AQtion similar games & best alternatives

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AQtion

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2022

Should you play it?

Get ready for intense, skill-based FPS action with AQtion! Featuring the best of Action Quake 2, enjoy fast-paced combat, realistic weapons, and thrilling multiplayer battles. Dominate the arena now on Steam!

What works

  • Faithful remaster of classic mod
  • High skill ceiling and rewarding gameplay
  • Active and friendly community
  • Extensive community content and customization
  • Free and accessible on modern systems

Things to keep in mind

  • Small playerbase limits matchmaking
  • Dated graphics and some clunky mechanics
  • Bleeding and limping mechanics divisive
  • Some reports of bugs and lag
  • Steep learning curve may deter new players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Screencheat

  • Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

  • UpGun

  • Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat

  • Ratz Instagib

  • Banana Shooter

More story-driven

Games that feels like AQtion but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Bean Battles

  • Skeleton Hell

  • Heretic + Hexen

  • SKIBIDI GYATROOMS

  • Blood™ Fresh Supply

  • Sven Co-op

Less fantastical

Games that feels like AQtion but with less imaginative fiction

  • Counter-Strike: Source

  • Reflex Arena

  • Quake Live

  • Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

  • Lost Lives

  • BLOCKPOST LEGACY

Less dominating

Games that feels like AQtion but with less domination over others

  • Red Eclipse

  • Perfect Heist 2

  • Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop

  • The Backrooms: Survival

  • Klaus Veen's Treason

  • Banzai Escape 2: Subterranean

Less intimate

Games that feels like AQtion but with less focus on close relationships

  • DOOM + DOOM II

  • Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition

  • Quake II

  • BLOCKADE

  • Quake III Arena

  • Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with AQtion. These titles are not in What to play next.

AQtion: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026