Best Shooter Games on PlayStation Plus Right Now

DOOM Eternal is the fastest thing in this list, and it took me a solid two hours to unlearn my Call of Duty instincts and stop hiding behind cover. The game punishes standing still. Glory kills refill health, chainsaw kills refill ammo, and the whole loop turns into a constant resource cycle you're managing mid-fight. It's mechanically the sharpest shooter on PS Plus right now. The campaign asks a lot early on, and if you bounce off the first few arenas, know that it clicks somewhere around chapter three once the movement becomes muscle memory. No multiplayer distractions here, just you, a shotgun, and momentum.

Returnal is the game I point to when someone asks what the DualSense controller can actually do. Every weapon has a distinct trigger resistance, and the adaptive triggers make alt-fire modes feel like a second gun bolted onto the first. I died to the same boss eleven times before switching my approach entirely, which is the roguelite loop working exactly as intended. Runs are short enough to fit in an evening gap between putting the kids to bed and actually being tired. Two-player co-op was added after launch, and it turns the brutal solo run into something more forgiving. It's a demanding game. It rewards you anyway.

Space Marine 2 is the one my group actually asked to play again after we finished the campaign, which almost never happens once credits roll. The bolter has real weight. Melee finishers are satisfyingly brutal. Going loud against a Tyranid swarm with two friends on headsets is chaos in the best way. Operations mode extends the co-op well past the story, and it scales fine even when one of us is clearly the weak link. The combat depth isn't as layered as DOOM Eternal's, and if you're chasing precision gunplay over spectacle, this ranks a notch below it. For co-op shooter nights, though, nothing else on this list hits as hard.

Destiny 2's gunplay still feels better in my hands than almost anything else on PS Plus, and that's saying something given how many shooters I've cycled through this catalog. The problem is onboarding. I dropped a friend into it cold last year and watched him get lost in menus for twenty minutes before firing a single shot. If you've got friends already playing, or you're willing to treat the first few hours as homework, the raids and dungeons deliver content depth nothing else here matches. Live service games make me cautious in general, and Destiny 2 is the rare one that's earned the exception. Just don't go in solo expecting it to explain itself.

Dead Island 2 is the shooter I'd hand to someone who says they don't really play shooters. The combat feedback is immediate, limbs come off, zombies stagger, headshots feel like headshots, and the game never punishes you for not knowing a meta that doesn't really exist here. I played the opening two hours on a weeknight and never once felt lost. It leans more on melee than pure gunplay, so if you came for precision shooting, look elsewhere on this list. Co-op drops in easily and doesn't require voice coordination to be fun, which matters when you're playing with someone who just wants to smash zombies for an hour. Breezy, forgiving, and genuinely funny in places.

Sniper Elite 5 rewards patience in a way most shooters on this list don't even attempt. I spent twenty minutes scouting a single compound before firing a shot, and the mission still surprised me twice on the way out. The WWII setting gives it a grounding the sci-fi shooters above it don't have, and that's exactly the kind of historical texture I go looking for. The X-ray kill cam is the obvious hook, but the real reason it's here is mission design that rewards replaying the same map with a completely different route. Co-op works, though it's built for two rather than a full squad. Slower pace, bigger payoff.

World War Z: Aftermath is the closest thing on PS Plus to Left 4 Dead 2, and my group noticed the resemblance within the first wave of zombies. The swarms are genuinely huge, hundreds of enemies pouring down a street at once, and the co-op loop asks for basic positioning rather than perfect coordination. That's exactly the kind of co-op design I trust. It scales to whoever showed up that night. It doesn't have the mechanical depth of Sniper Elite 5 or the campaign polish of Space Marine 2, and the story mode is mostly an excuse to move between set pieces. As a drop-in-drop-out co-op shooter for a Friday night, it's an easy recommendation.

Insurgency: Sandstorm plays like someone took the tactical seriousness people wanted from Call of Duty and stripped away the arcade forgiveness. One bullet drops you more often than not, and I died more in my first hour here than in the previous three games combined. That's the point. Firefights are short, lethal, and genuinely tense in a way the bigger-budget shooters on this list don't attempt. It rewards squads who communicate over headsets, which makes it a better fit for my online group than for solo drop-in sessions. The learning curve is steep and the game doesn't hold your hand through it. If tactical realism is what you're after, nothing else here comes close.

Zombie Army 4 knows exactly what it is and never pretends otherwise. Nazi zombies, pulpy horror voiceover, and a shooting loop that's looser than Sniper Elite 5's but a lot sillier. I booted this up on a random Tuesday expecting ten minutes and stayed for an hour because the co-op banter between my squad kept escalating. It's from the same studio as Sniper Elite, and you can feel the shared DNA in the level design, even if the precision here takes a back seat to spectacle. Four-player co-op is where it earns its spot, since solo play loses a lot of the chaos that makes it fun. Not essential, but a genuinely good time.

Far Cry 6 is comfort food, and I mean that as a genuine compliment after nine other shooters that all ask something of you. The island is big. The outposts are familiar. The gunplay is competent without ever being memorable. I put in a lazy Sunday afternoon and cleared three outposts without thinking too hard about it, which is exactly what I wanted that day. The formula hasn't evolved much since the last few entries in the series, and if you've played any recent Far Cry, you already know the rhythm here. Two-player co-op is a nice bonus for solo campaigns you want to share. It's the easiest entry point on this list, just not the most exciting one.