What CRACKED is
CRACKED is a 3D PvP roguelike where glass-headed mages fight in arenas. The glass head is the point: it shatters, and no head survives forever, so rounds end fast and violently. Combat is physics-based, which means knockback, momentum and stray spells all feed into the chaos. The game takes inspiration from Rounds and keeps matches short and explosive with no downtime between them. Spells and movement carry the action, and the stylized look keeps things readable even when the screen fills with fireballs, poison clouds and flying shards.
How your group plays it together
Matches run from 1v1 all the way up to 4v4, so a full Discord group can split into teams and brawl directly against each other. It is built for online competitive play and works with a controller, so everyone can plug in and jump into a match without much setup. Because rounds are short, a group can cycle through several games in a session, swap teams between matches, and keep going without long waits. The arena format means the fun is in the fighting itself rather than in menus or grinding.
Building your mage between rounds
After each round you draft from a pool of over 40 upgrades with different rarities. These stack across rounds, so a mage that starts simple can end up firing homing fireballs, riding a jet pack, spraying rapid-fire chaos or dropping poison clouds. The stacking is where the game's replayability comes from: the same matchup can play out completely differently depending on which upgrades each side picks up, and outrageous combos are the expected outcome rather than the exception. Expect builds to get broken and fights to get unpredictable — that is the design, not a bug.
Before you start
Know that this is competitive PvP against other players, not a single-player campaign. Matches are fast, deaths are frequent, and the physics can send fights in unexpected directions. Character customization is on offer, and there is a level editor available for making arenas. The game is free to play, so getting a group in and trying a few rounds costs nothing but time.