STACKED — a roguelike SHOOTER mode

Five rounds of free-for-all with respawns. After each of the first four rounds, everyone drafts a power-up card — the round's last place picks first, and the winner gets what's left. The cards stack, so by the last round you're holding four. The most kills in a round gets 3 points, then 2, then 1; most points after five rounds wins.

• 15 cards: GLASS CANNON nearly doubles your damage but halves your health, RICOCHET bounces your shots off walls, HOMING bends them toward the nearest enemy, BUBBLE blocks one hit every 6 seconds, STREAKER makes kill streaks cost one kill less — and more
• Pick it in the lobby: SHOOTER → MOD → STACKED

9 KILLS IN A ROW: BLACK HOLE

A fourth kill-streak reward. It drags every enemy toward its core and even bends bullets — boosting is the only way out. When it collapses, it throws everyone out. In lobbies of four or fewer it comes at 8 kills.

5 KILLS: THE BARRIER IS A REAL WALL

The glowing bar is gone. It's now a wall of bricks in your colour on steel posts — struck bricks flash, and it cracks before it falls apart.

SOCCER: NEW MAP — PRISM

An octagon with no corners, only rails, so you bank the ball. It's in the demo too.

SIX NEW WORLDS

The space skies are gone. The camera looks straight down, so every arena now sits in a world seen from above that pans and zooms with the camera:

• STADIUM — the crowd sits by team, and your half jumps when you score
• BROADCAST, SPACE DECK, ROOFTOP, LAGOON and CIRCUIT

Pick one in MATCH SETTINGS → BACKGROUND, or leave it on RANDOM.

PLAY NOW & QUICK MATCH

• New 8-PLAYER chip: 4v4 soccer — you and 3 CPU against 4 CPU, in one press
• Quick Match: play the CPU while you wait, without leaving the queue

BOTS

• In 2v2 and 3v3 the CPU keeper (Medium and Hard) joins the attack to score — and sprints home when the ball is lost
• Bots now use their big kill-streak rewards instead of sitting on them

ALSO

• The demo and the playtest have a WISHLIST button on the main menu and after every match
• The end-of-match menu fits above the score box at 720p and on Steam Deck

See you in Steam Next Fest — 19–26 October!