August 13, 2013
Arcade, Platformers, Rhythm, Singleplayer.
Geometers Dash is a combination of a platform arcade game with a rhythmic game, in which the player controls a colorful square and travels through more and more complicated levels. The title also offers the possibility to build your own boards.
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October 5, 2020
Arcade, 2D, Indie Games, Music, Rhythm, Singleplayer, Free-to-play.
Friday Night Funkin' is a free music game in which the player's task is to press the keys on the keyboard in the right moment to the rhythm of the songs. The game offers an extensive, as for this genre, story campaign and a free mode.
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January 25, 2023
Action, Music, Action Adventure, Rhythm, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, TPP, Xbox Game Pass Premium, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass.
Hi-Fi RUSH is a TPP rhythm action game, in which we face off against mechanical foes to the rhythm of music. The game tells the story of Chai, a "defective" aspiring rockstar, traversing a futuristic city with his allies and battling against an evil corporation.
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December 20, 2025
RPG, 2D, Indie Games, jRPG, Rhythm, Singleplayer, Urban Fantasy.
A pixel-art RPG with additional mechanics taken from rhythm games, Away From Home is largely focused on combat. You have to display a good sense of rhythm to score points and launch special attacks. The game is also filled with optional activities, similar in concept to those from the Yakuza series.
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May 5, 2026, Early Access
Action, Beat 'em Up, Multiplayer, Music, For 2 Players, Splitscreen, Rhythm, Singleplayer, TPP.
Dead as Disco is a rhythm beat'em up that combines music with combat. We take on the role of Charlie Disco - a former idol of the titular band. He returns to the world of the living and embarks on a path of revenge, facing off against his former colleagues while the music sets the pace for each encounter.
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April 14, 2022
Arcade, Indie Games, Internet, Multiplayer, Music, Rhythm, Online, Singleplayer.
Rhythm game with action elements being the next installment of the popular series. EZ2ON REBOOT : R offers more than 250 songs from different music genres, some of which are brand new and some are refreshed classics.
May 26, 2016
Arcade, Internet, Multiplayer, Music, Rhythm, Singleplayer.
Developed by the Taiwanese studio Rayark, VOEZ is an arcade rhythm game available on mobile devices. The game tells the story of Chelsea - a high school student, who loves to sing and decides to form a band with five of her friends. The player learns about the group’s successes from Chelsea’s journal, the entries of which can be unlocked as the story progresses. One’s objective is to help the young musicians in their rehearsals and concerts. After selecting from a long list of songs one can see an animation of the chosen song with sound, and it is up to the player to react to notes falling from the top of the screen; some of them need to be tapped, swiped, and others sustained for some time. The players can replay any song as much as they like to improve their scores. Apart from the single player mode, the game allows the players to face one another in a multiplayer mode, selecting a song for them to play and comparing their scores.
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March 6, 2018
Party, Internet, Multiplayer, Music, For 2 Players, Splitscreen, Rhythm, Singleplayer.
A rhythm game developed for PlayStation 4. DJMAX Respect is a special annual installment of the DJMAX series which was started in 2004 by the Korean company Neowiz. Similarly to Guitar Hero or Rock Band, it uses a vertical board divided into several tracks where colorful bricks appear and move down towards the bottom. Each track is assigned a gamepad button which we have to press when a brick is in the corresponding field. DJMAX Respect features a hundred songs taken from DJMAX Portable and DJMAX Portable 2. The music library can be also expanded by buying additional tunes in the form of DLC. Apart from a standard arcade mode, in which we select songs from the list, DJMAX Respect offers a campaign that consists of a number of missions that add different kinds of limitations and difficulties. Moreover, the title allows us to compete 1 vs 1, both over the Internet and locally on a single console.
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May 15, 2020
Party, Multiplayer, Music, For 2 Players, Splitscreen, Rhythm, Singleplayer.
