Bearsus — Play Free Online

Bearsus is an action and shooting game from the Poki catalogue, and the name gives away the angle: bears against each other. It is a good fit for someone who has been climbing platforms in Doodle Jump and wants a break from watching a single character drift upward. Here you are in a contained arena of sorts, moving, aiming and reacting to what the other side does.

It runs in the browser with nothing to install, so you can open the page and be playing within a few seconds. Sessions are short and suit a quick break rather than a long grind, which is the same appeal that keeps people coming back to the jumpers on this site.

How to play

Move with the arrow keys or WASD, and use the mouse to aim and to pick options on the menus. On a phone or tablet the game is played by tapping and swiping instead, so a keyboard is helpful but not required.

Because aiming is on the mouse and movement is on the keyboard, the natural way to sit is with one hand on WASD and the other on the mouse. If you are on a laptop trackpad, expect aiming to feel a little slower than it would with a proper mouse.

Tips

• Keep moving. Standing still while you line up an aim is the easiest way to get hit.
• Learn the menu and settings before your first round so you are not fumbling with the mouse once play starts.
• If aiming feels off on touch, try a few swipes in an open area to find how far your thumb needs to travel.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want something closer to the headline game, Doodle Jump and Helix Jump are both about steady climbing or descending with one-button simplicity. Fireboy and Watergirl is slower and puzzle-minded, while Bloons Tower Defense 2 is a strategy pick for when you would rather plan than react. Bearsus sits on the faster, more direct end of that spread.

It suits short sessions on a keyboard and mouse, and it is also playable on a phone if that is what you have to hand.