first-person shooter

video game genre centered around gun and other weapon-based combat in a first-person perspective
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first-person shooter

Summary

first-person shooter is a video game genre[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • first-person shooter's instance of is recorded as video game genre[3].
  • first-person view is named after first-person shooter[4].
  • first-person shooter is a type of shooter game[5].
  • first-person shooter's Commons category is recorded as First-person shooters[6].
  • 1990 marks the founding of first-person shooter[7].
  • first-person shooter's topic's main category is recorded as Category:First-person shooters[8].
  • first-person shooter's different from is recorded as frames per second[9].
  • first-person shooter's uses is recorded as first-person view[10].
  • first-person shooter's has list is recorded as list of first-person shooters[11].

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Definition and Type

first-person shooter's instance of is recorded as video game genre[3]. It is a type of shooter game[5].

Origins

first-person view is named after first-person shooter[4]. 1990 marks the founding of it[7].

Why It Matters

first-person shooter has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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  1. 2d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from frames per second
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  2. 15d ago · Kinsio · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Game mechanics Q1299049
    Uses first-person view
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  3. 15w ago · Trollface 2006ALT · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:First-person shooters
    Subclass of
    Named after first-person view
    Twitch tag id a69f7ffb-ddda-4c05-8d7d-f0b24975a2c3
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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