Red Stickman Vs Monster School — Play Free Online

Red Stickman vs Monster School is a side-on action platformer in which a red stickman fights through a gang of monsters and zombies drawn from a blocky, Minecraft-flavoured "monster school" world. You run, jump and brawl your way past enemies, and the aim is to beat them all and come out the other side of the school's challenge.

It is a short-session game. There is nothing to install and no account to create: the page loads, you steer the stickman, and within a few seconds you are in your first fight. That makes it a good fit for a quick break between longer runs of the vertical jumpers this site is known for.

Where Doodle Jump asks you to keep climbing without falling, this one is about moving left and right, timing your jumps over hazards and dealing with whatever is walking towards you.

How to play

On a keyboard, move with A and D or the left and right arrow keys, and jump with W or the up arrow. The game also runs on phones and tablets, using touch controls instead of a keyboard. Some listings mention using the mouse to aim, but the keyboard layout above is the one published by the game's original distributor, so start there.

A round is a simple loop: advance, spot the next monster, decide whether to jump over it or stand and fight, and keep moving. Because the stickman is small and the monsters come in different types, paying attention to what each one does matters more than mashing buttons.

Tips

• Do not rush into a group. Hold back, let enemies come to you one at a time, and fight them as they arrive.
• Use jumps for spacing, not only for obstacles. Hopping over an enemy puts you behind it and out of its reach.
• If you keep losing at the same spot, stop and watch how the enemies there move before trying again. Most deaths come from walking into a pattern blindly.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want something with a similar quick-restart feel, try Ovo 2 or OvO game, which are precision platformers built around tight jumping rather than combat. Fireboy and Watergirl is a better pick if you have a second player, since it is a two-character puzzle platformer. Bird Jumper stays closer to the jumping roots of the site with a simpler one-button approach.

Red Stickman vs Monster School suits anyone who wants a light action game they can pick up in a minute, on a keyboard or on a phone.