How a turn works
Peek Duel is a turn-based 1v1 duel on two floating islands built from destructible blocks. Every turn one player is the hider and the other is the shooter; roles swap after each turn.
| Phase | Who | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Hide | Hider | 8 seconds to move around your island (tap a spot) and crouch behind walls, crates, barrels or sandbags. The shooter doesn't see where you go. |
| Shoot | Shooter | 16 seconds and 3 bullets. Drag to aim, release to fire. The scope sways less the longer you hold steady. The hider can still shuffle slowly and crouch. |
| Swap | Both | A 2-second break, then the roles swap and the next turn starts. |
Ballistics, destruction and damage
- Bullets are physical projectiles: they fly in an arc under gravity, drift with the wind and slow down with humidity. Fog limits how far you can see. The wind changes a little every turn; the current weather is always shown on screen.
- Bullets pierce blocks and lose energy with every block they pass: planks and pallets are easy, stone bricks and sandbags are tough, iron blocks almost stop a bullet. Damaged blocks crack and break.
- Blocks left without support collapse. TNT explodes when hit, blasting nearby blocks and damaging players within its radius.
- Each player has 100 HP for the whole match. Hits deal 55 to the head, 34 to the body and 20 to the legs, reduced by the energy the bullet lost on the way. A crouching player is a smaller target.
- All ballistics, destruction and damage are simulated deterministically by the server.
Match format
- Both players get mirrored, identical bases — the same island layout and the same cover.
- Roles alternate every turn. The match ends as soon as a player's HP reaches 0.
- After 16 turns (8 as the shooter for each player) the player with more HP wins. Equal HP is a draw; in tournaments ties are broken by extra turns, then by damage dealt.
- The map theme (beach, construction site, forest, snow) and the weather come from the provably fair match seed.
Disconnects
If you lose connection, you have 10 seconds to reconnect. After that the match is recorded as a technical loss. Repeated disconnects in losing positions are flagged by the anti-cheat system and may lead to restrictions.
Free modes
- Tutorial and shooting range — learn the controls and track your reaction time and accuracy.
- Training vs AI — 4 difficulty levels from Recruit to Elite.
- Campaign (PvE) and quick duels are played for coins.
- Coins are a soft in-game currency with no monetary value. They cannot be withdrawn or exchanged for Telegram Stars.
- Weapon upgrades and cosmetics work in PvE and casual modes only.
Telegram Stars modes
18+ only. Telegram Stars modes are available only to adults in permitted jurisdictions.
Skill duels
- Choose a stake tier. You are matched with a random opponent from the same tier with a similar ELO rating. You cannot choose your opponent.
- When the match starts, both stakes are locked in escrow.
- The winner receives the pot minus the 8% rake.
- Both players always have identical weapons and parameters — upgrades and skins have no effect.
- There are no house bots in Stars matches: you always play a real person.
- If a match is voided (for example, due to a confirmed server fault), both stakes are returned in full.
| Example | Amount |
|---|---|
| Stake per player | 100 ⭐ |
| Pot | 200 ⭐ |
| Rake 8% | 16 ⭐ |
| Winner receives | 184 ⭐ |
Duel with a friend
- Create a private room and share the invite link in Telegram.
- Lower stake limits apply to prevent collusion; accounts linked by device, network or wallet cannot play each other for money.
- The same rake and fair-play rules apply.
Tournaments
| Type | Format | Start |
|---|---|---|
| Sit&Go | 8 or 16 players, single elimination, best of 3 | When full |
| Scheduled cup | 32–256 players, bracket | On schedule |
| Leaderboard | Best results over the week | Weekly |
| Freeroll | Free entry, prizes from the project | On schedule |
- The tournament rake is 10% of buy-ins; the rest forms the prize pool.
- Default Sit&Go-8 payout: 50% / 30% / 20%. The payout table of each tournament is shown in its lobby before you register.
- Failing to show up or disconnecting for more than 10 seconds counts as a technical loss of that match.
Telegram Stars top-ups and payouts
- Top-ups and payouts use official Telegram Stars (⭐ / XTR) directly inside Telegram.
- Top-ups are credited immediately after Telegram confirms your Stars invoice.
- Payouts of won Stars go through automatic risk checks and are sent to your Telegram account (@username).
- Promotional Stars may carry wagering requirements, which are shown when the promotion is offered.
Fair play and conduct
The following are strictly prohibited:
- cheats, bots, macros, scripts or modified game clients;
- multiple accounts, or playing on someone else's account;
- collusion and chip dumping — deliberately losing or playing passively to transfer money;
- exploiting bugs instead of reporting them;
- selling, sharing or transferring accounts.
Violations lead to sanctions up to a permanent ban and frozen funds — see the Terms of Service.
Disputes
A replay of every match is stored on the server. If you believe a result is wrong, contact support through @Peek_Duel_bot and include the match ID. Our team reviews the replay and server data before making a decision.