first-person shooters

Through-the-barrel gaming

First-person shooters are video games where players view the action through the eyes of their character, typically wielding weapons visible at the bottom of the screen.

The genre emphasizes combat and fast reflexes: I spent my teenage years playing first-person shooters like Doom and Halo.

Often abbreviated FPS.

Related

avatars · strafing · bunny hopping · rocket jump · enemies · spawn camping · kill streak · hitboxes · perspective · speedrunning · multiplayer · campaign · graphics · frag · deathmatch · modding · maps · capture the flag

Categories
Opposites
camera perspective

first-person shootersside-scrollers

Games with horizontal movement

third-person shooters · text adventures · visual novels

core gameplay mechanic

first-person shooterspuzzle games

Entertainment demanding problem-solving

visual novels · rhythm games · simulation games · dating sims · role-playing games

pacing and interaction style

first-person shooterstext adventures

Games played through words

interactive fiction · idle games · cozy games

Family

first, shoot, shooter, person, persons, personal, personally, personality, personhood

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG