Pistol & Bottles is a free strategy game you can play right here in your browser. Think shooting — that is the shape of it. No account, no install and no plugins — just the game in a browser tab.
About Pistol & Bottles
Pistol & Bottles is a bottle shooting game. How to play? You need to shoot the rotating bottles to get a high score.
How to play Pistol & Bottles
Press play and the first round teaches you the rest. The controls are listed in full in the table below — there are only a handful of them. It is built tall rather than wide — comfortable one-handed on a phone, centred and uncropped on a monitor. Restarting is instant, so there is no cost to experimenting.
Controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| Mouse | Aim |
| Left click | Fire |
| WASD | Move |
| R | Reload |
On mobile: Tap and swipe directly on the screen. The game is built for portrait, so you can play one-handed without rotating your phone.
Why it is worth playing
Pistol & Bottles is the kind of game that fits into a gap between other things. Two minutes is a real session, and so is an hour. It works as well on a phone on a bus as it does on a desktop.
At a glance
- Free to play with no account required
- Runs in the browser — nothing to download or install
- Portrait layout, comfortable one-handed on mobile
- Keyboard and mouse on desktop, full touch support on mobile.
- Shooting gameplay — Aim, fire, repeat
- Added to our catalogue from a 2022 release
Frequently asked questions
Is Pistol & Bottles free to play?
It is free. There is no trial, no unlock and no sign-up wall on Pistol & Bottles — the page you are on is the whole thing.
Do I need to download or install anything?
No. Pistol & Bottles is an HTML5 game that runs inside the page itself. There is nothing to install, no plugin and no launcher — it loads like any other web page.
Can I play Pistol & Bottles on my phone?
Yes — mobile is fully supported. Tap and swipe directly on the screen. The game is built for portrait, so you can play one-handed without rotating your phone.
What are the controls for Pistol & Bottles?
Keyboard and mouse on desktop, full touch support on mobile. Mouse — aim; Left click — fire; WASD — move; R — reload.
Can I play Pistol & Bottles fullscreen?
There is a fullscreen control in the top-right of the player. Press Escape when you want the page back.
What kind of game is Pistol & Bottles?
Pistol & Bottles is a strategy game built around shooting. If that is the sort of thing you enjoy, the related games further down the page are picked using the same tags.
