Turn-based or real-time
Angle, power, wind and shot type — four factors decide whether a blast lands, whether you plan every turn or fire nonstop.
2D artillery game · turn-based & real-time
Fire through the clouds, knock your rivals off the floating isles!
Set your angle, charge your power, read the wind — then fire. Every blast carves real holes in the ground, so you can send your opponents tumbling off the island to win. Just open your browser and play, on desktop or mobile.
- Nothing to install
- PC & mobile
- English · Filipino
- 6gunners
- 6maps
- 5giant bosses
- 10ranks
What is Mini Gunners?
Read the wind, fire away — easy to pick up, hard to master
Players take turns: move, pick a shot, aim and fire before the clock runs out. Every shell arcs under gravity and drifts with the wind, so every hit is a calculation to be proud of. Prefer a faster pace? In Free Battle both teams fire at the same time — no waiting for your turn. Hand-drawn cartoon art with bold outlines, running smoothly right in your browser.
Destructible terrain
Every explosion blows a real crater in the island. Dig the ground out from under your opponents to drop them into water, lava or quicksand.
Open and play
No download, no install. Runs in Chrome, Edge, Safari and more — on desktop and mobile, with touch controls and full screen.
Play with friends
Two players on one device, online rooms for 2–6 players with teams and chat, or Free Battle team fights of up to 6 vs 6.
How to play
Master your cannon in 1 minute
Each turn lasts 20 seconds (Free Battle has no turns: you can fire once every 3 seconds). Use the keyboard on desktop or the touch buttons on mobile.
- ←→orAD
Move
Walk left or right to find a good spot. The stamina bar limits how far you can go each turn.
- ↑↓orWS
Aim
Raise or lower the barrel — the angle dial shows the exact angle, degree by degree.
- SPACE
Hold to charge, release to fire
Hold the key and the power bar rises; let go to fire. A faint marker on the bar shows the power of your last shot.
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Shot · Skill · Ultimate
1 is your signature shot with unlimited ammo, 2 is a skill with a cooldown, 3 is your devastating Ultimate.
Read the wind
The WIND box at the top of the screen changes direction and strength every turn. Wind pushes your shells around — though some shots barely notice it.
Build Rage, unleash your Ultimate
The Rage bar under your HP fills up every turn, and whenever you deal or take damage. A full Rage bar is your chance to turn the battle around.
Break the island, knock them off
Falling into water, lava or quicksand means instant elimination — sometimes hitting the ground pays off more than hitting your opponent.
- EnterEscM
Other shortcuts
Enter opens chat (online matches), Esc pauses, M mutes. Drag the mouse to look around the map; press C to jump back to your gunner.
On mobile
Arrow buttons to move and aim, and a big FIRE button to hold and release. Tap the shot slots to switch shots, and go full screen for a roomier battle. Works in both landscape and portrait.
Missed twice? Get an aim hint!
In Vs AI and regular online rooms, if you miss 2 turns in a row, the game works out and suggests an angle and power (taking wind and terrain into account) until you land a hit again. Ranked has no hints — win on pure skill!
Game modes
One cannon, many ways to play
From practising against the AI and real-time team battles to climbing the online ranks — pick the mode that suits you.
Single player
Vs AI
Practise against an AI opponent that reads the wind and terrain and always picks a different gunner from yours. Perfect for getting to know every shot.
2 Players (same device)
Two players, one keyboard (or one phone): each picks a gunner and you take turns firing. Whoever falls off the island first loses.
Multiplayer
Play Online
Create a room for 2–6 players, choose a map and either Free-for-all or Red vs Blue Teams, then share the 5-character room code with your friends. Don’t want to wait? Hit Quick Match.
- Chat in the lobby and during the match — messages pop up as speech bubbles above each gunner
- Every device builds the same map and syncs every single shot
- Gear drops after every match that lasts 4 turns or more
Real-time
Free Battle
4 vs 4 or 6 vs 6 team battles with no turns: both teams move, aim and fire at the same time, and everyone can attack once every 3 seconds. Tap Free Battle, pick a format and you’re in — bots fill any empty slots.
