Best Shooter Xbox 360 Games in 2026

Online only and requires an Xbox Live Gold membership.

An incredible story set within a newly-imagined, always-connected universe filled with action and adventure.

Create your character, forge your legend by defeating powerful foes, and earn unique and customizable weapons, gear, and vehicles.

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit contains 1-8 player online support as well as leaderboards

Play as either cops and racers in both a tremendously deep, fully-defined single player career and a groundbreaking multiplayer experience across all race modes

The Need For Speed Autolog system connects friends directly to each other's games, enabling them to compare and share all their experiences and challenges

Let's Get Some Action: I made sure to capture all my good sides, so I made my game a third person, action shooter; (Yep, you get to look at my Heine)

X Men Groupies: Keep a look out cuz some of my X Men pals (Whoa, What Pals?) are making an appearance

Insane Combat: I'm really good at killing, so I made it a blast stringing together combos and totally eviscerating my enemies; (Ev is cer a ting)

Game of the year - The game has secured more than 15 perfect score reviews, and more than 50 combined Editor's Choice and Game of the Year awards.

Authentic advanced weaponry - With more than 70 new and authentic weapons and gear, including assault rifles with laser sites, claymore mines,. 50 caliber sniper rifles, machine guns, night-vision goggles, and ghillie suits for maximum concealment, Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare has players locked and loaded to accomplish their mission.

Coordinated assault and support - Rapid deployment gives gamers an adrenaline rush as they fast-rope from tactical helicopters, ride in an armada of attack choppers, utilize jets to remove enemy strongholds, and even engage hostiles from thousands of feet above the ground inside a state of the art aerial gunship

Optimized for Consoles: Doom 3 BFG Edition features 5.1 surround sound, Xbox 360 Achievements, PS3 trophies, improved rendering and lighting, and a new check point save system allowing for smoother progression through the game.

Stunning 3D Visuals: Doom 3, Resurrection of Evil and the all-new 'Lost Mission' have all been optimized in stereoscopic 3D for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, further immersing the player in the demonic world of this terrifying horror masterpiece.

The Lost Mission: Doom 3 BFG Edition includes an all-new chapter in the Doom 3 experience - 'The Lost Mission', featuring seven heart-pounding single-player levels and a completely new storyline that will have players once again on the edge of their seats.

Now Playable on XB1

Co-op Design - built from the ground up to be an exciting, intuitive co-operative experience for up to four players simultaneously that rewards players who work together and invest in co-op skills.

FPS Gameplay - In this role-playing shooter, choose one of four distinct characters, each with their own individual skill sets.

Crysis 2 redefines the benchmark on console now, shifting their attention to the rich urban jungle of New York City

Challenging best-in-class AI with unique group coordination and group behavior systems which give realistic responses to your actions

Adapt your combat tactics by customizing your Nanosuit 2 and weapons in real time with revised modes

Far Cry 2: 85 Metascore. You are forced to make deals with corrupt warlords on both sides of the conflict in order to hunt down your mark - The Jackal. Game includes SP and MP campaigns, and is a digital remaster of the original release with all patches.

Far Cry 3: 90 Metascore. Experience the Rated Shooter of 2012* This is where you find yourself caught in conflict between warlords and rebels, where your only escape is through drugs or the muzzle of a gun. Game includes SP campaign, MP, and co-op.

Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon - Spike TV's VGX 2013 Best DLC winner. The year is 2007. It is the future. You are Sergeant Rex Colt: Mark IV Cyber Commando. Earth has been ravaged by a nuclear war, which erupted in the '90s. Game includes single-player campaign.

HD Gaming's New Standard Innovative controls and unmatched intensity made Gears of War one of the best-selling Xbox 360 games ever

Breakthrough advances in Unreal Engine 3 raise the bar again

A Blockbuster Experience Use enemies as shields, fight chainsaw duels

Take on bandit gangs and hordes of mutants using an arsenal of exotic weapons and special items

Upgrade and customize your car with special parts, paint jobs and weapons, then test your skills as you battle four wheeling bandit clans

Immerse yourself in a rich story driven single player experience, grab a friend for exclusive co op modes

Return of favorite RE enemies, iconic landmarks and characters, including Leon S. Kennedy who is on your hit list to eliminate.

Rewrite the history of the Raccoon City outbreak. Revisit classic moments from Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3

Triple threat battle as zombies and B.O.W's add to the action.

Gears of War's engaging, cinematic story plays out like a Hollywood blockbuster

Unreal Engine 3 technology brings out the smallest details in the largest of battles

To survive you must suppress your enemy, take cover, and use weapons and teammates to outlast the Locust Horde

Shoot-and-Destroy Tactical Co-op: Work together and perform challenging strategic maneuvers with your friend in a true two-player co-op experience with flanking, dual-breach, riot-shield attacks, and much more!

Unleash the Ultimate Destructive Power of Overkill: Build up your Overkill meter by performing cooperative maneuvers and unleash it with your partner to take destruction to a whole new level.

Challenge a Powerful and Ruthless Mexican Cartel: Experience a grim but relevant story set in a modern Mexico that's been torn apart by the drug war.

8 huge multiplayer maps and 15 land, sea and air vehicles, including the ATV and the UH-60 transport helicopter.

