Games Like Just Shapes & Beats

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 30%, Rhythm 30%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Difficult 11.7%, Fast-Paced 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is a pure music-driven bullet-hell experience built around weaving through patterns precisely synchronized to songs.

Hurrican-like Bullet Hell. Avoid the rain of bullets to the rhythms of "dubstep". Help the hero to defeat the aliens and to take revenge on the interstellar aggressor!

Why similar: Rhythm 37.3%, Bullet Hell 29.8%, Great Soundtrack 27.5%, Indie 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful rhythm bullet-hell shooter that combines musical timing with dense enemy patterns and arcade pressure.

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30%, Difficult 24.5%, Rhythm 22.8%, Music 9.9%, Fast-Paced 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same hypnotic, high-speed sensation of surviving geometric hazards to a relentless electronic soundtrack.

Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!

Why similar: Music 27.7%, Rhythm 27.5%, Great Soundtrack 21.6%, Difficult 17.1%, 2D 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its beat-synced obstacle layouts, instant-retry challenge, and enormous level-creation community make it a strong fit for rhythm-game perfectionists.

Temp Zero is a minimalist roguelike which mixes intense action and musical bullet hell. Fight enemies which attack to the beat, choose perks, defeat the final boss, unlock new weapons, spells & soundtracks!

Why similar: Rhythm 34.4%, Music 31.8%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Difficult 11.9%, Action 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: It similarly asks you to survive abstract, beat-matched obstacle courses while the music drives the pacing and spectacle.

64.0 is a minimal fast-paced arcade game, where you shoot the squares that have the same color as the background.

Why similar: Rhythm 33.6%, Great Soundtrack 23.3%, Difficult 21%, Fast-Paced 7.7%, Music 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its minimalist neon arenas, electronic soundtrack, and escalating survival action closely capture the seed game's intense audiovisual feel.

A Dance of Fire and Ice is a strict rhythm game. Keep your focus as you guide two orbiting planets along a winding path without breaking their perfect equilibrium.

Why similar: Rhythm 36.5%, Music 27.8%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Difficult 11.3%, Co-op 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Although more minimalist, it offers exceptionally demanding beat-based precision and a deep pool of custom levels.

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: Rhythm 39.7%, Music 21.3%, Great Soundtrack 19.1%, Difficult 10.9%, Fast-Paced 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A punishing rhythm-action game whose aggressive audiovisual feedback and boss-like patterns suit players who enjoy difficult musical chaos.

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: Rhythm 36.7%, Music 33%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Co-op 2.3%, Local Co-Op 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: This earlier music-reactive shooter offers the same satisfying premise of turning songs into dangerous, colorful bullet-hell battles.

Keep your trigger finger on the pulse! In rhythm shooter ROBOBEAT, you'll play as Ace - a bounty hunter on a mission to capture robot-gone-rogue Frazzer in his ever-shifting lair. Wall run, slide, and shoot to your own beat using the in-game custom music editor, blasting through Frazzer's armies!

Why similar: Rhythm 49.7%, Music 45.9%, Action 2.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: It makes movement, shooting, and stylish traversal work to the beat, with customizable music and a strong arcade 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: Rhythm 39.6%, Music 33.4%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Co-op 3.7%, 2D 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its twin-stick bullet hell action generates enemy swarms and weapon power from the music, including your own tracks.

Enter the Rhythm Dimension. A homage to classic arcade rhythm games (Guitar Hero, DDR), with a modern aesthetic and soundtrack. Match colours and beats, spin, tap, flick and flow through the juiciest beats in the universe. Supports multiple control styles including MIDI DJ gear on Steam!

Why similar: Rhythm 36.7%, Music 31.5%, Difficult 12.4%, Fast-Paced 7.8%, Multiplayer 6%

Why You'll Like It: Its rotating-lane controls and polished electronic tracks provide a demanding, highly kinetic rhythm challenge with excellent visual clarity.

Butcher loads of zombies in Rhythm with Metal! Survive on the highway to hell fighting an epic freakshow! Now with 30 levels of pure madness! 19 Licensed tracks and a Community Level Editor to import your own songs!

Why similar: Rhythm 47.9%, Music 25.6%, Bullet Hell 19.9%, 2D 3.4%, Action 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: This rhythm shooter combines metal music, constant incoming threats, and local co-op for a similarly energetic group experience.

