Games Like Dyad

Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.

Why similar: Psychedelic 45.3%, Music 28%, Racing 9.9%, Action 9%, Indie 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-violence game that perfectly captures the intense, high-speed, and sensory-overloading nature of Dyad.

The legendary action-shooter finally comes to PC, and in style! Blast your way through mind-melting visuals and amazing beats, all in your quest through cyberspace to save a world on the verge of collapse. Playable on your desktop or in fully immersive VR.

Why similar: Psychedelic 51.7%, Music 35.1%, Action 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: A masterpiece of synesthesia that blends rail-shooting with a reactive, psychedelic musical landscape.

Ride your music in more ways than ever before. Audiosurf 2 is the music game for your entire music collection. Hundreds of mods/skins on Workshop. Free demo available.

Why similar: Music 73.8%, Racing 16.7%, Indie 8.6%, Action 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to race through tracks generated by your own music library, directly tapping into the audio-reactive gameplay of Dyad.

Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.

Why similar: Racing 88.6%, Action 6%, Indie 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival racing game featuring intense neon aesthetics and momentum-based mechanics that feel like a spiritual cousin to Dyad's tube-racing.

Sayonara Wild Hearts is a dreamy arcade game about riding motorcycles, skateboarding, dance battling, shooting lasers, wielding swords, and breaking hearts at 200 mph.

Why similar: Music 75%, Action 17.9%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, neon-soaked arcade experience that functions as a playable pop album, mirroring Dyad's focus on rhythm and flow.

Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

Why similar: Psychedelic 34.4%, Music 31.5%, Indie 25%, Action 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, high-speed rhythm game that demands the same level of intense focus and sensory synchronization as Dyad.

Drift at full speed across gaps, traps, and neon-drenched environments that react to a captivating soundtrack. Build and play community-made tracks, or dive straight into a spectacular campaign.

Why similar: Racing 46.3%, Music 27.6%, Psychedelic 12.1%, Action 7.8%, Indie 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, music-driven racing game that emphasizes precision and rhythm in a neon-drenched environment.

Tetris® Effect: Connected adds an all-new robust multiplayer expansion to the huge variety of addictive and innovative single-player modes that Tetris Effect is known for, with all-new co-op and competitive online and local multiplayer modes!

Why similar: Psychedelic 52.1%, Music 39.4%, Indie 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Elevates a classic puzzle game into a transcendent audio-visual experience that matches the psychedelic intensity of Dyad.

Dub Dash is a fast-paced rhythm based action game including music from Bossfight and the DJs of Geometry Dash. Spin your crazy wheel in harmony with the song and keep dodging left and right avoiding obstacles at high speed. Do you rock the funky roads of Dub Dash?

Why similar: Racing 64.8%, Music 16.1%, Action 11%, Indie 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense, rhythm-based racing mechanics that require quick reflexes and perfect timing.

Dodge the music and dance through a mesmerizing ballet of choreographed bullets, each synced to music from over a dozen international artists. Push your creativity and skills with the fully-featured Level Editor and never run out of things to dodge.

Why similar: Music 44.5%, Psychedelic 34.7%, Indie 10.5%, Action 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-based bullet-hell game where your movements are choreographed to the music, creating a similar sense of flow.

Experience your music collection as never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.

Why similar: Music 47.3%, Psychedelic 33%, Indie 9.9%, Action 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Uses your own music to generate intense, bullet-hell style combat that mirrors the reactive audio-visual nature of Dyad.

Neon Drive is a slick retro-futuristic, '80s inspired arcade game that will make your brain melt. You've been warned.From beautiful cityscapes and ocean roads to exploding enemy spaceships, Neon Drive has it all.

Why similar: Psychedelic 39.3%, Music 31.8%, Racing 17.7%, Action 8.2%, Indie 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-futuristic arcade game that combines high-speed obstacle dodging with a synth-wave soundtrack.

The critically-acclaimed puzzle game produced by legendary creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi comes to PC.

Why similar: Psychedelic 40.8%, Music 40.4%, Action 10.1%, Indie 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythmic puzzle game where the visuals and music are perfectly synced to your actions, creating a hypnotic flow state.

