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Squad tactical shooter soldiers in combat

Tactical & FPS Shooter Game Art

Shooter art that
holds up under fire.

We work as a subcontracting partner to your studio, under your brand and subject to an NDA.
We deliver the agreed scope of work, while you manage the relationship with the end client and deliver the work to them

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Ready or Not SWAT operator in a tactical FPS scene – shooter art by Nasty Rodent

01 · The Genre

4 RELEASED SHOOTERS

Tactical & FPS
Shooters

A first-person shooter (FPS) puts the player behind the weapon: the camera is the character's eyes, and the gun is on screen for the whole session. A tactical shooter is the slower, more deliberate branch of the genre – teams plan, communicate and move with care, and one well-placed shot decides a fight. Realistic ballistics, limited health and team roles reward thinking over reflexes.

For art, this changes the rules. The weapon sits at the bottom of the screen for hundreds of hours, so it is the most-viewed asset in the game. Players read cover, angles and threats from the environment in a split second, so a map has to be readable before it is beautiful. And in military and tactical titles, a sizable share of players know real hardware – a wrong rail, sight or panel line gets noticed.

Art for shooters: weapons · attachments · vehicles · CQB environments · props · concepts & skins

SUBGENRE 01

Military · Large-Scale

Combined-arms battles with dozens of players per side, vehicles, logistics and wide maps. Art has to read at distance and hold up when a vehicle passes a few meters from the camera.

Art priority: real-world weapons and vehicles, terrain-scale environments

Example: Squad – 50 vs 50 combined-arms warfare

SUBGENRE 02

Tactical CQB

Close-quarters battle: room-by-room clearing, small teams, every doorway a decision. Interiors carry the gameplay – sightlines, cover and clutter are designed, not decorated.

Art priority: dense, realistic interiors and props, readable lighting

Example: Ready or Not – SWAT co-op for up to 5 players

SUBGENRE 03

Co-op PvE

Squads against waves of AI enemies, often in a sci-fi or horror setting. Large player counts and big hordes on screen make performance part of the art brief.

Art priority: modular props and kits, optimized environment sets

Example: Starship Troopers: Extermination – 16-player co-op

SUBGENRE 04

Story-Driven Sci-Fi FPS

A campaign with its own world, factions and fictional hardware. Weapons and gear have to feel engineered, not invented, so concept and 3D work to one design language.

Art priority: concept-led weapon design, sci-fi props, skin variants

Example: La Quimera – story campaign with optional co-op

02 · Platforms

Where Shooters Ship

Tactical shooters grew up on PC and Steam, where mouse aim and community servers shaped the genre. Today the same titles ship on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series, often with cross-play – so one set of assets has to hold quality across very different hardware.

PC & Steam

Mouse-and-keyboard precision, high resolutions and long close-up sessions in first person – the platform where texture and model detail get inspected most.

On PC

Squad · Ready or Not · Starship Troopers: Extermination · La Quimera

PS5 · Xbox Series

Fixed hardware and certification-friendly memory budgets. Assets are built to a budget agreed at the brief, so a console port does not mean rebuilding the art.

On console

Ready or Not · Starship Troopers: Extermination

Cross-Play

PC and console players share one match, so assets and LODs must look consistent on both. Readability matters more than peak detail.

Cross-play

Starship Troopers: Extermination (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)

03 · Engine

Unreal Engine

4 of 4shooters with our art
run on Unreal Engine

3on Unreal
Engine 5

1on Unreal
Engine 4

Unreal Engine dominates the shooter genre, and every shooter in our portfolio runs on it. We deliver to your project's setup – naming, material conventions, LODs, collision and texture budgets – and check assets in-engine before hand-off, so they drop into your build instead of a cleanup queue.

Ready or Not: UE5 · Starship Troopers: Extermination: UE5 · Squad: UE5 · La Quimera: UE4

04 · Studios

Who We Build Shooters For

From independent teams running a live game to first-time founders preparing a pitch – the art need is different at each stage, so the engagement is too.

