Counterattack

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If you've ever played Counter-Strike on a school computer during lunch break, you know the vibe. Counterattack is a no-frills, browser-based first-person shooter that drops you into team combat where the goal is simple: eliminate the enemy squad before they wipe yours. It's fast, bloody, and built for those moments when you need a quick shooter fix without downloading 50GB of AAA bloatware. Choose your weapon, find cover, and start racking up kills across five different maps.

Key Features

• 5 Battle Maps: Different layouts from snowy industrial zones to tight urban corridors—enough variety to keep matches from feeling identical.
• 24 Weapons to Unlock: Pistols, shotguns, assault rifles, snipers, grenade launchers, and even a quick-stab knife for close encounters.
• Runs on Potato Hardware: This is a Unity WebGL game with deliberately simple graphics, so it'll run on basically any laptop or tablet from the last decade.
• Earn-to-Unlock Progression: Every kill earns currency to buy better guns in the shop—no microtransaction popups, just old-school grinding.

How to Play Counterattack

Getting into the action takes seconds, but staying alive? That's where the challenge kicks in.

Master Movement and Combat Basics

You move with WASD, sprint with Left Shift, and jump with Space. Crouch behind cover using C to avoid getting your head blown off. Left-click fires your gun, right-click zooms in for accuracy, and R reloads. The V key gives you a quick knife slash if someone rushes you, and G tosses a grenade. Weapon switching is handled with number keys (1, 2, 3), and you can toggle firing modes with B on some guns. It's standard FPS stuff, but the floaty movement and basic aim assist make it feel closer to a mobile port than Valorant.

Survive the Firefights

Matches throw you into small arenas against enemy bots or real players depending on server population. Your health doesn't regenerate automatically—you need to grab those glowing yellow health packs scattered around the map. The AI enemies aren't brilliant, but they flank and rush aggressively, so camping in one spot will get you surrounded. Use the shipping containers, brick walls, and building corners as cover. Explosions from grenade launchers look flashy but deal splash damage in a tight radius, so don't stand near barrels.

Unlock Better Firepower

Every kill and match completion earns you coins. Head to the weapon shop between rounds and unlock progressively stronger guns. Start with a basic pistol, grind your way to shotguns for close-range dominance, then save up for sniper rifles or the grenade launcher. There's no skill tree or character customization—just raw weapon upgrades. The progression is slow but linear, so expect to replay maps multiple times before unlocking the best gear.

Who is Counterattack for?

This one's aimed squarely at teens and casual gamers who want instant shooter action without commitment. If you're between classes, stuck on a boring Zoom call, or just want 15 minutes of mindless combat, it delivers. It's not for hardcore tactical shooter fans expecting realistic ballistics or deep strategy—think of it as the gaming equivalent of fast food. Satisfying in the moment, but you won't remember it next week.

The Gameplay Vibe

It's chaotic and scrappy. Matches feel like constant movement—sprinting between cover points, hipfiring at close range, and scrambling for health packs mid-firefight. The visuals are rough around the edges: pixelated blood effects, flat textures on snow and gravel, and explosions that look like stock Unity particles. The weapon models are weirdly more detailed than the environments, which makes everything feel cobbled together from asset store packs. The soundtrack is generic electronic rock that loops every two minutes, but honestly, you'll tune it out after the third match. It's functional, not memorable.

Technical Check: Saves & Performance

Your weapon unlocks and currency save automatically in your browser's local storage, so don't panic if you close the tab—just don't clear your cache or you'll lose everything. Performance-wise, I had zero lag on a mid-tier laptop. The game's low-poly art style and basic lighting mean it runs buttery smooth even on older machines or Chromebooks. Mobile controls work via on-screen buttons, though aiming with your thumb is predictably clunky compared to mouse precision.

Quick Verdict: Pros & Cons

A solid time-killer if you lower your expectations and just want to shoot stuff for 20 minutes.

• ✅ Pro: Instant browser access—no downloads, no account creation, just click and play.
• ✅ Pro: 24 weapons to unlock keeps the grind mildly addictive if you're into progression loops.
• ❌ Con: Visuals look like a 2012 mobile game—mismatched assets, ugly textures, and zero atmosphere.

Controls

Responsive enough for a browser game, though the aim feels floaty and hipfire spread is wildly inconsistent.

• Desktop: WASD to move, Left Shift to sprint, Space to jump, C to crouch, LMB to shoot, RMB to aim, R to reload, V for knife, G for grenade, B to switch firing mode, number keys to change weapons, TAB for stats, ESC for settings.
• Mobile: Touch buttons overlay the screen—virtual joystick on the left, shoot/aim/reload on the right.

Release Date & Developer

Developed by FainGames and released on June 18, 2025. It's one of those quick-turnaround Unity projects built to fill the browser game niche on portals like Poki or Y8.