You are a solar-powered craft. The sun is your death timer. Hurtle towards the sunset at breakneck speed in a futile race against time. Delay the inevitable by catching speed boosts which reverse the setting sun - if only for a moment. Don't crash, stay in the light, and don't slow down!

Why similar: Racing 89.9%, Action 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, minimalist racer that focuses on maintaining momentum and navigating obstacles in a constantly shifting environment.

Welcome to the psychedelic world of Vectronom: experience waves of color and a pulsing geometric path that changes with the beat! All set to a hypnotic electronic soundtrack. There’s only one thing to do: turn up the volume and go with the flow.

Why similar: Psychedelic 100%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-based puzzle platformer that uses vibrant colors and music to guide the player through challenging levels.

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is a old school style shooter, but remixed for the 21st century with next generation graphics and deep, modern gameplay. Playing is simple: you are a geometric "ship" trapped in a grid world, facing off against waves of deadly wanderers, snakes, and repulsars.

Why similar: Psychedelic 67.5%, Indie 18%, Action 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers the pure, chaotic, and colorful sensory overload that fans of Dyad's visual style will appreciate.

An arcade racer that tears up the rule book with innovative twin-stick controls, completely re-imagined driving mechanics and a huge roster of fiercely individual cars and tracks.

Why similar: Racing 98.4%, Indie 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: A unique racing game with twin-stick controls that emphasizes the feeling of momentum and drifting through abstract tracks.

Are you ready to explore your music collection mapped as a stunning galaxy of wonders? Experience your music collection as never before with this intense music driven twin stick shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.

Why similar: Music 69.9%, Action 16.2%, Indie 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: The latest in the series, offering even more complex, music-reactive bullet-hell action.

Klang 2 is a psychedelic rhythm-action game, blindly pursuing full immersion with dance music through high-speed combat.

Why similar: Music 46.9%, Psychedelic 33.4%, Action 12.6%, Indie 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A psychedelic rhythm-action game that focuses on precise inputs and high-energy electronic music.

Switch Galaxy Ultra is an insanely addictive, fast-paced arcade challenge. Weave your way past obstacles and enemies as you travel across the galaxy collecting Tantalum for Dakur Technology. It’s loaded with content and features that will have you blazing across the galaxy at breakneck speeds.

Why similar: Racing 79.1%, Action 11.5%, Indie 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, futuristic racing game that focuses on lane-switching and avoiding obstacles in a vibrant environment.

Intake is the new retro-futuristic drugstep arcade shooter from Cipher Prime. In this polychromatic love child of Dr. Mario and Ikaruga, you battle a never-ending barrage of pills, pushing your skill and reflexes to the limit to avoid a lethal dosage.

Why similar: Music 41.6%, Indie 29.6%, Action 28.8%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, color-matching arcade game that features a great soundtrack and intense, sensory-focused gameplay.

Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!

Why similar: Psychedelic 82.1%, Action 17.9%

Why You'll Like It: A twin-stick shooter that focuses on high-score chasing and fluid, arcade-style movement.

Takes the player into unfamiliar territory as they use NES-style controls to blast their way through the barrage of Beats in this rhythm-music adventure.

Why similar: Music 48.1%, Action 27.2%, Indie 24.7%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythmic, minimalist action game that relies heavily on timing and audio-visual cues.

Neon lights, palm trees, synthwave, '80s supercars speeding down an endless highway... Welcome to the world of Retrowave!

Why similar: Racing 57.6%, Music 17.2%, Psychedelic 13.5%, Action 5.9%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, atmospheric racing game that captures the aesthetic of 1980s synth-wave culture.

POLYBIUS is a fast, trippy tunnel shooter playable on a normal screen or in VR. 50 levels of blissful trance shooting action are set to a blistering soundtrack. The PS4 version was EDGE Magazine's VR GOTY in 2017, and the PC version of the game was even used as the basis for a NIN music video.

Why similar: Action 100%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, psychedelic arcade shooter that aims to induce a trance-like state through its visuals and speed.

