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Get ready to tweak your loadouts endlessly! In this list, we will focus on some of the best action-packed looter shooters coming our way in 2025. That said, this list is not ranked in any particular order, as we’ll have to see how these titles end up doing when they officially launch into the marketplace.
#7 Killer Bean
Are you ready to “be the Bean?” In Killer Bean, you’ll play as, well, a killer assassin bean, who was betrayed by the organization they were a part of. As such, they go on a one-bean tirade to try and bring it all down around their heads. If you’re a fan of over-the-top action games that has movie stylings and slow motion, this is the game for you. However, there’s a huge twist.
The game doesn’t give you a singular campaign to go through. Instead, the title changes everything up with every single runthrough you do. So, you could beat the game, play it again, and have a completely different experience.
#6 Hunger
Have you ever noticed that all these end-of-the-world games are trying to depress you with their settings and goals? We’re just saying. In Hunger, you’ll find yourself within a version of Europe that has been decimated by a plague. You choose to step out of the “safe area” that many find comfort within to see what lies in the “World After The End.”
Whether you choose to embark on this quest alone or with others is up to you, but the trials will be the same, and they won’t be easy. You’ll have to do quests, garner supplies, and take on the monsters that this fallen world has produced. Do you think you can manage all of that?
#5 SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada
The world has fallen due to “The Tears of the New Moon,” which poisoned the land and forced people underground. With humanity struggling to survive in their new underground homes, people, including you, are sent out to the surface and other dangerous areas to find items known as AO Crystals.
The journey to get them is filled with perils, including monsters that were created by the mysterious rain. With your mech and AI by your side, you’ll attempt to get the crystals and return home. However, it’s not just monsters in your way; other players are trying to get those crystals, too! Fight back, get your reward, and then strike out once more!
#4 Surfpunk
Do you get the impression that people are just trying to put “punk” at the end of every possible word to see if they can come up with something new or special? Is anyone else getting that vibe? In Surfpunk, yes, that really is the game’s title; you’ll be a surfer who must use their board to go to various islands and ruins to get loot! Then, when the monstrous Sumi shows up to try and stop you, you’ll need to race back home!
You can play the game alone, or you can play the game with friends. Either way, the journey ahead is what you make of it!
#3 Abyssus
See? They’re doing it again! In Abyssus, you’ll play a person who is a, and this is true, “brinepunk.” What does that even mean? Anyway, you’ll be part of a 19th-century world where an ancient underwater kingdom has been found. You are tasked with going into it and seeing what remains within.
However, no sooner do you do so than you’re set upon by those that once lived in this place! Now, you’re fighting to get out alive and must use your weapons and others you find along the way to get through the madness that’s approaching.
With numerous ways to adapt your weapons and character, you’ll find out the best way to burst through the enemy lines.
#2 Earth From Another Sun
Not all looter shooters are built the same way, and some of them come in the form of a galaxy-wide MMO for you to play with your friends. Doesn’t that sound like fun?
Regarding Earth From Another Sun, you’ll be put into a galaxy where you can do just about anything you want. That includes going around fighting enemies and building up massive armies to try to take over everything! We’re sure many of you would love to do that path.
But there are more nuanced ways to handle things, too. So once you’re done with the looter shooter style, you might want to try those.
#1 Borderlands 4
Behold! The game series that truly started the “looter shooter” genre! Sure, there could’ve been a game before this, but does anyone really remember it? Anyway, for many years now, Gearbox Software has shown us the chaos of Pandora and the crazy people that live within it. However, the story isn’t done yet, as Borderlands 4 is coming!
While details are still light, we know that things won’t change too much from past titles. That means you’ll have options on who to play as, millions, if not billions, of guns to wield, and some truly menacing and scary people to shoot up until they can’t move anymore. Fun times!
