Carom Crashers

Carom Crashers is a billiards-flavored shooter where you use wall bounces to increase your damage. Direct hits deal x1 damage, shots that bounce off one wall deal x1.5, and two-wall bounces deal x2; a shot disappears if it touches a third wall. With the right angle, you can hit enemies behind cover or around corners.

Game modes

Matches take place in quarter-view arenas and support up to four players. You can play free-for-all last-one-standing or Blue vs Red 2v2. Rounds end after 90 seconds of sudden death if no one has finished the match. During a bot match, a friend can press A on a gamepad to take over a bot slot, with up to four players in a couch party. The camera zooms out to show the whole arena, and Steam's Remote Play Together lets friends join without owning the game.

Weapons and round rules

There are 12 water guns, including Soaker, rapid, heavy, piercing, spread, sticky, mega, sniper, ricochet, surge, spray and quake. The piercing gun re-hits on every wall bounce. Four traps are available: spike traps, bounce pads, mines and slow bombs. Six mutators change the rules each round: Super Cushion, Air Hockey, All-Spread, Trap Frenzy, Fast Shot and Speed Rush.

Characters and progression

Seven characters have different strengths and weaknesses across eight stats: move speed, health, fire rate, damage, defense, starting ammo, traps and aim preview. Chick is free; you can unlock Hazmat, Hoodie, Knight, Ninja, Samurai and Spaceman with coins, at 150–300 coins each. Characters have eight color skins, and their prices reflect their stat extremes rather than greater power.

The game has 28 challenges, covering tasks from your first bank-shot kill to map mastery; these also count as Steam achievements. A daily challenge rotates each day and awards bonus coins. Matches receive a grade from S to C and a reward, and the game records personal bests for your best combo and biggest round.

Arenas

Six arenas give wall angles a different role:

• Classic: a pure-billiards arena.
• Pillar Plaza: an octagonal arena with 45° cushions.
• Zigzag Canyon: an S-shaped arena with moving cushions that redirect shots mid-flight.
• Foggy Maze: an arena with sightlines cut by fog.
• Winter Rink: an arena built for long banks.
• Festival Yard: an arena filled with confetti and embers.

Online and practice

You can play online through Steam friend invites or Quick Match, or play full bot matches solo; coins and challenge progress count in bot matches. A tutorial and dummy practice range let you learn shot angles.