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This is a sortable list of first-person shooter engines .
Early 1970s - Late 1980s: wireframes to flat-shaded 3D [ edit ]
Early 1990s: 2.5D environments and textures [ edit ]
Game engine
First used for
Date
Other first-person shooters
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The Super Spy
1990
Wolf 3D Engine 0.5
Hovertank 3D
1990
Wolfenstein 3D Engine 0.9
Catacomb 3D
1991
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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), Super Noah's Ark 3D (1994)
Underworld Engine
Ultima Underworld
1992
System Shock (1994)
KenTech
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), The Ultimate Doom (1995), Hexen: Beyond Heretic (1995), Master Levels for Doom II (1995), Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel (1996), Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders (1996), Strife: Quest for the Sigil (1996), Final Doom (1996), Chex Quest (1996), Chex Quest 2: Flemoids Take Chextropolis (1997), Doom 64 (1997)
Aleph Zero
Marathon
1994
Build Engine
Legend of the Seven Paladins
1994
Witchaven (1995), William Shatner's TekWar (1995), Duke Nukem 3D (1996), Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance (1996), Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition (1996), PowerSlave (1996, PC version), Redneck Rampage (1997), Blood (1997), Shadow Warrior (1997), Redneck Rampage: Suckin' Grits on Route 66 (1998), Redneck Rampage Rides Again (1998), NAM (1998), Extreme Paintbrawl (1998), World War II GI (1999), Ion Fury (2019)
Aleph One
Marathon 2: Durandal
1995
Marathon Infinity (1996), Prime Target (1996), ZPC (1996), Damage Incorporated (1997)
Jedi Engine
Star Wars: Dark Forces
1995
Outlaws (1997)
Gloom
Gloom
1995
Gloom 2 , Gloom 3 , Gloom mods (1995–2015)
BreedTech
Alien Breed 3D
1995
BreedTech 2
Alien Breed 3D II: The Killing Grounds
1996
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Assassin 2015
1996
Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant (1997)
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Chasm: The Rift
1997
Mid 1990s: 3D texture mapping , beginnings of hardware acceleration[ edit ]
Game engine
First used for
Date
Other first-person shooters
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Geograph Seal
1994
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Descent
1995
Descent II (1996), Descent 3 (1999)
XnGine
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), Laser Arena (2000), Wrath: Aeon of Ruin (2019)
SlaveDriver
PowerSlave (Sega Saturn version)
1996
Quake (1997, Sega Saturn version), Duke Nukem 3D (1997, Sega Saturn version)
TurokTech
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
1997
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (1998), South Park (1998), Turok: Rage Wars (1999), Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion (2000)
RareWare 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[ edit ]
Game engine
First used for
Date
Other first-person shooters
Unreal Engine
Unreal
1998
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Klingon Honor Guard (1998), Unreal Tournament (1999), Deus Ex (2000), Clive Barker's Undying (2001)
GoldSrc
Half-Life
1998
Counter-Strike (2000), Gunman Chronicles (2000), James Bond 007: Nightfire (2002, PC version), Day of Defeat (2003), Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (2004)
Dark Engine
Thief: The Dark Project
1998
System Shock 2 (1999), Thief II: The Metal Age (2000)
Torque
Starsiege: Tribes
1998
Tribes 2 (2001)
id Tech 3
Quake III Arena
1999
Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force (2000), Quake III: Team Arena (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), Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (2003), Star Trek: Elite Force II (2003), Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (2003), Call of Duty (2003), ioquake3 (2005), OpenArena (2006), Tremulous (2006)
Lithtech 2.x
The Operative: No One Lives Forever
2000
Early 2000s: increasing detail, outdoor environments, ragdoll physics[ edit ]
Mid 2000s: dynamic lighting, early shader implementation[ edit ]
Game engine
First used for
Date
Other first-person shooters
Blam Engine
Halo: Combat Evolved
2001
Halo 2 (2004), Stubbs the Zombie (2005), Halo 3 (2007), Halo 3: ODST (2009), Halo: Reach (2010), Halo 4 (2012), Halo 5: Guardians (2015)
Diesel
Ballistics
2001
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (2006, PC version only), Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (2007, PC version only), Payday: The Heist (2011), Payday 2 (2013), Raid: World War II (2017)
Zero
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2002
