Gun Blood — Play Free Online

Gun Blood is an action and shooting game that runs straight in the browser. You steer a character with the keyboard, aim with the mouse and fire at whatever is trying to stop you, so a session is mostly about reading the screen, staying mobile and getting your shots on target before you take a hit.

It sits a little apart from the rest of the catalogue on Doodle Jump, which is mostly jumpers and runners. If you came for the one-more-try feel of the headline game, a shooter gives you a different kind of pressure: instead of timing a bounce, you are managing position and aim. It suits short sessions, since you can load it, play a few rounds and leave with nothing installed.

How to play

Move with the arrow keys or WASD and aim with the mouse. The mouse is also what you use to pick options in menus. On a phone or tablet the game uses tap and swipe instead, which works but gives you less precise aiming than a mouse does.

Start from the menu, pick your option and get into the action. Keep one hand on the movement keys and the other on the mouse, and treat movement and aiming as two separate jobs that you do at the same time.

Tips

• Keep moving. A character standing still while aiming is the easiest target on the screen.
• Aim first, then fire. Spraying shots without lining them up usually just gives away your position.
• If you find the mouse awkward on a laptop trackpad, an external mouse makes a noticeable difference in a game built around aiming.
• Use full-screen if the game offers it so you can see threats earlier.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want something with a different pace, Helix Jump is a one-button descent where you only have to time your drops. Fireboy and Watergirl is a two-character puzzle platformer built around cooperation, and Bloons Tower Defense 2 lets you handle pressure by placing defences instead of aiming a weapon yourself. Doodle Jump itself remains the simplest of the lot: tilt left and right and keep climbing.

Gun Blood is a good fit if you want a quick action break at a desktop with a mouse and keyboard, and it is playable on touch devices when that is all you have.