Raft Wars 2 — Play Free Online

Raft Wars 2 is a short, arcade-style shooter in which you are stranded on a small raft and fighting off rival rafts floating nearby. Instead of running and gunning, you stand your ground and aim at targets across the water, so each round is more about a good shot than fast reflexes. It is an action and shooting game that suits quick sessions: a stage takes a few minutes, and a miss costs you only a moment before you can line up the next attempt.

If you came to Doodle Jump for one-more-try gameplay, the appeal carries over. Both games reward watching what happens after a mistake and adjusting, and neither asks you to learn a long list of buttons. Raft Wars 2 loads directly in the page with nothing to install, so you can open it, play a couple of stages and close the tab.

How to play

The page lists these controls: use the arrow keys or WASD to move, and the mouse to aim and select. On a phone or tablet, you tap and swipe instead. The mouse (or your finger) does most of the work, since aiming is the heart of the game. Menus are also handled with a click or tap.

A round goes like this: look at where the enemies are, aim, fire, then watch where the shot lands before changing your angle. Because the shots are not instant, the second attempt at the same target is nearly always better than the first, so treat the opening shot as a measurement.

Tips

• Change one thing at a time between shots. If you alter angle and strength together, you will not know which change fixed the miss.
• Deal with the enemies that can hurt you first, rather than the ones that are easiest to hit.
• On a phone, aim with a steady, deliberate swipe. Rapid flicks make it hard to repeat a good shot.
• If a stage feels stuck, restart it and try a different order of targets instead of repeating the same plan.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

Most of the line-up on this site is about movement, so Raft Wars 2 is a change of pace. Bloons Tower Defense 2 is the closest relative in spirit, since it is also about placing shots well, though you plan from a distance rather than aim yourself. Helix Jump and Bouncy Basketball are timing games where one tap decides everything, and Fireboy and Watergirl is a puzzle-platformer built for two players.

It suits anyone who wants a few minutes of aiming practice on a laptop with a mouse, or a casual game on a phone.