There are many different types of war game, and the web is full of first person shooters, strategy games and top-down shoot-em ups that can all be played in your browser – read on for 5 of the best online war games.
5 Browser Based Thrillers
Emulating classic arcade games, updating old ideas and giving the payer the chance to act out classic war scenarios โ these are the key elements of online war games, and these five browser-based thrillers are great examples of the genre.
Some of the most playable games in existence are accessible only via your browser and this selection of top wargames is no exception. This list mixes first person shooters, strategy, top-down shoot-em-up and Worms-style landscape jump and shoot.
Territory War
Territory War is great fun, particularly for fans of stick men throwing bombs, shooting or kicking each other! Very similar to the classic 2-D Worms (or the even older freeware title Tanx), two teams of four stick men fight to the death. Each stick man is equipped with limited movement per turn and weapons such as grenades, bombs and boots to attack the opposition on a platform game-style landscape.
This is good, old fashioned addictive fun that takes some of the best basic features from Worms and reformats them for the browser-based platform. The skill is in the aiming of the weapons, judging the elevation and strength of either a grenade or rifle, or getting close enough to stick the boot in.
Basic but fun graphics are nicely complimented by an astonishing thrash/death metal soundtrack. Territory War adopts easy to use controls, providing ease of gameplay.
Flying Steel
Reminiscent of the classic 1942 arcade top-down aircraft shoot-em-up, Flying Steel pits the player against an ongoing barrage of turrets, tanks, enemy aircraft and rockets.
I was always a fan of the old up-screen scroller shoot-em-up, and despite the relatively small play area in the browser window, Flying Steel is remarkably easy to control with the mouse and space bar, with a selection of bonuses to pick up throughout the levels such as extra bombs, health and temporary weapons boosts.
Flying Steel has some nice, polished aircraft graphics and some surprising detail in places. With a secret weapon โ a mini nuke to clear busy screens and prevent being overwhelmed โ Flying Steel is addictive and fun arcade war action, nicely finished off with a classic military war movie soundtrack and quality shell firing and explosion sound effects.