pixelwar FAQ

A free browser game about conquering territory. Grow your land, build your army and choose when to attack or team up. Play single player or jump into multiplayer.

Yes. Play free in a modern browser on your phone or computer, with touch or mouse controls. No download is needed.

You can play as a guest. Sign in to keep your rank, badges and training progress across devices, join a clan and send messages.

Open How to play for a quick introduction, the guided tutorial and practice missions. Single player has five training levels, from Foundations to Readiness. Multiplayer is open immediately.

The Advisor gives tips and highlights useful actions during play. Switch it on or off with the Advisor button or in Settings.

Thronelands, World, Mars with Water, Europe and Milky Way. See the map guide for a look at each one.

Click or tap land before the starting countdown ends. You can change your choice while the countdown runs. Leave yourself room to expand.

Select a target and choose an available action. Land attacks need a shared border; boats need a reachable landing spot. You need enough troops and cannot attack an ally.

Use the percentage bar to choose how much of your army to send. Keep some troops at home to defend your borders and earn interest. Taking unclaimed land is a good way to grow early.

Losing most of your territory can knock you out before every last tile is captured. Your remaining land then becomes unclaimed.

The match continues. A brief interruption may reconnect automatically. Otherwise, return to the lobby and choose Reconnect if it is available.

Join the same clan and use a clan party to queue for multiplayer together. Clans also have their own chat and ranking.

Use the alliance action on your territory to open recruitment, or invite an eligible player. A request must be accepted. Allies share victory, can donate troops and cannot attack each other. You cannot leave an alliance during the match.

It shows filled places and the alliance limit: 3/5 means two places are free. Eliminated members still count. The action menu tells you when you cannot recruit or join.

Select an ally and choose Donate. The fee falls from 90% at the start to 10% after 90 seconds. Check the preview: the recipient cannot receive more than their troop capacity.

It is a request for troop support. Tap an eligible ally's coin to donate your selected troop percentage. Use your own donation signal to ask for help.

You win when no enemy side remains. There is no fixed time limit. A successful peace vote can also award victory to the leading side or end in a draw. Read the vote panel before voting.

Earn points from multiplayer wins to climb 55 ranks, from Recruit to Pixel Legend. The match points are shared between winning members, rounded up. Eliminated allies can still share the win. Losses never subtract points; draws award none.

Yes. Clan points count toward the clan leaderboard; personal points count toward your rank. Eligible clan wins earn clan points, but in-match alliance wins do not. Clan totals can fall as other clans win.

Each of the five single-player training levels gives +14 rank points once per account. Completing the guided tutorial gives a separate +10 points once. Replays and practice missions give no extra bonus.

Badges mark achievements and do not add rank points. Start with First Mission, First Steps, First Battle, First Victory and Explorer. First Mission celebrates finishing your first single-player match, win or lose; leaving early does not count. Earn bronze, silver and gold in Map Conqueror, Hot Streak, Veteran, Battle Tested, Comeback Kid and Regular. Your profile shows requirements and progress. Previously earned Night Owl and Iron Discipline badges stay yours.

The game is still growing. Features and balance may change as updates arrive.

Sign in for direct messages and clan chat. To message someone, open their profile or find their username in DMs. Global chat is available when its test is open; recruitment chat is coming soon.