BROWSER SHOOTERS

Browser shooters: pick your next match

A quick match, a classic campaign or a WAD to explore. Check the game’s entry requirements before jumping into the action.

Matches and arenas

Use the project’s server and lobby instructions; multiplayer support is specific to the version.

Counter-Strike players carrying rifles through a sunlit courtyard. Original-game reference.

Counter-Strike publisher screenshot. Original-game reference; not the CSJS browser build.

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CSJS

Counter-Strike 1.6Shooter

Classic Counter-Strike matches through a live browser server list.

Play

A first-person arena view with health and ammunition counters in Quake III Arena. Original-game reference.

Quake III Arena gameplay reference; not a capture of the linked project.

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Q3JS

Quake III ArenaShooter

Arena multiplayer through LK’s Quake III browser client.

Play

Campaigns and classic worlds

These projects take different routes to the original worlds, from hosted demos to importing your own data.

A Warthog drives through Blood Gulch in Mitchell Hynes’s Halo browser build.

Mitchell Hynes Web gameplay, from the creator’s launch demonstration at approximately 1:52. Gameplay area cropped from the published video.

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Mitchell Hynes Web

Halo: Combat EvolvedShooter

Halo’s Xbox campaign and invite-based multiplayer, with your own disc image.

Original files requiredPlay

A first-person plasma weapon fires across a courtyard in Doom. Original-game reference.

Doom publisher gameplay reference from the current DOOM + DOOM II gallery; not a capture of the linked port.

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doom.wasm

DoomShooter

A minimal Doom WebAssembly runtime with a playable browser example.

Demo availablePlay

A first-person view inside a dark industrial room in the d3wasm browser port.

D3Wasm creator screenshot.

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D3Wasm

Doom 3Shooter

The Doom 3 demo running through a WebAssembly port of id Tech 4.

Demo availablePlay

A Half-Life security checkpoint viewed in first person in WebXash.

WebXash creator screenshot showing Half-Life: Day One. Browser chrome cropped; not a Counter-Strike match.

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WebXash

Half-Life & Counter-Strike 1.6Shooter

Load your own Steam folders into a configurable Xash3D browser client.

Original files requiredPlay

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Compare Browser shooters
Project	Where it runs	Getting started
Counter-Strike 1.6CSJS	Browser	Setup & version details
Quake III ArenaQ3JS	Browser	No extra game files Setup & version details
Halo: Combat EvolvedMitchell Hynes Web	Browser	Your own game files Setup & version details
Doomdoom.wasm	Browser	Demo or your own game files Setup & version details
Doom 3D3Wasm	Browser	Demo or your own game files Setup & version details
Half-Life & Counter-Strike 1.6WebXash	Browser	Your own game files Setup & version details

Multiplayer & controls

Counter-Strike in a browser: 1.6 matches, bunnyhop or surf?

Choose CSJS for a 1.6 match with the least preparation, WebXash for your own files and server, or a dedicated movement game for hopping and surfing.

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Versions & setup

Doom in a browser or native port: WADs, demos and Doom 3

For classic Doom, choose a WAD launcher or a native port. For Doom 3, separate the browser demo from an owned retail installation.

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Versions & setup

Halo CE in your browser: which version should you choose?

Start with Hynes for desktop mouse play, HCEMobile for touch controls, or an OpenCE release for native desktop play. Bring your own original Xbox disc image.

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Matches and arenas

Campaigns and classic worlds

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