Download

One zip per platform. Unzip it, run it, send your friends the address. There is no installer, no launcher and no account to make.

Windows

Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. Unzip it anywhere and run client.exe - the exes are unsigned, so the first launch shows a SmartScreen box: click "More info", then "Run anyway".

Download 136 MB

sha256 b4404a3c148f

Linux

Any 64-bit desktop distribution from about 2022 onwards. Unzip it anywhere, open a terminal in the folder and run ./client - nothing is installed and nothing is written outside the folder.

Download 138 MB

sha256 766dc1602e0f

Build 2026-08-03 - published 2026-08-03

01Getting a game going

Open the browser, pick a server.

Two official servers are up around the clock - one competitive, one casual - and both are already listed in the in-game server browser the first time you open it. No account, no matchmaking queue, no lobby: pick a row, press Enter, you are in.

Official servers

In the browser already, or typed straight into direct connect.

proaim.alex-wilkinson.ca:27015   competitive
proaim.alex-wilkinson.ca:27016   casual

Your own game

The client hosts a real server in-process, so friends join you directly. Forward UDP 27015 for internet play; nothing is needed on a LAN.

./client --host-map data/maps/example_map/map.blend
./client 192.168.1.42:27015 YourName

On Windows the same commands are client.exe, typed into PowerShell opened in the game folder.

Nobody around? Launch with --host-bots 9 and you get a 5v5 against bots, entirely offline.

02What it needs

Modest, and honest about it.

Operating system: Windows 10 or 11, or a 64-bit Linux desktop from roughly 2022 onwards. Both builds are the same game compiled twice - no feature differences.
Graphics: Any GPU with working OpenGL drivers, integrated included. There are no quality presets to pick through: the game always renders at its full settings, and the settings menu only carries genuine choices like anti-aliasing and field of view.
Disk: Roughly double the size of the zip once unpacked. Most of it is maps, sounds and character assets.
Network: Nothing to configure to play on the official servers. To let friends onto a server you host over the internet, forward port 27015.
Input: Keyboard and mouse, with sensitivity and field of view in the settings menu.
Accounts: None to make, nothing to log into. Launch it and play. When a new version is out the game tells you, and updates when you say so.