Moon Clash Heroes — Play Free Online

Moon Clash Heroes is an action and shooting game that runs straight in the browser. You steer a character around the screen with the keyboard, aim with the mouse and use the same mouse to pick options in the menus. There is nothing to install and no account to make, so you can open the page and be playing in a few seconds.

It sits a little apart from the jumpers that make up most of Doodle Jump's catalogue. Where Doodle Jump asks you to climb one platform at a time and never stop moving upward, this one is about positioning and aim: where you stand matters as much as where you point. If you have enjoyed the quick, score-chasing feel of the headline game and want something that rewards reactions in a different way, it is a reasonable change of pace.

Sessions suit short breaks. You can load in, try a few rounds and leave, and nothing about the control scheme needs a tutorial to understand.

How to play

Move with the arrow keys or WASD, whichever sits more comfortably under your hand. Use the mouse to aim and to select items in menus. On a phone or tablet the game takes touch input instead: tap and swipe in place of the mouse and keys.

A typical round starts from the menu, where you click to choose what to do next. Once you are in, keep one hand on the movement keys and the other on the mouse, so you never have to look down to find a key while something is coming at you.

Tips

• Pick one movement set, arrows or WASD, and stay with it. Switching mid-round is a common way to lose track of your character.
• Keep moving while you aim. Standing still while lining up a shot is the easiest way to get hit in any shooting game.
• On touch screens, give your thumbs room. Hold the device in landscape if the page allows it, and keep your swipes short and deliberate.
• If a round goes badly, restart rather than push on. Short runs are the whole appeal.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want to stay with the site's jumping roots, Helix Jump and Bird Jumper are quick one-button style games with very different pacing. For something with more thinking in it, Fireboy and Watergirl is a puzzle platformer you can play with a friend, and Bloons Tower Defense 2 trades aiming for planning. Ovo 2 is the pick if you like movement that demands precision.

Moon Clash Heroes is best for players who want a mouse-and-keyboard action game they can start immediately, on desktop or on a phone.