List of first-person shooter engines

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This is a sortable list of first-person shooter engines.

Early FPS graphics engines

Game engine First used for Other First-person shooters
N/A Maze War (1973)
N/A Spasim (1974)
Arsys Software Plazma Line (1984) Wibarm (1986), Star Cruiser (1988), Star Cruiser 2 (1992)
Freescape engine Driller (1987) Dark Side (1988), Total Eclipse (1988), Castle Master (1990), Castle Master II: The Crypt (1990), The Sphinx Jinx (1991)
N/A The Colony (1988)

Early 1990s: wireframes to 2.5D worlds and textures

Game engine First used for Other First-person shooters
N/A The Super Spy (1990) Crossed Swords (1991)
N/A Hovertank 3D (1990)
N/A Catacomb 3D (1991)
N/A Gun Buster (1992)
Wolfenstein 3D engine Wolfenstein 3D (1992) Spear of Destiny (1992), Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold (1993), Operation Body Count (1994), Corridor 7: Alien Invasion (1994), Blake Stone: Planet Strike (1994), Rise of the Triad (1994)
Underworld Engine Ultima Underworld (1992) System Shock (1994)
N/A Ken's Labyrinth (1993)
Pie in the Sky Lethal Tender (1993) Terminal Terror (1994), Pencil Whipped (2000), various others (1994–1998)
id Tech 1 Doom (1993) Doom II: Hell on Earth (1994), Heretic (1994), Hexen: Beyond Heretic (1995), Strife: Quest for the Sigil (1996), Final Doom (1996), Chex Quest (1996)
N/A Marathon (1994)
Marathon 2 Marathon 2: Durandal (1995) Marathon Infinity (1996), Prime Target (1996), ZPC (1996), Damage Incorporated (1997)
Jedi Engine Star Wars: Dark Forces (1995) Outlaws (1997)
Build engine Witchaven (1995) William Shatner's TekWar (1995), Duke Nukem 3D (1996), Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance (1996), PowerSlave (1996, PC version), Redneck Rampage (1997), Blood (1997), Shadow Warrior (1997), Redneck Rampage Rides Again (1998), NAM (1998), Extreme Paintbrawl (1998), World War II GI (1999)
Gloom (engine) Gloom (1995) Gloom 2, Gloom 3, Gloom Mods (1995-2015)
AB3D (engine) Alien Breed 3D (1995) Team 17 - Amiga only
AB3D2 (engine) Alien Breed 3D II: The Killing Grounds (1996) Team 17 - Advanced Amiga only (Full textured 3D with lightning (no 3D hardware))

Mid 1990s: 3D models, beginnings of hardware acceleration

Game engine First used for Other First-person shooters
N/A Geograph Seal (1994) Jumping Flash! (1995), Jumping Flash! 2 (1996), Robbit Mon Dieu (1999), Pocket MuuMuu (1999)
N/A Descent (1994) Descent II (1996), Descent to Undermountain (1997)
N/A Metal Head (1995)
XnGine Engine The Terminator: Future Shock (1995) The Terminator: SkyNET (1996)
Quake engine Quake (1996) Hexen II (1997), Malice (1997), X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse (1997)
SlaveDriver engine PowerSlave (1996, Sega Saturn version) Quake (1997, Sega Saturn version), Duke Nukem 3D (1997, Sega Saturn version)
GoldenEye engine GoldenEye 007 (1997) Perfect Dark (2000)
Sith engine Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (1997)
id Tech 2 Quake II (1997) Heretic II (1998), SiN (1998), Kingpin: Life of Crime (1999), Soldier of Fortune (2000), Daikatana (2000)
Lithtech 1.0 Shogo: Mobile Armor Division (1998) Blood II: The Chosen (1998)

Late 1990s: 32-bit color, GPUs become standard

Game engine First used for Other First-person shooters
Unreal engine Unreal (1998) Unreal Tournament (1999), Deus Ex (2000), Clive Barker's Undying (2001)
Dark engine Thief: The Dark Project (1998) System Shock 2 (1999), Thief II: The Metal Age (2000)
Torque Game Engine Starsiege: Tribes (1998) Tribes 2 (2001)
id Tech 3 Quake III Arena (1999) Star Trek: Voyager: Elite Force (2000), Urban Terror (2000), Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001), Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002), Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002), Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (2002), Star Trek: Elite Force II (2003), Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (2003), Call of Duty (2003), ioquake3 (2005), OpenArena (2006), Tremulous (2006)
Lithtech Talon No One Lives Forever (2000) Aliens versus Predator 2 (2001)
Fusion engine Descent 3 (1999)
GoldSrc Engine Half-Life (1998)