Studio	What you need	Typical scope	How we plug in
Independent & AA studios	Production capacity without hiring a full in-house art team	Weapon and vehicle lines, environment kits, prop sets	Dedicated team under our art director
Live-service shooters	A steady flow of new content between updates	Skins, weapon variants, seasonal props and maps	Ongoing live-ops batches
First-shooter teams & startups	A vertical slice that convinces a publisher or investor	Hero weapons, one playable location, key concepts	Fixed-scope pilot, then production

How to scope a vertical slice

05 · How We Work

Direct, Subcontract
or Part of Your Team

Pick the model that fits your production. You can switch between them as your project moves from pre-production to launch and live updates.

Direct Engagement

You brief us, we own art production for the agreed scope – with our own art director and project manager keeping quality and deadlines on track.

Subcontract (White-Label)

We work behind your studio or co-development partner, under your name and NDA. Your client sees your delivery; our team stays invisible.

Talk about a subcontract

Team Extension

Our artists join your pipeline – your tools, task tracker and review cadence – and work as part of your art team for as long as you need.

Live-Ops

After launch, we keep the content coming: weapon skins, variants and seasonal assets on a regular schedule. On Squad, our work included unique weapon skins alongside the base models.

06 · Cases

Shooters With Our Art

Four released shooters, four different subgenres – from 100-player military battles to a story-driven sci-fi campaign.

CASE 01

Squad

Tactical military FPS by Offworld Industries – 100-player battles and combined-arms warfare. We produced final weapon and vehicle assets and concept art for unique weapon skins: helicopters, armored vehicles, an F-16 and UAVs, built to real-world reference.

3D weapons · 3D vehicles · weapon skin concepts View the Squad case

CASE 02

Ready or Not

Tactical CQB shooter by VOID Interactive, where SWAT teams clear hostile situations room by room. We developed environment art to the game's realistic visual standard and technical specifications.

3D environment View the Ready or Not case

CASE 03

Starship Troopers: Extermination

16-player co-op FPS by Offworld Industries, set on the frontlines of the war against the Bugs. We delivered props and environment assets, helped develop game locations and produced aircraft.

3D props · 3D environment · 3D aircraft View the Starship Troopers: Extermination case

CASE 04

La Quimera

Story-driven sci-fi FPS by Reburn, set in a dystopian future Latin America. We produced weapons and props in the project's distinctive visual style, plus weapon skin concepts.

3D weapons · 3D props · weapon skin concepts View the La Quimera case

FAQ: Shooter Art

Can you model real military weapons and vehicles?

Yes. For Squad we built production weapons and vehicles from technical reference, including the UH-1H Huey helicopter, an F-16 and armored personnel carriers. Dimensions, mechanisms and panel lines follow the real hardware; manufacturer markings and branding are agreed with you at the brief, since they depend on your licensing position.

Do you work in Unreal Engine?

Yes – Unreal Engine 5 is our primary real-time environment, and all four shooters in our portfolio run on Unreal. We follow your project's conventions for naming, materials, LODs and collision, and check every asset in-engine before delivery. If your shooter runs on Unity, we deliver to that setup instead.

Can you match the style of our existing assets?

Yes. Send a few current assets and your art bible if you have one. We produce one calibration asset that sits next to yours without standing out, then scale the batch from it. Our props for Starship Troopers: Extermination, for example, were built to match the game's established sci-fi material language.

Can we start with one test asset?

Yes. A single weapon, vehicle or prop is the most common way shooter teams start with us. It goes through the full pipeline – reference, modeling, texturing, in-engine check – so you judge real production quality, communication and timing before committing to a larger batch.

Can you support us after launch with skins and new content?

Yes. Live shooters need a steady stream of skins, weapon variants and seasonal assets, and we plan them as a production line rather than one-off orders. For Squad we produced unique weapon skins; for La Quimera, weapon skin concepts – both built on existing models without rework.

How do I get an estimate for my shooter?

Send your asset list, references, engine and target platforms to sales@nastyrodent.com or use the form below. We reply within 1–2 business days with questions or a structured estimate. A rough list is enough to start – we help turn it into a production scope.

Planning
a shooter?

Tell us what you are building – genre, engine, platforms and the assets you need first. We will come back with questions and a scope within 1–2 business days.

Transparent pricing
Honest feedback
No hidden costs - ever

Military UAV drone 3D model with wing-mounted missiles