Shading

Games with realistic lighting

Physically based, dynamic light and shadow, global illumination or ray tracing.

159 games · Filter games

NBA 2K27 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

NBA 2K27Realistic2026

Resident Evil Requiem screenshot: realistic, first-person, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Resident Evil RequiemRealistic2026

Assassin’s Creed Shadows screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character, combat)

Assassin’s Creed ShadowsRealistic2025

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7Realistic2025

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Realistic2025

Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake screenshot: pixel art, stylized 3d, three-quarter, soft gradient (environment)

Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D RemakePixel art2025

Madden NFL 26 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Madden NFL 26Realistic2025

Black Myth: Wukong screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Black Myth: WukongRealistic2024

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (combat, environment)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6Realistic2024

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH screenshot: realistic, low-poly, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTHRealistic2024

The Last of Us Part II Remastered screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

The Last of Us Part II RemasteredRealistic2024

Assassin's Creed Mirage screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Assassin's Creed MirageRealistic2023

Baldur's Gate III screenshot: realistic, top-down, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Baldur's Gate IIIRealistic2023

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III screenshot: realistic, first-person, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIIRealistic2023

Diablo IV screenshot: realistic, three-quarter, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Diablo IVRealistic2023

EA Sports FC 24 screenshot: realistic, three-quarter, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character, combat)

EA Sports FC 24Realistic2023

FINAL FANTASY XVI screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

FINAL FANTASY XVIRealistic2023

Hogwarts Legacy screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Hogwarts LegacyRealistic2023

Octopath Traveler II screenshot: pixel art, stylized 3d, diorama, three-quarter, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Octopath Traveler IIPixel art2023

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II screenshot: realistic, first-person, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIRealistic2022

Elden Ring screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Elden RingRealistic2022

FIFA 23 screenshot: realistic, three-quarter, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

FIFA 23Realistic2022

FIFA 23 Legacy Edition screenshot: realistic, three-quarter, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

FIFA 23 Legacy EditionRealistic2022

God of War Ragnarök screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat, character)

God of War RagnarökRealistic2022

Madden NFL 23 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Madden NFL 23Realistic2022

NBA 2K23 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

NBA 2K23Realistic2022

Sonic Frontiers screenshot: stylized 3d, realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Sonic FrontiersStylized 3D2022

Stray screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

StrayRealistic2022

Teardown screenshot: voxel, first-person, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

TeardownVoxel2022

Call of Duty: Vanguard screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Call of Duty: VanguardRealistic2021

Diablo II: Resurrected screenshot: realistic, isometric, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Diablo II: ResurrectedRealistic2021

FIFA 22 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

FIFA 22Realistic2021

FIFA 22: Legacy Edition screenshot: realistic, three-quarter, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

FIFA 22: Legacy EditionRealistic2021

It Takes Two screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, side-scrolling, top-down, three-quarter, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

It Takes TwoStylized 3D2021

Resident Evil Village screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Resident Evil VillageRealistic2021

Assassin's Creed Valhalla screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Assassin's Creed ValhallaRealistic2020

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarRealistic2020

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign RemasteredRealistic2020

Call of Duty: Warzone screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Call of Duty: WarzoneRealistic2020

Cyberpunk 2077 screenshot: realistic, first-person, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Cyberpunk 2077Realistic2020

Doom Eternal screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (combat, environment)

Doom EternalRealistic2020

FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKERealistic2020

Ghost of Tsushima screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (combat, environment)

Ghost of TsushimaRealistic2020

Half-Life: Alyx screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Half-Life: AlyxRealistic2020

Madden NFL 21 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Madden NFL 21Realistic2020

NBA 2K21 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

NBA 2K21Realistic2020

Phasmophobia screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

PhasmophobiaRealistic2020

Resident Evil 3 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Resident Evil 3Realistic2020

The Last of Us Part II screenshot: realistic, third-person, realistic lighting (environment)

The Last of Us Part IIRealistic2020

A Plague Tale: Innocence screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

A Plague Tale: InnocenceRealistic2019

Apex Legends screenshot: realistic, stylized 3d, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Apex LegendsRealistic2019

