Steam adds "Boomer Shooter" as an official tag

So "boomer" just means anything that's older than the person viewing it now? Boy they've sure killed off any power that word ever had lol

Boomer shooters never get played by boomers, what a shame

Seriously tho a boomer shooter would be like maze war not DOOM, by the time this genre of games was created (by GenXers) and played by Millenials, they were becoming geriatric but whatever

As the exact target audience for classic shooters (ion fury is gooooooood))

Idk, I find this term lighthearted and endearing, maybe it makes finding that exact kinda game finally easier

Doom is Gen X if anything. Boomers are pongers.

Cool. I don't really care about the name if it means that finding games that I like gets a little bit easier.

"Back in my day, we could only render 3 polygons at a time, and by god, we were grateful!"

Am I the only one that actually doesn't mind the term boomer shooter? I find it hilarious and accurate for the most part.

Are they seriously calling arena shooters that? I'm mad. This should be generation X shooter!

There are some really great explanations of "boomer shooter" itt, and you should read them before just reacting to the headline.

I had no idea it was a thing but there are some extremely insightful comments in here that imo totally justify the definition.

hey, now i can finally have an easier time looking for Retro-style FPS.

assuming the games are tagged correctly.

Makes perfect sense. Boomer as in old school, and it conveys these games are action "boom" packed.

i thought boomer shooter ment anything that had explosions every 30 seconds to keep the tweens attention.

Does it mean a shooter for boomers, or do you get to shoot boomers?

Finally, a tag for me.

How long until someone re-skins boomers onto a shooter?

That kinda sounds like something s serial killer would do...Ed Gein...

So is it shit like og DOOM or is it shit with explosions. Or both?

Does that make 1999 a boomer shooter year? Because Q3A vs UT was one of the great joys of this GenXers early 20’s…

Now if they could do something about games falsely tagged as immersive sim... no, F1 23 is not an immersive sim. It is a sim that is immersive, yes.

Damn. I'd play all those games, too.

Yes it's annoying because realistically they should be called millenial shooters or something, but "boomer shooter" is somewhat alliterative so I get it