Games Like ROUNDS

A frantic, online PvP shooter that combines combat and deck building. Choose a character, customize your card-based loadout, and get ready for the fights of your life!

Why similar: Card Game 43.5%, PvP 21.5%, Multiplayer 21.4%, Action 9.2%, Indie 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: It’s the closest modern match to ROUNDS, mixing fast PvP shooting with card-based modifiers that radically change each round.

Build a deck and battle online in real-time action with rollback netcode!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 25.2%, Card Battler 21.1%, Deckbuilding 15.7%, Card Game 14.4%, PvP 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: This delivers the same blend of real-time dueling and build expression, but through deck-driven lane combat built for intense PvP mindgames.

Face your friends in UpGun! Use each round to accumulate skills and overtake your opponents in this crazy deathmatch!

Why similar: Multiplayer 40.3%, PvP 33.1%, Arcade 19.8%, Action 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Like ROUNDS, it revolves around repeated PvP rounds where players add upgrades between matches and snowball into increasingly wild builds.

Stick Fight is a physics-based couch/online fighting game where you battle it out as the iconic stick figures from the golden age of the internet.

Why similar: Fighting 31.9% ★, 2D Fighter 18.5%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Local Multiplayer 14.8%, PvP 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same fast, lethal, laugh-out-loud 2D gunfight chaos in compact stages where every rematch plays differently.

A couch/online game where you battle your friends with unique and wild abilities. There are many choices such as a shrink ray, creating black holes, stopping time and attaching a rocket engine to the stage to send it flying. Choose a combination that synergizes well to win the round!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 39.2%, Local Multiplayer 18.8%, Multiplayer 18.7%, PvP 8.2%, Physics 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its tiny arenas and absurdly stackable abilities recreate ROUNDS’s chaotic combo discovery and counter-build energy.

Spiders with laser swords! Duel to the death against your friends or choose to team up and hold back swarms of savage enemies. Swing, stab and shoot with style, effortlessly performing movie-worthy parkour.

Why similar: Fighting 27.8% ★, 2D Fighter 23.5%, Local Multiplayer 17.9%, Physics 10.2%, PvP 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is another physics-heavy arena battler where movement, weapon pickups, and split-second reactions make every duel feel explosive.

TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 33.5%, Local Multiplayer 26.1%, Fighting 8.8% ★, Multiplayer 7.2%, Platformer 7%

Why You'll Like It: Its screen-sized arenas, razor-sharp movement, and constant adaptation make it one of the best alternatives if you love ROUNDS’s duel flow.

RIVALS OF AETHER is an indie fighting game where warring civilizations summon the power of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Play with up to four players either locally or online.

Why similar: Fighting 38.2% ★, 2D Fighter 27.7%, Local Multiplayer 12.8%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Platformer 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its tight movement and highly readable 2D duels make it a strong pick for players who enjoy ROUNDS’s competitive side.

Rivals of Aether II is the sequel to the hit indie fighting game, Rivals of Aether. Play as both new and returning elemental fighters in the next generation of platform fighters.

Why similar: Fighting 31.6% ★, 2D Fighter 22.7%, Local Multiplayer 14.6%, Multiplayer 9.9%, PvP 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: If you mainly love ROUNDS for sharp 1v1 platform-fighter fundamentals, this offers a deeper competitive take on that format.

Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 39.2%, Multiplayer 35%, Platformer 11.2%, Action 6%, 2D 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares ROUNDS’s instant-swing rounds and hilarious weapon-based improvisation, just with even more one-hit-kill absurdity.

Superfighters Deluxe is a unique action game that combines brawling, shooting and platforming in dynamic sandboxy 2D levels. Lots of weapons and fun gameplay systems interlock to create absurd action-movie chaos.

Why similar: Multiplayer 24.8%, Local Multiplayer 24.1%, Physics 12.6%, Platformer 12%, Action 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: The destructible maps, 2D gunplay, and scrappy physics brawling make it feel like a more sandboxy cousin to ROUNDS.

Banging beats and mad style, Lethal League Blaze is the most intense ball game you can play online with up to 4 players.