The first installment of the popular series of music-rhythmic games under the sign Hatsune Miku: Project Diva, which hit the Nintendo Switch console. The title offers over a hundred songs, several hundred costumes for virtual vocalists, and a completely new multiplayer mode, prepared especially for the Nintendo platform.
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September 16, 2007
Arcade, Indie Games, Internet, Multiplayer, Music, Rhythm, Online, Singleplayer, Free-to-play.
A free music game in which we have to play the rhythm of the songs performed in the background. Osu! is very popular on the e-sport scene and the creator of the game while working on the game was inspired by the classic games released on Nintendo DS.
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June 15, 2018
Arcade, 2D, Auto-runner, Music, Platformers, Rhythm, Side-scroll, Singleplayer.
Affordable and colourful production combining classical music-rhythmic game with two-dimensional platformer. The authors of Muse Dash from the PeroPeroGames studio have prepared a total of dozens of songs representing different genres of music.
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September 15, 2022
Action, Boomer Shooter, FPP, FPS, Rhythm, Singleplayer, Shooters.
Metal: Hellsinger is a first-person shooter in hell, in which the key to efficient killing of encountered hordes of demons is to shoot to the rhythm of metal sounds, in which we will hear the frontmen of legendary groups.
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October 15, 2026
Strategy, 2D, Crowdfunding, Indie Games, Internet, Multiplayer, Music, Roguelike, Rhythm, Singleplayer.
A rhythm game and the spiritual successor to the iconic Patapon series. It was co-created by Ratata Arts and TVT, some of its developers including Hiroyuki Kotani (the creator of Patapon) and the composer Kenmei Adachi.
January 13, 2022
Adventure, 2.5D, Fantasy, Indie Games, Music, Rhythm, Side-scroll, Singleplayer.
An adventure-rhythm game, which is a continuation of the warmly welcomed Deemo. In Deemo II, we play as the heroine named Echo who, accompanied by a mysterious being named Deemo, travels across a vast train station trying to find a way to save the world.
September 23, 2022
Party, 2D, Internet, Multiplayer, Music, For 2 Players, Splitscreen, Rhythm, Singleplayer, Nintendo Exclusive.
A rhythm game in which we play on virtual taiko drums by hitting the correct buttons at the right moments. Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival can be played solo or by up to four people.
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September 18, 2024
RPG, 2D, Crowdfunding, Cyberpunk, Indie Games, jRPG, Romances, Rhythm, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Turn-based, Isometric View.
An isometric jPRG mixed with a rhtythm game and featuring turn-based battles. The action of Keylocker takes place on cyberpunk Saturn. We play as the anarchistic singer B0B0, who's trying to abolish the rulers forbidding people from playing and listening to the music.
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December 5, 2024
Sports, Boxing, Fitness, Multiplayer, For 2 Players, Splitscreen, Rhythm, Singleplayer, Nintendo Exclusive.
The third installment of the sports-rhythm series, allowing us to box in sequence with the music playing in the background. Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer introduces 2 new modes: Mitt Drills (hitting the mitts of our instructor) and Sit Fit Boxing (seating exercises).
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July 11, 2025
Strategy, 2D, Arcade Elements, Music, Package, Remaster/remake, Rhythm, Singleplayer.
A collection of remasters of the first two games from the popular strategy-rhythm series, published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Patapon 1+2 Replay brings back 2 games which originally debuted on the PSP handheld, forcing us to press certain button combinations to give various orders to the titular characters.
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December 9, 2025
Arcade, 2D, Crowdfunding, Indie Games, Minigames, Rhythm, Singleplayer.
A compilation of 20 rhythm mini-games, made by an indie developer Tempo Lab Games. The gameplay in Bits & Bops is mostly about pressing the button in perfect moments, relying on the rhythm. We can listen to original songs and witness hand-drawn 2D animations.
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March 2, 2022
Adventure, 2D, Experimental/artistic, Arcade Elements, Indie Games, 60s and 70s, Music, Rhythm, Singleplayer.
