Games Like Brawl Stars: Arena Shooters in Your Browser
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Games like Brawl Stars are arena shooters with fighters that have their own skills, team objectives and quick matches. Brawl Stars is a 2018 hero shooter by Supercell. The games below are original titles by independent studios: top-down shooters with classes, tank duels, team modes and a first-person arena.
How Brawl Stars plays
In Brawl Stars you pick a fighter, called a Brawler, and players can choose from over 100 of them. Each Brawler has a normal attack and a Super, which charges as you damage opponents. Gadgets and Hypercharges can be activated during a match.
The mode sets the goal. In Gem Grab two teams fight over gems, and a team wins by holding at least ten gems for 15 seconds. Showdown is a battle royale mode for solo, duo or trio teams, and Power Cube boxes on the map boost attack and health. In Brawl Ball two teams of three shoot a ball into the other team's goal, and the match ends when a team scores two points, or after two minutes if one team leads. In Heist each team tries to destroy the other team's safe.
So the game is about picking a fighter, using its skills well and playing the objective. This table shows where the games below ask for the same.
| What you do in Brawl Stars | Games that ask the same |
|---|---|
| Pick a fighter with its own skills | Space Brawlers TDS!, Last Shift, Stickman Shooter Bros |
| Play for a team objective | Space Brawlers TDS!, Mega Tank Wars Arena, Pixel Protocol, Dinogen Online |
| Use a special move | tankroyale.io, Space Brawlers TDS! |
| Fight other players in a small arena | tankroyale.io, Mega Tank Wars Arena, Neon Tank Arena |
Top-down shooters with classes and heroes
- Space Brawlers TDS! is a sci-fi top-down shooter with 4 classes, each with its own health, speed and 3 cooldown skills. The Mercenary Gunner fights from range, the Blitz Scout is fast, the Stalwart Tank gives up speed for defense and Salvus Tech repairs allies and holds ground with turrets. The goal is to capture, control and defend points before time runs out or your team scores 1,000 points. WASD moves, left click fires and Q, E and F use abilities.
- Last Shift is a fast 3D top-down action game where five workers fight machines. Each has its own attack: the Programmer fires homing code bolts, the Soldier a rapid-fire rifle, the Financier bouncing coins, the Cleaner a slowing soap spray and the Garbage Collector heavy piercing trash bags. You pick a new ability at every level-up, such as Twin Shot, Ricochet or Chain Lightning. Its modes include Campaign, Survival, Crypto Heist and Boss Rush.
- Stickman Shooter Bros is a top-down shooter where you choose one of 3 stickman characters with different abilities and fight with 4 weapons: a lava gun, a minigun, a shotgun and a tesla gun. Strong enemies and bosses wait in the levels. You move with WASD or the arrow keys.
Team modes and objectives
- Pixel Protocol is a fast low-poly team arena shooter. Its tags list it as a first-person shooter, so the view differs from Brawl Stars. You pick a map, set the difficulty and the number of allies and enemies, then fight bots in quick 4v4 matches with three blasters, a dash and a shield. There are three arenas and daily challenges.
- Mega Tank Wars Arena has a Classic mode, Capture the Flag and Death Match, where you aim for the highest score in 2 minutes. Two players share one keyboard: Player 1 uses W, A, S, D and Q, and Player 2 uses the arrow keys and Space.
- Dinogen Online is a fast 2D multiplayer top-down shooter with plenty of weapons, game modes and maps. You play as a human or a dinosaur in objective-based modes and earn XP for new weapons, dinosaurs and equipment. Its controls include Shift to sprint, R to reload and G to throw a grenade.
Tank duels and arena rounds
- tankroyale.io is a cartoony top-down online multiplayer shooter set in a small battle royale arena. You aim with the mouse, fire with the left button and use a special attack on the right button. The goal is to be the last to die, earn medals and gold and climb the leaderboard to win the current season. On mobile you tap and drag to move your tank.
- Neon Tank Arena puts two futuristic tanks against each other, in single-player or two-player mode. You destroy the opponent's wall and collect bonuses during the level. Its chapters include Laser, machine gun, death cogwheel and missile challenges. Player 1 uses W, A, S, D and Player 2 uses the arrow keys.
- Tanks of the Galaxy is a 2D top-down shooter with tank battles: you destroy enemy tanks with different weapons, dodge their shots and use shields and the environment. Coins buy tank and weapon upgrades. WASD or the arrow keys move, Space switches weapon, the mouse aims and the left button fires.
More online shooters are in multiplayer games and battle royale games. The shooting and tank pages list more.
Tips for arena shooters
- Learn the ability keys first. Space Brawlers TDS! uses Q, E and F, and tankroyale.io fires its special attack on the right mouse button.
- Pick a class for how you play. The Stalwart Tank in Space Brawlers TDS! gives up speed for defense, and the Blitz Scout leans on speed.
- Play the objective. Space Brawlers TDS! scores for capturing and defending points, and Mega Tank Wars Arena has a Capture the Flag mode.
- Warm up against bots. Pixel Protocol lets you set the difficulty and the number of allies and enemies.
- Check how the mouse works. Pixel Protocol asks you to click the game to capture the mouse, and keyboard controls for browser games covers the usual keys.
Games like Brawl Stars FAQ
Are there games like Brawl Stars for PC?
Yes. Most of the games above are played with the keyboard, and many add the mouse: Dinogen Online lists WASD with Shift to sprint, Pixel Protocol lists WASD and the mouse, and Tanks of the Galaxy lists WASD, Space and the mouse. The site works in the browser of a phone, a tablet and a computer.
Are there games like Brawl Stars on mobile?
Some. tankroyale.io lists mobile controls: tap and drag to move your tank. Last Shift lists touch drag to move. Check each game's controls first, because several list only a keyboard.
Can I play games like Brawl Stars online with other people?
tankroyale.io and Dinogen Online are described as multiplayer shooters, and Pixel Protocol fights bots in 4v4 matches. Mega Tank Wars Arena and Neon Tank Arena let two players share one keyboard.
Is there a game similar to Brawl Stars?
Space Brawlers TDS! is the closest in structure: a top-down view, four classes with cooldown skills and a team objective.
Pick a fighter, use its skills well and play the objective.
