Gun Mayhem — Play Free Online

Action & Shooting

Play Gun Mayhem free in your browser: a stick-figure platform shooter where you knock rivals off the stage with weapon recoil. No download needed.

Gun Mayhem is a platform shooter that borrows its win condition from brawlers like Smash Bros. Nobody has a health bar. You fight as a stick figure on a small floating stage, and you win by blasting your opponent off the edge until they fall out of the arena. The game was made by Kevin Gu and began life as a Flash title.

The twist is that guns push the person being shot. Every hit shoves the target backwards, and a run of hits sends them skidding toward the drop. A round is a scramble for position. You want the enemy on the outside edge, facing the void, with you holding the better weapon. Rounds are short, so it suits a quick break between longer sessions.

If you came to Doodle Jump for the vertical platform hopping, this is a different kind of game. The platforms are still the whole map, but you spend your time deciding when to leave the ground and when to stay on it.

How to play

Move with the arrow keys or WASD. Aim and select menu options with the mouse. On a phone you tap and swipe instead. Pick a mode from the menu, then step onto the stage and start shooting.

New weapons turn up on the stage during a round, so keep moving and pick up what drops. Each weapon has its own fire rate and its own knockback. You will lose some fights because you are holding a weaker gun, and the fix is usually to move toward the next drop.

Tips

Stay near the middle of the platform. The centre gives you room to be pushed back without dropping off.
Fall rather than get pinned at an edge. Dropping to a lower platform often resets a bad position.
Shoot a target who is jumping. They cannot steer easily in the air, so the knockback carries them further.
Do not chase a weapon drop into the open when an opponent already has the high ground.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

Fireboy and Watergirl is also built around platforms, but it is a patient puzzle game for two players working together. Bloons Tower Defense 2 is another action-leaning pick, though you place towers and watch rather than aim. OvO game is the better choice if you would rather run and jump through a course than fight someone.

Gun Mayhem runs in the browser with nothing to install, and it works well for a few rounds at a time.