Why similar: Fighting 35.5% ★, 2D Fighter 30.9%, Local Multiplayer 15.8%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Action 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Although it’s built around a projectile instead of guns, it nails the same escalating 1v1 pressure, momentum swings, and mindgames.

Roof Rage is a Martial Arts Platform Fighter featuring epic rooftop battles. Play with up to 8 players locally or 1vs1 online.

Why similar: Fighting 31.9% ★, 2D Fighter 24.9%, Local Multiplayer 15.1%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Platformer 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It’s a scrappy indie platform fighter with small stages and quick exchanges that scratches a similar local-versus itch.

Lock in! Samurai GUNN 2 is a bloody and brutally fast platform fighter for players who like short rounds and intense action. Free Edition out now!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 27.5%, Fighting 22% ★, Local Multiplayer 14.5%, PvP 12.5%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its ultra-fast arena duels create the same kind of high-stakes reads and rapid rematches that make ROUNDS so addictive.

Battle 1-3 friends in the fast-paced & frantic arenas of Zero-G Gunfight. Pickup different guns that change how you move & fight. Dodge enemy bullets & avoid unique hazards as you strive to be the last one standing!

Why similar: Fighting 30.8% ★, 2D Fighter 25.3%, Local Multiplayer 16.1%, PvP 8.6%, Physics 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its compact 2D shootouts and momentum-heavy movement echo the small-arena tension that makes ROUNDS work so well.

Battle a friend in this fast paced 1v1 class-based first-person shooter. Chess takes a back-seat to FPS as you win duel after duel and capture the opponent's pieces until you've beaten their king and won the game.

Why similar: PvP 36.5%, Multiplayer 34%, Local Multiplayer 22.9%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Behind the joke is a genuinely fun duel game where asymmetrical abilities and quick PvP shootouts reward adaptation and matchup knowledge.

A wizard brawler about spell drafting and beard envy, MageQuit allows up to 10 mages to battle online or locally. Beards grow longer with each kill; the wizard with the longest beard after 9 rounds wins!

Why similar: Party Game 26.6%, Local Multiplayer 18.7%, Physics 17.2%, Multiplayer 16.9%, PvP 16.5%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes competitive spell loadouts and inventive duels, giving you a similarly strong mix of PvP and build experimentation.

Demolish your friends with hundreds of upgradable weapons shot from your customizable tank in this action-packed online multiplayer tanks game. Earn XP to level up and unlock new tanks, weapons, and gear. Fight against or alongside your friends for strategic team or free-for-all matches.

Why similar: Multiplayer 57.5%, Physics 14.4%, 2D 13.6%, Action 10.3%, Indie 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: It turns repeated PvP matches into a counter-picking arms race much like ROUNDS, just through turn-based artillery instead of platform shooting.

The rules are simple. Reach the other side and kill anyone that stands in your way. Deftly parry and rend their throats, riddle their bowels with arrows, or squish their brains between your toes. The wurm cares not for chivalry.

Why similar: Fighting 32.1% ★, Local Multiplayer 24.5%, 2D Fighter 12.8%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Party Game 7%

Why You'll Like It: This is another distilled duel game where short rounds, hard reads, and sudden reversals keep the rematch loop extremely tense.

Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.

Why similar: Card Battler 27.8%, Deckbuilding 26.8%, Card Game 18.5%, Roguelite 16.4%, Action 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: It lacks the versus focus, but its lightning-fast real-time deckbuilding combat strongly appeals to the action-card side of ROUNDS.

Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 71%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Action 6.5%, 2D 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Even though it’s turn-based, it scratches the same 1v1 outplay itch with deep counterplay, adaptation, and dramatic reversals.

A 2D party platformer where you fight with a hat! Throw your hat to attack, defend and bait opponents. But watch out! If someone jumps on your hat... you die!

Why similar: Party Game 26.2%, 2D Fighter 26.1%, Local Multiplayer 15.4%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Platformer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: The one-hit-kill format and constant baiting around a vulnerable target create the same kind of clutch comeback tension as ROUNDS.

