Free action games
Four action games play in the browser on a phone or a computer, with no download and no sign-up. Each has its own way to steer, its own way for a run to end, and its own score.
Trailblades
A side-scrolling fighter. You pick a knight, an archer or a mage and walk right through the Meadow, the Autumn Woods, the Snowy Peaks and the Desert, jumping gaps and fighting slimes, goblins and bats. Rounds 3, 6 and 10 of every ten are boss rounds, and a run lasts until your hero falls.
Orbit Rumble
A space dogfight seen from above. You fly one of four ships, the Falcon, Titan, Viper or Nova, against 1 or 4 bots, or against a second player on one keyboard. A round ends when one ship is left flying, and a match is first to 3 rounds or first to 5.
Hyper Shards
A vertical shooter in a stained-glass window. Your ship fires on its own while you steer between bullets and gather the shards of every foe you break, and a full meter lets you fire Hyper for 6 seconds. Five panes make the Great Window, and each takes about three minutes.
Lantern Deep
A diving game as a paper-lantern squid. You eat what is smaller than you to grow, slip past what is bigger, and go down through a gap in each floor, through five depths and then the endless Abyss. The depth you reach is your score.
The four compared
| Trailblades | Orbit Rumble | Hyper Shards | Lantern Deep | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Side-scrolling | From above, one arena | Vertical, scrolling up | A dive, down through floors |
| You steer | A hero on foot | A ship | A ship | A squid |
| How a run ends | Your hero falls | One ship is left flying | You light all five panes, or lose all three ships | Bites leave you too small for the depth |
| The score | The round you reach | Rounds won in a match | Stars and a best score on each pane | The depth you reach |
| Players | One | One, or two on one keyboard | One, or two on one computer | One |
| Touch | Buttons: move, jump, attack, special | A stick, fire and a special button | A stick and a Hyper button | A stick and an Ink button |
| Keyboard | A and D, W to jump, S to attack, E for the special | W A S D, Space or F to fire, G or E for the special | W A S D or the arrows, Space or Enter for Hyper | Arrows or W A S D, Space to ink |
Which one to pick
For short rounds on a phone, Trailblades and Orbit Rumble start fast: a hero or a ship is chosen in one screen. Hyper Shards and Lantern Deep reward learning a pattern, the shots of each pane in one and the sizes of each depth in the other. Two people on one computer can play Orbit Rumble and Hyper Shards together.
Coins and saving
All four pay Tacs, the coins every game on the site shares, and unlock things with them: gear in Trailblades, ship paints in Orbit Rumble, a deeper starting depth in Lantern Deep. Best rounds, stars and Tacs are kept on your device, and no game asks you to sign in.
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