Maple Street: How to Learn the Only Map

Learn one approach and one angle properly instead of ten badly.

• Maple Street is the only map, so every round is practice
• Attackers cross open ground; that is where most attacks end
• Log the two spots that killed you, then fix one per round

Doesn't apply when: You play exclusively against bots, where players do not hold angles the way a human team does.

Maple Street is the only map in REALISTIC HOME DEFENSE. Sixteen players, three minutes, one geography. That should make map knowledge the most valuable thing you can build, and it does, but not in the way most map guides assume.

This page is not a floor plan. It is the plan for building your own, because a layout published from memory is the kind of help that gets someone killed in a spot they trusted.

What is actually verified

Three things, and they are worth stating precisely because so much of what is written about this game is not.

The last three are the ones other pages fill in with invented detail. If you need them, they have to come from playing, and that is what the rest of this page is for.

What the format implies about the map

You can reason usefully about a map you have not mapped, as long as you keep the reasoning clearly separate from observation. These are implications, not facts about the layout.

The one that changes how you play: defenders have cover and attackers have distance. If you are attacking, the round is about closing distance without dying. If you are defending, the round is about making that distance expensive.

A three-round recon plan

One round of wandering teaches nothing, because a three-minute round is too short to explore and fight at the same time. Three rounds with a job each works better.

Do this on the defending side first if you can choose. Holding an angle teaches you what an attacker sees, which is the knowledge you need on both sides.

The death log

This is the part worth keeping. Two columns, filled in after every death, for one session.

After five or six entries, patterns appear. Usually it is one of three things: you are standing in the same place, you are entering the same way, or you are arriving with your weapon in the wrong state. Each has a different fix, and none of them is "aim better".

That table is the whole method. It works on any map, which is useful here because the game only has one and it will not stay unfamiliar for long.

Attacking: what to decide before the round starts

An attack in a three-minute round has one decision that matters more than the rest: which entrance, decided before you move.

The clock is the enemy, not the defending team. A round that ends with your team still outside is a loss regardless of how many defenders you killed.

Defending: what to decide before the round starts

Defending is a smaller decision space and a harsher one: the round is won by the timer, so anything that makes attackers slower is progress.

Building callouts with your group

Callouts only work if they are shared and short. Two rules:

1. Two words maximum, tied to something visually obvious (a colour, a shape, a piece of furniture).
2. Everyone uses them or nobody does. A callout used by one player is a private note.

We are not publishing a callout list ourselves until the layout is verified, because invented names create the impression of a shared vocabulary that does not exist. When the map gets documented here, it will come with the round count and the date it was recorded.

Related pages

• Maps hub — why a single-map game changes how you learn it.
• How to play your first round — the first-session order.
• Weapons and what they change — what to bring to an entry.
• PC controls — lean and stance are the map-learning keys.
• Money and multipliers — why saving is a positional decision too.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Maple Street the only map?

Yes, as of 25 October 2026. One map, three-minute rounds, sixteen players.

Where can I find a Maple Street layout?

We have not published one, because we have not verified one. This page gives the format implications and a three-round method for learning it yourself, which is faster than reading a map you cannot yet picture.

Does the map favour attackers or defenders?

From the format alone: defenders win by the timer running out, and attackers have to close distance and enter. That generally favours defenders, and any claim about a specific side being stronger needs round data we do not have.

Why not just guess the room names?

Because a wrong callout gets someone killed in a place they trusted. The cost of guessing here is not embarrassment, it is a player who stops believing the rest of the site.

Do bots use the same map?

Yes, there is one map. Bots and the shooting range are the fastest way to see parts of it without a live round, although bots will not hold angles the way a human team does.