Xonotic
Hacker ApprovedRanked 9 of 20 multiplayer shooters by recommenders
Free open-source arena shooter in the style of Quake III and Unreal Tournament, played with friends. Caveat: a bit rough around the edges, and it doesn't work well for some.
Free open-source arena shooter in the style of Quake III and Unreal Tournament, played with friends. Caveat: a bit rough around the edges, and it doesn't work well for some.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 92%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 11 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fun to play with friends
“i love luanti, xonotic, openarena, veloren, etc, and play them frequently with some friends”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux” “i've got loads of hours in games like veloren, luanti, xonotic, pokeMMO, and osu!”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux” Old-school Quake-style feel
“a fast open-source arena FPS, think Quake III / Unreal Tournament”
Comment from 6 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: I ported Xonotic (arena FPS) to WebAssembly with full P2P multiplayer” “Xonotic has that old school feeling.”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Quake – 30th Anniversary Update”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Rough around the edges
“it's a bit rough around the edges in parts”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Unreal Tournament 2004 is back” Doesn't work well for some
“Doesn't work very well for me, but it's something.”
Comment from 7 Jun 2026 in “Valve P2P networking broken for more than 2 months”
Other multiplayer shooters people recommend
The four most recommended other multiplayer shooters, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arc Raiders | 52 | 12 | 81% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Fortnite | 33 | 55 | 38% | 9 | — | — |
| Counter-Strike | 30 | 19 | 61% | 11 | — | — |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 27 | 19 | 59% | 10 | — | — |
| XonoticThis page | 11 | 1 | 92% | 7 | — | Approved |
What people said
11 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Xonotic has that old school feeling.”
“crashed when I clicked play campaign”
“Doesn't work very well for me, but it's something.”
“It's awesome you got P2P for it.”
“a fast open-source arena FPS, think Quake III / Unreal Tournament”
“there are not many games which have Linux, Windows and MacOS versions allowing interplay”
“Xonotic is quite remarkable”
“Everyone is friendly to each other.”
“i've got loads of hours in games like veloren, luanti, xonotic, pokeMMO, and osu!”
“i love luanti, xonotic, openarena, veloren, etc, and play them frequently with some friends”
“it's a bit rough around the edges in parts”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.