ROUNDS similar games & best alternatives

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ROUNDS

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2021

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Highly addictive and fun 1v1 combat
  • Strong modding community enabling more players and content
  • Creative card and build combinations
  • Affordable price with great replay value
  • Good for playing with friends and social interaction

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited official multiplayer modes beyond 1v1
  • Repetitive maps and limited base content
  • Some bugs and performance issues
  • Toxic player behavior reported
  • No story or narrative depth

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Wheelchair Wizards

  • STARWHAL

  • Ultimate Chicken Horse

  • CRACKED

  • Grabity

  • Topple Tactics

More social

Games that feels like ROUNDS but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Cave Crawlers

  • GUNTOUCHABLES

  • Bang Bang Barrage

  • SpiderHeck

  • Arcade Mayhem Juanito

  • Full Mojo Rampage

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Stick Fight: The Game

  • Clustertruck

  • Totally Accurate Battlegrounds

  • Air Brawl

  • Landfall Archives

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

ROUNDS: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Cooperation, Exploration.

Last update: 03/08/2026