City Guardian

Defend six golden-hour cities from a rain of missiles. Tap the sky to burst interceptors, chain explosions through enemy warheads and save your shells for bonus points between waves.

City Guardian is a missile defense game set against a glowing sunset. Warheads streak down toward your six cities and three missile batteries, and you stop them by tapping or clicking the sky. An interceptor flies to the spot you chose and bursts into a growing fireball that destroys any missile it touches, and every destroyed missile makes its own blast, so one smart shot can set off a long chain.

The skill is leading your targets. Blasts take a moment to grow, so you aim where a missile will be, not where it is. Later waves bring MIRV warheads that split into several, bombers and satellites that drop missiles as they cross, and smart missiles that steer around your blasts. Each battery holds a limited stock of shells, the centre one fires fastest, and the keys 1, 2 and 3 let you choose which battery shoots. Surviving a wave pays a bonus for every unused shell and every city still standing, and large scores rebuild lost cities.

This arcade strategy shooter is great for quick, tense sessions and fans of classic missile command style games. Reaching waves 4, 7 and 10 unlocks lasting upgrades: bigger magazines, faster interceptors and wider blasts. Tip: wait for missiles to bunch up, then fire one shot into the middle of the group and let the chain reaction do the work.

How to play

Tap or click the sky to launch an interceptor that explodes at that spot. Any enemy missile or bomber caught in a blast is destroyed and creates its own blast, so aim for chain reactions and lead fast missiles. Batteries have limited shells, and the keys 1, 2 and 3 choose the left, centre or right battery. Protect your six cities: when a missile hits one it is lost. After each wave, unused shells and surviving cities earn bonus points. The game ends when every city has fallen.

Controls

Click / tap the sky: Fire an interceptor from the nearest battery with shells
1 / 2 / 3: Fire from the left / centre / right battery
P / Esc: Pause
M: Mute
R: Restart

Category: Shooting games

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