The first-person shooter is one of PC gaming’s oldest and most dependable genres, and 2026 has a lineup that spans extraction, arena, narrative, and co-op across a wide range of studios and budgets. Whether you are here for competitive multiplayer, campaign-driven stories, or something that blends both, the year has something worth watching.
Here are the ten most significant FPS games arriving or expanding on PC in 2026.
1. Marathon
Bungie’s Marathon is the most ambitious new FPS IP in years. An extraction shooter set in a science fiction universe drawn from Bungie’s classic 1990s Marathon trilogy, it puts three-player teams into contested maps to recover loot and extract alive while contending with AI enemies and other player squads.
The extraction shooter genre, popularised by Escape from Tarkov and refined by Hunt: Showdown, has not yet had a major studio entry with Bungie’s level of production polish. Marathon has been built around Bungie’s strength in gunplay, movement, and moment-to-moment feel, which if the finished game delivers what the studio is known for, could establish it as the definitive entry in the category.
The setting is striking: a fallen human colony on a distant planet, with a visual style that borrows from the original trilogy’s design language while updating it for current hardware. Whether the game structure sustains the kind of long-term engagement extraction shooters require is the central question.
2. Borderlands 4
Gearbox Software’s fourth mainline Borderlands entry brings the looter-shooter formula that the studio essentially created back to a new planetary setting with a new cast. Borderlands 4 was confirmed with a new villain described as more threatening than previous antagonists, updated movement mechanics that add verticality to the traversal, and the co-op structure that has always been the series’ strongest point.
The previous entries have shown diminishing returns, and the reception to Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands in 2022 was qualified. Borderlands 4 needs to justify why this iteration is worth the investment over returning to earlier games in the series. The foundation, absurdist comedy, enormous weapon variety, and genuinely better-with-friends co-op, remains solid enough to build a strong game on if Gearbox has learned from criticism of the previous entries.
3. Perfect Dark
The Initiative’s reboot of the Perfect Dark franchise has been one of the longest-running Xbox development sagas of recent years. Originally announced in 2020, the project brought in Crystal Dynamics to assist after internal difficulties, and the game has been rebuilt into what is now presented as a first-person spy thriller set in a near-future corporate dystopia.
Perfect Dark on PC via Game Pass day one is one of the Xbox exclusives that has most excited players who grew up with the N64 original. The combination of stealth, gadget-based gameplay, and shooting puts it in a design space that few modern games occupy. Expectations are high, patience has been tested by the long development, and the game needs to deliver a memorable campaign to justify both.
4. Killing Floor 3
Tripwire Interactive’s Killing Floor series has occupied a specific co-op horror FPS space since the original’s launch in 2009. The third entry brings the wave-based survival against grotesque specimens to new environments with updated mechanics and a visual overhaul that retains the series’ gory identity.
Co-op horror FPS is a category without many high-quality representatives, and Killing Floor 3’s position as the continuation of a long-running series gives it a built-in audience. For players who enjoyed the second game, which received substantial updates for years after launch, the third entry represents the genre’s next major step.
5. Battlefield (Next Entry)
EA and DICE’s next Battlefield game has been confirmed in development for several years, with the stated ambition to return the franchise to its roots after the disappointing reception of Battlefield 2042. The specific setting and full feature set have not been revealed at time of writing, but expectations from the community are focused on the large-scale combined-arms gameplay, destructible environments, and class-based teamwork that defined the series at its 2011 to 2016 peak.
If DICE delivers a Battlefield that plays to the franchise’s genuine strengths, this is the FPS with the potential to make the most noise of anything on this list. The audience that Battlefield 2042 lost is large, and it has nowhere else to go for what Battlefield has historically done best.
6. Doom: The Dark Ages — Post-Launch Content
Doom: The Dark Ages launched in May 2025 and delivered on the promise of a different but equally compelling combat system to Doom Eternal. The shield mechanics, dragon sequences, and slower, more grounded approach satisfied most fans even as it divided players who preferred Eternal’s aerial mobility.
Post-launch content in 2026, expected to include expansion missions in the Dark Ages’ medieval-apocalyptic setting, will give id Software room to explore story threads and combat scenarios that the base game established. For anyone who played The Dark Ages and wanted more, this is the year’s most straightforward recommendation: more of a very good thing.
7. Splitgate 2
1047 Games’ original Splitgate built a dedicated following by combining arena FPS shooting with portal mechanics borrowed from Valve’s Portal series. Players can create portals to outflank enemies, escape corners, and create lines of fire that fundamentally change how arena FPS plays. The first game’s free-to-play model attracted a large audience that sustained it for years.
Splitgate 2 is a full sequel rather than an update, with new mechanics and a more developed game alongside the portal system that defines the experience. For players who enjoy arena FPS and find standard shooter positioning intuitive enough to feel solved, the portal layer adds genuinely novel strategic depth.
8. Far Cry (Next Entry)
Ubisoft’s Far Cry series has not had a mainline entry since Far Cry 6 in 2021, and the next entry in the franchise is confirmed to be in development. The specific setting and direction have not been formally announced, but the core Far Cry formula, open world, charismatic villain, improvised combat in a striking environment, has proven durable across six mainline games despite repetition criticisms.
If Ubisoft brings a genuinely fresh setting and narrative approach to the structure, Far Cry has the production values and open-world design experience to deliver a strong campaign shooter. It is on this list because when Far Cry gets its setting right, it produces some of the most enjoyable open-world FPS available on PC.
9. BioShock (New Entry)
2K Games’ Cloud Chamber studio has been working on a new BioShock game since 2019. The series has been dormant since BioShock Infinite in 2013, and a new entry remains one of the most anticipated unrevealed FPS projects in the industry. No release window has been formally announced, but reports of significant internal development progress suggest a reveal and potential 2026 release is not impossible.
It is the most speculative entry on this list. It is here because a new BioShock, combining the franchise’s history of atmospheric world-building with modern FPS mechanics and an unrevealed setting, represents a uniquely exciting prospect for first-person shooter fans.
10. Call of Duty 2026
Activision releases a Call of Duty entry every year without exception, and 2026 will not break that pattern. The specific title and setting are not yet announced at time of writing, but the franchise’s annual cadence is one of the most consistent in gaming.
Call of Duty’s relevance in competitive multiplayer remains strong despite the rise of battle royale and extraction games. Warzone continues to serve as a free-to-play ecosystem, and each annual release refreshes the multiplayer sandbox with new content. Whether 2026’s entry builds on 2025’s or takes the franchise somewhere genuinely new, it will be one of the year’s most-played FPS releases by raw numbers.
Several entries on this list have confirmed development but no precise 2026 release date at time of writing. The FPS calendar shifts frequently and some titles may land in late 2026 or beyond.
