Games like ROUNDS
If ROUNDS is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sepak U - Sports Fighting Game, Wink Out and Thumps & Blows — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its balance, crossplay and funny. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →ROUNDS is a 2D physics-based arena shooter developed and published by Landfall that entered early access in 2021 at a price of $5.99 USD. The game operates as a 1v1 local multiplayer experience, combining fighting mechanics with deckbuilding elements in a rogue-lite structure where each round escalates in intensity. After each lost round, players unlock upgrades to construct new builds designed to counter their opponent's strategy. The title supports crossplay and matchmaking alongside modding capabilities. Reviewers highlight the balance between luck and skill alongside creative flexibility in loadout construction. Players describe the overall experience as funny and whimsical, finding the short-burst session structure particularly engaging for local co-op play. The game holds a 96% positive rating from over 25,000 Steam reviews and is rated as playable on Steam Deck.
About ROUNDS: 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.
Players who liked ROUNDS also play
Steam players who put hours into ROUNDS also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Sepak U - Sports Fighting Game
WHY THIS
Top pick for ROUNDS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
Smash-Like Volleyball - Fighting Game meets Volleyball and Football with 1-4 players, 21 characters, 21 arenas, with over 10 hours of solo/co-op content, minigames, and epic boss battles. Based on Sepak Takraw, a cultural Asian sport.
Wink Out
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for ROUNDS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
Wink Out your rivals in this physics-driven 1v1 shooter! Craft clever card synergies, adapt between rounds, and outplay opponents by sending them flying out of the arena.
Thumps & Blows
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for ROUNDS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
Chaos and fun are guaranteed in this two-player fighting game! Pick your stickman, master ridiculous techniques and humiliate your friends. An easy-to-learn yet hard to master game.
Stick Fight: The Game
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with ROUNDS.
Ranked #4 for ROUNDS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
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.
Card of Legend
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with ROUNDS.
Ranked #5 for ROUNDS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with ROUNDS.
Unite the legends to prevent the resurrection of the evil forces! A competitive Anime TCG game featuring fantastic story of heroes joining forces with angels to stop the evil forces.This game features PvP, PvE, Roguelike, Single Player Missions, and others. Join us right now!
A Nice Game About Balls
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for ROUNDS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with ROUNDS.
In "A Nice Game About Balls", you’ll use your wits, your cunning, and some expertly timed buffs to roll your balls to sweet, sweet victory. Plot your trajectory, avoid obstacles, set up traps, and knock your opponents out of contention. Finally, earn the respect of both your opponents and peers.
A Gentlemen's Dispute
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with ROUNDS.
Ranked #7 for ROUNDS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ROUNDS.
A fancy party brawler for proper scoundrels! Sling traps, swing bats, and fire cannons in destructible arenas as you scramble for absurd perks and weapons. Outlast your so-called peers by any gentlemanly means necessary - all in the name of good sport, of course.
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Stick Fight: The Game
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with ROUNDS.
Reviewers of ROUNDS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
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.
DayZ
WHY THIS
Reviewers of ROUNDS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ROUNDS.
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Teeworlds
WHY THIS
Reviewers of ROUNDS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
Teeworlds is a free online multiplayer game, available for all major operating systems. Battle with up to 16 players in a variety of game modes, including Team Deathmatch and Capture The Flag. You can even design your own maps!
Bopl Battle
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with ROUNDS.
Reviewers of ROUNDS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ROUNDS.
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!
Call of Duty®
WHY THIS
Reviewers of ROUNDS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ROUNDS.
The Call of Duty® experience supports Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7, Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6, and Call of Duty®: Warzone™.
Battlefield™ 6
WHY THIS
Reviewers of ROUNDS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ROUNDS.
The ultimate all-out warfare experience. In a war of tanks, fighter jets, and massive combat arsenals, your squad is the deadliest weapon.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ROUNDS at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under ROUNDS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ROUNDS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under ROUNDS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ROUNDS.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under ROUNDS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ROUNDS.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under ROUNDS on Steam right now. Shares Action with ROUNDS.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ROUNDS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ROUNDS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ROUNDS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ROUNDS.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Floating Point
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ROUNDS.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ROUNDS.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Brief Karate Foolish
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
Here comes a new epic of live action fighting game!! With 60fps smooth action, sexy and deadly guys fly into air and bounces their flab!
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More from Landfall
Other recommendable Steam games by Landfall, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with ROUNDS.
Another title from Landfall, the studio behind ROUNDS. Shares Indie with ROUNDS.
Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with ROUNDS.
Another title from Landfall, the studio behind ROUNDS. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
Grab your balloon crossbow and trusty inflatable hammer, because things are about to get wobbly! Be the last weirdo standing in the world-leading physics-based Battle Royale game.
Clustertruck
WHY THIS
Another title from Landfall, the studio behind ROUNDS. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
Clustertruck is a chaotic physics based truckformer. Jump your way through insane levels in a game of "the floor is lava" on top of speeding trucks driven by terrible drivers.
Haste
WHY THIS
Another title from Landfall, the studio behind ROUNDS. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
Run fast, soar through the air, and master your landings as you speed through procedural worlds to outrun the end of the universe, by yourself and with friends!
Knightfall: A Daring Journey
WHY THIS
Another title from Landfall, the studio behind ROUNDS. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
Two knights, a strong bond, and a long journey. Take up the race for the rose, ride from town to town and take shelter before nightfall by any means necessary! If your bond is strong and your horse drifts well, you can be the recipient of the fabled rose. Luckily you brought guns!
Square Brawl
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with ROUNDS.
Another title from Landfall, the studio behind ROUNDS. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
A fast and skill based party game where all of the focus lies in fun and engaging gameplay.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with ROUNDS.
Another title from Landfall, the studio behind ROUNDS. Shares Action and Indie with ROUNDS.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
Frequently asked about ROUNDS
- Does ROUNDS run on Steam Deck?
- ROUNDS is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does ROUNDS cost?
- ROUNDS is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does ROUNDS have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — ROUNDS supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to ROUNDS?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ROUNDS are Sepak U - Sports Fighting Game, Wink Out, Thumps & Blows.
- Who developed ROUNDS?
- ROUNDS was developed by Landfall.
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