Shadow Strike

About Shadow Strike

Shadow Strike is a top-down tactical shooter built for short, sharp runs. You drop into a dark facility, clear one room at a time and push toward a boss at the end of every chapter. Five hand-made missions, five weapons, a live minimap and a squad of enemies that actually react to noise and line of sight.

The game runs entirely in the browser. There is nothing to install, no account to create and no waiting room. The first mission starts the moment the page loads and every run is short enough to finish on a coffee break.

How to play

• Clear every enemy in a room to unlock the next door.
• Collect coins from every kill: each 100 coins refills your ammo and restores 20 health.
• Chain kills quickly to build a combo multiplier and score bonus.
• Survive the boss at the end of each chapter to open the next one.

Controls

• Desktop - W A S D or arrow keys to move, mouse to aim, left click to fire, R to reload, Space to dash, 1 to 5 to switch weapons, Esc to pause.
• Mobile - left thumb stick moves, the right side aims and fires, the weapon wheel switches guns, and a single tap on the pause button stops the action.

Weapons and power-ups

You start with a pistol and unlock a shotgun, a rifle, a grenade launcher and a heavy cannon as the missions go on. Ammo is limited, so picking the right gun for a corridor matters more than holding the trigger. Health packs, shields and coin drops appear between waves, and explosive barrels are placed in most rooms: shoot one and the blast clears everything around it, including you if you stand too close.

The five missions

Each chapter adds a new enemy type and a new room layout. The first teaches movement and cover, the second introduces grenade users, the third adds shielded enemies that must be flanked, the fourth brings snipers with long sight lines, and the fifth ends in a multi-phase boss fight with add waves. Progress is saved in the browser, so a closed tab costs you nothing.

Tips

• Use corners: enemies lose track of you behind cover.
• Save grenades for the boss and for rooms with barrels.
• Dash has a short cooldown - use it to cross open ground, not to run away.
• Reload behind cover, never in the middle of a doorway.

Why play it here

No download, no sign up, no launcher. The game loads inside the page, scales to any screen, and can be played fullscreen with one tap. Sound is generated in the browser, so there is nothing extra to fetch before the first shot.