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first-person shooter

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

first-person shooter is a video game genre[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of video game genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,955 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: first-person view[3]
  • Subclass of: shooter game[4]
  • Commons category: First-person shooters[5]
  • Said to be the same as: boomer shooter[6]
  • Inception: 1990[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:First-person shooters[8]
  • Different from: frames per second[9]
  • History of topic: history of first-person shooters[10]
  • Has list: list of first-person shooters[11]
  • Game mechanics: first-person view[12]

Why It Matters

first-person shooter has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 125 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Loosewind · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    History of topic → history of first-person shooters
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ History of topic: history of first-person shooters"
  2. 7w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → frames per second
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Different from: frames per second, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect frames per second → frames per second ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q1360"
  3. 9w ago · Kinsio · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Game mechanics → first-person view
    Uses → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving Uses to Game mechanics"
  4. 22w 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)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Said to be the same as: boomer shooter"
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