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AntWar.io is an action and shooting game that runs in the browser tab. You steer a character with the keyboard, aim with the mouse and fight your way through the arena. It is a quick-start, no-menu-maze kind of game: open the page and you are playing within seconds, which suits short breaks between longer sessions.

It sits a little apart from the rest of the Doodle Jump line-up. Most games here are about timing a jump or climbing higher; AntWar.io is about positioning and aim. If you spend your time on the jumpers and want something that uses the mouse as well as the keys, this is a change of pace that still plays in small, repeatable rounds.

It loads straight into the page with nothing to install and no account to create.

How to play

Move with the arrow keys or WASD. Use the mouse to aim and to select options on screen. On a phone or tablet the same actions are done by tapping and swiping, so a touch screen works without a keyboard.

A round follows the usual action-shooter pattern: move, line up your target, attack, and avoid being caught in the open. The goal is to survive longer and do better than your last attempt, so each run is short and easy to restart.

Tips

• Keep moving. Standing still while you aim is the easiest way to lose a round, so strafe with WASD while the mouse lines up the shot.
• Rest your hand on WASD and the mouse rather than the arrow keys; it leaves your other hand free and makes aiming steadier.
• On a touch screen, give your thumbs room by playing in landscape if your browser allows it.
• If a run goes badly, restart straight away. Rounds are short, so there is little to gain from dragging out a lost one.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want to stay with the site's headline, Doodle Jump is the endless climber this whole catalogue grew from, and Helix Jump swaps shooting for a falling-ball puzzle with one-finger controls. Bloons Tower Defense 2 is the strategic option, where you place defences instead of aiming by hand. Fireboy and Watergirl is a good choice if you would rather play with a friend on one keyboard.

AntWar.io suits quick sessions on a laptop or Chromebook, and anyone who enjoys mouse-aimed action in small doses.