Stickman Go — Play Free Online

Stickman Go is a side-on action platformer where a simple stick-figure hero fights through a string of stylized levels. You run, jump, shoot the monsters in your way and pick up coins as you go, then spend those coins on upgrades so the next stage is a little less punishing. It runs straight in the browser with nothing to install.

On a site built around Doodle Jump, this is a change of pace. Doodle Jump is about one endless upward climb; Stickman Go is about discrete stages with enemies to clear, a gun in your hand and a character that grows stronger between attempts. If you like the "one more try" feeling of a jumper but want something to shoot at, it is a natural next click.

How to play

On a keyboard, move with the arrow keys or WASD and use the mouse to aim and to pick options in menus. On a phone or tablet you tap and swipe instead. The core loop is simple: move across the level, jump gaps and obstacles, aim at monsters and fire, and grab the coins that drop or sit along the route.

Between stages you can upgrade your hero with the coins you collected. Because the aim is on the mouse and the movement is on the other hand, the game rewards keeping your feet moving while you line up shots, rather than standing still to fire.

Tips

• Pick up coins even when they sit slightly off the safe path; upgrades make the later stages noticeably easier.
• Clear enemies from a distance when you can, and jump over them rather than walking into contact.
• If a stage keeps beating you, replay earlier ones to farm a few more coins and upgrade before trying again.
• On touch screens, keep your thumbs clear of the part of the screen you need to see.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want to stay with platforming, Ovo 2 and OvO game are precision jumpers with no shooting at all, while Fireboy and Watergirl turns the genre into a cooperative puzzle. Bird Jumper and Helix Jump keep the jumping but strip the combat out for quick, reflex-driven runs. Stickman Go is the one here that mixes jumping with a weapon and a progression system.

It suits short sessions: a stage or two while you wait, played on a keyboard and mouse for the most comfortable aim, or on a phone when that is what you have.