FPS Games That Show Call Of Duty How It's Really Done

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Call of Duty may be the dominant first-person shooter franchise, but there are a number of recent FPS games that beat it when it comes to immersion and overall uniqueness. While Call of Duty dominated the market in its early days, dozens of other popular shooters have emerged over that time, with some of them focusing on more arcade-style mechanics, and others doubling down on realism and grit. With the Call of Duty franchise kicking off in 2003 and still going strong — though encountering a hiccup with Call of Duty: Vanguard and its WWII setting  — there eventually had to be other games to rise up in the genre and improve or deviate from its formula.

While Call of Duty may still be leading in terms of its profit, reachability, and marketability, many other shooters have released over the past few years that have been slowly gaining a following and expanding on the hallmarks of the genre. Additions like Overwatch definitely shook up the market and influenced games with its hero-shooter format, but its reach didn't last very long and its player count is at an all-time low, with hype for its sequel dwindling after poor beta reviews. After the disappointing launch of Battlefield 2042, the diminishing returns on Ubisoft's Tom Clancy games, and Halo Infinite's multiplayer losing