Knife duel: knives only
Knives only. Backstabs kill instantly.
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How it plays
Everyone has only a knife. Left click is a quick slash, right click a slower heavy stab; both hit much harder from behind, and a backstab with the heavy stab kills instantly. You run faster with the knife out.
Free-for-all, to 20 kills or 3 minutes, on more than 20 maps, from Cube Park to the Natatorium.
Tips
- Get behind your opponent: a backstab kills instantly.
- Jumping and strafing make you harder to hit.
- The quick slash is better when someone comes at you head-on.
Solo or with friends
You can play it alone at any time: if there are not enough people, bots fill the match (up to 8 players), with skill from easy to pro. It is best with friends in a private room: you get a 4-letter code and a link, your friends join with one click, and you choose the map, the number of bots and their skill.
Maps (22)
Cube Park
A compact arena of colourful blocks for fast kills and grenade fights.
Giant's House
The ground floor of a furnished family home at ten times scale — mouse-sized players on the kitchen tiles, under the dining table and the…
Lakeside Villa
A two-storey villa with a garden and a jetty, hostage rescue and close combat.
Sand Fort
A desert stronghold with two bomb sites, tight passages and open plazas.
Pirate Cove
A harbour, a shipwreck and huts in a tropical bay.
Bank Heist
A city bank with a vault, hostage rescue and the big heist mission.
Suburbia
A large, detailed suburban neighbourhood — a street grid with sidewalks, furnished family homes (upstairs, kitchen, garage), shops, a gas…
Natatorium
An indoor hall with a 50 m pool you have to swim through. Galleries with firing slits at both ends, diving towers, changing cabins and…
Spiral Towers
A stone tower at each end with a spiral staircase and teleport pads, a parapet and a sniper rifle on top. Between them an obstacle course…
Siege
A fortress with a river, a bridge, a wall breach and a tunnel, hostage rescue with several routes.
Midnight Street
A dark, foggy small town at night, with a storm and lightning. Enterable houses, street lamps, a church with a graveyard and a gas station…
Snow Forts
A small, mirror-symmetric snowy map with two forts, made for 1v1 duels.
Pool Party
A summer courtyard with a wadeable pool and two pool houses, for quick small matches.
Crate Town
A symmetric maze of crates and shipping containers.
Frost Arena
A mirrored snowy 1v1 arena inside a tall stone wall — a weapon alcove at each end (one rifle per round), four crate piles in the middle…
Pool Duel
An indoor tiled swimming hall for 1v1 — the pool in the middle (jump in and you have to swim), pillars and lifeguard chairs around it, a…
Aqua Park
An indoor water park for bomb defusal and hostage rescue — site A in the drained sports pool full of crates, site B in the pump room next…
Toybox
A toy-soldier-sized battle on a giant play table — between the red and the blue castle there is a building-block fort (site A), a rocket…
Depot
A walled industrial compound for bomb defusal — site A in the western loading yard with a truck and containers, site B in the fenced…
Adventure Park
A colourful obstacle course made for tag — a lookout with a jump pad in the middle, a hedge maze with closable gates, a ball pit with…
Funfair
A fenced fairground with a carousel, a turning Ferris wheel, a mini railway running around the park (it runs you over!), bumper cars, a…
Shopping Mall
A two-floor indoor mall with glass-fronted shops (the windows break), an atrium with a fountain and escalators; the food court is bomb site…
Related modes: Fun modes
Zombie Waves
Co-op survival against tougher and tougher zombie waves, with bots or friends.
Convoy
Co-op escort: the truck only moves when you are next to it. Raiders ambush you, repair with E, checkpoints add time. Small Town and Desert base.
Rocket War
Rocket launchers only: big explosions, smoke trails, rocket jumps.
Gun Game
A new weapon every 2 kills, the knife comes last. Getting knifed sets you back a level.
Grenade War
Grenades only, unlimited supply. Hold the button to throw further.
King of the Hill
A moving circle: you score while you are the only one in it. Push everyone else out.
Frequently asked questions
How do backstabs work?
From behind, the right-click heavy stab kills instantly.
How long is a knife duel?
Up to 20 kills or 3 minutes.
Is FragFiesta free?
Yes. FragFiesta is a completely free browser FPS; every mode and every map is free to play.
Do I need to download or install anything?
No. The game runs in your web browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari) with no download, no install and no sign-up; it starts as soon as you open the link.
How do I play with friends?
Create a private room: you get a 4-letter code and a link. Send the link to your friends and they join with one click. The host picks the mode, the map, the number of bots and their skill; players pick their teams.