Gun Mayhem 2 — Play Free Online

Gun Mayhem 2 is a platform shooter that borrows the winning condition of a brawler: you do not drain a health bar, you knock the other fighter off the stage. Every bullet pushes its target backwards, and the more hits somebody takes, the further each one sends them. A round ends when a fighter is blasted off the edge of the map, so the whole match is a tug of war over who controls the middle of the platforms.

Matches are quick and chaotic. You hop between ledges, fire at whoever is in front of you and try to keep your own feet on solid ground while shoving the opposition toward the void. It is a good fit for a visitor who came for the pure jump-and-balance feel of Doodle Jump and wants something with more direct confrontation, since the same skill of staying on the right platform at the right moment matters here too.

How to play

Move with the arrow keys or WASD, and use the mouse to aim and to pick options in the menus. On a phone, the game uses taps and swipes instead. Jumping is the most important move in the game: platforms are small and surrounded by drops, and you can jump again in the air to claw back onto the stage after a hit sends you flying.

Pick a mode from the menu, choose your fighter and start. You shoot, the other side shoots, and the knockback does the real work. Weapons appear during a match, and picking one up changes how hard and how fast you can push opponents, so it is worth noticing where crates show up on each stage rather than staying in one corner.

Tips

• Fight from the inside of the stage. Being close to the middle gives you room to be pushed without falling, while standing on an edge makes every hit dangerous.
• Use your air jump to recover, not to attack. Wasting it early leaves you stranded the next time you are knocked off a ledge.
• Keep moving between platforms. A fighter standing still is the easiest to line up and launch.
• Fire at an opponent who is near the edge, not one who is safe in the centre. The same bullet that barely moves a centred player can finish one on the rim.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you like the tense balance of platform play, Ovo 2 and OvO game turn jumping into a precision challenge without any combat, while Bouncy Basketball keeps the physics-driven, knock-around feel in a sports setting. Fireboy and Watergirl suits players who would rather solve routes than fight, and Doodle Jump itself is the calmer, one-button way to spend a short session.

Gun Mayhem 2 runs in the browser with nothing to install, and a round is short enough for a quick break or for passing the keyboard to a friend.