10 Games Where Shooting Is For Sport Not Killing

Shooting and video games have gone together almost since they were invented. While this can understandably make parents of young players nervous, there are lots of games that steer down the sport-shooting route rather than military violence.

This includes games that turn the violence into tests of skill, like Neon White, as well as those that place the player on the sports field rather than the battlefield, like Wii Sports Archery. Then there are some games that retain a bit of the battle, but in stylised form, like Robobeat.

This list includes the top 10 games drawn from the last 21 years, with 299 likes. They come from a range of different genres and play-styles and are all good games if you want to .

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PEGI Ratings: PEGI 3 to PEGI 12
ESRB Ratings: ESRB EVERYONE to ESRB TEEN
Australian Ratings: G to MA 15+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fighting, Narrative, Physically Active, Platform, Puzzle, Race, Rhythm, Sequencing, Shooting, Simulation, Sports, Strategy and Traversal
Total Likes: 299

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Lovely Planet

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Osu!

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Rez Infinite

Rez Infinite (Series)

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Wii Sports

Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and Wii Sports Club offer motion-controlled sports. Although these games are well known, the depth each of them offers is a best-kept secret. Games like bowling, tennis and boxing are easy to pick up but require...

Splatoon 3

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Robobeat

Robobeat is a shooting game where you maximise your damage by shooting on the beat. More surreal than other rhythm shooter games, the focus here is on musical flow as you wall run, grapple hook, slide, and bunny hop your way through the crazy world.

Neon White

Neon White is a fast tactical shooting game where you use Soul cards to gain special attacks and moves. You play an assassin handpicked from Hell to exterminate demons in Heaven to earn your place there. It's unusual because of its combination of...

Aaero

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Child of Eden

9. Child of Eden

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The Pathless

The Pathless is a mythic adventure about an archer and an eagle in a vast forest. You use timed button presses to use your bow and discover the open world, unlock a mystical island and dispel a curse of darkness that grips the world.

The Unfinished Swan

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Screencheat

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Air Twister

Air Twister is a shooting game that focuses on aiming and dodging, like the classic Space Harrier game. As you race through a series of exotic locales you chain together multiple targets to score more points. This, and the strategies you need to defeat...

Foamstars

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10 Games Where Shooting Is For Sport Not Killing

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Lovely Planet

Osu!

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9. Child of Eden

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Screencheat

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