About the Game

An all-round bouncy adventure! If you love roguelikes & Peggle, then Roundguard is for you.
Castle Springbottom is under attack and it’s up to the Roundguard to save the king and -- more importantly -- recover his gold! Fling your hero into the face of danger and bounce off hordes of dangerously cute monsters to reach the bottom of the dungeon. You only have one life, so you’ll need to learn how to navigate the dungeon’s hazards, master your hero’s skills, and make strategic choices if you hope to defeat the final boss. But don’t worry, the Roundguard always bounces back!
- Bouncy Fun: Intuitive pinball physics based gameplay like no other dungeon crawler.
- Multiple Classes: Play as the Warrior, the Rogue, the Wizard, or the Druid each with their own unique skills, items, and cheeky sense of humor.
- Randomized Dungeon: Each time you play, the world map and every level are procedurally generated, and quest events and elite monsters are randomly placed. It’s a new experience every time.
- Permadeath with Benefits: Each time you die, you’ll have a chance to bring a special trinket with you on your next run to help even the odds. The more gold you grab before dying, the better your chances to collect one of the most powerful trinkets for your next run.
- A Cast of Oddballs: Chat with the castle’s colorful cast to pick up quests and learn why some rats want their king dead, what’s irritating the local teenage skeleton today, or what the Warrior will do if you can’t get to a bathroom quickly enough.
- Lots of Loot: Over 200 items and trinkets, each with effects that present strategic choices and combo possibilities. Rare and legendary items have randomly chosen bonus properties, so each one feels special.
- Show Off Your Skills: Compete on the leaderboards and try to master all the challenging, rule-bending relics. Test yourself in the daily and weekly challenges to earn new rewards and bragging rights. Earn all the Encore roses in an escalating series of difficulty ranks for each hero.
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Official update history
On the site: Build 18846343
Up to date
A couple bug fixes here:
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- Fixed some Italian localization issues.
- Fixed Elite quests/fights sometimes repeating too much.
- Fixed the top Encore ranks not respecting the Relic requirement if you used a controller to try and start it even though it says its locked.
Now that they've been in the beta branch for a while without any issues, here's the newest set of fixes and quality of life features for everyone in the main branch. Enjoy!
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- Added "Show Leaderboard" to settings menu for those who want to skip the end of run leaderboard presentation.
- Added button to skip run review tally and wheel spin presentations (same button as dialog skip).
- Fixed skeletons not respecting immunity removal trinkets/bonus properties when they were resurrected by a lich.
- Fixed skulls not remaining targetable with the special wild vines bonus property for a board after save/load.
- Fixed in game user name not getting updated if you changed your steam account name after creating your save file.
- Fixed bug with quitting at a precise frame while going in the exit bucket and then continuing causing all kinds of silly issues.
- Hopefully fixed that pesky bug that caused certain elites to still repeat too much occasionally.
Here's a few more bug fixes and polish items folks have been requesting!
Because they touch some of the core flow between game states, I'm gonna let them hang out in the beta branch for a little bit before bringing them to the main branch. Let me know if you see any issues with the new options.
If this all seems stable in the beta branch, I'll try to bring them in the main branch by this weekend.
Thanks everyone!
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Because they touch some of the core flow between game states, I'm gonna let them hang out in the beta branch for a little bit before bringing them to the main branch. Let me know if you see any issues with the new options.
- Added "Show Leaderboard" to settings menu for those who want to skip the end of run leaderboard presentation.
- Added button to skip run review tally and wheel spin presentations (same button as dialog skip).
- Fixed skeletons not respecting immunity removal trinkets/bonus properties when they were resurrected by a lich.
- Fixed skulls not remaining targetable with the special wild vines bonus property for a board after save/load.
- Fixed in game user name not getting updated if you changed your steam account name after creating your save file.
- Fixed bug with quiting at a precise frame while going in the exit bucket and then continuing causing all kinds of silly issues.
- Hopefully fixed that pesky bug that caused certain elites to still repeat too much occasionally.
If this all seems stable in the beta branch, I'll try to bring them in the main branch by this weekend.
Thanks everyone!
Just a few small bug fixes for issues that some helpful folks have reported to us...
We're happy to see some extreme high scores utilizing the new Encore ranks and features! Keep them coming, and thanks for playing!
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- Fixed Goblin Poet defeat trinket pens destroying each other if you get a bunch going at once with druid wild vines.
- Fixed another soft lock edge case when skipping the final Gift Giver dialog.
- Fixed Warrior Sideshow bomb rules to make its timing for coming out to explode the gold pots totally consistent on different resolutions.
