Download

One zip per platform. Unzip it, run it, send your friends the address. There is no installer and nothing to buy - just a free sign-in before your first official match.

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 141 MB

sha256 5c1a9fb61f7d

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 143 MB

sha256 8f2b4da91fa1

On Linux, from the folder the zip landed in - one line, start to finish:

cd ~/Downloads && unzip -o proaim-linux.zip && cd linux && chmod +x client && ./client

Build 2026-08-11 - published 2026-08-11

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 matchmaking queue and no lobby: pick a row, press Enter, you are in.

The official servers need a free account, because they are the ones that move the ladder. Choose SIGN IN WITH GOOGLE on the main menu, pick your permanent username, and that is the last time it asks. LAN games, servers your friends host, and maps you host yourself need no account at all - how accounts work.

Official servers

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

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

LAN games

The client hosts a real server in-process, so everyone on the same network joins you directly by typing your local IP. Nothing to configure, nothing to forward, no internet needed.

./client --host-map data/maps/dizzy_raccoon/map_baked.glb
./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. Or find people in the ProAim Discord - that is also where bug reports and questions land.

02What it needs

Modest hardware is fine.

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: A free account - sign in with Google from the main menu - is needed for the two official servers, and for nothing else: LAN, a friend's server and your own hosted map all play without one. We ask Google for a single sign-in identifier, never your email, name or photo. When a new version is out the game tells you, and updates when you say so.