The 20 Most Anticipated 2025 Shooter Games, Ranked By Hype Levels
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The 20 Most Anticipated 2025 Shooter Games, Ranked By Hype Levels

David De La Riva
Updated January 16, 2025 20 items

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Fans of the shooter genre in the gaming world are buzzing with excitement for what looks to be a landmark year for not only FPS games, but shooters in general. 2025 is set to deliver a lineup of titles that push the boundaries of the genre with innovative gameplay mechanics and rich, deep stories from groundbreaking sequels like Grand Theft Auto VI and Doom: The Dark Ages to thrilling new IPs like as Judas and Decadent. 2025 shooters will have a little something for everyone, from third person action fans down to rogue-like lovers.

Are any of these shooter games released in 2025 going to get pushed back another year? That's sort of a worst case scenario for gamers, especially for games like Metroid Prime 4 that have already been pushed back by several years already. Let's keep our fingers crossed that all of these games not only release in 2025, but are as amazing as they look!

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Over 80 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The 20 Most Anticipated 2025 Shooter Games, Ranked By Hype Levels

  • Grand Theft Auto VI
    1

    Editor Note: Is it fair to call GTA a shooter? There certainly is plenty of gunplay in these games, so it's being included among some of these other titles that fall more squarely into the genre.

    • Developer: Rockstar Games
    • Genres (Video game): Shooter
    • Publisher: Rockstar Games
    • Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
  • Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
    2

    Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

    60 votes

    Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is an installment in the Metal Gear Solid series, featuring a storyline with tactical gameplay elements. It is anticipated to be released on various platforms.

  • Doom: The Dark Ages
    3
    • Developer: id Software
    • Genres (Video game): Shooter
    • Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
    • Platform: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
    • Developer: The Coalition
    • Genres (Video game): Adventure
    • Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
    • Platform: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S
  • Mafia: The Old Country
    5

    Mafia: The Old Country

    54 votes

    Borderlands 4 is a continuation of the Borderlands series known for its distinctive art style and cooperative gameplay. It is expected to be available on popular gaming platforms.

  • Borderlands 4
    6

    Borderlands 4

    61 votes

    Editor Note: While the Borderlands movie was kind of considered to be a flop by many fans, that shouldn't discourage you from being hyped as heck for the fourth main entry in the series!