An original hybrid of narrative adventure game and rhythm game. In A Musical Story we follow the story of Gabriel, who escapes into the world of music to regain lost memories. In order to unlock subsequent flashbacks, we play songs, showing above all our sense of rhythm.
April 4, 2018
Arcade, Adventure Elements, Japan, Manga and Anime, Music, Rhythm, Singleplayer, Visual Novel, Free-to-play.
A free-to-play mix of classical music-rhythmic game and visual novel, in which we follow the lives of several Japanese high school students starting their musical careers in amateur rock and pop bands. The title offers dozens of original music pieces as well as covers of popular anime songs.
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January 12, 2012
Arcade, Music, Rhythm, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Free-to-play.
Cytus is an unusual game, which combines the gameplay model typical of rhythm games with a story straight from a science fiction book or comic book. It was developed by Rayark Games.
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November 22, 2017
Party, Music, Rhythm, Singleplayer, PlayStation Exclusive.
An expanded version of 2016’s music game Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone. It offers all previously released DLCs, as well as PV Photo mode not present in the original version. There are 237 tracks and 395 costumes in total.
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December 2026
Arcade, Interwar Period, Simulation Elements, Historical, Indie Games, Polish, Rhythm, Singleplayer.
A Polish rhythm game with a focus on the educational aspect. Telegraphist 1920: Beats of War follows the real Polish-Soviet conflict and the history of the Battle of Warsaw. We play as the radio operator using Morse code to communicate with allies and to assist.
July 28, 2016
Simulation, Economic, Manager, Music, Rhythm, Singleplayer, PlayStation Exclusive, Visual Novel.
A new installment of The Idolmaster – a popular series developed by Bandai Namco. Similarly to the previous installments in the series, the game mixes elements seen in managers, visual novels, and rhythm games. The player assumes the role of a producer, whose mission is to lead the careers of thirteen young idols that were sent to a special training camp. The game begins with the choice of a leader, while gameplay itself was divided into several segments. The girls are sent to lessons and auditions, and can take part in concerts or special events after fulfilling all the prerequisites. Moreover, the story chapters enable us to get to know the girls better, which is especially important, as our relations also affect their achievements. We can improve the girls’ individual abilities by engaging in singing lessons that involve performing songs in a manner similar to what we could encounter in other rhythm games. Concerts take place in the exact same way. Aside from voice, the girls can also equip costumes that increase their abilities and presence of which further translates into a bigger number of fans. The game is characteristic for its high quality visuals, with three-dimensional cel-shaded models and fluent animations, as well as an extended soundtrack consisting of thirty features from the previous installments of the series and a number of brand new music tracks.
February 16, 2012
Arcade, 2D, RPG Elements, Fantasy, Music, Rhythm, Singleplayer, Nintendo Exclusive.
Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy is an arcade and music game produced by Indieszero studio. The player directs the actions of the hero, who has to restore the harmony disturbed by Chaos in a space called Rhythm. The gameplay consists mainly of pressing colored icons to the rhythm of about 50 melodies and songs from the main scenes of the Final Fantasy series.
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August 27, 2009
Simulation, Adventure Elements, Arcade Elements, Rhythm, Singleplayer, Dating Simulator, Visual Novel.
A dating simulator in which players take on the role of a hero tired of everyday work. He visits a Japanese hostess bar every night and tries to win the heart of one of the women working there. During the game players try to find out more about their choice and make an appointment with her for the next dating. In addition to adventure elements, the title also includes arcade mini-games.
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November 28, 2013
Party, Arcade Elements, Music, Rhythm, Singleplayer, Nintendo Exclusive.
Improved version of Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai 2. as in any other part of the Hatsune Miku series: Project DIVA, players play songs recorded with the participation of virtual vocalists of Vocaloids. While playing, we have to press the appropriate buttons to the rhythm of the music.
