If you ever dreamed of commanding a steel war machine, awesome tanks 2 puts you right in the turret. This top-down tank shooter drops you into compact battle arenas filled with enemy tanks, gun turrets, and destructible obstacles, and it asks one thing of you: destroy everything before it destroys you. Simple on paper, but the mix of smart upgrades, weapon choices, and level design keeps every round tense.

What This Tank Brawl Is Really About

Unlike arena games where you respawn endlessly, awesome tanks 2 runs on a level-based campaign. Each stage is a small maze of walls, crates, barriers, and enemy spawn points. Your mission is always the same: wipe out every hostile unit on the map. Some levels are dark, so you only see what your tank’s view cone reveals, which turns every corner into a possible ambush. Coins fly out of wrecked enemies and smashed crates, and those coins are the fuel for your entire campaign. No grinding side quests, no story cutscenes — just driving, shooting, and deciding how to spend your money.

Drive, Aim, Blast: How to Play

The core loop of awesome tanks 2 is easy to pick up. You steer your tank around the arena, your turret tracks your mouse, and you fire at anything hostile. Kill everything, collect the loot, then head to the upgrade screen between levels to spend your coins. Harder levels introduce tougher enemies — faster light tanks, heavy bruisers with thick armor, rocket-firing units, and fixed turrets that guard choke points. Some stages even end with boss fights that test everything you have upgraded.

The Controls in Plain English

You drive with the WASD keys or the arrow keys, and the turret follows your mouse so you can aim and shoot independently from your movement. Left-click fires your main weapon. The number keys 1 through 9 (or Q/E) swap between weapons once you have unlocked more than one. Spacebar drops bombs when you have them, and P pauses the game. That separation of movement and aiming is the whole game feel — strafe around a corner while your turret stays locked on the enemy.

Stars, Crates, and the Level Flow

Each map hides coins inside breakable crates and barrels, so blasting the environment pays off — just watch out for explosive barrels that can hurt you too. Stars scattered on the ground convert into coins as well, so grab every one before leaving a level. Between missions, the shop lets you buy new weapons and stat boosts. There is no timer pushing you, so explore fully: hidden alcoves sometimes hold bonus loot.

Coins First: Upgrading Your Tank

Your starting cannon is honest work, but it will not carry you through the late game. Spend coins on two tracks: weapons and tank stats.

Weapons Worth Buying

The arsenal includes machine guns, shotguns, cannons, flamethrowers, laser beams, plasma cannons, miniguns, and rocket launchers. Machine guns and miniguns never run dry, so they are reliable workhorses when your ammo-dependent guns go quiet. Lasers and plasma hit hard at range with precision, rockets and missiles shred heavy armor, and the flamethrower melts anything foolish enough to sit next to you. Each weapon has upgrade tiers that raise damage and fire rate — a maxed-out weapon feels like a different gun entirely.

Tank Stats That Actually Matter

Armor is the first stat most players max: thicker plating lets you trade shots with heavy tanks instead of dying to them. Movement speed helps you dodge rockets and reposition for flanks. Faster reload shrinks the gap between shots, which matters most with single-shot cannons and rockets. There is also an invisibility upgrade that helps you slip past guards or escape a bad fight. Balance is key — a glass cannon with a plasma gun and paper armor will die fast in later arenas.

Battle-Tested Tactics

The difference between struggling and steamrolling in awesome tanks 2 comes down to habits, not reflexes.

• Fight from cover. Walls block shells. Poke out, fire, and duck back — fixed turrets cannot chase you, so take them down from outside their range whenever possible.
• Keep moving. A parked tank is a target. Slow circles around heavy enemies let you land hits while their return fire misses wide.
• Break everything. Crates and barrels hold coins you need for upgrades. Clear a room’s loot before you move on, since you cannot go back.
• Match the weapon to the enemy. Use rapid-fire guns on light, fast tanks and save rockets or lasers for armored bruisers and turrets.
• Watch your ammo. Big guns reload slowly or run out. Fall back to the machine gun instead of standing in the open with an empty cannon.
• Bait then punish. Let a rocket tank fire, then push in while it reloads. Enemies telegraph their shots — learn the rhythm.
• Don’t skip armor. Damage is tempting, but extra health forgives mistakes. Two tanks with equal guns, and the armored one almost always wins.
• Clear corners in dark levels. Sweep the view cone across doorways before driving in. The ambush you expect hurts half as much.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is awesome tanks 2 single-player or multiplayer?

Both. The main campaign is single-player, and there is a 2-player co-op mode where a friend drives a second tank alongside you on the same screen. Teamwork helps a lot in the harder levels — one player draws fire while the other flanks.

How many levels does the game have?

The campaign runs through 15 levels of increasing difficulty, with tougher enemy mixes and a final boss at the end. You can replay cleared levels to farm extra coins for upgrades you missed.

What is the best weapon to buy first?

The machine gun is the smartest early purchase because it fires forever and clears light tanks fast. After that, save for a heavy hitter like the laser or rockets to deal with armored enemies, while keeping armor upgrades coming at a steady pace.

Do upgrades carry over between levels?

Yes. Everything you buy — weapons, armor, speed, reload — stays with your tank for the whole campaign. That is why farming coins in earlier levels pays off: a well-upgraded tank breezes through stages that would crush a stock one.

What should I spend coins on first?

Armor first, then one reliable weapon, then spread the rest. A common mistake is buying every shiny gun while staying at base armor — you will hit hard and die in seconds. Tough tank first, big gun second.

awesome tanks 2 is the kind of game that looks simple and turns out to have real depth once the upgrades kick in. If you have played it, tell us in the comments below: what is your favorite weapon combo, and how far did you get in the campaign? Your tips could help the next player beat that boss you struggled with.