Animalon Epic Monsters Battle — Play Free Online

Animalon Epic Monsters Battle is an action game built around fighting with creatures. You move your character around the arena with the keyboard, aim with the mouse, and pick your options with the same pointer. It runs inside the page, so a session starts as soon as it loads, with nothing to install and no account.

It sits a long way from the endless-climb style Doodle Jump made famous, but it fills a different need on the same site: when you have finished a few vertical runs and want something where you aim and fight rather than just dodge and bounce, this is the kind of game to switch to. It suits the short, replayable sessions that browser games are good at.

How to play

Move with the arrow keys or WASD. Aiming and selecting use the mouse, so one hand stays on the keyboard and the other on the mouse. On a phone or tablet the same actions are done by tapping and swiping, so there is no need for a keyboard, although a keyboard and mouse give you finer aim.

The listing describes the game as an action and shooting title, so expect to spend your time positioning yourself and aiming at what is in front of you. Menu choices, such as picking what to use next, are made by clicking or tapping.

Tips

• Keep moving rather than standing still to aim. WASD and the mouse are meant to be used together, so practise steering with one hand while the other tracks the target.
• If you are on a laptop trackpad, a mouse makes aiming noticeably easier.
• Progress is kept in your browser, so play in the same browser if you want to pick up where you left off.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want something more in the vein of the site's headline game, try Doodle Jump itself or Helix Jump, which are both about steering a bouncing character. For cooperative play, Fireboy and Watergirl is a puzzle platformer for two players on one keyboard. Bloons Tower Defense 2 is a better choice if you prefer planning and placing over aiming and reflexes.

Animalon Epic Monsters Battle works for a quick break on a laptop, a Chromebook or a phone, and it is best when you want a few minutes of action without a long setup.