The best FPS games in ultrawide

The shooter is the genre where an ultrawide display changes the most. A field of view widened at the sides means extra information in your periphery: an enemy flanking you, movement off to one side, a door opening outside the 16:9 frame. On a 32:9, the advantage almost feels unfair.

Almost, because that's also why some competitive games deliberately limit the format: they keep the same visible area whatever the screen, either by adding bars or by cropping vertically. Those titles aren't here — you'll find them in the games to avoid.

The shooters kept here genuinely widen the view (so-called "Hor+" behavior) and move their interface to the edges of the screen rather than stretching it.

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   Counter-Strike 2 2023

   FPS 21:9 · Excellent 32:9 · Very good

   Counter-Strike 2 renders natively at 3440x1440 via the standard launch options, with a field of view that covers the full width of the screen and no black bars at all. Since 21:9 is the most widespread ultrawide ratio, the UI (radar, menus, scoreboard) is even better calibrated here than at 32:9.

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   Half-Life 2 2004

   FPS 21:9 · Excellent 32:9 · Excellent

   Since Valve's official 2020 update, 3440x1440 is handled perfectly, with a widened FOV and no black bars. The HUD can be locked to 4:3, 16:9 or 16:10 in the video options depending on your preference, and the Source engine's scripted sequences, which share the same camera as the gameplay, adapt naturally to the width of the screen.

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   Portal 2 2011

   FPS 21:9 · Excellent 32:9 · Excellent

   Portal 2 runs on the Source engine and offers excellent native Hor+ support at 3440x1440, with a well-positioned HUD and scripted transitions that display full-screen with no cuts. Only split-screen co-op requires a small edit to the splitscreen_config.txt file to adjust the aspect ratio of each half of the screen, a special case that does not affect the single-player experience.

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   Overwatch 2 2022

   FPS 21:9 · Excellent 32:9 · Average

   Blizzard deliberately caps the field of view at 21:9 to preserve competitive fairness, so a 3440×1440 screen gets the widest format allowed, with no black bars and no cropping to deal with. The HUD extends cleanly to the edges of the screen and hero intros follow the same ratio.

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   BioShock Infinite 2013

   FPS 21:9 · Excellent 32:9 · Excellent

   The game natively supports 3440x1440 with a horizontal field of view expansion (Hor+), with no black bars and no mod required. HUD elements (health, ammo, vigors) stay readable overall, since the edge placement seen at 32:9 is far less pronounced at this less extreme aspect ratio.

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   Apex Legends 2019

   FPS 21:9 · Excellent 32:9 · Very good

   Apex Legends benefits from native 21:9 support that has matured since 2019 and is far more polished than its 32:9 counterpart: the horizontal FOV widens cleanly in matches and, unlike at super ultrawide, the menus, loading screens and legend showcases display correctly with no visible stretching. The HUD stays readable across the full width without elements being pushed too far into the corners.

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   DOOM Eternal 2020

   FPS 21:9 · Excellent 32:9 · Very good

   DOOM Eternal remains a benchmark for the genre at 21:9 according to the WSGF: gameplay and in-engine cutscenes display a perfectly correct Hor+ ratio across the full width of the screen, with no black bars and no distortion. The stretched main menu flaw, classified as incomplete by the WSGF, applies specifically to the super ultrawide (32:9) category and does not affect this more common resolution.

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   Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege 2015

   FPS 21:9 · Excellent 32:9 · Average

   Unlike 32:9, which falls outside the supported range, 21:9 is precisely the official limit of Rainbow Six Siege's Hor+ support: the HUD, menus and reticle are designed for this ratio and display with no cropping and no dead zones. Cutscenes (operation intros, trailers) also display correctly in full-screen.

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   Warframe 2013

   Shooter 21:9 · Excellent 32:9 · Very good

   At 21:9, Warframe holds the same WSGF Gold rating it earns at 32:9, with native Hor+ behavior, an adjustable FOV and customizable HUD margins in the options. In-engine cinematics and cutscenes also benefit from the wider screen with nothing cut off.

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    PUBG: Battlegrounds 2017

    Shooter 21:9 · Excellent 32:9 · Average

    PUBG benefits from official 21:9 support that is far older and more polished than its 32:9 counterpart, with an FOV adjustable up to 103° that applies cleanly at this ratio. The loss of vertical height in third-person view, more noticeable at 32:9, is far less pronounced here.

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    Battlefield 2042 2021

    FPS 21:9 · Excellent 32:9 · Excellent

    Battlefield 2042 retains its excellent native Hor+ support at 21:9, both in game and in the menus, with an FOV adjustable from 50 to 105° (44 to 88° in vehicles) and an option to exclude the scope from that setting. No black bars are reported, neither in matches nor in the intro cutscenes, confirming the Battlefield series' reputation as a benchmark for ultrawide screens, whatever the ratio chosen.

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    Fortnite 2017

    Shooter 21:9 · Very good 32:9 · Very good

    Fortnite runs natively at 21:9 in Hor+, with a well-placed HUD and no black bars in regular and ranked matches alike, a ratio that is even more thoroughly proven than 32:9 at Epic Games. The 16:9 restriction in the Compete tab, documented for 32:9, may also apply at this ratio depending on the event, with no precise official confirmation to date.

