Games Like Raft Wars: Aim-and-Fire Games Online
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Games like Raft Wars are aiming games: you set the angle and the power of a shot, fire at enemies across the water or a gap, and judge the distance better each time. Raft Wars is a Flash-era browser game about raft battles, where you aim and fire at your enemies across the water. Below are original browser games by independent studios that ask for the same skill, from stickman duels to pirate islands and ship battles.
What a game like Raft Wars asks of you
Three skills carry over: judging the distance, setting the power and choosing the right weapon. Most of the games below also give you something to aim at that fights back or falls down.
| You want | Try |
|---|---|
| A duel against one opponent | Gunman, Catapult Of Janissary, Stick Archers Battle |
| A cannon to aim and fire | Island Mayhem: Tiki Blast 3D, Pixel Demolisher Cannon |
| Towers and forts to knock down | Island Mayhem: Tiki Blast 3D, Boom Stick Bazooka 2 Puzzles, Bazooka Boy |
| Ships and pirates | Battle Warship Arena, Block Ship Battle, PirateBattle.io |
| Two players | Catapult Of Janissary, Stick Archers Battle, Ragdoll Duel 2P |
Aim-and-fire duels
These are the closest to a fight across the water: you and an opponent trade shots.
- Gunman is a set of physics-based stickman duels across 50 levels. You click and drag back to aim and set power, then release to fire. Diamonds pay for upgrades to your arsenal, and the controls mention switching weapons or raising magical shields during your turn.
- Catapult Of Janissary has you hit your opponent by adjusting the angle and speed of your catapult. Bonuses named Smart, Ghost, Big and Bomb can help. A hit on your first try, or a hit with the powershot, scores two points, and the first player to 5 points wins.
- Stick Archers Battle is a bow duel for one or two players. Before you release the arrow, you guess the right angle and distance. It has 1 Player, 2 Player and Death-match modes, and the first to 5 points wins.
- Ragdoll Duel 2P is a funny duel for one or two players. You time your shots to aim and shoot down your opponent, and in 1 Player mode the coins you earn raise your health bar and weapon power.
Cannons, bazookas and pirate islands
Here you aim at buildings and enemy towers instead of one opponent, and the structures fall by physics, so where a shot lands matters. The games like Angry Birds guide has more slingshot and cannon games in the same style.
- Island Mayhem: Tiki Blast 3D is a 3D cannon and physics puzzle game. You drag to aim the cannon, slide the power bar and fire to knock down tiki towers, wooden forts and stone walls. It has 200 levels across 10 islands, with twists such as slippery ice, wind and low gravity, a tiki boss at the end of every island and 10 special cannonballs.
- Boom Stick Bazooka 2 Puzzles gives you 3 shots per level to take out towers of stickmen with a customizable bazooka. Exploding barrels beside a tower help. You have 3 lives, and some enemies shoot at you if you wait. Coins buy new skins and weapons.
- Bazooka Boy is a bazooka puzzle game: send ragdoll enemies flying, explode their bases and crush their buildings with different weapons. Physics make each level a puzzle, and the description asks whether you can solve them all without crushing yourself with a bad shot.
- Pixel Demolisher Cannon has you shoot bombs at objects made of pixels and make the explosions bigger. You move the mouse to adjust the angle of the cannon, and the money you earn pays for upgrades. Bonus maps pay more.
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Ships and boats
For battles on the water itself. See boat games and the boat games guide for more.
- Battle Warship Arena is a 2D naval combat game. You choose from five ships and five captains, upgrade firepower, armor and speed, and win each level by destroying all enemy ships while you stay inside the red circle. Outside it, your ship takes constant damage. Tap buttons to aim and shoot, and hold the wheel to move.
- Block Ship Battle is a pirate brawler with broadside combat. Your cannons fire to the side, so you turn, time your shots and reload until your guns bear on the enemy. It has six ships, five modes and a sixteen-ship battle royale inside a closing storm.
- Wars Ships.io is a ship-to-ship combat game in which you maneuver your vessel and aim your cannons accurately to win each round.
- PirateBattle.io is a multiplayer battle with pirate ships. You sail, shoot and collect gold to upgrade your ship, moving with the mouse and shooting with a click.
Tips for aiming games
- Set the angle first, then the power. In Island Mayhem you drag to aim and slide the power bar, and in Gunman one drag back sets both.
- Count your shots. Boom Stick Bazooka 2 Puzzles gives you 3 per level, so spend the first on the barrel or tower that brings the most down.
- Use the scenery. Exploding barrels near a tower do the work for you, and Island Mayhem adds wind and low gravity on some islands, so check each level before you fire.
- Stay inside the circle in Battle Warship Arena, or the damage never stops.
- Try the special ammunition. Island Mayhem has 10 special cannonballs, and Catapult Of Janissary has four named bonuses.
Games like Raft Wars FAQ
Are there turn-based games like Raft Wars?
Few are strictly turn-based. Gunman's controls mention switching weapons or raising shields during your turn, so it plays in turns. In Catapult Of Janissary and Stick Archers Battle you adjust angle, speed or distance to hit an opponent.
Can I still play Flash-style games like Raft Wars?
Browsers no longer run Flash, but the catalog is made of HTML5 games, and every game above runs in the browser with no install and no registration.
Can two people play?
Yes. Catapult Of Janissary and Stick Archers Battle are tagged for two players, and Ragdoll Duel 2P is played by one or two. 2 player games has more.
Do these games work on a phone?
The site works in the browser of a phone, a tablet and a computer. Gunman and Island Mayhem both list touch controls, and Battle Warship Arena is played by tapping buttons.
If you only try one, start with Island Mayhem: Tiki Blast 3D.
