OpenFront Maps — Full List, Sizes and Which Map to Pick

OpenFront maps are not cosmetic backdrops. Each one changes how fast you can expand, how much water is available for ports, and how many neighbours you will share a border with. Some maps reward a slow, fortified opening, others reward fast expansion or naval trade. This page maps out the full list, explains how sizes and rotation work, and helps you pick a map that matches the way you want to play.

How OpenFront Maps Shape a Match

Every map is a grid of terrain tiles over which hundreds of players expand, and a game is considered complete when one side holds around 80% of it. The decisive variables are how much water the map contains and how flat the land is. Coastal and island-heavy maps make ports and trade ships the strongest economy, while mountainous maps slow ground expansion and push players toward longer, grindier wars. A map with wide open borders also means more neighbours, which raises the value of alliances and makes a defensible pocket spawn much more attractive.

Continental Maps

The continental group covers the world and its large regions. These are the maps most players start on, because they combine recognisable geography with a mix of plains, hills, mountains and coastline.

Map	Character
World	All seven continents and five oceans, with canals; one of the best trade and warship maps
Giant World Map	A larger World with the Panama Canal but no Suez Canal; heavy on water traffic
North America	Mostly hilly and mountainous with plains near the coasts; many rivers
South America	Mostly flat with mountains and hills, plus the Panama Canal; strong for trade
Europe	Flat centre and east, mountains in Scandinavia and the Alps; excellent for ports
Europe Classic	The older Europe without rivers, kept for lower-end devices
Asia	Flat north and coasts, hard mountains through central regions; long coastlines suit ports
Africa	Very hilly and mountainous, slowing expansion, with long rivers reaching inland
Oceania	Mostly water with scattered islands, ideal for naval invasion and trade

Regional and Special Maps

Regional maps zoom into smaller areas, and the special group leaves Earth entirely. They tend to produce faster, denser games because there is less free land to absorb.

Map	Character
Black Sea	Mountains almost everywhere with a water centre; hard to attack outside Crimea
Britannia	British Isles plus part of northern France, with historic kingdom flags
Iceland	Mountainous with fjord coastline, good for both land and trade
East Asia	Two large landmasses, Kyushu and the Korean Peninsula, in a lot of water
Australia	One large island plus Tasmania, especially suited to land wars
Faroe Islands	Heavy waterways, strong for naval invasion and port trade
Baikal	Two shores around a huge lake; teams often turn it into a nuclear stand-off
Pangaea, Mars, Deglaciated Antarctica	The wider Other group, played for variety rather than realism
Montreal, New York City, Italia and others	Dense regional maps that fill fast

Map Sizes, Rotation and Loading

• Sizes vary by map. Giant World Map is the largest, and the Compact Map lobby modifier shrinks the play area on a chosen map.
• Rotation is lobby-driven. The official client lists maps with live thumbnails, featured entries and a Favourites filter, and hosts can also pick Random.
• New maps arrive with updates. Update 34.0 added Yangtze River, Cape Cod, Channel Islands and Gulf of Mexico alongside the Steam launch.
• Loading can stall on water. A documented bug caused crashes when hovering over water while a map was still loading, fixed in a later patch.
• Map knowledge is transferable. Terrain rules do not change per map, so the plains-versus-mountains maths is the same everywhere.

Choosing a Map for Your Plan

Pick the map that matches your opening rather than the one with the nicest outline.

• Want to learn the economy? Take a coastal continental map and lean on ports.
• Want a long, strategic game? A large world map with canals gives trade routes room.
• Want fast action? A regional map such as New York City or Montreal fills quickly.
• Want to practise naval play? Iceland, the Faroe Islands or Oceania are mostly water.
• Want to experiment? Choose Random and adapt rather than following a fixed build.

The Steam release keeps the same map pool as the browser client, so a favourite map is available wherever you play.