- Thorns visuals on the enemies now hide correctly when they are cleansed by a clear gel cube.
- Fixed Organized Lich elite not playing their resurrection particles when reanimating a skull.
We're happy to see some extreme high scores utilizing the new Encore ranks and features! Keep them coming, and thanks for playing!
Localization is here! This update includes all supported languages, so if you've been waiting to try the beta until it was able to speak your language, now's the time!
We're getting VERY close to launching this thing, so now's also the time for any final feedback before a larger audience gets to join in on the fun. Since we're so close to releasing it in the main branch, we're merging the leaderboards back together with the wider world with this build too.
Here's the detailed changes:
Enjoy!
...oh, and everyone here likes peggle and roguelikes right? Then remember to check out Peglin when it launches into early access next week!
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We're getting VERY close to launching this thing, so now's also the time for any final feedback before a larger audience gets to join in on the fun. Since we're so close to releasing it in the main branch, we're merging the leaderboards back together with the wider world with this build too.
Here's the detailed changes:
- All localized languages fully support the new Encore content now.
- Fixed bug where mastering the endless mode relic last would not pop the achievement for mastering all encore relics (until you mastered any other relic again)
- Fixed Polymorph Staff frogs getting cleaned up after each round instead of waiting around for you to bonk them.
- Fixed soft lock with the final boss fight if you polymorphed certain enemies in that room.
- Fixed Druid tutorial not working right if you played Druid for the first time on her Sideshow rank.
- Fixed rare case where Trinket replacement UI could show up with all placeholder text.
- Fixed the Alchemists poison potions hurting the hero for an extra turn beyond normal poison stacks.
- Increased Cycloptopus gold values.
- Rebalanced new act bosses so potential gold values are all even between each variant.
- Fixed finale platform gold values not get doubled when you hit 2 scarabs.
Enjoy!
...oh, and everyone here likes peggle and roguelikes right? Then remember to check out Peglin when it launches into early access next week!
Huge thanks to the folks submitting beta issues and feedback! Got a bunch of fixes here to smooth things out:
Keep the feedback coming!
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- Fixed Focus relic bomb not initializing properly if you save and quit and reload before taking the first shot in a room.
- Fixed extremely rare crash that could happen in final boss fight at the moment of victory.
- Fixed Endless Mode relic not triggering mastery where it said it would (was triggering at floor 106, instead of 91).
- Fixed hero projectiles getting deleted as soon as they were fired if you were too high above the board. (overly aggressive out of bounds clean up logic).
- Tricloptopus bosses now behave like all other infected enemies (give poison on contact and get replaced with a little mushroom when they die).
- Fixed Text Effects setting not applying to the "UI on the fritz" woe until the next board. Now applies immediately.
- Fixed scarab multipliers for the new encore relics so they now stack with Adaptability and each other correctly.
- Fixed Gift Giver not progressing his quest line if you completed the quest but dropped the trinket.
- Fixed spike damage modifier rules not working (after recent change to support Endless Mode spike damage scaling).
- Made bomb timer for Warrior sideshow/relic use default game speed as the ceiling for the countdown speed... so playing with faster game speed now allows you to squeeze a little more play time before it explodes.
Keep the feedback coming!
Another couple quick fixes...
Keep the feedback coming! We're especially curious now if anyone can really win on Rank 5 with each hero... Let us know if you can pull it off, or if it's just way too hard!
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- Fixed bug that allowed repeated encounters with the same elite before they should be seen again.
- Fixed crash if you played a round with potion imps, then a round without them right afterwards.
- Fixed incorrect Relic unlock event... Relics that should unlock for winning the Sideshow were unlocking for winning Rank 2 instead.
Keep the feedback coming! We're especially curious now if anyone can really win on Rank 5 with each hero... Let us know if you can pull it off, or if it's just way too hard!
We've just added 16 new achievements to the Encore beta.
These are only achievable in the beta branch until we release the Encore update officially on the main branch. Please let us know if you're on the beta branch and think you should have unlocked one, but it's not working for you!
Otherwise, good luck going after the new goals!
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These are only achievable in the beta branch until we release the Encore update officially on the main branch. Please let us know if you're on the beta branch and think you should have unlocked one, but it's not working for you!
Otherwise, good luck going after the new goals!
Just a quick update here with some fixes to bugs reported in the beta branch the last couple days:
Thanks to those of you playing and filing bugs/feedback! We appreciate it so much!
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- Fixed soft lock if you won a round and unlocked the new Encore mode at the same time as unlocking one of the high score relics.
- Fixed the rank not showing up correctly on the leaderboards for the first few ranks, and playing the Sideshow intro dialog on rank 2 instead of the Sideshow.
