Stick Archers Battle — Play Free Online

Stick Archers Battle is an action game built around bows and stick-figure fighters. You control an archer, move around the arena, aim with the mouse and fire arrows at your opponent. It is a game of aim and positioning more than button-mashing, and a round is usually over in a minute or two.

It sits a long way from the vertical climbing of Doodle Jump, but the two share something: both are one-more-try games. A missed shot or a bad jump costs you immediately, and the next attempt starts straight away. If you come to this site for quick, repeatable sessions, an archery duel fits that habit well. It runs in the browser with nothing to install.

How to play

Move with the arrow keys or WASD. Use the mouse to aim and to pick items in the menus. On a phone or tablet, tap and swipe on the screen instead.

The core of each match is aiming. An arrow is not a laser, so the distance to your target and the angle of your shot both matter. Line up the bow, release, and watch where the arrow lands. Then adjust the next shot using what you just saw.

Tips

• Spend your first rounds learning how far an arrow travels at different angles, and don't worry about winning yet. That judgement matters more than quick reflexes.
• Keep moving between shots. A stationary archer is the easiest one to hit.
• Use fullscreen if your target looks small. The button sits under the game window and makes distant aiming easier.
• If the game stalls, reload the page. It restarts cleanly.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

Few games on this site are duels, so Stick Archers Battle is a change of pace. Fireboy and Watergirl is a cooperative puzzle platformer for two players. Bloons Tower Defense 2 is also about aiming and timing, but you place towers and watch them work instead of firing shots yourself. Ovo 2 is a fast precision platformer where movement is the whole challenge.

It suits short sessions at a keyboard and mouse. Touch controls are listed, but mouse aiming is the more natural fit for a bow game.