The Best FPS Games With Customizable Weapons

With RPG elements seeping into every type of video game, it is no surprise how many FPS games offer the ability to upgrade weapons. However, not every FPS lets players fully customize guns. This is not just about a linear progression where guns get stronger.

These games give players a choice on how they improve their weapon and make them weigh the pros and cons of different upgrades. The games on this list are all different in a myriad of ways, but the weapon customization links them. Fortunately, they are all also great games besides the ability to customize weapons.

7 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

A Fast And Easy-To-Understand System Of Attachments

The Call of Duty series has long-since had an in-depth system of weapon attachments to improve existing firearms. Black Ops 6 continues this tradition. It simplifies the weapon system without trivializing it. It is easier to understand attachments' strengths and weaknesses.

This is extremely important in a fast-paced game like Black Ops 6. Players want the freedom to customize their builds but they also want to jump into the action immediately. Black Ops 6 accomplishes this as each attachment's qualities are showcased on stat bars.

6 Crysis

Customize The Weapons In Real-Time

When it came out, Crysis's technological acheivements almost overshadowed any discussion about the game itself. In the years since then, the game's quality has shone through and it stands as a classic FPS. The tech helps it with impressive destructable environments.

The game does not have a huge arsenal, but they are all customizable during the campaign. It is all done in real time and players can even switch attachments during firefights. With the push of a button a modification menu pops up. From there, players add and take away attachments at will. Afterwards, they can jump right back into the heat of the battle.

5 Fallout 4

With The Right Resources, Customize To Your Heart's Content

Fallout 4 falls even further from it's isometric RPG origins than Fallout 3. This is not neccessarily a bad thing, however, since the real-time combat is improved over its predeccesor. The game also offers plenty of customization options. Players can construct settlements how they please and transform weapons at workbenches.

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This is still an RPG, though, so players have to work for these upgrades. Gather the right resources and add spikes to a baseball bat or a cool scope to an assault rifle. As long as players have the right parts, their desires for weapon customization can be met.

4 Metro: Exodus

Ramshackle Guns With Ramshackle Attachments

Unlike the first two games in the Metro series, Exodus is a larger journey across the countryside. Players fight in more open areas as opposed to the claustrophobic Moscow subways. This calls for a more diverse arsenal. Fortunately, Exodus lets players do more than just collect guns. Each weapon is highly customizable using resources found in the environment.

Though the game is mostly linear, a large part of the gameplay is still based on survival, finding and rationing resources to make sure there is enough to survive the next fight. Explore every nook and cranny to make sure one can customize the best weapons around.

3 Payday 2

Rob Banks, Customize Guns

This first-person shooter offers a varied cooperative experience. It's a heist game, but not every mission is a recreation of "Four-leaf Clover" from Grand Theft Auto 4 or a scene from Michael Mann's Heat. In addition to aesthetic customization options, Payday 2 also features numerous ways to enhance weapons for the next job.

Attachments and knowing which ones to use is vital to making the tougher objectives more manageable. The weapon selection is grounded and does not become absurd, but the attachments still offer a lot of variety in the arsenal.

2 Mothergunship

Create The Guns

Mothergunship is hectic and fast. It is also a roguelike, so every run offers something different. The game is based on a deep system of weapon customization that gives each player the power to choose how they want to enter a run.

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This is by far the most extensive gun customization of any of the games on this list. In fact, players create their gun from scratch before jumping into a run. The gameplay besides that feels a lot like retro FPS games like Quake or Tribes, while the art style is a little reminiscent of Borderlands.

1 Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl

Every Customization Option Is Hard To Get, But That Makes It Matter More

In a gaming landscape where large games aim to streamline a lot of mechanics, Stalker 2 still makes players work for their rewards. The same goes for the weapon customization system. It is not enough to simply find attachments and various upgrades.

Players then need to talk to the right person and pay them to add the attachment. Resources are hard to come by, so players need to consider every purchase. So while Stalker 2 might not have the most extensive customization options of the games on this list, the systems make them more important than most of the other titles.