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Call of Duty: Modern WarfareRealistic2019

Control screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

ControlRealistic2019

Days Gone screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Days GoneRealistic2019

Devil May Cry 5 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (combat, environment)

Devil May Cry 5Realistic2019

FIFA 20 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

FIFA 20Realistic2019

Madden NFL 20 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Madden NFL 20Realistic2019

Metro Exodus screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Metro ExodusRealistic2019

NBA 2K20 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

NBA 2K20Realistic2019

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (combat, environment)

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen OrderRealistic2019

A Way Out screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

A Way OutRealistic2018

Assassin's Creed Odyssey screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Assassin's Creed OdysseyRealistic2018

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4Realistic2018

FIFA 19 screenshot: realistic, three-quarter, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

FIFA 19Realistic2018

Monster Hunter: World screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character, combat)

Monster Hunter: WorldRealistic2018

NBA 2K19 screenshot: realistic, fixed camera, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

NBA 2K19Realistic2018

Red Dead Redemption 2 screenshot: realistic, third-person, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Red Dead Redemption 2Realistic2018

Shadow of the Tomb Raider screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Shadow of the Tomb RaiderRealistic2018

Assassin's Creed Origins screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Assassin's Creed OriginsRealistic2017

Call of Duty: WWII screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Call of Duty: WWIIRealistic2017

FIFA 18 screenshot: realistic, three-quarter, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

FIFA 18Realistic2017

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Hellblade: Senua's SacrificeRealistic2017

Horizon Zero Dawn screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Horizon Zero DawnRealistic2017

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS screenshot: realistic, third-person, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDSRealistic2017

Prey screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

PreyRealistic2017

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (combat, environment)

Resident Evil 7: BiohazardRealistic2017

What Remains of Edith Finch screenshot: realistic, stylized 3d, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

What Remains of Edith FinchRealistic2017

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusRealistic2017

Battlefield 1 screenshot: realistic, first-person, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Battlefield 1Realistic2016

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character, combat)

Call of Duty: Infinite WarfareRealistic2016

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (character, environment)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare RemasteredRealistic2016

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Deus Ex: Mankind DividedRealistic2016

Doom screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (combat, environment)

DoomRealistic2016

FIFA 17 screenshot: realistic, three-quarter, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

FIFA 17Realistic2016

FINAL FANTASY XV screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

FINAL FANTASY XVRealistic2016

Hitman screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

HitmanRealistic2016

NBA 2K17 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

NBA 2K17Realistic2016

Titanfall 2 screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (combat, environment)

Titanfall 2Realistic2016

Watch Dogs 2 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Watch Dogs 2Realistic2016

Assassin's Creed Syndicate screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Assassin's Creed SyndicateRealistic2015

Bloodborne screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

BloodborneRealistic2015

Call of Duty: Black Ops III screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIIRealistic2015

Cities: Skylines screenshot: realistic, three-quarter, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Cities: SkylinesRealistic2015

Dying Light screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Dying LightRealistic2015

Fallout 4 screenshot: realistic, first-person, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Fallout 4Realistic2015

Half-Life 2: Update screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Half-Life 2: UpdateRealistic2015

Mad Max screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Mad MaxRealistic2015

Madden NFL 16 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Madden NFL 16Realistic2015

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainRealistic2015

Resident Evil Revelations 2 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character, combat)

Resident Evil Revelations 2Realistic2015

Soma screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

SomaRealistic2015

Until Dawn screenshot: realistic, third-person, fixed camera, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Until DawnRealistic2015

2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil screenshot: realistic, three-quarter, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

2014 FIFA World Cup BrazilRealistic2014

Assassin's Creed Rogue screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Assassin's Creed RogueRealistic2014

Assassin's Creed Unity screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Assassin's Creed UnityRealistic2014

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Call of Duty: Advanced WarfareRealistic2014

FIFA 15 screenshot: realistic, three-quarter, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

FIFA 15Realistic2014

Far Cry 4 screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Far Cry 4Realistic2014

Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Assassin's Creed IV Black FlagRealistic2013

