Quake III Arena

Quake III Arena stripped the FPS genre down to almost nothing but movement and aim when it released, no cover system, no regenerating health to hide behind, just weapon pickups on a timer and a map every player has to fight over to control.

Rocket jumping, firing a rocket at your own feet to launch yourself upward, isn't a glitch here but a core movement skill, and learning to combine it with strafing tends to open up map traversal that standing, ground-based movement simply can't match. Tracking weapon and armor spawn timers on a map matters as much as aim itself, since controlling the strongest pickup's respawn window often decides a duel before the fight even starts. Krunker.io carries a similar fast, arena-style FPS feel into a browser-native, low-poly format.