What Goes Around guide

Survive the waves on tiny planets, using shots that orbit the planet and come back.

STEP BY STEP

Press Play and choose a planet — start on Pebble.
Move with WASD and look with the mouse; left click fires.
Watch the radar: it shows your own shots on their way back round.
Hold right click (or Q) to see a shot's full path before or after firing.
Aim up to fire a lob that bursts where it lands.
Reach wave 5 to unlock the next planet; a Mother Gloop boss lands every fifth wave.

Keyboard and mouse: WASD move, mouse or arrow keys look, left click or F fire, hold right click or Q for the path, Space jump, R reload, E nova, M music, Esc or P pause.
Touch: left thumb moves, right thumb looks, on-screen buttons for fire, path, jump, nova and pause.
All keys except look and pause can be rebound in Settings.

Easy to start on Pebble; later waves, the boss and the harder planets get demanding.

Keep moving after you fire, or your own shot will hit you when it comes back.
Fire the other way round the planet to hit enemies behind walls or behind the boss's shield.
Hits from shots that travelled a quarter or three quarters of the way round score double or triple.
On Cinder, lure enemies into the lava.
Play Trick Shots first to learn how shots and lobs travel.

Standing still after a burst of missed shots.
Attacking Mother Gloop from the front, where her shield deflects shots.
Forgetting that shots take longer to return on big planets like Rime and Driftmoon.

Desktop and laptop with mouse and keyboard, or phones and tablets with touch, in portrait or landscape.

Rebindable keys, separate master, music and sound effect volumes, and a head bob switch.

2026-09 — Achievements linked to your TrySomeGames account; pop-ups also show in fullscreen.
2026-09 — Fullscreen button and a redesigned play bar.

Scores and achievements are saved to your account only if you are signed in. Guests play without an account; nothing is stored beyond your browser.

Clear every wave of asteroids and enemies, survive the sector bosses and push as far through the five sectors as you can.

Eat, grow and close loops to catch everything inside — without hitting the walls or yourself.

Destroy the Emberjaw base by balancing units, turrets, special abilities and evolution across eleven ages.