Slice and dice your friends with boomerangs in this frantic physics party game. Join a crew of your favorite foods as you grill, chill and spill your enemies. Discover ridiculous power-ups and stack them together in deadly combinations.

Why similar: Fighting 32.1% ★, Party Game 22.9%, Local Multiplayer 20.1%, PvP 10.2%, Physics 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its short, lethal rounds and clean ability-driven chaos make it a great pick if you want ROUNDS’s party-friendly side.

An arcade action game about shooting a ball into a goal. It's cyberpunk volleyball with guns.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 54.4%, PvP 21.5%, Arcade 12.5%, 2D 6.2%, Action 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This competitive arcade battler offers the same immediate, round-based pressure and screen-contained chaos, only in a sports-like format.

Screencheat is a ridiculous competitive split-screen first-person shooter where everyone is invisible, so players are forced to look at each other’s screens to win. Supporting both local and online multiplayer, combat in Screencheat is fast and furious with a wide variety of one-hit kill weapons.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 56.2%, Multiplayer 34.6%, Action 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It’s another fast PvP shooter built around compact maps and repeated mindgame-heavy rounds, even if its gimmick is more experimental.

Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.

Why similar: Multiplayer 33.7%, Local Multiplayer 33%, Platformer 9%, Party Game 8.4%, Action 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: While broader and more party-game focused, it shares ROUNDS’s escalating rematch energy and love of sudden rule-changing chaos.

Knight Squad 2 is a chaotic arcade multiplayer game for up to 8 players. Pick an eccentric knight and fight for glory with wacky weaponry. Triumph over your friends in a ridiculous amount of game modes, both offline and online.

Why similar: Party Game 39.4%, Multiplayer 20%, Arcade 13.9%, Local Multiplayer 11.8%, PvP 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its top-down arena combat and weapon-driven multiplayer may be less dueling-focused, but it offers similarly frantic competitive variety.

A FEW QUICK MATCHES is a fast-paced, 1-4 player platform fighter that lets you bring old-school stick battles to life! play with your friends locally, or challenge players online in this flash-inspired spectacle!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 32.9%, Fighting 32.7% ★, Local Multiplayer 12.3%, Multiplayer 9%, PvP 7.3%

Soldat is a unique 2D (side-view) multiplayer action game. Soldiers fight against each other in 2D battle arenas using a deadly arsenal of military weapons, across 7 default game modes.

Why similar: Multiplayer 37.4%, Action 26.7%, Indie 19.1%, 2D 10.3%, PvP 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This classic 2D shooter captures the same appeal of mobility-heavy gunfights in side-view arenas, just in a more traditional format.

Join BAPBAP, the Roguelike Party game where no two matches are ever the same. Round up your homies, pick a character, and build a giga-unfair build that'll make them hate you - then do it all over again!

Why similar: Deckbuilding 22.3%, Party Game 19.2%, Card Battler 16.6%, PvP 14.2%, Multiplayer 9.6%

The WILDEST ANIME FIGHT. Fly super fast, smash your friends through skyscrapers and break the planet with one punch! Up to 4 players local & 2 online. Now with workshop for INFINITE CHARACTERS!

Why similar: Fighting 30% ★, 2D Fighter 23.2%, Local Multiplayer 16.5%, Multiplayer 10.6%, PvP 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its over-the-top 1v1 chaos and quick, momentum-swinging rounds make it a good fit for players who enjoy ROUNDS’s ridiculous intensity.

Counterpick Labs is a free platform fighter where you mix and match gear to build your perfect loadout. Featuring a single player story mode, a roguelike PvP mode where you earn powerful upgrades as you fight, and a classic no-frills PvP mode.

Why similar: Fighting 29.5% ★, 2D Fighter 24.6%, PvP 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Roguelite 7.4%

Windowkill is a twin-stick shooter, but the game window itself is constantly closing in on you. Shoot the window edges to push it around your screen as you fight and dodge enemies and bosses in their own windows.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.7%, Roguelite 14.8%, Local Multiplayer 13.5%, Arcade 12.3%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Ride brooms, cast spells and transform your enemies into chickens in this intense magical sport

Why similar: Fighting 55.4% ★, PvP 22.2%, Arcade 12%, 2D 5.7%, Action 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its arena spell duels and pickup-driven chaos make it a lighter but still fitting option for fans of frantic local-versus combat.

