| width=20% | Game engine | width=30% | First used for | width=12px | Date | Other first-person shooters |
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| The Super Spy | 1990 | Crossed Swords (1991) |
| Wolf 3D Engine 0.5 | Hovertank 3D | 1990 | |
| Wolfenstein 3D Engine 0.9 | Catacomb 3D | 1991 | |
| Gun Buster | 1992 | |
| Wolfenstein 3D engine | Wolfenstein 3D | 1992 | Spear of Destiny (1992), (1993), Operation Body Count (1994), (1994), (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 | (1994), Heretic (1994), The Ultimate Doom (1995), (1995), Master Levels for Doom II (1995), (1996), (1996), (1996), Final Doom (1996), Chex Quest (1996), (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), (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 | | 1995 | Marathon Infinity (1996), Prime Target (1996), ZPC (1996), Damage Incorporated (1997) |
| Jedi Engine | | 1995 | Outlaws (1997) |
| Gloom | Gloom | 1995 | Gloom 2, Gloom 3, Gloom mods (1995-2015) |
| BreedTech | Alien Breed 3D | 1995 | |
| BreedTech 2 | | 1996 | |
| Assassin 2015 | 1996 | (1997) |
| | 1997 | | |
| width=20% | Game engine | width=30% | First used for | width=12px | Date | Other first-person shooters |
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| Geograph Seal | 1994 | |
| Descent | 1995 | Descent II (1996), Descent 3 (1999) |
| XnGine | | 1995 | The Terminator: SkyNET (1996) |
| Quake engine | Quake | 1996 | Hexen II (1997), Malice (1997), (1997), Laser Arena (2000), (2019) |
| SlaveDriver | PowerSlave (Sega Saturn version) | 1996 | Quake (1997, Sega Saturn version), Duke Nukem 3D (1997, Sega Saturn version) |
| TurokTech | | 1997 | (1998), South Park (1998), (1999), (2000) |
| RareWare Engine | GoldenEye 007 | 1997 | Perfect Dark (2000) |
| Sith engine | | 1997 | |
| id Tech 2 | Quake II | 1997 | Heretic II (1998), SiN (1998), (1999), Soldier of Fortune (2000), Daikatana (2000) |
| Lithtech 1.0 | | 1998 | (1998) |
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| width=20% | Game engine | width=30% | First used for | width=12px | Date | Other first-person shooters |
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| Blam Engine | | 2001 | Halo 2 (2004), Stubbs the Zombie (2005), Halo 3 (2007), (2009), (2010), Halo 4 (2012), (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), (2011), Payday 2 (2013), (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), (2006), (2006), Far Cry Vengeance (2006) |
| Cube 2 Engine | | 2004 | Red Eclipse (2011) |
| id Tech 4 | Doom 3 | 2004 | Quake 4 (2005), Prey (2006), (2007), Wolfenstein (2009), Brink (2011) |
| Source | | 2004 | Half-Life 2 (2004), (2004), (2004), (2005), (2005), (2006), (2006), SiN Episodes (2006), The Ship (2006), Kuma\War (2006), (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), (2012), Consortium (2014), Fistful of Frags (2014), Day of Infamy (2017), Black Mesa (2020) |
| Lithtech Jupiter EX | F.E.A.R. | 2005 | Combat Arms (2008), (2009) |
| IW engine | Call of Duty | 2005 | (2007), (2008), (2008), (2009), (2010), (2011), (2012), (2013), (2015), (2016), (2018), , (2020), (2021), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023) |
| Unity | GooBall | 2005 | (2013), Interstellar Marines (2013),Dead Effect (2013), Superhot (2016), DUSK (2018) |
| X-Ray Engine | | 2007 | (2008) |
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| width=20% | Game engine | width=30% | First used for | width=12px | Date | Other first-person shooters |
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| Unreal Engine 3 | | 2006 | (2007), Unreal Tournament 3 (2007), Turok (2008), (2008), (2013), Borderlands (2009), (2012), BioShock Infinite (2013) |
| CryEngine 2 | Crysis | 2007 | Crysis Warhead (2008), Entropia Universe (2009) |
| Dunia Engine | Far Cry 2 | 2008 | Far Cry 3 (2012), (2013) |
| Frostbite Engine | | 2008 | Battlefield 1943 (2009), (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), (2020), Battlefield 2042 (2021), Dead Space (2023) |
| EGO engine | | 2009 | |
| Real Virtuality 3 | ArmA 2 | 2009 | |
| Chrome Engine 4 | | 2009 | Dead Island (2011) |
| X-ray engine 1.6 | | 2009 | |
| id Tech 5 | Rage | 2011 | (2014), (2015) |
| CryEngine 3 | Crysis 2 | 2011 | Crysis (2011, console versions), Crysis 3 (2013), Warface (2013), Enemy Front (2014) |
| Vision Engine 8 | 7554 | 2011 | Dizzel (2014) |
| Real Virtuality 4 | ArmA 3 | 2013 | |
| Decima | | 2013 | (2016) |
| Tiger Engine | Destiny | 2014 | Destiny 2 (2017) |
| CryEngine 4 | Evolve | 2015 | (2016), Prey (2017) |
| Unreal Engine 4 | | 2016 | LawBreakers (2017), (2017), (2018), Borderlands 3 (2019), Bright Memory (2019), Descent (2019), Postal 4 (2019), Atomic Heart (2023), |
| id Tech 6 | Doom | 2016 | (2017), (2019), (2019) |
| Dawn Engine | | 2016 | |
| CryEngine V | (2018) | 2016 | Crysis Remastered (2020) |
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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.
