Free Shooting Games: FPS Fights, Sniper Missions and Zombie Waves Online

Shooting games are a simple deal — aim, fire, reload, stay alive. Everything here is free in your browser on a computer or a phone, with nothing to download. Pick a game and you're in the fight.

Most Popular Shooting Games and How to Play Them

Six very different ways to pull a trigger. A quick read of the controls saves a few early deaths.

Pixel Gun 3D

A pixel-style multiplayer FPS with team battles against real players, plus a solo zombie survival mode when you'd rather fight on your own. Move with W, A, S, D or the arrow keys, click to shoot, R reloads and 1-8 swaps weapons. High scorers earn in-game currency for bigger guns, so play the objective, not just the kill feed.

Critical Strike Shooting Online

Fast-paced multiplayer FPS across 3D maps — urban ruins, desert outposts, industrial warehouses. W, A, S and D move you, a mouse click fires, R reloads and number keys switch weapons. Enemies pop up from any direction, so squad up and keep your head on a swivel.

Survivor.io

One-finger swarm survival. Zombies and monsters close in from every side, your weapons fire on their own and you just drag to move. Pick up skills and props mid-run to grow stronger, break the encirclement and an even nastier wave spawns. Walk wide loops so the horde bunches up behind you — standing still is how runs end.

Zombie Idle Defense

Half idle game, half tower defense. Spend your starting cash on weapons, camps and ammo, then swipe the on-screen panel to mow down the zombie waves heading for your base. Rescue missions and upgrades grow it into a proper little military empire. Early money on guns beats hoarding it.

Halloween Pocket Sniper 3D

A Halloween-themed FPS where you play the sniper. Drag to aim, let go to fire — that's the whole control scheme. Pick off zombies one by one and complete rescue missions to save trapped humans. Wait for the clean shot; spraying only makes the timing harder.

Gun Fest

A runner with a trigger. Drag your gun left and right, pass through the multiplier gates to grow your ammo stack and dodge the debuff gates that slash it. Whatever bullets survive to the finish line become your firepower against the final wave. The best gate isn't always the biggest one.

Find Your Fight

"Shooting games" covers everything from slow-scope snipers to spray-and-pray runners. Pick your pace.

First-Person Shooters

You're behind the gun. Squad Shooter: Simulation Shootout is squad warfare — WASD to move, F to fire, E to swap weapons — where covering your crew matters as much as aim. Pubg Mobile Online drops you on bigger battlefields with rifles, sniper rifles and shotguns: WASD moves, E shoots, drag the mouse for the camera. Check our first-person shooter games list for more of the same view.

Sniper Missions

One bullet, one target. Mafia Sniper Crime Shooting is classic hitman work — W zooms in, S zooms out, and you'd better pick your mark out of the crowd before you click to fire. One Shot Duel: Snipe & Hide packs three modes in one: turn-based sniper duels, hidden-alien hunts and a full WASD subway escape. More long-range work in our sniper games collection.

Zombie Shooters

The target-rich option. Zombie Waves has you dragging your hero around the map mowing down hordes while unlocking plant soldiers for backup. Blockapolypse: Zombie Shooter is base defense in pixel form — Space shoots, E defends, R reloads, F swaps weapons — with endless waves between you and escape. Browse our zombie games for more undead.

.io Survival Arenas

Shoot first, level up second. Hero Survivor.io is the roguelike take on swarm survival: drag to move, pick upgrades every level and build a hero strong enough for the bosses. Super Hero Survivor.io gives your superhero auto-fire, so all your attention goes to pathing and timing. More arenas in our io games list.

Run, Merge and Fire

Casual takes on the trigger. Gun Merge: Mr Bullet is timing-based puzzle shooting — lock the laser sight and click to fire at the right moment, merge identical guns for a bigger arsenal — and every miss invites a counterattack. Bullet Army Run turns ammo into a collecting game: drag to steer, gather bullets and dodge the traps that eat your stock. More hardware in our weapon games cabinet.

Wheels and War

Shooting from the driver's seat. Tank Attack is a physics battler — A and D roll your tank across rough terrain, J fires, and angles plus gravity decide whether the shell lands. Desert Riders: Car Battle straps guns onto an armored car: drag to aim at targets in range, tap the screen to speed up and hit the attack button to fire, and chase diamond cars for upgrade cash.

Sixty Years of Shooting Games

The games above are free and instant. The road here took about six decades — four quick stops.

Spacewar! to Space Invaders (1962-1978)

Probably the first time anyone shot anything in a video game: Spacewar! in 1962, two rocket ships built by MIT students firing torpedoes at each other on a PDP-1. Taito's Space Invaders turned the idea into a genre in 1978 — the first fixed shooter, the first game that never ends, and the birth of the high-score chase.

The FPS Is Born (1973-1996)

Students at NASA Ames drew the first first-person maze back in 1973's Maze War, but id Software made it a genre: Wolfenstein 3D in 1992, Doom in 1993 — demons, shotguns, deathmatch — and Quake in 1996, which dragged the fight into real 3D and onto the internet.

