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So now we’ve gone through all different kinds of maps from those that are underrated to those that dominated the top of the charts. So what else is there to do? Our own personal recommendations.
These recommendations come from the maps we’ve played throughout the years and the expertise we have when it comes to fun games. Each member of the team (as of the initial writing this article) has talked about their personal favorites.
These thoughts come from both old and new members of StickyPiston. Each text about the maps today are coming from them rather than the article writer.
These 2 Maps are recommendations by the boss of StickyPiston – eonic! He’s essentially the backbone and biggest reason as to why StickyPiston even exists. Alongside his brother Tiger_Walts, they know what they talk about when it comes to pretty much ANYTHING Minecraft related.
Shattered PvP by Panguino
MC 1.8.9 Profile | Can be played between 2 to 24 Players
“This was one of our go to Minecraft Maps back the in the 1.8 PVP/Arrow slinging era. I remember playing game countless times at Minigame Mash. With 7 well designed levels and 4 game-mode to choose there’s not much chance you could get bored with this one. One day maybe it’ll be added to the reforged project and brought to life in newer versions of Minecraft.”
Effect War by SkaranYT
MC 1.8.7 Profile | Can be played between 2 to 16 Players
“I’m a little biased with this PVP map as I worked with SkaranYT to make this game. It’s time to dust this old masterpiece off! It’s an unusual map, as you level up you’ll have an effect applied to you which gives your player a disadvantage, such as slowness or being stuck to the ground. Enjoy the trailer, which I hope inspires you to play some Effect War. You also should search up some of SkaranYT map on the trials such as Light Rush and INVISI FIGHT.”
Alkali is someone who made a lot of coding while working for StickyPiston. He’s the main reason as to why you got some refinements to the coding to the trials site or as to how we build our modpacks. He even created a map of his own during his spare time.
Tales of Glarthford by Crowdford
MC 1.19.4 Profile | Can be played between 1 to 3 Players
“An incredibly in-depth RPG with fascinating stories that kept me coming back to it for multiple play sessions with friends. Fantastic use of turn-based combat that’s easy to understand and fun to play.”
The 8 Islands by Gahlifrex
MC 1.10.2 Profile | Can be played between 1 to 4 Players
“Simple but fun adventure through 8 different worlds. Took a single play session to finish but it was enjoyable to play with friends and didn’t require an insanely huge amount of skill to be able to finish.”
Our resident expert in all things unfair – it’s TheHappywheels! Not only is he an amazing content creator and human being, but he’s the one who manages a lot of our social posts on Twitter. Being a mapmaker himself, he has some maps he likes to share.
Parkour Pyramid by Hielke
MC 1.21.1 Profile | Can be played between 1 to 16 Players
“Parkour Pyramid is a great Minecraft Map for anyone both new to or experienced with parkour. This is a map that i have come back to year after year and am yet to be bored of it. It is especially good for Content Creators like myself who are looking for something to livestream or speed run.”
Placeholder by SimonDMC & EurekaX
MC 1.20.1 Profile | Can be played between 1 to 4 Players
“The concept of Placeholder is amazing! The map is supposed to look unfinished and you, the player, need to solve puzzles to complete each stage. This map has some really unique mechanics, and after watching a behind the scenes video from SimonDMC, it shows how much effort was put into this map. Definitely one I would recommend, not just for people that enjoy puzzles, but just to see the custom mechanics in action!”
It’s Dominexis! This man is responsible for EMU being able to be created and the man behind the legendary Nexus. This guy is a coding genius and responsible for so much that it’s really hard to name. Being a mapmaker for Bedrock & Java, he knows what he’s talking about when it comes to finding the right maps to play.
Combat Cube 2 by ArcadiaLabs
MC 1.21.1 Profile | Can be played between 2 to 24 Players
“Combat Cube 2 is exhilarating. One moment you have the upper hand and you’re about to punch someone out, then the next moment TNT blows up on your face and you’re fighting for your life on the fragile glass floor. There are several power ups which really change up the game from exploding arrows and laser eyes, to firework rockets that launch you out of the void. The games are just boom boom boom boom constant action. I can play it for hours at a time.”
Infinitri by fabtob1 & Crew
MC 1.20.4 Profile | Can be played between 2 to 24 Players
“It’s a fun concept of a map and that it was quite fun for updating as a map. It was successful in what it wanted to tell and easy to grasp the objectives.”
Almost every mapmaker who has been around StickyPiston knows who this guy is. It’s Cosmic Cortex! He’s one of the friendliest fellows of the group and does his best to make conversation to anyone and everyone. If you were contacted to put your map onto StickyPiston, this was more than likely the guy you talked with. He’s a good chap and one of our longest map experts.
Combat Cube 2 by ArcadiaLabs
“This game I have had the most fun and the most fond memories of. The game is crazy fun and is a different experience each time I play it. Definitely one of the best out there today.”
Project Run by Minigame Makers
MC 1.20.2 Profile | Can be played between 1 to 24 Players
“I choose this because its the 1st map I have ever had made. It was also one of the biggest and most put together maps that has ever been done with teaming up with this to make history. It’s a great experience.”
Films was more of a silent fellow who came around time to time. He helped out with some odd jobs here and there and wasn’t the most active dude. Despite this, he was a valuable and great asset to our team while having worked on some maps of his own.
Sprint Racer by Flamingosaurus & AriaZeroQueen
MC 1.21.1 Profile | Can be played between 1 to 3 Players
“Haven’t touched Minecraft in years. This is the only map I’d recommend because of personal bias haha.”
Oh Hessel, you’re always such a fun guy to be around. Whether it’s being around for maptesting, helping out with onboarding and offboarding.. there’s a lot that you know and a lot that goes in your head. What would we be without you?
Honey Missile Wars by Yeggs
MC 1.20.2 Profile | Can be played between 2 to 24 Players
“It’s fun to place machines and trying to reach the enemy’s wall to destroy then see their reactions.”
Frozen Christmas Hunt by Potassiumola
MC 1.19.2 Profile | Can be played between 1 to 8 Players
“It is a fun holiday themed map to fight against your friends while having a laugh around in the holidays.”
Oh look, it’s me! I’m the guy writing to you right now through these articles. I’m someone who helps with managing our content alongside a writer. If you got your maps on StickyPiston through our support system, I was the one you were in contact with. Not to mention I have been writing all those descriptions for our modpacks.
Sprint Racer by Flamingosaurus & AriaZeroQueen
“Sprint Racer is just an instant classic. If you like Mario Kart and an easier time with X-Run, this is a map for you. From a cool amount of custom items to the amount of dedicated speedrunners, it was just a ton of fun to see this map grow from its earliest iterations of Mario Kart in Minecraft to a multilingual and optimized success.”
Across The Time 2 -Time for Regrets by Team AdventQuest
MC 1.20.2 Profile | Can be played between 1 to 3 Players
“This is one of the very few maps I can confidently say I spent a long amount of time in it while also spending a fun amount of time in this. I played this back in 1.16 during the 2nd major update and the amount of content not only amazed me, but everything inside of it felt fun and expansive. Lots of side quests, lots of balanced difficulty, tons of progression. I put in 60 Hours into this map to finish it and I wasn’t even anywhere close to completing it. And now it has gotten more large scale updates to a newer version! Definitely recommend checking it out.”