Pixwars 3 — Play Free Online

Pixwars 3 is an action and shooting game that runs straight in the browser, with nothing to install. You move a character around an arena, aim with the mouse and fight; the controls are the familiar keyboard-plus-mouse shooter layout, so you can be in a match within a few seconds of the page loading.

It is a very different kind of game from Doodle Jump, the headline of this site, but the appeal overlaps in one way: both are about quick reflexes and short, repeatable sessions. If you want a break from climbing platforms and would like to point something at something else, this is a straightforward place to do it.

How to play

Use the arrow keys or WASD to move and the mouse to aim and select. The same mouse handles menu choices, so you rarely need to touch anything else. On a phone or tablet the game accepts tapping and swiping instead, though aiming is naturally more precise with a mouse.

Take a minute in the first match to see how your character responds. Check how quickly you turn, how the aim follows the cursor and what the menus offer before you worry about results. This page describes the controls the game itself lists; the exact modes, weapons and unlocks are best discovered in play rather than taken from a guess.

Tips

• Keep moving. In any top-down or arena shooter, a stationary player is the easiest target, so strafe while you aim.
• Use WASD with the mouse if you are on a desktop. Having one hand on movement and the other on aim is more comfortable than the arrow keys for longer sessions.
• Use the fullscreen button under the game for a larger view, and reload the page if the game ever stalls.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want something with a similar quick-restart feel but no shooting, Helix Jump is a one-button descent through rotating platforms, and Bouncy Basketball is a short two-player-friendly sports game. For co-operative puzzle play with a friend on one keyboard, Fireboy and Watergirl is the usual choice, and Day D Tower Rush and Bloons Tower Defense 2 bring strategy and defence to the action side of the catalogue.

Pixwars 3 suits short sessions on a desktop with a mouse, and it is a reasonable pick when you want something more active than a jumper.