- Knocked out? You watch your teammates from the sidelines — no respawns; the last team standing wins
- Matches last up to 4 minutes; when time runs out, the team with more total HP left wins
- Joining a match in progress? You instantly take over a living bot on your team — jump straight in
- Just for fun: no rank points, no rewards and no gear — everyone has 150 HP
Competitive
Ranked
Hit Ranked to be matched into a ranked game. A win earns +20 rank points (plus bonuses for damage and knockouts, up to +60); a loss costs −15, partly offset by the damage you dealt; abandoning a match costs −25.
- 10 ranks from Recruit to Legendary, with a badge next to your name
- A top-50 Leaderboard and your progress toward the next rank
- No aim hints — a completely level playing field
Survival
Tower Defense
Stand on the castle wall in a top-down view and hold back endless waves of monsters. Aim with the mouse or by touch and hold to fire continuously; press 2 for your Skill and 3 for your Ultimate.
- A varied monster roster: Slime, Bat, Golem, Wild Wolf, Shield Goblin, Twin Slime, Imp Archer and Goblin Shaman
- Every 5 waves, a giant boss appears with its own special moves
- The battlefield changes every 5 waves: Grasslands → Desert → Tundra → Volcano
- Collect coins and upgrade between waves: damage, fire rate, critical, multi-shot, reinforce and repair the wall
- Clearing a wave can drop gear; the gear you wear powers up your wall too
Co-op
Boss Hunt
Go solo or form a squad of up to 4 players to take down 1–4 AI-controlled giant bosses (there are always at least as many bosses as players). Bosses aim with deadly precision — they simulate thousands of trajectories before every shot.
- Every boss has its own shot, skill, Ultimate and passive
- Current difficulty: Mythic
- The server calculates every shot — fair play, no cheating
Gunners
6 gunners, 6 play styles
Every gunner has 3 slots: a signature shot with unlimited ammo, a skill with a cooldown, and an Ultimate that needs a full Rage bar.
Phoenix
A fiery pilot — every shot leaves something burning!
- FireballShot
Explodes and burns: -4 HP per turn for 2 turns.
- Fire RainSkill · 3-turn cooldown
Splits into 5 fireballs at the top of its arc and rains them down.
- MeteorUltimate · full Rage
A scorching blast, then 4 meteors crash down from the sky.
Frost
A cool-headed marksman from the snowy peaks.
- IcicleShot
Freezes on hit: the target cannot move next turn.
- Ice WallSkill · 3-turn cooldown
Raises a tall pillar of ice where it lands for cover.
- Ice AgeUltimate · full Rage
A colossal ice blast that freezes enemies for 2 turns.
Leaf
A forest scout, swift as the wind.
- SeedShot
Wind barely affects its flight path.
- Life SproutSkill · 4-turn cooldown
Instantly heals 30 HP (ends your turn).
- Divine RootsUltimate · full Rage
Ignores wind. Heals you for the damage dealt and cures burn / freeze.
Violet
The mysterious gunner of the night sky.
- Star OrbShot
Curves on its own to chase a nearby enemy.
- TeleportSkill · 3-turn cooldown
Teleports you to wherever the shot lands.
- Triple StarUltimate · full Rage
Fires 3 stars in a row, each one homing in on an enemy.
Sunny
A cheerful rookie who has never known fear.
- Bounce GrenadeShot
Bounces once off the ground before exploding.
- Mega BombSkill · 4-turn cooldown
A huge blast that wipes out a whole chunk of terrain.
- Cluster BombUltimate · full Rage
A big blast that scatters 6 bomblets all around.
Shadow
Aims in silence — one shot is all it takes.
- Sniper ShotShot
Small blast but high damage; barely affected by wind.
- Drill ShotSkill · 3-turn cooldown
Drills through 160px of terrain before exploding.
- Death RayUltimate · full Rage
Fires an instant straight beam that pierces all terrain and enemies.
Bosses
5 giant bosses
Face them in Boss Hunt and run into them as wave bosses in Tower Defense. Each boss has its own passive — knowing their strengths is half the battle.
Fire Dragon King
Ignivor — Lord of Magma
An ancient dragon that slept beneath a volcano for a thousand years. Its scales are cooled lava; its breath sets the whole sky ablaze.
Dragonfire OrbApocalypse BreathMeteor Storm
Passive: Magma Body — Immune to burn.
Ice Queen
Glacira — Queen of Endless Winter
Queen of a blizzard that never ends. Her gaze freezes time itself.
Frost LanceEternal BlizzardFrozen Era
Passive: Frozen Heart — Immune to freeze.