A dropper game designed to overwhelm your senses. Twisting tunnels, psychedelic patterns, and breathing walls assault your sense of balance as the chaos escalates with every level.

Why similar: Psychedelic 71%, Action 22.3%, Indie 6.7%

Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.

Why similar: Action 100%

Take control of the hoverboarding robots, explore the desolate world, defy gravity, dive into the oceans and ride with the sandworms on the dunes! Stylish graphics and groovy soundtrack will take you to an epic adventure in this action/racing game.

Why similar: Racing 80.7%, Action 10.9%, Indie 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish, low-poly racing game that emphasizes smooth movement and atmospheric environments.

Avoid is a fast-paced arcade game that will test your reflexes!

Why similar: Action 60.2%, Indie 39.8%

Why You'll Like It: As the title suggests, it focuses on intense, colorful, and rhythmic obstacle avoidance.

RFLEX is a fast-paced and challenging neo-arcade game. Frantically dodge your way to the high score in a series of rage-inducing levels while enjoying a kickass, original soundtrack. Experience trippy visuals while being pulled into a never-ending abyss of addicting, non-stop action.

Why similar: Action 55.6%, Indie 44.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, minimalist action game that tests your reflexes in a clean, abstract environment.

Taking to the stars in this six-axis arcade shooter, your ship flips at every angle, tackling enemies and mazes in a race to be the best that humanity has to offer. Collect the orbs and blast your way through 360° of pure synthwave action. Upgrade your craft and make your mark as the top starfighter of all time.

Why similar: Racing 64.8%, Action 19.7%, Indie 15.5%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi action game that features unique gravity-defying movement and puzzle-like navigation.

Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.

Why similar: Music 78.6%, Indie 10.7%, Action 10.6%

Synthwave Burnout is an atmospheric arcade racing experience set on neon-soaked tracks. Take control of a futuristic supercar, build up speed, generate energy, and battle physics-driven rivals—all to the pulse of a powerful synthwave soundtrack.

Why similar: Racing 73.5%, Action 12.9%, Music 11.3%, Indie 2.2%

Super Laser Racer is an exciting combat racing game set in outer geometric space. Blast your way to the top of the leaderboards using lasers, missiles, bombs and more! 24 exhilarating tracks, 12 racers, 8 challenging tournaments, online multi-player and a track editor.

Why similar: Racing 81.4%, Action 9.5%, Indie 9.1%

Ride your music. Audiosurf is a music-adapting puzzle racer where you use your own music to create your own experience. The shape, the speed, and the mood of each ride is determined by the song you choose.

Why similar: Music 80%, Indie 10.2%, Racing 9.8%

Shatter is a retro-inspired brick-breaking game that merges familiar action with unique twists and a modern crafted production approach.

Why similar: Psychedelic 47.6%, Indie 27.1%, Action 25.3%

Music Racer 2000 is a music-adapting racing/runner/action game in an aesthetic retrowave world where you use your music to race your unique cars!

Why similar: Racing 52.1%, Psychedelic 32.2%, Action 8.7%, Indie 7%

From gameplay to visuals to music and imagination, BIT.TRIP BEAT is inspired by classic games in every way. Get sucked into a whole new world of sight and sound as you juggle beats and ride the vibe in this modern look at the beginning of it all. BIT.

Why similar: Psychedelic 42.5%, Music 38.3%, Action 10.3%, Indie 8.8%

Music Racer is a musical arcade game, where you get to race at full speed while dodging obstacles to the rhythm of the music.

Why similar: Racing 43.8%, Music 38.5%, Action 9.7%, Indie 8%

Experience the full evolution of the award-winning Geometry Wars franchise and battle through waves of enemies on 3D grids in this frenetic arcade shooter!

Why similar: Action 100%

Cyberline Racing combines action packed shooting with adrenaline pumped races, delivering an explosive experience. Load your car with guns and put your driving skills to the ultimate test as you dodge missiles, destroy enemy cars, and race to the top of the online rankings!

Why similar: Racing 77.4%, Action 13.1%, Indie 9.5%

Rhythm Storm is a roguelike bullet heaven with stunning vector graphics, rhythmic action, and overwhelming swarms of enemies. Your vehicle aims and fires freely while everything else dances and moves to the beat in this spectacular audio-visual experience.

