PC Gamer contributor Noah Smith declared near the end of 2023 that it was another great year for boomer shooters, but he had one request: Can we call them something else now? The answer appears to be a firm no, as "boomer shooter" has now officially taken its place as a tagged genre on Steam.
The arrival of the boomer shooter tag was noted by Andrew Hulshult, the composer of soundtracks for games including Dusk, Amid Evil, Wrath: Aeon of Ruin, Prodeus, and Doom Eternal: Ancient Gods—a pretty well-known boomer shooter bro himself, in other words.