Batman: Arkham Origins screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Batman: Arkham OriginsRealistic2013

Beyond: Two Souls screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Beyond: Two SoulsRealistic2013

Call of Duty: Ghosts screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Call of Duty: GhostsRealistic2013

Grand Theft Auto V screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Grand Theft Auto VRealistic2013

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (combat, environment)

Metal Gear Rising: RevengeanceRealistic2013

Metro: Last Light screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Metro: Last LightRealistic2013

Outlast screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

OutlastRealistic2013

The Last of Us screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character, combat)

The Last of UsRealistic2013

Warframe screenshot: realistic, stylized 3d, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (combat, environment)

WarframeRealistic2013

Call of Duty: Black Ops II screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIRealistic2012

FIFA 13 screenshot: realistic, three-quarter, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character, combat)

FIFA 13Realistic2012

Far Cry 3 screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Far Cry 3Realistic2012

Hitman: Absolution screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Hitman: AbsolutionRealistic2012

Max Payne 3 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat, character)

Max Payne 3Realistic2012

Resident Evil 6 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character, combat)

Resident Evil 6Realistic2012

Sleeping Dogs screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (combat, environment)

Sleeping DogsRealistic2012

Spec Ops: The Line screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (combat, environment)

Spec Ops: The LineRealistic2012

Assassin's Creed Revelations screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Assassin's Creed RevelationsRealistic2011

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3Realistic2011

Dark Souls screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (combat, environment)

Dark SoulsRealistic2011

Dead Island screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Dead IslandRealistic2011

Dead Space 2 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (combat, environment)

Dead Space 2Realistic2011

FIFA 12 screenshot: realistic, three-quarter, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

FIFA 12Realistic2011

Portal 2 screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Portal 2Realistic2011

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim screenshot: realistic, first-person, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimRealistic2011

2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa screenshot: realistic, three-quarter, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

2010 FIFA World Cup South AfricaRealistic2010

Alan Wake screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Alan WakeRealistic2010

Amnesia: The Dark Descent screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Amnesia: The Dark DescentRealistic2010

BioShock 2 screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (combat, environment)

BioShock 2Realistic2010

Call of Duty: Black Ops screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character, combat)

Call of Duty: Black OpsRealistic2010

Metro 2033 screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Metro 2033Realistic2010

Red Dead Redemption screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Red Dead RedemptionRealistic2010

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Realistic2009

Need for Speed: Shift screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Need for Speed: ShiftRealistic2009

Call of Duty: World at War screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Call of Duty: World at WarRealistic2008

FIFA 09 screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character, combat)

FIFA 09Realistic2008

Grand Theft Auto IV screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Grand Theft Auto IVRealistic2008

Need for Speed: Undercover screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Need for Speed: UndercoverRealistic2008

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Call of Duty 4: Modern WarfareRealistic2007

Crysis screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

CrysisRealistic2007

FIFA 08 screenshot: realistic, three-quarter, no outlines, soft gradient (environment)

FIFA 08Realistic2007

Half-Life 2: Episode Two screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Half-Life 2: Episode TwoRealistic2007

Need for Speed: ProStreet screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)

Need for Speed: ProStreetRealistic2007

Portal screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment)

PortalRealistic2007

Call of Duty 3 screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Call of Duty 3Realistic2006

FIFA 07 screenshot: realistic, three-quarter, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

FIFA 07Realistic2006

Half-Life 2: Episode One screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character, combat)

Half-Life 2: Episode OneRealistic2006

Call of Duty 2 screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, combat)

Call of Duty 2Realistic2005

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, baked lighting (environment)

Half-Life 2: Lost CoastRealistic2005

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory screenshot: realistic, third-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos TheoryRealistic2005

Often combined with

3D 157 No outlines 156 Realistic 155 Realistic 141 Bloom 107 Muted 99 Third-person 87 PBR materials 75

Other shading styles

Flat / Unlit 163 Two-tone cel 29 Three-tone cel 10 Soft gradient 281 Hatching 9 Halftone 1 Dithered shading 68 Rim lighting 12 Baked lighting 154