- Fixed duplicate dialog if your first ever attempt with a hero was on their Sideshow rank.
Thanks to those of you playing and filing bugs/feedback! We appreciate it so much!
Hey friends! Another update here with the last big new features before we focus on polish/balance and start localizing this thing. Please please PLEASE give us any feedback you’ve got about balance or bugs or anything that’s on your mind!
To join the beta branch:
1. Right-click on the game in Steam and select Properties.
2. Select the BETAS tab and enter the password supersecretbetabranch
3. Select the beta branch from the dropdown.
4. It should update right away! You will know you’re on the beta build if you see a new version number in the lower right on the Roundguard title screen.
5. After you start the game up, if your save files don't copy over and you'd like to keep playing with your main game save progress, you can go to C:\Users\[your user name]\AppData\LocalLow\Wonderbelly Games\Roundguard and copy/paste the files from the "saves" folder into the "beta" folder.
Now for the details of what’s in the patch:
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To join the beta branch:
1. Right-click on the game in Steam and select Properties.
2. Select the BETAS tab and enter the password supersecretbetabranch
3. Select the beta branch from the dropdown.
4. It should update right away! You will know you’re on the beta build if you see a new version number in the lower right on the Roundguard title screen.
5. After you start the game up, if your save files don't copy over and you'd like to keep playing with your main game save progress, you can go to C:\Users\[your user name]\AppData\LocalLow\Wonderbelly Games\Roundguard and copy/paste the files from the "saves" folder into the "beta" folder.
Now for the details of what’s in the patch:
The Relic of Perseverance
- This is now unlockable by winning Encore rank 3 with any hero. This is a big one! This Relic is essentially “Endless Mode” which has been in the community request pool for a long time. This will let you keep playing after defeating the Act 3 boss by cycling back to The Keep for Act 4 and going through the 3 act loop again as long as you can survive, with player and enemy stats continuing to scale.
- Some unique rules to note here: First, it will add the new Trinket limiter and Wheel of Woes rules no matter which rank you play while it’s equipped. Also, your scores won’t be uploaded to online leaderboards while this is active. Finally, to “Master” this relic, you must survive long enough to complete Act 6. Really curious how tough this threshold is for people, so please give it a try and share your feedback!
New Accessibility Settings
- Game Speed - This essentially slows down (or speeds up if you want to play with that) the physics simulation speed.
- Arachnophobia Mode - This removes all images of spiders from the game (including UI icons), modifies all spider enemies to just be 2 eyed round things with no legs, swaps out spider-y particle effects and sound effects for generic versions.
Polish, Bugs, and Balance
- Encore rank 1 now has Act Boss variety, and Rank 2 adds the trinket limiter to that.
- Renamed rank 3 to Sideshow, and then adjusted higher ranks to display as 3/4/5 (instead of 4/5/6). Now all "Encore" rank rules stack as you go up the ranks, but the Sideshow rules don't.
- Polished Encore menu presentation.
- Fixed final boss little worm butt bits so they no longer get destroyed by some invisible colliders associated with non-damaging properties/skills.
- Fixed new warrior relic bug where startling audio could play when the bomb first loads in.
- Fixed Woe that lets enemies from all depths appear anywhere so now it really includes all the enemies, instead of just the Act 3 ones showing up everywhere.
Hey friends! We’ve got a huge update here with a special Encore Rank 3 for each Hero now available. Your first Rank 3 win with each hero will unlock a special relic that lets you apply their special ruleset to any run along with a boost to your gold potential. So if you can manage all the extra challenge, there’s new highs to be achieved on the leaderboards!
To join the beta branch:
1. Right-click on the game in Steam and select Properties.
2. Select the BETAS tab and enter the password supersecretbetabranch
3. Select the beta branch from the dropdown.
4. It should update right away! You will know you’re on the beta build if you see a new version number in the lower right on the Roundguard title screen.
5. After you start the game up, if your save files don't copy over and you'd like to keep playing with your main game save progress, you can go to C:\Users\[your user name]\AppData\LocalLow\Wonderbelly Games\Roundguard and copy/paste the files from the "saves" folder into the "beta" folder.
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To join the beta branch:
1. Right-click on the game in Steam and select Properties.
2. Select the BETAS tab and enter the password supersecretbetabranch
3. Select the beta branch from the dropdown.
4. It should update right away! You will know you’re on the beta build if you see a new version number in the lower right on the Roundguard title screen.