A unique take on the popular genre of battle royales. Multiple fast pace rounds that rewards kills just as much as being the last alive. Team up, take revenge, and be the last bean standing.

Why similar: Multiplayer 67.2%, Action 19.1%, Indie 13.7%

SNKRX is an arcade shooter roguelite where you control a snake of heroes that automatically attack nearby enemies. Combine different heroes to unlock class bonuses and create unique builds, and steer your unstoppable party as they ravage through endless waves of enemies.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 37.3%, Roguelite 25.2%, Physics 14.5%, Arcade 12.3%, 2D 5.6%

Create insane builds and break the game in all possible ways to get your name into the leaderboards! Every round you get stronger, but so does the enemies...

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 57.6% ★, Roguelite 21.3%, 2D 7.1%, Deckbuilding 7%, Arcade 3.9%

Claw your way across exotic islands combining fluid movement with fast paced combat to become a Crab Champion in this third person roguelike shooter.

Why similar: Multiplayer 30.4%, Roguelite 23.8%, Platformer 20.3%, Arcade 18%, Action 7.5%

Pummel Paladins is a 1v1 brawler with a creative twist. Don't be mistaken, just because the knights lost their weapons doesn't mean they are going to stop their destined duel. Push, parry, utilize the environment and items to outplay your opponent in this retro, dungeon arena!

Why similar: Fighting 30.8% ★, 2D Fighter 27%, Local Multiplayer 20.4%, PvP 11.9%, Arcade 7.3%

Lethal League is a competitive projectile fighting game where you have to hit an anti-gravity ball into the face of your opponent to win. The ball speeds up with every strike, up to explosively extreme velocities. Play intense local matches with friends and foes, challenge yourself in the singleplayer mode or battle it out online.

Why similar: Fighting 38.8% ★, 2D Fighter 23.7%, Local Multiplayer 18.7%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Arcade 3%

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone is a robot voxel slice-em-up where any part of your body can be sliced off. With your mind downloaded into a robot gladiator, you must survive the sinister trials of the arena.

Why similar: Fighting 64.2% ★, Multiplayer 23.7%, Action 7.9%, Indie 4.2%

STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

Why similar: PvP 42.6%, Multiplayer 40.1%, Action 14%, Indie 3.2%

Haxity is a cyberpunk, PvP, action deck-builder. Draft your deck, modify your fighter and outsmart your opponent in intense Head-to-Head battles. Fight online, challenge your friends or terminate the AI. Slot, hack and execute, welcome to Haxity!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.3% ★, Card Battler 27.6%, Card Game 10.5%, Deckbuilding 10.5%, Multiplayer 7.3%

Deckbuilding empowers this challenging bullet hell adventure! Each character is a unique experience: Choose a deck of unlockable cards to boost you in new ways every battle - "My whirlwind shoots fireballs!?". Battle hordes of brutal foes to become a superstar in C-SAR’s ever-changing game show.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 35.6%, Card Game 24.2%, Roguelite 19.8%, Arcade 9.7%, Action 6.3%

Fast-paced local multi-player game packed with action. Destroy your friends with all sorts of different weapons and power-ups across multiple game modes!

Why similar: Party Game 37.1%, Local Multiplayer 30%, PvP 12%, Arcade 8.9%, 2D 5.3%

Stick it to the Stickman is a physics-based brawler where you fight heaps of red stickmen to become the boss. Choose from hundreds of unique moves to construct the perfect combat machine and fight your way to the top of the corporate ladder.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 47.3%, Multiplayer 20.7%, Platformer 9.7%, 2D Platformer 8.2%, Action 7.8%

Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!

