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Gangster Contract Mafia Wars is an action and shooting game with a crime-underworld theme, listed on Doodle Jump under Action & Shooting. You move a character around with the keyboard, aim with the mouse and take on the missions the game hands you. It runs in the browser with nothing to install, so you can open the page and be playing within a few seconds.

It is a very different pace from the vertical, one-button bouncing that Doodle Jump is known for. Here you are managing position and aim rather than timing a single jump, which makes it a good change of rhythm if you have been grinding for height on the headline game and want something where you steer the action yourself.

We have not catalogued the mission list or level count for this title, so we will not guess at them. What we can say reliably is what the controls and category tell you: a shooter you play with move-and-aim controls, in short sessions that suit a quick break.

How to play

On a keyboard, use the arrow keys or WASD to move, and use the mouse to aim and to select options in the menus. On a phone or tablet the game uses touch instead: tap and swipe. Press Play above the page and the game loads in the frame.

A round is a loop of moving into position, lining up a shot with the mouse and reacting to what the game throws at you. Menu choices, such as picking a mission, are made with the mouse or a tap.

Tips

• Keep one hand on WASD and the other on the mouse. Mixing arrow keys with the mouse works too, but WASD keeps your hand more naturally placed.
• Move while you aim. Standing still while lining up a shot is the easiest way to lose health in any move-and-aim shooter.
• If you are on a touchscreen, play with the device held steady and give your swipes room; cramped swipes are the most common cause of missed aim.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want to stay in the action lane, Day D Tower Rush swaps aiming for tower-defence strategy, while Bloons Tower Defense 2 is a lane-based defence game you play entirely with the mouse. For something closer to platforming, Ovo 2 and Fireboy and Watergirl are movement and puzzle challenges, and Helix Jump is a single-input game that is the opposite of this one.

It suits short sessions on a desktop with a mouse, though the touch controls mean it can also be tried on a phone.