Fallen Aces and Sulfur, two very recent indie fps games l, both amazing. Neither are "just shoot" games though, but I'd recommend giving a look
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Someone else suggested Fallen Aces and I told them that it looks like a cartoon or.comic book game so I wilk skip it. I see that Sulfur looks similar so I'm going to pass on that as well.
From your comments, what're you're looking for seems to be extremely restricted. Give them a try, you might surprise yourself. Indie fps games with modern realistic graphics are really hard to come by, as there's basically no reason for indie devs to venture into a genre completely taken by AAA devs. Going back to the topic though, I'd take a look into Road to Vostok if you haven't yet, it's the closest to what you want (from what I can tell).
Indie huh ? Try Dusk
I don't enjoy playijg anything that has 30 year old graphics.
It simply has a retro-aesthetic & an alternative would be Prey
- Metro series (very good, contains creaures/mutants but also a lot of enemies are human)
- STALKER series (very good, contains creaures/mutants but also a lot of enemies are human), some mods recommended because the base games are a bit "unfinished" for lack of a better word, but the modding scene is great and always kind of saves the games
- Deus Ex series (I've played 1, Human Revolution + Mankind Divided, all very good. Part 1 in particular was legendary back in the day, unfortunately it looks like absolute garbage these days (it was already critizized for its dated look back when it released), but you might find some mods beefing it up a bit)
- Wolfenstein series (the newer titles are very good in general, except Youngblood)
- Dishonored series (very good)
- F.E.A.R. series (great horror/scifi themed FPS)
- DUSK, Ion Fury, ... (and in general lots of other boomer shooters, lots of them are great, these are just 2 examples which I fondly remember. Lots of high quality indie games in this category)
- Cyberpunk 2077 (as an FPS-RPG hybrid, very good since version 2.x, especially with Phantom Liberty)
- Sniper Elite series (I've played 2-4, they were very decent)
- Far Cry series (I've played 1, 3-5 + New Dawn + Primal, they were very decent. New Dawn was more like DLC-sized)
- The newer Terminator FPS games are supposedly good, haven't played them yet
- The new Robocop FPS is supposedly good, haven't played it yet
These are more controversial but also can be a fun option:
- Deathloop (interesting conceptually but also not amazing. Only get it at heavy discounts)
- RAGE 1+2 (don't remember much from 1 anymore, but I finished it so it was at least okay. 2 was short and unimpressive but still works as well, it's nothing impressive but if you just want a sci-fi singleplayer shooter they're alright I guess, and they're probably very cheap these days. Only get them at heavy discounts)
- The Division 1/2 also work decently in single-player, although some late-endgame stuff like Raids requires multiplayer. Might not count as FPS since it's 3rd person by default, but it plays very close to FPS and IIRC you can change camera view to 1st person and when you aim from cover (which is most of the time) it feels like FPS regardless. I played both for a bit and it was better than expected but it's also bland and gets boring after a while. Still a somewhat decent "realism"-based shooter. Only get them at heavy discounts.
- Theoretically Call of Duty but I'm still not going to recommend them because of unethical developer or publisher, low value in general, inflated prices in general, short lengths in general, and so on.
That's a solid list
Maybe the titanfall 2 campaign?
What stands out so much about Titanfall 2?
Arguably the best single player fps campaign ever. Never overstays it's welcome and each level is unique. The movement is also fantastic.
It's a fun movement shooter, cheap, and quite good.
The campaign is short and sweet, never gets stale. The gameplay and gunplay are solid, the AI are decent.
You can regularly pick it up for like 5 dollars or less.
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Far Cry series
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Far Cry 2 through 4 specifically are the best of the series.
Sniper: elite looks good on that list
Unreal and Unreal Tournament (the latter only has single player with bots) got officially free the other day. You can get them at https://oldunreal.com/.
No One Lives Forever has been abandoned for a while. You can get them at http://nolfrevival.tk/.
The Outer Worlds
EDIT: Did you mean you DON'T want it to be space themed?
Yeah, no space things.
Try Deus Ex
My favorite game of 2024: Selaco
EDIT: Confused by what you're looking for, space-themed or not space-themed?
I meant no space things.
In that situation, Fallen Aces.
Fallen Aces is a cartoon or comic style game? I've never heard of it before?
A kind of brawl-based FPS (with some limited gunplay, ammo is really scarce) with a kind of old detective vibe mixed with an underground superhero group. It's replayable in a way where you can try a more sneaky approach to minimize combat or punch your way through.
After watching videos of gameplay, the graphics for Acea would be a point of disconnect for me.
The Wolfenstein series isn't indie, but meets your asks. It's an alt history FPS based in WWII, so most creaturish you'll get is dogs.
Outside of that fallout and borderlands weren't mentioned yet, but both have rpg elements and creatures. Fallout is alt history USA while borderlands takes place on another planet.
I bought the Wolfenstein combo New Order/Old Blood from GOG. I tried Fallout 4 and I get bored of open world exploration, I find it's only for filling time for something to do as opposed to affecting the storyline of a game in any way, and I can't seem to get into RPG's all at but it's not a criticism of RPGs.
I got a couple of Borderland games from Epic giveaway and they're quite nice but I seem to lose interest after an hour. Great production on the Borderlands games but I'm not feeling them. I hear the movie is awful.
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I Am Your Beast single player FPS not in space and looks pretty cool.
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I've always had a fondness for the original Call of Duty single-player campaign. I don't even care for that series, but the original had a phenomenal campaign.
Call Of Duty 2 was by far the best. I want Call Of Duty 3 on PC.
Someone has already mentioned DeusEx - Dishonored games also fit the category. If you are into grounded wilderness survival experiences, I recommend The Long Dark. If you are into SciFi and just don't like space as a setting, try Metro and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. None of these are indies though.
Modern reboot of Wolfenstein (The New Order, Old Blood and The New Colossus) are also quite fun and brilliant - they do occasionally send you to space though (there are levels on the Moon and Venus). The recent Indiana Jones game from the same studio (Machine Games) is really good as well.
Have you played the campaigns for older Call of Duty games and the like? They still hold up.
I have the Call Of Duty from 15 years ago. I don't find the original Modern Warfare series to be as good as people make them out to be. Call Of Duty 2 is my favoirite compaign of the series. I wish they would do a scene for scene remake with the new engine since it was made in the time of CRT 4:3 and sell the remake for $20.
Right now I'm enjoying Witchfire. Although it's not just FPS, the FPS part is good, along with the atmosphere of medieval-inquisition times and a powerful witch yet to be faced.
Gameplay consists of sessions on several islands where you kill enemies, clear up events and gradually unlock new game parts. On successful extraction you bring back witchfire (the same thing as souls in Dark Souls) to spend on increasing of one of six characteristics.
There are a bunch of weapons unlocked through research and each upgradable up to 3 tiers, by completing requirement tied to each gun.
It is fun and keeps me engaged for several days already. But if you're not into repeating runs and rather play story based FPS, or don't really like the theme, maybe it's better to pick something else.
Deus Ex
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