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Xonotic works on Windows XP - _powerByte - 06-14-2026
Greetings!
While i was searching for quake alternatives last night i was surprised to see that the AFPS scene was still very alive. I stumbled upon xonotic and i decided to download it. However i was not very sure if the system requirements for the game was accurate (the download page said Windows 7 or newer).
Nevertheless i decided to still try to see if the game was going to run on winXP. Surprisingly it did.
Attached below are screenshots of me being able to get the game running on my laptop to prove that yes indeed, this game could run on XP.
It depends however. This is WinXP 32 bit, so only 32 bit xonotic executable can run. Not sure if it can run on the x64 edition as ive not tried that and its based more on Windows Server 2003.
Overall, i believe this game may entirely be functional on WinXP. I have not seen any issues with running it, i was only able to play single player and instant action matches as i cant always get the internet on this laptop, so i havent tested multiplayer functionality yet.
However no, i dont recommend you actually go out of your way to run this on a real Windows XP system just in case. i know the security risks related to it, youre using an OS who is legally old enough to drive and drink. So enthusiasts using WinXP like me relegate it to pure offline use. Its just a little discovery ive made that i wish to share with you people.
Maybe if there is a xonotic developer who could check into this.
