Beetle Barrage
Play Beetle Barrage free online. Defend a vegetable garden with an auto-firing seed blaster against waves of crawling, rolling and acid-spitting beetles.
How to Play Beetle Barrage
Beetles are swarming into your vegetable garden, and you are the only gardener standing between them and the crops. You carry a seed blaster that fires on its own several times a second. Your job is to move around the rows, point the blaster at the bugs and stay out of their way.
Each wave sends in more beetles, and new kinds join as you go. Crawlers simply chase you. From wave two, rollers tuck into a ball and charge across the garden in a straight line. From wave three, spitters hang back and lob blobs of acid. From wave four, armoured beetles appear, and they take four hits to stop.
Every beetle you squash scores points, and tougher beetles are worth more. Now and then a beetle drops a pickup: a red berry heals one point of health, and a blue seed pod gives you a spread shot for eight seconds that fires three seeds at once.
You have three points of health. Any beetle or acid blob that touches you costs one, and you then flash for a moment while you cannot be hurt again. When your health runs out, the garden is lost and your score is final.
Controls
Touch
- Drag anywhere on the screen to move the gardener. The blaster aims itself at the nearest beetle.
Mouse
- Point with the mouse to aim the blaster. Move with the keyboard, or hold the mouse button and drag to move.
Keyboard
- WASD or the arrow keys move. Without a mouse, the blaster aims at the nearest beetle by itself. P or Escape pauses, M mutes.
Tips and Tricks
- Keep moving in wide circles. Crawlers bunch up behind you, which makes them easy to mow down when you turn.
- Rollers only go in a straight line. Step sideways when one lines up with you.
- Deal with spitters first. They stay at a distance, so they keep throwing acid until you go after them.
- Save the spread shot for big waves by grabbing the blue pod just as the next wave starts.
About the Game
Beetle Barrage is a fast top-down shooter in chunky pixel art, set in a sunny garden of vegetable rows rather than in space. Because the blaster fires on its own, you can focus on dodging, which makes it easy to pick up on a phone and still tense on later waves.
Four kinds of beetle with different habits mean every wave asks for a slightly different plan. Your best score is kept in this browser and can go on the Top 10 board.
Beetle Barrage FAQ
Do I need to press a button to shoot?
No. The seed blaster fires automatically. You only move and, with a mouse, aim.
How much damage can I take?
Three hits. A red berry pickup heals one, and you cannot be hurt for a moment after each hit.
Which beetle is the toughest?
The armoured beetle, which takes four hits instead of one. It shows up from wave four.
Can I play Beetle Barrage on my phone?
Yes. Drag anywhere to move, and the blaster aims at the closest beetle for you.
