Tank Stars belongs to the artillery duel genre made famous by games like Scorched Earth and Worms, but it modernizes the formula with a deep progression system and over a dozen unlockable tanks.

You and an opponent take turns positioning your tank, choosing from multiple weapons, and firing across hilly terrain where wind and elevation both affect your shot's trajectory.

A direct hit with the right weapon can end a fight in one turn — a miss wastes your shot and hands the advantage back. Developed by StoreRider and built with HTML5 (Unity WebGL), Tank Stars is a free online game that runs in your browser on desktop, mobile, and tablet.

The progression loop between matches keeps sessions addictive: you earn coins, open chests containing upgrade cards, and pour resources into leveling up a tank's weapons until they hit noticeably harder.

With 15 playable tanks — each carrying six unique weapons — there is genuine depth to build around. If you enjoy strategic turn-based combat or artillery-style destruction, this browser game delivers both in quick rounds. Tank Stars supports both keyboard and touch input.

On desktop, movement and firing use simple keys, while aiming relies on a virtual joystick you drag with your mouse. On mobile, both steering and aiming use on-screen joysticks, and a tap on the Fire button launches your shot.

The aiming joystick controls both angle (0–90°) and power (1–100), so small adjustments to the drag distance and direction make a significant difference in where your projectile lands. Each match is a 1v1 duel across a 2D terrain of hills, valleys, and flat stretches.

You and your opponent alternate turns. On your turn, you can reposition your tank left or right to find a better angle, select one of your available weapons, aim using the joystick, and fire.

After your projectile lands — dealing damage, missing, or creating a crater in the terrain — the turn passes to your opponent. A match ends when one tank's health reaches zero.

Terrain is destructible, so craters from previous shots reshape the battlefield as the fight progresses. A weapon that missed on turn one might have cleared a hill that was blocking your line of fire, opening up a direct hit on turn two.