Aimbot hacks refer to an external program that helps the player to aim and shoot at his opponents, for example, by automatically placing the mouse cursor on the target and possibly triggering a shot. As a result, the player has a huge advantage over his teammates, as the Aimbot can react much faster and more precisely than a human player.

There are different ways of working with Aimbots. Some Aimbots recognize players even when they are out of the field of view. Other Aimbots, on the other hand, look for the texture of the player on the screen, and the use of such an aimbot sometimes requires a change in the textures for the game pieces, so that the program can recognize the figures as such.

For example, characters are assigned different colors, which usually do not appear in the game. Since with newer games an exchange of the textures is not so easily possible, current Aimbots function somewhat differently. They assist the player in aiming, but do not completely relieve him of the task.