Early 2000s: increasing detail, outdoor environments, rag-doll physics

Game engine First used for Other First-person shooters
Refractor Engine Codename Eagle (2000)
Serious Engine Serious Sam: The First Encounter (2001) Serious Sam: The Second Encounter (2002), Serious Sam: Next Encounter (2004)
Refractor 2 Battlefield 1942 (2002) Battlefield Vietnam (2004), Battlefield 2 (2005), Battlefield 2142 (2006)
Glacier engine Hitman: Codename 47 (2000) Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2002), Freedom Fighters (2003), Hitman: Contracts (2004), Hitman: Blood Money (2006)
SAGE Engine Command & Conquer: Renegade (2002)
LS3D engine Mafia (2002) Hidden & Dangerous 2 (2004), Chameleon (2005)
Unreal Engine 2.0 America's Army (2002) Unreal Tournament 2003 (2002) Unreal II: The Awakening (2003), Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (2003), Devastation (2003), Postal 2 (2003), Unreal Tournament 2004 (2004)
Lithtech Jupiter No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way (2002) Tron 2.0 (2003)
Lithtech 2.5 Global Operations (2002)
N/A Metroid Prime (2002) Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004)
Cube Engine Cube (2002–2005) Assault Cube
Real Virtuality Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis (2001) VBS1 (2002), ArmA: Armed Assault (2007), ARMA II (2009)

Mid 2000s: lighting and pixel shaders, physics

Game engine First used for Other First-person shooters
Zero (proprietary Pandemic Studios engine) Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002) Star Wars: Battlefront (2004), Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005), The Lord of the Rings: Conquest (2009)
Unreal Engine 2.5 Tribes Vengeance (2004) S.W.A.T. 4 (2004), Unreal Tournament 2004 (2004), BioShock (2007), Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (2010), Duke Nukem Forever (2011)
PAIN engine Painkiller (2004) NecroVisioN (2009)
CryEngine Far Cry (2004) Aion: Tower of Eternity (2008)
Cube 2 Engine Cube 2: Sauerbraten (2004–present) Eisenstern, Red Eclipse (2011)
id Tech 4 Doom 3 (2004) Quake 4 (2005), Prey (2006), Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (2007), Wolfenstein (2009), Brink (2011)
Halo engine Halo: Combat Evolved (2001) Halo 2 (2004)
Source engine Half-Life 2 (2004) Counter-Strike Source (2004), Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (2004), Day of Defeat: Source (2005), Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (2006), Empires (2006), Sin Episodes - Emergence (2006), Half-Life 2: Episode 1 (2006), Half-Life 2: Episode 2 (2007), Team Fortress 2 (2007), Portal (2007), Left 4 Dead (2008), Zeno Clash (2009), Left 4 Dead 2 (2009), Portal 2 (2011), Postal III (2011)
Lithtech Jupiter EX F.E.A.R. (2005) Condemned: Criminal Origins (2005), Condemned 2: Bloodshot (2008), Combat Arms (2008), F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (2009)
X-ray engine S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007) S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (2008)
Unity3D Unknown Deus Ex: The Fall (2013), Interstellar Marines (TBA)

Late 2000s and beyond: the approach to photorealism

Game engine First used for Other First-person shooters
Unreal Engine 3 Gears of War (2006) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas (2006), Medal of Honor: Airborne (2007), Unreal Tournament 3 (2007), Turok (2008), Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (2008), Aliens: Colonial Marines (2013), Mirror's Edge (2008), Borderlands (2009), Tribes: Ascend (2012), BioShock Infinite (2013)
CryEngine 2 Crysis (2007) Crysis Warhead (2008)
Dunia Engine Far Cry 2 (2008)
Dunia Engine 2 Far Cry 3 (2012) Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (2013)
Frostbite Engine Battlefield: Bad Company (2008) Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Medal of Honor (2010, multiplayer only), Battlefield 3, Mirror's Edge 2 (TBA)
EGO engine Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising (2009)
Real Virtuality 3 ArmA 2 (2009)
Chrome Engine 4 Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (2009) Dead Island (2011)
Halo Reach Engine Halo: Reach (2010) Halo 4 (2012)
X-ray engine 1.6 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (2009)
CryEngine 3 Crysis 2 (2011) Crysis (2011, console versions), Crysis 3 (2013), Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 (2013), Warface (2013)
Fox Engine Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (2014) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015), Silent Hills (2015), P.T. (2014)
id Tech 5 Rage (2011) Wolfenstein: The Old Blood(2015), Wolfenstein: The New Order(2014), The Evil Within (2014)
Vision Engine 8 Dizzel 7554 (November 26, 2011)
Real Virtuality 4 ArmA 3 (2013)
IW 3.0 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) Call of Duty: World at War (2008), 007: Quantum of Solace (2008), Call of Duty: Black Ops (2009),
IW 4.0 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
IW 5.0 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)
IW 6.0 Call of Duty: Ghosts (2013) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)
Unreal Engine 4 Unreal Tournament (TBA), Dead Island 2 (TBA), Ark: Survival Evolved (TBA)

Specialized engines/engine middle-ware

Some features may or may not be integrated into engines. For instance for trees and foliage a special "engine" is available, SpeedTree, that does just that (or could be integrated into general engines). The Euphoria character's 3D animating engine can be used independently but is also integrated in the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine and the game Grand Theft Auto IV.

See also

References

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