Star Wars: Battlefront (2004), Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005)
Unreal Engine 2.5
Tribes Vengeance
2004
Unreal Tournament 2004 (2004), BioShock (2007), Duke Nukem Forever (2011)
CryEngine
Far Cry
2004
Far Cry Instincts (2005), Far Cry Instincts: Evolution (2006), Far Cry Instincts: Predator (2006), Far Cry Vengeance (2006)
Cube 2 Engine
Cube 2: Sauerbraten
2004
Red Eclipse (2011)
id Tech 4
Doom 3
2004
Quake 4 (2005), Prey (2006), Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (2007), Wolfenstein (2009), Brink (2011)
Source
Counter-Strike: Source
2004
Half-Life 2 (2004), Half-Life 2: Deathmatch (2004), Half-Life: Source (2004), Day of Defeat: Source (2005), Half-Life 2: Lost Coast (2005), Half-Life Deathmatch: Source (2006), Half-Life 2: Episode One (2006), SiN Episodes (2006), The Ship (2006), Kuma\War (2006), Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007), Team Fortress 2 (2007), Dystopia (2007), Left 4 Dead (2008), Left 4 Dead 2 (2009), Zeno Clash (2009), NeoTokyo (2009), Bloody Good Time (2010), No More Room in Hell (2011), Nuclear Dawn (2011), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2012), Consortium (2014), Fistful of Frags (2014), Day of Infamy (2017), Black Mesa (2020) , G String (2020)
Lithtech Jupiter EX
F.E.A.R.
2005
Combat Arms (2008), F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (2009)
IW engine
Call of Duty
2005
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007), Call of Duty: World at War (2008), 007: Quantum of Solace (2008), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011), Call of Duty: Black Ops II (2012), Call of Duty: Ghosts (2013), Call of Duty: Black Ops III (2015), Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (2016), Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (2018), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) , Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020), Call of Duty: Vanguard (2021), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023), Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (2024)
Unity
GooBall
2005
Deus Ex: The Fall (2013), Interstellar Marines (2013),Dead Effect (2013), Superhot (2016), DUSK (2018)
X-Ray Engine
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
2007
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (2008)
Late 2000s to 2010s: high-resolution textures, widescreen resolution, unified shader model[ edit ]
Game engine
First used for
Date
Other first-person shooters
Unreal Engine 3
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), Borderlands (2009), Tribes: Ascend (2012), Borderlands 2 (2012), BioShock Infinite (2013), Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (2014)
CryEngine 2
Crysis
2007
Crysis Warhead (2008), Entropia Universe (2009)
Dunia Engine
Far Cry 2
2008
Frostbite Engine
Battlefield: Bad Company
2008
Battlefield 1943 (2009), Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (2010), Medal of Honor (2010, multiplayer only), Battlefield 3 (2011), Battlefield 4 (2013), Battlefield Hardline (2015), Star Wars Battlefront (2015), Battlefield 1 (2016), Star Wars Battlefront II (2017), Battlefield V (2018), Star Wars: Squadrons (2020), Battlefield 2042 (2021)
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)
X-ray engine 1.6
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
2009
id Tech 5
Rage
2011
Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014), Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (2015)
CryEngine 3
Crysis 2
2011
Crysis (2011, console versions), Crysis 3 (2013), Warface (2013), Enemy Front (2014)
Vision Engine 8
7554
2011
Dunia 2
Far Cry 3
2012
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (2013), Far Cry 4 (2014), Far Cry Primal (2016), Far Cry 5 (2018), Far Cry 6 (2021)
Real Virtuality 4
ArmA 3
2013
Decima
Killzone: Shadow Fall
2013
RIGS: Mechanized Combat League (2016)
Tiger Engine
Destiny
2014
Destiny 2 (2017)
CryEngine 4
Evolve
2015
Homefront: The Revolution (2016), Prey (2017)
Unreal Engine 4
Space Hulk: Deathwing
2016
LawBreakers (2017), Hypercharge: Unboxed (2017), Insurgency: Sandstorm (2018), Borderlands 3 (2019), Bright Memory (2019), Descent (2019), Postal 4 (2019), Atomic Heart (2023),
id Tech 6
Doom
2016
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2017), Wolfenstein: Youngblood (2019), Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot (2019)
Dawn Engine
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
CryEngine V
Hunt: Showdown (2018)
2016
Crysis Remastered (2020)
2020s: 8K, real-time ray-tracing[ edit ]
Specialized engines/engine middle-ware[ edit ]
Some features may 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 integrated in the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine and the game Grand Theft Auto IV .