Fistful of Frags

Intense overall intensity
Highest flag: Substances — player uses or trades
HistoricalShooter

What's in it

Substances player uses or trades
High

Whiskey is drunk as a consumable that restores health, giving alcohol a direct gameplay effect.

Violence realistic
Moderate

Realistic firearm and melee combat between human gunslingers, with blood shown on hits; no dismemberment or gore.

Who can reach your kid

Voice chatChat with strangers

What it is

Fistful of Frags is a free multiplayer first-person shooter set in the Wild West, built on the Source engine and originally a Half-Life 2 mod. Players face off in team-based or free-for-all gunfights using period weapons — revolvers, rifles, knives and fists — across community-run servers. Combat is against other human players and shows blood on hits, though without dismemberment or gore. A recurring mechanic has players drinking whiskey to restore health. The game is played online with open voice and text chat, and matches are hosted on community servers rather than official moderated matchmaking.

How it's framed

The game frames its content as fast, arcade-style Western action; violence is stylized shootout gunplay between players rather than a narrative about crime or cruelty, and the whiskey-as-healing item is presented as a lighthearted nod to the setting rather than substance use as a subject.

Details

Developer
Fistful of Frags Team
Publisher
Fistful of Frags Team
Released
May 9, 2014

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