Why similar: Psychedelic 80%, Action 20%

Race across the Quantum Universe on super-fast race tracks in the simple, hypnotically beautiful and maddeningly addictive Chromadrome 2! All you have to do is try to stay on the perfectly straight race tracks!

Why similar: Racing 85.5%, Action 14.5%

THRASHER is an award-winning arcade odyssey and audiovisual experience. Guide a magnificent space eel, swooping and thrashing it through mesmerizing alien worlds in the ultimate race for survival. Dive into the circle-based combo system, and play any way you like on PC, VR and Steam Deck.

Why similar: Psychedelic 43.3%, Racing 28.3%, Music 19.6%, Action 8.8%

Tune into Aaero2 - a heart-pounding rhythm-shooter with 20 stunning alien worlds, each powered by a legendary Monstercat track. Trace ribbons of light, unleash devastating firepower, and conquer colossal bosses! Play solo or co-op and feel every beat as you fight to the soundtrack.

Why similar: Music 66.7%, Action 17.6%, Indie 15.7%

Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition is a hardcore, uncompromising vertical scrolling bullet hell/invader hell shooter (shmup) that doubles as a techno-based lightsynth, triggering bursts of funky invaders at the pulse of a relentless beat.

Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

Experience the music in a new way. Feel it pulse around you. The Polynomial is a 3D space shooter with unique, fractal based scenery that animates to the music.

Why similar: Music 46.6%, Psychedelic 33%, Action 10.2%, Indie 10.2%

Hurtle through beautiful unforgiving worlds, where every frame is enthralling, every moment is exhilarating, every death is deserved, and every success is earned. RACE | DODGE | DIE | REPEAT

Why similar: Racing 51.3%, Psychedelic 34.6%, Action 7.9%, Indie 6.2%

ONE-OF-A-KIND PARKOUR-INSPIRED PRECISION RACING: Explore beyond the boundaries of a traditional racing experience and sink into the striking visuals and hypnotic electro soundtrack.

Why similar: Racing 89.2%, Indie 10.8%

Trace ribbons of light to release the energy in the music as you speed through stylised alien worlds. Battle strange enemies and fight epic boss battles all driven by an incredible licensed soundtrack.

Why similar: Music 59.7%, Action 21.6%, Indie 18.7%

Push, Combo, and Chain your way through a pulsing technicolor dreamscape all the while expanding your consciousness at 130 BPM.

Why similar: Indie 100%

A mysterious entity is absorbing and corrupting your music before your very eyes. You must battle through your own song collection and fight to reclaim your music!

Why similar: Music 78%, Action 11%, Indie 10.9%

Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!

Why similar: Action 59%, Indie 41%

Free-to-play intense rhythm, racing, and adventure! Play the story campaign, or hang out in the arcade. Play your way with a huge array of gameplay options. What's your rhythm style? Supports keyboard, gamepad, or arcade-style controllers.

Why similar: Racing 52.2%, Music 33.3%, Action 8.4%, Indie 6.1%

Cyber ​​OutRun a pursuit racing game where the main goal is to reach the highest heat level and avoid getting arrested. Enjoy the experience of driving retro-futuristic visual atmosphere with Synthwave soundtrack!

Why similar: Racing 79.2%, Action 11.6%, Indie 9.2%

A malicious orb has cast Savant out of his tower and transformed his surroundings into dangerous enemies!Dodge and shoot your way back up the tower, and blast down waves of enemies as you make your way towards the top! As you progress, you unlock CDs that not only give you new tracks to play to, but also grant you powerful new abilities!

Why similar: Music 63.5%, Action 21.2%, Indie 15.3%

Ever wondered what running at 140mph feels like? FOTONICA is a first-person game about the thrill of speed and traveling flawlessly through complex environments.FOTONICA is simple, but is not easy: it follows a tradition of arcade games that are easy to pick up and almost impossible to master.

Why similar: Psychedelic 59.7%, Action 21.7%, Indie 18.6%