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The best artillery games

Artillery video games are a subgenre of strategy games that involve players taking turns firing projectiles at each other, typically adjusting parameters like angle, power, and sometimes wind conditions to hit their targets. The genre dates back to some of the earliest computer games and has evolved significantly over the years.

Players take turns to fire projectiles at their opponents, typically with the aim of eliminating all enemy units or achieving specific objectives. Players often adjust angle and power to determine the projectile's trajectory. Advanced games may also factor in wind speed and direction.

Notable examples are Scorched Earth, known for its deep customization options and variety of weapons, and the Worms series.

Most popular artillery games

Worms
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Scorched Earth
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worms-1

Worms

DOS1995protecteddemo4.2/5 Team 17
warheads-04

Warheads

Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5
tank-wars-01

Tank Wars

DOS19904.1/5
gorilla-bas-01

QBasic Gorillas

DOS1991freeware4/5 Microsoft
Gorillas, also known as "Gorillas.bas," is a turn-based artillery game that was included as a sample program with Microsoft QBasic, an IDE and interpreter for a variant of the BASIC programming language. QBasic was commonly bundled with MS-DOS and early versions of Windows during the early 1990s. The goal of "Gorillas" is to hit the ...
scorched-earth-05

Scorched Earth

DOS1991protected4/5
liero-04

Liero

DOS1999freeware4/5
bang-bang-04

Bang! Bang!

Windows 3.x19903.9/5
genocide-06

Genocide

DOS1996freeware3.9/5
rampart-3

Rampart

DOS19923.9/5 Atari
Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...
scorched-3d-03

Scorched 3D

Windows XP/98/95Linux2001freeware3.8/5
egabomb-02

EGA Bomb

DOS19883.7/5
laser-wars-01

Laserwars

DOS19943.3/5
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