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A 2D duel shooter where you shoot, block, and jump through rounds, drafting upgrades after losses to counter your rival.
Released 01 Apr 2021
Draft Comeback Upgrades
Counter Rival Builds
Ricochet Shots Off Walls
Rounds is a 1v1 rogue-lite shooter where each round gets more intense. The losing player of each round unlocks clever upgrades to create a better build to counter their opponent.
Developed by Landfall · Published by Landfall
ROUNDS is a head-to-head 2D shooter set in compact platform arenas. Face another player in a series of duels, using movement and weapon fire to score wins.
Shoot, block, and jump around platforms and obstacles. After a round loss, choose an upgrade card to strengthen your fighter; accumulated abilities can reshape your build and help you answer your opponent’s choices.
Play locally or online, with character face customization and a collection of maps. The escalating card combinations bring new weapons and effects into each match.
Players often describe ROUNDS as a quick, chaotic duel that is especially entertaining with friends, where surprising card combinations can turn a match around. Some also enjoy adapting their builds to counter an opponent, while many say mods add variety and replayability. Other reviews find the unmodded game short on content or rounds, and some report difficulty finding matches or maintaining online connections.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 24 |
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| Players | 2 |
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| Multiplayer | ROUNDS is a versus-focused multiplayer game built around 1v1 matches in the base game. Official store information confirms online PvP and shared/split screen PvP, indicating both online and local competitive play for 2 players. Reviews consistently describe vanilla play as limited to 2 players, while mods can expand matches to free-for-all or team-based play with larger player counts. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Reviews repeatedly state that mods, commonly via Thunderstore/r2modman and mods such as RoundsWithFriends, expand the base game beyond 2 players. Reported modded support includes 3-4 players, 4-player local multiplayer, 4-player free-for-all, team deathmatch, and claims of up to 16 players. Reviews also state modded online play with friends is possible, but online matchmaking may not work with mods. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
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| Website | Official website |