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November 21, 2013
Arcade, 2D, Hotseat, Co-op, Multiplayer, Music, Splitscreen, Rhythm, Singleplayer, Nintendo Exclusive.
A new installment of Japan's popular series of music games, in which players hit the rhythm of music on virtual taiko drums. The title is the first representative of the series on the Wii U console and has an extensive library of more than 70 licensed works from anime, games, series and popular films in the Land of the Cherry Blossom.
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June 23, 2016
Party, Music, Rhythm, Singleplayer, PlayStation Exclusive.
Another installment of the arcade series of music games available on Sony consoles and in the arcades. The game was developed by SEGA. The title focuses on the songs performed by six virtual vocalists originating from a professional music application created by Crypton Future Media. There are more than 200 tracks of various genres available in the game. The tracks were composed by fans from all over the world during the few last years. There are also some completely new tracks created for this edition of the game. Mechanics of the game aren’t much different from the ones in its predecessors and in other music games. During the game a music video is shown on the screen and the player must quickly and precisely press the correct buttons. In contrast to its predecessors, Project Diva Future Tone doesn’t offer the option to interact with the characters or design their rooms. However, one can still unlock various accessories and costumes for them.
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January 18, 2018
Puzzle, Music, Rhythm, Science Fiction, Singleplayer.
A sequel to the game from 2012, which combines the gameplay model typical of rhythm games with an elaborate science fiction story. The game was developed by Rayark Games, a company known for many similar titles.
December 21, 2018
Sports, Boxing, Fitness, Multiplayer, For 2 Players, Splitscreen, Rhythm, Singleplayer, Nintendo Exclusive.
A sports and rhythm game in which we box with twenty popular songs. Fitness Boxing allows you to choose the speed and length of training, as well as the part of the body on whose development we intend to focus. The game calculates our BMI and the calories that we managed to burn during the exercises.
July 6, 2015
Arcade, Indie Games, Music, Rhythm, Singleplayer.
A classic rhythmic-musical game, using a gameplay model known, for example, from the legendary DJMAX series. The title offers hundreds of songs created by independent artists from China, Taiwan and Japan, which represent a variety of musical genres. The library of works is constantly and free of charge extended by developers.
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September 12, 2025
Arcade, Adventure Elements, Music, Rhythm, Singleplayer.
A rhythm-music game with additional adventure elements, based on the Bratz brand license. In Bratz: Rhythm & Style, we design our own outfits, take to the runway, and participate in dance competitions.
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March 4, 2021
RPG, 2D, Arcade Elements, Fantasy, Indie Games, Music, Rhythm, Singleplayer, Surrealism.
The first part of the series of musical RPG's, in which we enter a wacky fantasy world and assist the protagonist in surviving various rhythm battles with its inhabitants. Everhood was created by two independent authors - Chris Nordgren and Jordi Roca.
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November 16, 2021
Arcade, 2.5D, Auto-runner, Platformers, Rhythm, Science Fiction, Side-scroll, Singleplayer.
An auto runner with explicit rhythm game elements. In Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story we take on the role of Ziggs, who traverses Piltover, jumping and bombing enemies to the beat of the music.
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August 15, 2024
Arcade, Experimental/artistic, Indie Games, Music, Rhythm, Singleplayer, Isometric View.
A music game presented at the "Indie Game Showcase" organized by Wholesome Games. It was developed by Sven Ahlgrimm and Mathilde Hoffmann. In this title, you guide your train through a small world of toys, creating a series of unique melodies and rhythms along the way.
December 15, 2022
Arcade, Indie Games, Music, Rhythm, Singleplayer.
Melatonin is a musical rhythm game right between dreams and reality, in which we plunge deeper and deeper into the main character's daydreams.
February 1, 2023
Action, Humorous, Indie Games, Music, Action Adventure, Rhythm, Singleplayer, TPP.
The second installment of an action adventure series with survival horror elements, developed by independent One Gruel Studio. In Heaven Dust 2 we play as Steve, who must escape a research facility infested with zombies and other bloodthirsty monsters.
