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This is a sortable list of first-person shooter engines.
[edit] Early FPS graphics engines
[edit] Early 1990s: wireframes to 2.5D worlds and textures
| Game engine |
First used for |
Other First-person shooters |
| N/A |
Hovertank 3D (1990) |
|
| N/A |
Catacomb 3D (1991) |
|
| Wolfenstein 3D engine |
Wolfenstein 3D (1992) |
Rise of the Triad (1994), Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold (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 (1995), Strife (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) |
Duke Nukem 3D (1996), Blood (1997), Shadow Warrior (1997), Redneck Rampage (1997) |
[edit] Mid 1990s: 3D models, beginnings of hardware acceleration
| Game engine |
First used for |
Other First-person shooters |
| N/A |
Metal Head (1994) |
|
| N/A |
Geograph Seal (1994) |
Jumping Flash! (1995), Jumping Flash! 2 (1996), Robbit Mon Dieu (1999), Pocket MuuMuu (1999) |
| XnGine Engine |
The Terminator: Future Shock (1995) |
Terminator: SkyNET (1996) |
| N/A |
Descent (1995) |
Descent II (1996), Descent to Undermountain (1997) |
| Quake engine |
Quake (1996) |
Hexen II (1997) |
| GoldenEye engine |
GoldenEye 007 (1997) |
Perfect Dark (2000) |
| 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) |
| GoldSrc |
Half-Life (1998) |
Counter-Strike (2000), 007: Nightfire (2002), Day of Defeat (2003) |
[edit] 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), Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (2002),
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002), Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (2003), Call of Duty (2003), Star Trek: Elite Force II (2003), Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002), ioquake3 (2005), OpenArena (2006), Tremulous (2006),
|
| Lithtech Talon |
No One Lives Forever (2000) |
Aliens vs. Predator 2 (2001) |
| Fusion engine |
Descent 3 (1999) |
[edit] Early 2000s: increasing detail, outdoor environments, rag-doll physics
| Game engine |
First used for |
Other First-person shooters |
| Refractor Engine |
Codename Eagle (2000) |
|
| 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), Kane and Lynch: Dead Men (2007), Kane and Lynch: Dog Days (2010) |
| SAGE Engine |
Command & Conquer: Renegade (2002) |
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| LS3D engine |
Mafia (2002) |
Hidden & Dangerous 2 (2004), Chameleon (2005) |
| Unreal Engine 2.0 |
Unreal Tournament 2003 (2002) |
Unreal II: The Awakening (2002), Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (2003), Devastation (2003), Postal 2 (2003) |
| Lithtech Jupiter |
No One Lives Forever 2 (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) |
[edit] 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), Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (2010), Duke Nukem Forever (2011) |
| PAIN engine |
Painkiller (2004) |
|
| CryEngine |
Far Cry (2004) |
Aion: Tower of Eternity (2008) |
| Cube engine Version 2 |
Cube 2: Sauerbraten (2004–present) |
Einstern, Red Eclipse (2011) |
| id Tech 4 |
Doom 3 (2004) |
Quake 4 (2005), Prey (2006), Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (2007), Wolfenstein (2009) |
| Halo engine |
Halo: Combat Evolved (2001) |
Halo 2 (2004), Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse (2005) |
| Source engine |
Counter-Strike Source (2004) |
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (2004), Half-Life 2 (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 (2009) |
[edit] Late 2000s: 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), BioShock (2007), Medal of Honor: Airborne (2007), Unreal Tournament 3 (2007), Turok (2008), Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (2008), Aliens: Colonial Marines (2008), Borderlands (2009) |
| CryEngine 2 |
Crysis (2007) |
Crysis Warhead (2008) |
| CryEngine 3 |
Crysis 2 (2011) |
Crysis (2011, console versions) |
| Dunia Engine |
Far Cry 2 (2008) |
|
| EGO engine |
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising (2009) |
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| Real Virtuality 3 |
ArmA 2 (2009) |
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| Chrome Engine 4 |
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (2009) |
Dead Island (2011) |
| id Tech 5 |
Rage (2011) |
Doom 4 (TBA) |
| Halo Reach Engine |
Halo: Reach |
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| Vision Engine 8 |
Dizzel |
7554 (November 26, 2011) |
| X-ray engine 1.6 |
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (2010) |
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| Frostbite Engine |
Battlefield: Bad Company |
Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Medal of Honor (2010, multiplayer only), Battlefield 3, Need for Speed: The Run, Mirror's Edge 2 (TBA) |
[edit] See also
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