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Looking for a new looter shooter to get into this year? We have you covered. In this list, we’re highlighting the best upcoming shooters filled with precious loot to pick up along the way.
#13 Marauders
Developer: Small Impact Games
Publisher: Team17
Platforms: PC
Release: October 03, 2022
What would happen if World War I never ended? How would humanity have evolved or regressed due to that? In Marauders, you’re going to find out.
The acts of that war have left the planet in ruins, and people are desperate to escape and survive. You are one of the Marauders and plan to take what you can and give nothing back. Alone or in a group, you’ll raid various locations and attempt to take the loot that lies within. But be warned! Others out there know that these places have items of value.
Fight off other raiding parties, then secure your loot and get out! When you’re safe? Get ready for the next attack!
#12 Zero Sievert
Developer: CABO Studio
Publisher: Modern Wolf
Platforms: PC
Release: November 15, 2022
In Zero Sievert, you are a scavenger in a post-apocalyptic world that is dangerous to anyone above ground. You’re one of the lucky ones and have a bunker where multiple people reside. However, to survive after all this time, you must head above ground, take what you can, and survive what’s out there.
What is out there? Well, nuclear fallout is called that for a reason. The biomes you’ll travel to will be diverse and have many types of “wildlife” to endure. So pack for the battles ahead, craft what you need to take on tougher enemies, and see what remains of this ruined world.
#11 Stalcraft
Developer: EXBO
Publisher: EXBO
Platforms: PC
Release: December 09, 2022
Are you ready to head into the depths of Chernobyl and discover what lies within? In Stalcraft, you’ll be one of many players who venture into the exclusion zone.
There are multiple modes to play in, including a deep campaign mode that’ll take you all over and have you doing various quests to get stronger and learn the truth of the zone.
When you’re not fighting off natural and supernatural threats, you’ll be building and crafting to get a better edge over the enemy. Through the multiplayer elements, players will join factions to take out one another. Or maybe you’ll go it alone to see how you do?
#10 Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
- Developer: Gearbox Software
- Publisher: 2K Studios
- Platform: PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC
- Release: March 25th 2022
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is a successor to Borderlands made in the spirit of that world. The titular Tiny Tina is manipulating this world just like in the DLC released for Borderlands 2, and it’s your job to travel through the fantasy world. You can play alone or online, or even in local split screen multiplayer, just like the rest of the games! Just hope that you manage to get a decent weapon or you’ll find yourself doomed to a disturbing and miserable death.
#9 Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
- Developer: Fatshark
- Publisher: Fatshark
- Platform: Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, PC
- Release: 2022
One of two Warhammer games releasing this year, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a first person action game in which you can play with up to four total players. Take on the role of a squad of Imperial Guardsman and investigate a chaos infiltration on the planet Atoma Prime. A chaotic looter shooter for the ages, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide will keep your attention for hours on end.
#8 Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
- Developer: Bungie
- Publisher: Bungie
- Platform: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Stadia, PC
- Release: February 22, 2022
There’s a reason that Destiny 2 has been around for so long. It’s a beloved game by many, one that has had countless revamps and expansions and one that has yet another expansion coming up very soon. Destiny 2: The Witch Queen promises to revolve around Savathun, adding new weapons, new battles and a new war for you to fight alongside your friends. With the sheer amount of new content you’ll be playing for hours on end.
#7 Palworld
- Developer: Pocketpair
- Publisher: Pocketpair
- Platform: PC
- Release: 2022
Palworld is an open-world survival crafting game similar to Pokemon in the sense that you collect creatures to help you fight. The ‘Pals’ in question will fight for you, build for you, farm for you and work in factories for you. Exploit their workers rights and the lack of a union to make your world exactly as you want it, in addition to being able to use them to fly, swim, drive a car, dig holes or really do anything that you desire.
#6 Synced: Off Planet
- Publisher: Level Infinite
- Developer: Next Studios
- Platform: PC
- Release: TBA
As far as looter shooters go, Synced: Off-Planet mainly relies on you and your team strengthening your squad in various different ways. Technology has gone gravely wrong, causing a techno-apocalyptic future in which our greatest asset and our greatest ally has become our greatest enemy. You can pick up various weapons, upgrade them, equip them to strengthen your squad and make your squad the most powerful in this terrible, terrible future. This story and these matches grow with you, changing everything as you play.
#5 The Cycle: Frontier
- Developer: Yager
- Publisher: Yager
- Platform: PC
- Release: 2022
The Cycle: Frontier is a high stakes, high reward PvPvE that is fully driven by suspense and danger. On this abandoned alien world there’s a chance to find incredible resources on this world that can give you incredible rewards, but in order to get these rewards you’ll have to defeat terrifying monsters and face other Prospectors around the world. You can pick up totally random weapons that’ll either turn the tide in your favour or absolutely cause your demise, but you’ll never know until you start playing.
#4 Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt
- Developer: Sharkmob
- Publisher: Sharkmob
- Platforms: PC, PS5
- Release: 2022
While you’re waiting for Vampire: The Masquerade- Bloodlines to release, why not check out this free to play battle royale game? It’s based on the tabletop role-playing game of Vampire: The Masquerade and is set in Prague, the world of darkness. You get to choose between a vampire that battle both each other and somebody that tries to kill vampires. If you want you can be part of a team, but you can also work alone, using ranged weapons, melee weapons and your powers to win! There’s also the ability to disguise yourself as a human, to attempt to lure in others.
#3 Risk of Rain 2: Survivors Of The Void
- Developer: Hopoo Games
- Publisher: Gearbox Publishing
- Platforms: PC
- Release: 2022
Risk Of Rain 2 is an expansion pack to the original Risk Of Rain 2 that adds fourteen new void items, four new lunar items, eighteen normal items, five new equipment items, three new stages, nine new monsters, three new bosses, two new elite types, two new survivors, a new game mode and a new alternate ending. It’s a huge addition to the original base game, one that’ll serve both as a challenge for new and old players! There’s hours upon hours of gameplay here to the point that you’ll hardly need any other games.
#2 Plan 8
- Developer: Pearl Abyss
- Publisher: Pearl Abyss
- Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC
- Release: TBA
Little is known about Plan 8 right now. We know that it’s coming eventually and represents a new frontier of war. All you know is that you don’t remember who you are and that the note in your pocket reads “Find K.B”. But who is K.B? Or indeed, what is K.B? It’s up to you to find out.
#1 Witchfire
- Developer: The Astronauts
- Publisher: The Astronauts
- Platforms: PC
- Release: TBA
Witchfire is a game that’s been in development since 2015, a looter shooter that is action-oriented, skill-based and has no cutscenes. It was officially revealed back in 2017, set to be released “when it’s done”. Past that we really know very little about the game at all, just that it’s coming.