5. After you start the game up, if your save files don't copy over and you'd like to keep playing with your main game save progress, you can go to C:\Users\[your user name]\AppData\LocalLow\Wonderbelly Games\Roundguard and copy/paste the files from the "saves" folder into the "beta" folder.
New Content
- Warrior Encore Rank 3 - The fuse is lit, so you have to move quickly!
- Rogue Encore Rank 3 - Two scarabs? That’s a lot of gold potential! But you’ll die the instant your health hits zero, so be careful.
- Wizard Encore Rank 3 - Thirsty imps are loose and drinking up all your potions!
- Druid Encore Rank 3 - A fungal plague has overcome the whole castle, and your only weapon is the cure.
- 4 new Relics - Each hero Encore Rank 3 win will unlock their challenging ruleset along with a scarab boost to be applied as you see fit to any other run.
Polish & Bugs
- The run type menu now shows how many total Encore ranks you’ve completed.
- The character select screen now shows which Encore ranks you’ve completed per hero before selecting them.
- Druid Wild Vines targeting with the d-pad when using a controller now keeps the highlight on the gold pot the correct size for larger pots.
- Added any active special Encore rules to the Modifiers menu during a run.
- Armored skeletons now shed the locked health bar correctly again.
- Set Seed menu works as intended again (after busting it last patch, oops).
Hey friends! We’re finally back from a longer than anticipated combo of holiday family break time followed by a bunch of sickness. But now that we’re healthy again, it’s time for another juicy beta branch update! We’ve got several new boss variants in here, so let us know how you think the bosses compare to each other on the difficulty spectrum.
We’d really love your feedback here, so use the in-game feedback report button or jump into our Discord and let us know how hard/easy these new ranks are for you. What should we tweak? What’s working well for you? How stupid are our jokes? We’ve still got lots more coming, so stay tuned.
To join the beta branch:
1. Right-click on the game in Steam and select Properties.
2. Select the BETAS tab and enter the password supersecretbetabranch
3. Select the beta branch from the dropdown.
4. It should update right away! You will know you’re on the beta build if you see a new version number in the lower right on the Roundguard title screen.
5. After you run the game, if your save files don't copy over and you'd like to keep playing with your main game save progress, you can go to C:\Users\[your user name]\AppData\LocalLow\Wonderbelly Games\Roundguard and copy/paste the files from the "saves" folder into the "beta" folder.
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We’d really love your feedback here, so use the in-game feedback report button or jump into our Discord and let us know how hard/easy these new ranks are for you. What should we tweak? What’s working well for you? How stupid are our jokes? We’ve still got lots more coming, so stay tuned.
To join the beta branch:
1. Right-click on the game in Steam and select Properties.
2. Select the BETAS tab and enter the password supersecretbetabranch
3. Select the beta branch from the dropdown.
4. It should update right away! You will know you’re on the beta build if you see a new version number in the lower right on the Roundguard title screen.
5. After you run the game, if your save files don't copy over and you'd like to keep playing with your main game save progress, you can go to C:\Users\[your user name]\AppData\LocalLow\Wonderbelly Games\Roundguard and copy/paste the files from the "saves" folder into the "beta" folder.
New Content
- The Mad Doctor (Act 1 boss variant) - Don’t be shocked when we bring ancient pop culture references to life.
- Bleary, Blinky, and Goo (Act 2 boss variant) - Castle Springbottom’s original pioneers of physical comedy.
- Fungal Heart (Act 3 boss variant) - Seems pretty hard to breathe in there, but act quick or it’ll only get worse.
Balance Changes
- Reduced enemy difficulty scaling in the earlier Encore Ranks.
- Combining Curiosity and Fervor no longer results in 100% chaos rooms.
- The Mad Virologist now throws poison potions at you every turn.
Polish & Bugs
- Fixed final boss little worm butt bits damaging less than they should at higher levels.
- Fixed particles from air blasts that push you around disappearing too early. Now if you are going to get pushed, you should see the particles, even after freezing time to pause/aim/etc.
- Fixed a Cyclotopus bug that could get the big eye stuck closed during the turn it should have been stuck open.
- Fixed armored skeletons losing their invulnerability after save/load.
- Fixed UI bug with druid sprout quest displaying the wrong number in some situations.
Current Release
Build 18846343
Uploaded Nov 03, 2026
System Requirements
OS
N/A
CPU
1.85 GHz Dual Core
RAM
1 GB RAM
GPU
Intel HD Graphics 5000 or better
How to Install
1
Download all files
2
Extract the .ZIP file to a folder (use WinRAR or 7-Zip)
3
Run Roundguard.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
Direct link available
Archive password
Needed when extracting (WinRAR / 7-Zip) — not a site login.
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