All-new squad gameplay where players team up with 3 others and fight together to unlock special awards and achievements in 2 squad-specific game modes. These are in addition to awards and ranks achieved individually.

Destruction 2.0. Take down entire buildings, create firepoints or blow it up entirely. In Battlefield Bad Company 2 there is no place to hide.

Note: Titanfall is multiplayer only and requires an Xbox Live Gold membership

Note: Titanfall requires an Xbox 360 hard disk drive with 1.2GB available storage space. You cannot play with flash memory sticks or internal flash memory such as the memory on the Xbox 360 4GB models.

Multiplayer gameplay options and Xbox LIVE support including LIVE Achievements.

An engrossing storyline blending Cold War history and science fiction elements.

An arsenal of first-person shooter weapons, including conventional firearms and upgradeable, time altering gadgets.

Procedural Damage – Fully destructible and highly resilient robots adapt to the damage they sustain encouraging you to analyze each enemy, find their weaknesses and dispose of them in the most efficient way.

Weapon modification and skill selection - Alongside a full armory of unique weapons, put emphasis on the skills that will benefit you to increase your resilience to attack, your speed and your firing accuracy.

The Consequence System – In the heat of battle, motivate and build trust within your squad and test your ability to make real time, difficult decisions knowing there will always be consequences.

Action-adventure finds problem-solver with big problem of her own

Designed with innovative 3rd person shooter gameplay

Adventure spans 3 continents and 2 warring factions

Take the battle online, experiencing large scale multiplayer action like never before in epic infantry and vehicle warfare

Discover a terrifyingly plausible near-future world in which the familiar has become alien in this nightmare vision of Occupied USA

Fight for a cause joining a cast of memorable characters as your resistance cell wages a guerrilla war against overwhelming military odds in the name of Freedom

Sudden Strike 4: Complete Collection offers realistic real-time strategy gameplay with tactical depth and a historic al setting across 11 campaigns.

Contains all free content updates available, with over 10 new maps and gameplay refinements.

Command German and Soviet forces in the Battle of Kursk - one of the largest tank battles of World War II!

Lengthy campaign with over 20 hours of gameplay.

A living, breathing, persistent open gameworld of investigative mystery, featuring a huge cast of unique NPCs each with their own individual mysteries to uncover.

Dozens of side quests that will further immerse the player and reveal more of Greenvale’s secret underbelly.

Not Just Another Hero - Brink's advanced player customization offers a near-endless combination of looks for your character - allowing for the appearance of your character to be truly unique. As you progress through the game and acquire more experience, you'll have even more opportunities for customization

Two Sides to Every Story - Choose to fight through the single player campaign as either a member of the Resistance or the Security and then take your same character online to play cooperatively or competitively against other players.

Blurring the Lines - Take your unique character online at any time you choose! Brink allows you to seamlessly move between your single player campaign, co-op with friends, and intense multiplayer action. Multiplayer takes the story online where you can play with up to seven other people (or AI characters) cooperatively as you take on the opposing faction or with up to 16 players competitively.

Open-world first-person shooter with non-linear mission objectives and destructible environments

Focused and intense system inherently promotes teamwork by creating a unified front of war

Epic campaign featuring 7 theaters of war with a climactic ending; 60+ futuristic vehicles and weapons

AI is class based, each operating diffently and possesing different behaviors depending on the situation

3 in-game factions (the Army, the Millitia and the Target), each with signature color scheme and appearance

Take on open levels in campaign and online co-op and competitive multiplayer modes

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 takes the bulls-eye precision of its 2 million plus best-selling predecessor to new and exciting heights.

The only multi-platform FPS modern shooter exclusively designed around the sniper experience and built using the most advanced game engine in CryENGINE3.

The missions of Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 are graphically stunning and provide more diverse sniper challenges.

Fast Action Arcade Shooter Gameplay

Brawler Style Combat with brutal Counterkill finishing moves: 20 Interactive Counterkills

Drop-In/Drop-Out Co-Op Online Multiplayer

Story driven shooter game features team based tactical combat

10 gameplay modes and free form battlefield allows for creativity and surprises

Experience over 200 maps in both day and nighttime settings

Celebrity voice talent - Neil Patrick Harris (DoogieHowser, Harold and Kumar, How I Met Your Mother) and Will Arnett (Arrested Development, 30 Rock, Blades of Glory)

Hilarious script written by WGA Award winning writer David Elis

New innovation in the cover gameplay mechanic that advances the genre

Fight the Occupation in New York, Washington DC, and London. Witness the Third Reich¿s epic takeover of America and participate in intense, nonstop action against a backdrop of globally recognized landmarks

Make a difference as an American Resistance hero and employ guerrilla tactics to outfl ank superior enemy forces. Take advantage of a unique grappling system featuring environmental kills, quick kills, and human shields.

Participate in epic, cinematic gameplay from start to finish with this best-in-class First Person Shooter gameplay from SPARK. The soundtrack is from renowned video-game, TV and fi lm composer Michael Giacchino

Splice, manipulate and engineer your genetic code with alien DNA in order to gain special abilities - at the cost of transforming into a mutant

Engage in 9 levels of heart-pounding third-person shooter action - or solve DNA mini-games and puzzles to gain new abilities

Harvest energy from the bodies of defeated enemies, increase regeneration rate, enhance vision, stamina and strength