Built for controllers first (keyboard and mouse work too), and made to look good on a TV.
From the M9 and Desert Eagle to the AK-47, M4A1, P90, M249, AA-12 and AWP, each balanced around its own job.
An optic, a mod and an ammo type per gun: thermal sights, drum mags, explosive or homing rounds, akimbo pistols.
Frag, impact, blast, flashbang, molotov or smoke. Or carry the radar or C4 in a weapon slot.
Two players side by side on one PC, each with their own controller, loadout and kill-cam.
Host or join a match over LAN or the internet with a short join code.
Free for all, team deathmatch, gun game and king of the hill. Destructible cover, weather and time of day.
Every gun, grenade and gadget is modelled in Blender; the maps are built in code.
Button names follow your controller (Xbox, PlayStation or Switch); the game shows the right ones.
| Right trigger | Fire |
| Left trigger | Aim |
| L / R | Previous / next weapon |
| Top button | Throw grenade (hold to aim) |
| Bottom button | Jump |
| Click right stick | Crouch / slide |
| Click left stick | Sprint |
| D-pad | Inspect |
| Start / + | Menu and loadout |
| Left / right click | Fire / aim |
| WASD, Space | Move, jump |
| Shift / Ctrl | Sprint / crouch |
| 1 2 3, mouse wheel | Weapons |
| R | Reload |
| G or H | Throw grenade (hold to aim) |
| F / C | Inspect / melee |
| Esc / Tab | Menu / scores |
No installer: unzip and play. Your settings and loadouts are saved on your computer.
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. Unzip and run ARENA.exe.
Download ARENA-Windows.zip (67 MB)Intel and Apple Silicon. The first time, right-click ARENA and choose Open.
Download ARENA-macOS.zip (93 MB)64-bit (x86_64). Extract and run ./ARENA.x86_64.
Download ARENA-Linux.tar.gz (58 MB)Older versions: all releases.