Counter-Strike to Call of Duty (1999-2003)

Counter-Strike started life in 1999 as a fan-made Half-Life mod and hit stores in 2000 — slow rounds, team tactics, one life each. Halo: Combat Evolved proved shooters belonged on consoles in 2001, and Call of Duty turned World War II into a blockbuster in 2003.

Battle Royale to Browser Tabs (2017-now)

PUBG and Fortnite Battle Royale both landed in 2017 and made "100 players, one winner" the default mode of the genre. Browser .io shooters shrank the same loop into a tab — no install, no account. The games on this page carry that idea: click and you're already in the fight.

Play Shooting Games on PC or Phone

Every game here runs free in the browser, and each game page lists its controls before you start.

Keyboard and Mouse on PC

Most keyboard shooters here move with WASD — the base-defense ones hold their ground — but the fire key varies: Pixel Gun 3D and Critical Strike Shooting Online use mouse click with R to reload and number keys to swap guns, Squad Shooter: Simulation Shootout fires with F, and Pubg Mobile Online shoots with E while you drag the mouse for the camera. Tank Attack runs on just A, D and J, and One Shot Duel: Snipe & Hide's subway mode uses the full shooter layout, crouch and all.

Touch on Phone and Tablet

Everything listed works on touchscreens too. Drag to move in the .io survivors, drag to aim and release to fire in Halloween Pocket Sniper 3D, swipe the control panel in Zombie Idle Defense. You can also add FreeGame to your home screen and open it like an app.

Shoot Better: Tips That Actually Work

These games punish habits, not skill. Here's how to fix the four most common ones.

You Die Before You Spot the Enemy

Stop sprinting down the middle of the map. In FPS games like Critical Strike Shooting Online and Squad Shooter: Simulation Shootout, threats come from every direction, so move cover to cover and aim where enemies will appear, not where they are. Walking in ready beats reacting late.

You Empty the Clip and Still Miss

Long sprays drag your shots wide. Fire in short bursts, keep the crosshair at head height so the first hit lands sooner, and reload with R while you're behind cover — never mid-fight.

The Horde Buries You Early

In swarm games like Survivor.io and Zombie Waves, keep moving in wide circles so the horde piles up behind you, and grab upgrades that hit groups. A survivor who stops moving stops surviving.

You Pick the Wrong Gun for the Job

Rounds are won between the shooting. In Zombie Idle Defense, spend early cash on weapons before defenses. In Gun Merge: Mr Bullet, merge identical guns before a hard mission. An upgraded ordinary gun beats a stock great one.

FAQ

What are the most popular shooting games on FreeGame?

Here are five popular picks from this category.

What are shooting games?

Games where aiming and firing at enemies or targets is the main thing you do — from tactical FPS battles to one-finger zombie swarms. They test aim, reflexes and positioning, and every one on this page runs free in your browser.

What was the first shooting game?

Spacewar! from 1962 — two players firing torpedoes at each other's ships — is usually called the first video game with shooting. Maze War drew the first first-person view in 1973, and Space Invaders made shooting an arcade genre in 1978.

What's the difference between FPS and TPS?

FPS means first-person shooter — you look through your character's eyes, like in Pixel Gun 3D or Critical Strike Shooting Online. TPS means third-person shooter — the camera sits behind your character so you can watch them move and take cover. Same trigger, different view.

Can I play shooting games for free without downloading?

Yes. Every game here is free, runs in your browser and needs no install or account. Open a game and play.

Can I play shooting games on my phone or tablet?

Yes — everything listed above works on touchscreens. Most games use drag-to-move or drag-to-aim controls, so thumbs are all you need.

Can I play shooting games with friends online?

Some of them. Pixel Gun 3D, Critical Strike Shooting Online and Squad Shooter: Simulation Shootout are built around team battles with real players, and One Shot Duel: Snipe & Hide runs competitive sniper duels. The zombie and runner games here are single-player.

What are some good sniper games here?

Halloween Pocket Sniper 3D is a full FPS sniper game — drag to aim, release to fire. Mafia Sniper Crime Shooting is pure hitman work, and One Shot Duel: Snipe & Hide mixes sniping with other modes.

What are some zombie shooting games?

Zombie Idle Defense for tower-defense vibes, Zombie Waves and Blockapolypse: Zombie Shooter for wave survival, and Survivor.io for the one-finger .io version.

What controls do shooting games use?

On PC, WASD to move plus a mouse click or a key to fire — R reloads and number keys swap guns in most of the keyboard shooters, but a few use F, E or J to fire instead. On mobile it's simpler: drag to move or aim, tap or release to shoot. Each game page lists its controls before you start.

Are shooting games okay for kids?

That's a parent call. The games here are cartoon-style pixel and arcade shooters — zombies, tanks and aliens rather than realistic violence — but the trigger is still the point, so take a look at a game first and decide for your kid.