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title: "Nerf: Be a Hero Again"
subtitle: "Pick a player, grab a Nerf gun and blast your way through all the obstacles!"
date: 2021-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
category: game
url: https://phaser.io/news/2021/06/nerf-be-a-hero-again
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# Nerf: Be a Hero Again

*Pick a player, grab a Nerf gun and blast your way through all the obstacles!*

![image](nerf-be-a-hero-again1.png)

Created by Marcel Agency, France, "Be a Hero Again" is a pixel-art run and gun game created for the brand Nerf.

![image](nerf-be-a-hero-again2.png)

Choose a player, grab your Nerf blaster and use the arrow keys and space to jump and fire your way through the scrolling landscape. There are plenty of obstacles for you to avoid, including children in sand pits, angry dogs, flaming BBQs and lots of other wildlife.

![image](nerf-be-a-hero-again3.png)

Shoot the Nerf targets and avoid collisions and you may be lucky enough to upgrade your Nerf gun to a bigger and better model! These fire faster and make clearing away the targets so much easier.

[Play Game](https://beaheroagain.com/)

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