May 18, 2021
Arcade, Indie Games, Music, PlayStation VR, Rhythm, Singleplayer, SteamVR, VR, Free-to-play.
A rhythm game inspired by the genre's greats, such as Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution. In Spin Rhythm we lead a wheel through tracks filled with colorful beats, moving it to the rhythm of the music.
December 5, 2023
Adventure, 2D, Indie Games, Platformers, Rhythm, Side-scroll, Singleplayer, Survival.
A Highland Song is a rhythm adventure platformer with survival elements. The player must reach a lighthouse within three days, making their way through the Scottish hilltops full of secrets and history.
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January 27, 2022
Party, 2D, Internet, Multiplayer, Music, For 2 Players, Splitscreen, Rhythm, Singleplayer.
Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master is a rhythm game in which we play the traditional Japanese taiko drums. Game offers over seventy tracks and allows you to play solo or in multiplayer.
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March 17, 2022
Arcade, 2D, Experimental/artistic, Puzzle Elements, Indie Games, Rhythm, Singleplayer.
Puzzle and rhythm game. In Onde we take on the role of a luminous being that moves through colorful locations along with sound waves. Game was designed in such a way that it gives us a chance to relax.
May 1, 2023
Action, Cyberpunk, Indie Games, Roguelike, Rhythm, Shoot 'em Up, Singleplayer, Shooters, Isometric View.
Shoot'em up with roguelike and rhythm game elements. In City of Beats you take on the role of a shooter who roams a cyberpunk city and eliminates hordes of enemies to the rhythm of music, gaining better skills and equipment along the way.
March 4, 2025
RPG, 2D, Arcade Elements, Fantasy, Indie Games, Rhythm, Singleplayer, Surrealism.
Second installment of the surrealistic rhythm RPG series dating back to 2021. Everhood 2 allows to revisit the strange fantasy world, full of beings ready to challenge our character in crazy musical battles. The protagonist is a color-changing soul.
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Steam
April 4, 2024
Action, RPG Elements, Indie Games, Roguelike, Rhythm, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Isometric View.
A roguelike action game with an isometric camera, hack'n'slash elements and a heavy focus on rhythm. Beat Slayers offers comic graphics and has the player control Mia, a smart tinkerer fighting waves of enemy robots in a dystopian version of Berlin from the 1990s.
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September 19, 2023
Arcade, 2.5D, Auto-runner, Indie Games, Platformers, Remaster/remake, Rhythm, Side-scroll, Singleplayer.
A remastered, content-enhanced edition of an acclaimed 2011 rhythm platformer. Bit.Trip ReRunner tasks us with avoiding traps and obstacles to the rhythm of the music through over 150 stages. The game features an expansive level editor.
March 30, 2023
RPG, Arcade Elements, Indie Games, Music, Post-apocalypse, Action RPG, Rhythm, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Turn-based.
Infinite Guitars is a music RPG in which we fight against deadly machines with the help of electric guitars. The game was developed by Nikko Nikko, an indie studio, and published by Humble Games.
May 11, 2022
Action, Crowdfunding, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Music, For 2 Players, Splitscreen, Roguelike, Rhythm, Singleplayer, Shooters, Isometric View.
An original production in which the flow of the gameplay is tied to the rhythm of the music - the world presented reacts to individual songs and single tones, and during clashes against our opponents, we are rewarded for adapting our actions to the dynamic songs. In Soundfall we play as Melody, a girl trying to save the land of Symphonia from a dark force known as the Discord.
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Steam
November 20, 2018
Arcade, FPP, Internet, Meta Quest / Oculus, Multiplayer, Music, PlayStation VR, Rhythm, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, SteamVR, VR.
An unusual rhythm game which is a mix of Guitar Hero, Fruit Ninja, and Star Wars – the player cuts colorful cubes with two lightsabers to the rhythm of electronic music.
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