Stickman Archer — Drag-to-Aim Bow Survival Game Online

Drag to draw your bow, release to fire. Survive endless waves of stick figures with ragdoll physics — pick an upgrade after every wave, shoot apples to heal, kill the boss every fifth round.

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How to play

Drag anywhere to pull back the bow — longer drag = harder shot. Release to fire. Aim with the dotted arc. Shoot apples to heal.

About Stickman Archer — Drag-to-Aim Bow Survival Game Online

Stickman Archer is a one-finger archery survival game where every shot is a small physics puzzle. You stand on a tower with a longbow. Stick figures jog in from the right edge of the screen — some armoured, some sprinting, some lumbering — and your only job is to put an arrow through them before they reach you. Drag anywhere on the screen to pull back the bowstring, watch the dotted arc predict where the arrow will land, then let go.

Arrows fall under gravity. A weak draw barely reaches the closest enemy; a hard draw flattens the trajectory into a straight line at range. Headshots count the same as body shots, but criticals double your damage and skulls fly twice as far from the corpse. Shielded stickmen block your first arrow with a clatter — fire again, faster, before they close. Runners cross the screen in three seconds, so you cannot pause. Tanks soak hits like a wet sandbag. Every five waves a boss rolls in, twice the size and slow as a glacier, with a health bar that takes the entire top of the screen.

Between waves the game stops and offers you three upgrades. More damage, more health, more arrow speed, more crits, pierce, multishot, percentage healing. Build a glass cannon that one-shots tanks but dies in two hits, or a tanky archer with no crits and a quiver that fires three arrows at once. There is no wrong build, but each one runs out at a different wave. Apples drop from kills — shoot them with an arrow to heal, but every apple you shoot is an arrow not aimed at a stickman.

Tips & strategy

  • Use the dotted preview, not your gut. The arc updates the instant your finger moves — drag a little extra and watch the dots fall right onto the target's chest before you release.
  • Aim through, not at. Because of gravity, you have to aim a little above where you actually want to hit. Let the preview's last dot sit on the stickman's head, not at his feet.
  • Kill runners first. A runner crossing the screen is a guaranteed melee hit in three seconds. Tanks are slow and forgiving — runners are not.
  • Shielded stickmen need two arrows or one pierce. If you do not have pierce, get the first arrow into them at long range so you have time to release the second before they're at the tower.
  • Save apples for emergencies. Shooting an apple is a wasted arrow if you're at 90% HP. Let it sit. They only fade after a long while.
  • Crit and pierce stack incredibly well. A pierce-2 arrow with 45% crit chance is the strongest single upgrade path; it shreds basic waves and rips through bosses.
  • Multishot is best with damage, not crit. Three arrows at +1 base damage hits much harder than three arrows at +1 crit, since each arrow rolls crit separately.
  • Boss waves are forgiving. The few mooks that come with the boss often die in one shot — focus 70% of your arrows on the boss the second it appears.

Frequently asked questions

What is Stickman Archer?

Stickman Archer is a one-finger archery survival game where you defend a tower from waves of stick figures by firing arrows with a drag-to-aim, gravity-driven bow. Between waves you pick an upgrade, and survive as long as you can.

How do I aim?

Drag anywhere on the screen. The longer you drag, the more powerful the shot. The direction is the opposite of your drag — like pulling back a bowstring. Release to fire. A dotted arc shows where the arrow will go.

Why does my arrow fall short?

You did not draw the bow back far enough, or you aimed too flat. Arrows obey gravity. For distant targets, aim slightly upward and pull back further to add power.

How do I heal?

Some enemies drop apples on death. Shoot the apple with an arrow to heal. Red apple +20, green apple +10, yellow apple +30. Some upgrades also heal you between waves.

What does pierce do?

Pierce lets your arrow pass through an enemy and continue flying, hitting more enemies behind. With pierce 2, one arrow can kill three basic stickmen in a line. Pierce also lets a single arrow break a shield and damage the enemy behind it.

What's the boss?

Every fifth wave is a boss wave. The boss is a big pink stickman with a crown, about 1.6× the size of a normal stickman and with much more HP. It moves slow but hits hard, and drops 10 skulls plus a 60% chance to drop an apple.

Does it work on mobile?

Yes — Stickman Archer is built mobile-first. Drag anywhere on the playing field with one finger to aim, lift to fire. Portrait orientation, one-thumb play. The dotted preview is what makes mobile aiming feel precise.

Is my best score saved?

Yes, your highest total kill count is saved in your browser's local storage on this device. Clearing site data resets it.