praise its "Kojima-madness" story, ahead of its time and still relevant, with improved stealth and gameplay over MGS1.
The catchThe PC port crashes, corrupts saves and needs community fixes to run properly.
Games like METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty - Master Collection Version →
This is a classic third-person shooter where players fight in Star Wars battles across planets, piloting vehicles and using different soldier types. It offers large-scale online and offline combat with a focus on iconic Star Wars conflicts.
What players likedPlayers praise its lasting fun and replayability, often comparing it favorably to newer Battlefront titles and even Call of Duty lobbies.
The catchThe 2005 sequel does everything here better, leaving little reason to play this one.
Games like STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) →
This is a third-person action game featuring gunplay and stealth. Players fight spirits as a government exorcist investigating a supernatural village mystery.
What players likedPlayers praise its deep, comical story and power fantasy, comparing it to a 2010 CoD campaign with a tactical shooter twist.
The catchJanky controls, camera and performance problems get in the way of every fight.
Games like 近畿霊務局 - Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau →
Third-person shooter with a recruit and command mechanic. Lead a resistance in an alternate history invasion, with interconnected missions.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique squad-commanding mechanics and strategic gameplay, often comparing it to Hitman and The Division.
The catchGuns are wildly inaccurate, so firefights come down to spraying and luck.
Games like Freedom Fighters →
Third-person action-adventure game featuring ghost capture mechanics and environmental destruction. It offers an authentic Ghostbusters experience with original story and cast.
What players likedPlayers praise it as the "Ghostbusters III" with great third-person shooter combat and faithful story, feeling like a true Ghostbuster.
The catchThe remaster forgets settings, desyncs cutscene audio and crashes far too often.
Games like Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered →
Rollerdrome89% positive from 2,262 reviews20222% finish itDeck Playable
Rollerdrome is a third-person action shooter blending skating and combat. Players gain health from kills and ammo from tricks in a stylish, retrofuturistic setting.
What players likedPlayers praise Rollerdrome as an addictive mix of Tony Hawk, Max Payne, and OlliOlli World, with seamless gameplay, killer art, and a banger soundtrack.
The catchPlaying on keyboard and mouse feels awful, so a controller is close to required.
Games like Rollerdrome →
This is a fast-paced, multiplayer FPS with classic combat and zombie modes, featuring extensive weapon customization and historical battlefields. It offers intense, action-oriented gameplay with a focus on destruction and survival.
What players likedPlayers praise "Military Conflict: Vietnam" as a fun, well-made arcade shooter with great bots and a huge weapon variety, often compared to older Call of Duty titles.
The catchThe multiplayer playerbase is close to dead, leaving mostly bots or high ping lobbies.
Games like Military Conflict: Vietnam →
GUN™92% positive from 2,235 reviews2006Deck Playable
This is a Western action-adventure game featuring brutal combat and a variety of missions. Players experience the lawless West with realistic gunplay and stealth.
What players likedPlayers praise GUN as a fun, gory, classic action western with an amazing story, despite its difficulty and age.
The catchThe PC port is janky and needs mods before it runs properly on modern hardware.
Games like GUN™ →
Third-person shooter with vehicle combat on frozen worlds. Players battle giant aliens and pirates in armed mechs and snow vehicles.
What players likedPlayers praise this fast-paced, mech-filled third-person shooter for its constant action against bugs and a relentless timer.
The catchRockets knock you down constantly and slow get-up animations leave you unable to act.
Games like Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition →
This is a satirical third-person shooter where players rescue Hitler. The game features absurd combat and dark humor.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique, unconventional design as a "masterpiece" that transcends typical shooters, comparing it to "modern art" and "interactive art."
The catchThe developer keeps releasing paid DLC that locks new achievements behind it.
Games like Hitler is my crush →
This is a third-person shooter where players control a dhampir fighting supernatural threats and Nazis. The game features frenetic combat and a bloody atmosphere.
What players likedPlayers praise its fun, janky, old-school hack-and-slash gameplay, comparing it to Devil May Cry and beat 'em ups.
The catchCombat is repetitive and clunky, and the aged design wears out any nostalgia fast.
Games like BloodRayne: Terminal Cut →
Cold Fear™84% positive from 1,493 reviews2008Deck Playable
Survival horror game with intense combat and environmental hazards. Players use a variety of weapons and traps to fight mutated enemies.
What players likedPlayers praise its "The Thing on a boat" atmosphere and ship movements, comparing it to Resident Evil 4 and a creative gem from a peak gaming era.
The catchThe PC port often fails to launch or breaks on alt tab, needing fan patches to run.
Games like Cold Fear™ →
Third-person action-adventure where you play Jango Fett hunting bounties. Features blaster combat and acrobatic maneuvers in a Star Wars prequel setting.
What players likedPlayers praise this challenging, old-school Star Wars action-adventure for its engaging story, Jango Fett lore, and classic early-2000s charm.
The catchDying five times restarts the entire level, and there is no way to save progress.
Games like STAR WARS™: Bounty Hunter™ →
Third-person shooter with slow-motion dives and a neo-noir story. Fight supernatural creatures in a reality-shifting motel.
What players likedPlayers praise its Max Payne-like combat, atmosphere, and exceptional story, especially its depiction of abusive relationships.
The catchFifty samey corridor levels drag the shooting into a repetitive slog.
Games like El Paso, Elsewhere →
Vellum90% positive from 1,426 reviews202519% finish itDeck Playable
Vellum is a co-op literary roguelike where players use colored ink-based spells to battle enemies and save books. It features dynamic adventures with synergistic spell combinations and unique Tome mechanics.
What players likedPlayers praise Vellum as a unique roguelike with deep build variety, fun co-op, and Borderlands-like action, often compared to Inkbound.
The catchRuns get repetitive fast because movesets, enemies and build variety are limited.
Games like Vellum →
This is a multiplayer FPS for testing networking features, featuring class-based loadouts and various game modes. It offers private or public matches with bots or friends.
What players likedNo substantive recurring points about comparisons or praise can be extracted from the provided incomplete reviews.
The catchAn unfinished prototype with missing animations, weak sound and almost no players.
Games like FPS Game: Dev Test →
Asymmetrical VR vs. PC multiplayer combat. One VR player controls a giant, while PC players use tools to defeat them.
What players likedPlayers praise the fun, goofy gameplay, best enjoyed with friends.
The catchThin content for the asking price, and updates dried up years ago.
Games like DAVIGO: VR vs. PC →