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    Helldivers 2 2024

    Shooter 21:9 · Very good 32:9 · Average

    Native rendering at 3440×1440 is clean, with no image stretching. The HUD-pushed-to-the-edges problem, annoying at 5120×1440, is far less noticeable here: elements stay broadly readable mid-mission, even if some icons still sit a bit off-center compared with a standard 16:9 screen.

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    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III / Warzone 2023

    FPS 21:9 · Very good 32:9 · Very good

    Warzone and Modern Warfare III benefit from the IW engine's native, well-established Hor+ support for 21:9, rated solid by the Widescreen Gaming Forum in both multiplayer and battle royale, with no black bars and no distortion. Exactly how the single-player campaign's cutscenes render at this ratio remains to be verified case by case, as some pre-rendered sequences in recent Call of Duty games are still framed in 16:9 regardless of the game ratio chosen.

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    DOOM: The Dark Ages 2025

    FPS 21:9 · Very good 32:9 · Very good

    On id Tech 8, 3440x1440 is selectable directly in the video options and fills the screen in-game with no black bars, in line with the series' strong ultrawide track record (DOOM Eternal already offered solid native 21:9). Community reports confirm that exploration and combat work well overall, but the exact behavior of cutscenes at 21:9 could not be confirmed in detail, as reports are not specific enough on that point.

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    Marvel Rivals 2024

    Shooter 21:9 · Very good 32:9 · Average

    Marvel Rivals caps its native rendering at roughly 2.39:1, a ratio that corresponds almost exactly to 3440x1440: unlike at 32:9, 21:9 therefore renders in full Hor+ with no vertical black bars at all, provided you push the FOV slider to maximum in the options. Cutscenes and victory screens, on the other hand, remain locked to 16:9 with pillarboxing, exactly as at 32:9, with no workaround available to date.

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    Deep Rock Galactic 2020

    FPS 21:9 · Very good 32:9 · Very good

    The game natively applies Hor+ rendering adjustable through FOV and UI scale at 3440x1440, a far more common resolution than 5120x1440 and therefore better recognized in exclusive full-screen, where the detection issue reported at 32:9 is much less likely. Borderless windowed mode remains a reliable fallback in any case.

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    Titanfall 2 2016

    FPS 21:9 · Very good 32:9 · Very good

    The game offers solid native Hor+ support at 3440x1440 with an FOV slider (70 to 110), an aspect ratio where the slight HUD distortion sometimes reported at 32:9 is all but absent. Cutscenes rendered with the game engine take good advantage of the width of the screen, but a few rare pre-rendered FMV sequences (faction screens) stay windowboxed, regardless of the aspect ratio chosen.

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    Far Cry 5 2018

    FPS 21:9 · Very good 32:9 · Very good

    At 3440x1440, Far Cry 5 runs natively with a wider FOV and a generally well-placed HUD. The one UI annoyance: in Arcade mode, the health bar overlaps enemies.

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    Far Cry 6 2021

    FPS 21:9 · Very good 32:9 · Very good

    Ubisoft gave Far Cry 6 official ultrawide support that covers both 21:9 and 32:9, with clean Hor+ rendering and a consistent HUD at 3440x1440. Cutscenes, however, stay locked to a narrower format and show black bars on the sides, just as at 32:9.

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    Max Payne 3 2012

    Shooter 21:9 · Very good 32:9 · Very good

    The game natively supports 3440x1440 during gameplay, with a good widening of the field of view. By default, cutscenes still show up tiny or pillarboxed, as at 32:9; the community tool Max Payne 3 21x9 Fix, originally designed for this exact aspect ratio before being extended to 32:9, corrects the problem and restores a coherent full-screen presentation to narrative scenes, the tool being available via PCGamingWiki and particularly well suited to 21:9.

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    Prey (2017) 2017

    FPS 21:9 · Very good 32:9 · Very good

    Prey natively displays 3440x1440 with an FOV adjustable up to 120 degrees, which clearly limits distortion. Unlike 32:9, where HUD elements end up pinned to the edges, the Flawless Widescreen tool is generally not needed at this less extreme aspect ratio: the UI stays readable with no manual recentering.

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    Deathloop 2021

    FPS 21:9 · Very good 32:9 · Very good

    Deathloop reproduces at 21:9 the same native Hor+ rendering that earned praise at 32:9: the field of view widens properly in gameplay, with no noticeable distortion during stealth or combat. The UI still sits within a centered 16:9-style area regardless of the actual screen width, which is not specific to 3440x1440.

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    RoboCop: Rogue City 2023

    FPS 21:9 · Very good 32:9 · Very good

    Without a mod, RoboCop: Rogue City already shows a reduced field of view and small vertical black bars during dialogue at 3440x1440, an issue inherited from the same engine behavior documented at 32:9. RoseTheFlower's free fix corrects the FOV, including while aiming, adjusts the weapon display and removes the black bars from dialogue scenes.

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    Destiny 2 2017

    FPS 21:9 · Very good 32:9 · Very good

    Destiny 2 is rated Gold by the Widescreen Gaming Forum for its native 21:9 support, with a FOV that extends horizontally with no black bars and a HUD designed for wide screens, a result at least as solid as at 32:9. Exactly how the story cutscenes render at this ratio remains to be verified, though, since some of Bungie's scripted sequences use cinematic framing that could introduce occasional black bars regardless of resolution.

How this list is built

It filters the FPS and Shooter genres by a 21:9 rating of at least "Very good". The individual statuses (format support, cutscenes, mod required) are explained on the Method page. Each entry links to its full French page, which carries its sources — English versions are on the way.