Thunder Mech
Voltarion — The Judgment Engine
A colossal war machine powered by a thunder core stolen from the heavens. It knows no pain and no fear.
Plasma CannonMissile SwarmNinefold Thunder
Passive: Regen Core — Restores 15 HP at the start of each of its turns.
The Reaper
Morvath — Harvester of Souls
A phantom wrapped in a tattered cloak, wielding a soul-reaping scythe. It died once — and came back.
Soul OrbSoulpiercer ScytheDeath Sentence
Passive: Undying — The first time it falls, it rises again with 40% HP.
Stone Titan King
Golgorath — The Walking Mountain
An entire mountain awakened, with veins of lava running through its stone body. Every step is an earthquake.
Crusher BoulderEarthquakeDoomsday Meteor
Passive: Ancient Stone Armor — Takes 20% less damage from everything.
Maps
6 floating-island maps
Every map has its own sky, its own terrain and its own liquid waiting below. Pick your favourite or leave it to chance.
Gear
Gear & Forge
Each gunner can equip up to 4 items. Better gear means a stronger cannon and thicker armor.
- Barrelboosts the damage of every shot by a %
- Scoperaises your critical chance (×1.5 damage)
- Body Armorreduces the damage you take
- Amuletadds extra max HP
5 gear tiers
- Common
- Uncommon
- Rare
- Epic
- Legendary
Forge: Pick 3 items of the same tier to forge them into 1 item of a higher tier — success chance 80% / 60% / 40% / 20% by tier.
Getting gear: A 6-item starter gift, gear drops after online matches of 4 turns or more and when you clear Tower Defense waves. Rare gear and above can only be obtained by forging.
Ranked
Climb from Recruit to Legendary
Rank points are earned in every ranked online match. Your rank badge shows next to your name in battle, in the lobby and on your profile.
- Recruitfrom 0 pts
- Paratrooperfrom 100 pts
- Marksmanfrom 250 pts
- Gunnerfrom 450 pts
- Pilotfrom 700 pts
- Captainfrom 1000 pts
- Acefrom 1400 pts
- Master Gunnerfrom 1900 pts
- Warlordfrom 2500 pts
- Legendaryfrom 3200 pts
The details
Polished down to the last detail
A look that follows the clock
The game changes its colours with the time of day — or you can lock in your favourite theme.
- Morning05:00–11:00
- Noon11:00–16:00
- Evening16:00–19:00
- Night19:00–05:00
English & Filipino
Switch languages right on the login screen or in the menu; gunner, shot and map names are all translated.
Your progress is saved
Sign up with your email and choose a display name — your rank, gear and records are saved for next time.
Screenshots
A look inside Mini Gunners
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to download or install anything?
No. Mini Gunners runs right in your browser (Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox and more). Just open the page and hit Play now.
Can I play on my phone?
Yes. On mobile you get touch buttons to move, aim and FIRE; turn on full screen and rotate to landscape for the widest view.
Do I need an account?
Yes — sign up quickly with an email and password, then choose a display name. Your rank, gear and records are saved.
How do I play with friends?
Two players can share one device. To play remotely, go to Play Online → Create room and share the 5-character room code with your friends (up to 6 players, split into Red and Blue teams if you like).
How is Free Battle different from the other modes?
Free Battle is a real-time 4 vs 4 / 6 vs 6 team battle: no waiting for turns, and everyone can fire once every 3 seconds. If you get knocked out, you watch your teammates fight on; if both teams still have players when the 4 minutes are up, the team with more HP left wins. Bots fill any empty slots, and if you join mid-match you take over a living bot. It is a just-for-fun mode, so there are no rank points and no rewards.
How does the wind work?
The WIND box shows the wind’s direction and strength for the current turn; the stronger the wind, the more your shell drifts. Some shots, like Seed and Sniper Shot, are barely affected by wind, and Divine Roots ignores it completely.
What if I keep missing?
In Vs AI and regular online rooms, after 2 misses in a row the game suggests an angle and power for your shot. Ranked has no hints.
How many players can join a Boss Hunt?
From 1 to 4 players, against 1 to 4 bosses (there are always at least as many bosses as players). Go to Boss Hunt → Solo, or Form a squad and share the room code with your friends.
Which languages does the game support?
English and Filipino. You can switch languages at the top of this page, on the login screen or in the game menu.
Ready to open fire?
One click and you’re in the battle — no download, no install.