The best FPS games with customizable weapons

Important takeaways

• Black Ops 6 simplifies accessories for fast action.
• Crysis allows players to customize weapons in real-time.
• Stalker 2 emphasizes hard-to-get customization options for meaningful choices.

With RPG elements seeping into all types of video games, it's no surprise how many FPS games offer the ability to upgrade weapons. But not every FPS lets players fully customize weapons. This isn't just about a linear progression where weapons get stronger.

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

Although it has virtually countless weapons,
Borderlands
doesn't make the list because players don't craft and customize their weapons. They are instead looted from enemies and chests.

7 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

A fast and easy-to-understand system of accessories

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

This is extremely important in a fast 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 achieves this because each attachment's qualities are displayed on stat fields.

6 Crysis

Customize weapons in real time

When it came out, Crysis's technical achievements almost overshadowed any discussion of the game itself. In the years since then, the quality of the game has shone through and it stands as a classic FPS. The technology helps it with impressive destructible environments.

The game does not have a huge arsenal, but they are all customizable during the campaign. Everything is done in real-time and players can even switch accessories during firefights. With the press of a button, a change menu appears. From there, players add and remove attachments at will. Afterwards, they can jump right back into the heat of battle.

5 Fallout 4

With the right resources, customize to your heart's content

Fallout 4 falls even further from its isometric RPG origins than Fallout 3. This isn't necessarily a bad thing though, as the real-time combat is improved over its predecessor. The game also offers many customization options. Players can build settlements however they want and transform weapons at workbenches.

However, this is still an RPG, so players must work for these upgrades. Collect 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 weapon customization wishes can be met.

4 Metro: Exodus

Ramshackle guns with dilapidated accessories

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

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

3 Monday 2

Rob Banks, customize weapons

This first-person shooter offers a varied co-op 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, Monday 2 also has many ways to improve weapons for the next job.

Attachments and knowing which ones to use are critical to making the tougher goals more manageable. The weapon selection is grounded and doesn't become absurd, but the accessories still offer a lot of variety in the arsenal.

2 Mothergunship

Create The Guns

Mothergunship is busy and fast. It's also a roguelike, so each run offers something different. The game is based on a deep system of weapon customization that allows each player to choose how they want to go into a run.

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. Beyond that, the game feels a lot like retro FPS games Quake or Tribes, while the art style is somewhat reminiscent of Borderlands.

1 Stalker 2: Heart Of Chernobyl

All the customization options are hard to come by, but that makes it more important

In a gaming landscape where big 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 just find attachments and various upgrades.

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