Why similar: Multiplayer 39.4%, Physics 38.3%, 2D 9%, Action 8.2%, Indie 5.2%

A spellslinging dueling game for up to 4 players. Choose among seven cracked mages and use their unique abilities to shoot down your opponent’s magical flask while defending yours! Destroy your friends (and loved ones) in local or online modes!

Why similar: Fighting 26.1% ★, 2D Fighter 21.9%, Local Multiplayer 14.3%, PvP 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Fighties is a fast paced 2D platform fighter. Choose from a wide selection of Fighties each with their own unique play style. Beat down your opponents to become the strongest Fightie of them all.

Why similar: Fighting 30% ★, 2D Fighter 22.7%, Local Multiplayer 16.5%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Platformer 8.4%

Guns N’ Boxes is a top-down single screen arena-style multiplayer shooter where you shoot boxes, get random weapons and use them to blast everything that moves! Choose your favorite character and duke it out with rifles, hot dog launchers, rail guns, arrows and tons of other weapons.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Local Multiplayer 23.9%, Multiplayer 21.8%, Roguelite 13.9%, Action 8.9%

Neon Sundown is an extremely challenging arena-shooter that mixes fast-paced action with roguelite elements. Take on increasingly difficult arenas as you unlock new ships, upgrades, synergies, and more! Think you have what it takes to survive?

Why similar: Deckbuilding 39%, Roguelite 30.6%, Arcade 15.4%, 2D 7.5%, Action 7.4%

Double Down is a roguelike FPS for high-octane high rollers. Smash robots and spin slots to win powerful upgrades, and make your way through growing waves of enemies to face The House and take back the casino.

Why similar: Action 77%, Indie 23%

Just Act Natural is a hand-crafted online party game where players must hide among NPC characters to avoid detection from the seeker. Compete against your friends in a variety of game modes over a course of different rounds to be crowned the winner!

Why similar: Multiplayer 47.9%, Arcade 20.7%, PvP 18.4%, Action 9.6%, Indie 3.3%

EndCycle VS is a grid-battle adventure that challenges you to create the ultimate deck. Battle against the oncoming Noise or prove yourself in epic online battles - now with ROLLBACK NETCODE!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 24.1%, Card Battler 21.9%, Deckbuilding 20.7%, PvP 10.6%, Multiplayer 10.4%

Brawlout is the platform fighting game, designed for couch play, online ranked matches and competitive tournaments. Now at 2.0!

Why similar: Fighting 44.1% ★, 2D Fighter 27.4%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Platformer 8.7%, Local Multiplayer 3.4%

Fighting Fiends is a top-down fighting game. Play it 1 on 1 for intense matches or with up to 4 players for chaotic fun, both locally and online.

Why similar: Fighting 33.2% ★, 2D Fighter 21.2%, Local Multiplayer 16.4%, Action 12%, Multiplayer 11.3%

Kickback is a top-down shooter with roguelike elements, where shooting is the only way to move. Repel waves of mutants, create combinations of weapons and upgrades to survive at all costs on your own or with a friend in a local co-op mode.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 38.6%, Roguelite 29.2%, Arcade 16.4%, Action 8.1%, 2D 7.7%

Polygunners is a cross between a twin-stick shooter and an RPG. Upgrade abilities, explore dungeons and towns, and fight bosses to progress through the world. Playing with your friends with local co-op cranks the experience up to 11 for satisfying dynamic gameplay.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 52%, Twin Stick Shooter 35.8%, Action 7.3%, 2D 4.2%, Indie 0.6%

A shooting dopamine machine! Lucky Shot is a roguelike mag-builder FPS where you master different weapons, build wild combos, and break the game to reach massive high scores.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 38.1% ★, Deckbuilding 24.3%, Roguelite 15.2%, Card Game 14.9%, Arcade 7.5%

You're tied together, but if you team up properly, that can be your greatest weapon! Align your movements and ping-pong cooldowns to reap hordes of enemies and sow flavorful builds, all while tangled together by a magical vine in Vinebound, an intense horde-survival roguelite co-op for 1-2 players!

Why similar: Deckbuilding 27.3%, Local Multiplayer 22.8%, Roguelite 18.3%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Arcade 10.2%