Bacon May Die — Play Free Online

Bacon May Die is an action game with a sense of humour about its own premise: you control a pig who would very much like to avoid becoming breakfast. Instead of a calm platformer, it is a fight-and-survive game where you move, aim and attack, and the sessions are short enough to squeeze in between other things.

If you came to Doodle Jump for quick, replayable runs where one mistake ends the attempt, this scratches a similar itch from a different angle. Doodle Jump is about climbing and timing; here the pressure comes from enemies, and the skill is in positioning and aiming rather than bouncing.

How to play

On a keyboard, move with the arrow keys or WASD and use the mouse to aim and to pick options in the menus. On a phone or tablet the game uses touch instead: tap and swipe. It loads in the page and nothing needs to be installed.

A round is a loop of moving, lining up a target with the cursor and attacking while keeping out of harm's way. When you fail, you start another attempt straight away, which makes it easy to dip in for a couple of minutes.

Tips

• Keep moving. Standing still while you aim is the quickest way to get hit, so aim while you strafe.
• Use the mouse for precision. Touch is fine for casual play, but a mouse and WASD give finer control over where you point.
• Pay attention to what just beat you. Each attempt shows you something about how threats approach, so adjust your route on the next try.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

For another action-flavoured pick, Day D Tower Rush mixes defence and combat. Ovo 2 and OvO game are precision platformers where timing matters more than aim, and Fireboy and Watergirl is the one to choose if you want a partner on the same keyboard.

It suits short sessions on a desktop with a mouse, and it is playable on a phone if that is what you have.