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The Deathmatch List

My best attempt at helping you/myself find something to play

Arena FPS Checklist

These are the characteristics of Arena FPS that I highly value but I don't believe are all necessary to fit into the category. Many of these games won't meet all the criteria.

Movement (acceleration/trick jump)
Big weapon arsenal
Gunplay optimization (combos, selection)
Item resource gameplay
Time based gamemode, non-rounds
Not restricted to only teamplay (there's Duel)
Identical starts

Movement Legend

bh - bunnyhop, traditional air strafe/air control and bhop from Quake1
sj - Quake2/Quake3 style strafejump
lsj - Light strafejump or strafe running
kb - knockback weapons IE rocketjump
dj - the double-jump introduced in Q2, also called the "air step", is the vertical boost gain when jumping up ledges at the right angle/speed
ddj - the literal "double jump", jumping a second time, mid-air, while in your first jump
dg - dodge, a mainly horizontal directional dodge akin to Unreal Tournament
dsh - dash, a small dodge used to initiate a jumping chain
wk - a dodge done off a wall
spr - sprint, a short burst of speed usually capped by a gauge
fa - forward acceleration. speed gain when holding W. also includes forward air control
cs - crouch-slide, hitting crouch while moving fast that causes you to slide

Notes

This list originally started with the traditional deathmatch gamemode in mind. Anything you can reasonably 1v1 duel in. I'm eventually going to add more modern "movement shooters". Stuff like Titanfall 2, Cyberfrags69, Straftat, etc.Another genre would be team-based aFPS adjacent games ie Action Quake 2, Cocaine Diesel, Bloodrailz, Midnight Guns, etc.
Rampjumps weren't noted in this list due to my unfamiliarity with them.
Possible future categories include weapons, powerups, gamemodes, related games- if i can make sense of these new descriptors.

If there's a game missing or a correction needed, please get in contact and let me know! I've played/tried many, if not most, of these titles but there's only so much time and energy to humanly delve into each one to appreciate each game's uniqueness. I'd welcome and appreciate any help or feedback to improve The List. Hope this helps you find a cool new game to play.