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Video gaming genres: shooter games - statistics & facts

What is the most popular video game genre worldwide? Which kind of best-selling franchise usually tops the year-end-charts? What do some of the most enduring competitive online gaming titles have in common? If you thought of shooter games, then you are correct. More than half of gamers worldwide play shooters, and gamers across all age groups claim shooter games as one of their top genres of video game to play.
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Published by Julia Stoll, Dec 17, 2025

Key insights

  • Share of video gamers worldwide who have played shooters in the past 12 months
  • ****%
  • Peak viewers of Counter-Strike on Twitch in April 2025
  • ***k
  • Call of Duty lifetime series unit sales
  • 500m

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Current statistics on this topic

Online Gaming

Leading FPS games on Twitch 2025, by viewer hours

Online Gaming

Warframe peak concurrent player number on Steam 2025

Video Gaming & eSports

U.S. shooter gaming audiences 2025, by gender

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Overview

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Overview

Genre preference

9

Genre preference

Call of Duty

7

Call of Duty

Counter-Strike

5

Counter-Strike

Valorant

4

Valorant

Industry trend: hero shooters

6

Industry trend: hero shooters

Other major titles and series

5

Other major titles and series

eSports

6

eSports

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Video gaming in the United States
Video gaming in the United States
PlayStation
PlayStation
Electronic Arts (EA)
Electronic Arts (EA)
Activision Blizzard
Activision Blizzard
Best-selling video games - top publishers and titles
Best-selling video games - top publishers and titles
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