The NecroDancer's back in an all-new rhythm game! Dragged into a strange new world, Cadence must engage in musical combat with monsters surging through the Rift! Face pulse-pounding Rhythm Rifts where every beat is a battle, all set to an original soundtrack by Danny Baranowsky & friends.

Why similar: Rhythm 57.3%, Music 19.8%, Great Soundtrack 11%, Difficult 8.1%, 2D 1%

Why You'll Like It: It translates rhythm-game timing into fast arcade encounters and boss battles with playful visuals and escalating difficulty.

Save patients with your rhythm mastery! Rhythm Doctor is a rhythm game where you heal patients by defibrillating in time to their heartbeats. Learn each patient's unique heartbeat and defeat boss viruses trying to sabotage your rhythm, all set to heart-pumping, soul-soothing music.

Why similar: Rhythm 35.2%, Music 31.8%, Local Co-Op 7.8%, Local Multiplayer 7.2%, Co-op 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its deceptively simple one-button rhythm mechanics become wonderfully elaborate through inventive stages and a robust level editor.

BPM is a rhythm-action FPS rogue-like where you must shoot, jump and dodge to the beat of an epic rock soundtrack. Delve into a randomly generated dungeon where one missed note can lead to your death. Gain game-changing abilities and loot powerful weaponry to defeat your ancient enemy: Nidhogg.

Why similar: Rhythm 46.7%, Music 18.5%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Difficult 7.8%, Bullet Hell 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person roguelite turns shooting, reloading, jumping, and dodging into a demanding rhythm-based bullet-hell loop.

Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

Why similar: Rhythm 42.4%, Great Soundtrack 24.5%, Music 15.6%, Difficult 9.6%, Local Co-Op 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythm roguelike where every movement must follow the beat, offering a similarly replayable blend of music and tense decision-making.

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 55.5%, Rhythm 29.6%, Bullet Hell 10.7%, Indie 1.9%, Action 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A music-generated shoot-'em-up that transforms your personal music library into reactive enemy formations and weapon effects.

Beat your best scores in Neon Beats, a 2D platformer game with rhythm based levels!

Why similar: Rhythm 37.7%, Music 30.9%, Great Soundtrack 21.1%, Difficult 6%, 2D 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A free rhythm platformer with pulse-pounding music, compact levels, and timing-focused movement challenges.

Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.

Why similar: Difficult 35.2%, Bullet Hell 34.3%, Local Co-Op 15.7%, 2D 5.2%, Action 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its rapid real-time spell combat, dense bullet grids, and co-op option deliver a similarly frantic dodge-first challenge.

Intralism - fast and hard rhythm game. Listen to music and match arcs to the beat. Master all beatmaps or create your own and challenge friends in the online multiplayer. But remember: wrong button - failed try.

Why similar: Music 49.1%, Rhythm 33.7%, Difficult 7.6%, Fast-Paced 4.6%, Multiplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers difficult beat-matched obstacle courses, user-created levels, and a clean neon presentation reminiscent of the seed game's visual language.

Play a classic Shoot 'Em Up... in reverse!

Why similar: Rhythm 53.1%, Music 37.2%, Action 5.1%, Indie 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its inventive rhythm-shooter gameplay has you replay a space battle backward in time, matching shots and dodges to the soundtrack.

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 51.5%, Rhythm 34.2%, Great Soundtrack 5.5%, Local Multiplayer 2.3%, Local Co-Op 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: It lets you turn music into playable tracks, making it ideal for players who enjoy seeing songs translated into reactive visual gameplay.

HyperDot is a minimal action arcade masterpiece with one rule: dodge everything. A game by Charles McGregor.

Why similar: Rhythm 31.9%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Difficult 17.8%, 4 Player Local 9.3%, Multiplayer 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish minimalist arcade game focused entirely on evasive movement through increasingly wild geometric hazard patterns, including local multiplayer.

THE BEAT REVOLVES AROUND YOU in Beatblock, the headspinning rhythm-action game! Move your paddle and block to the beat in simple yet deviously bombastic levels, each complete with their own unique theming and visuals.

Why similar: Rhythm 40.6%, Music 36.1%, Difficult 15.8%, 2D 3%, Action 2%

Surf through a pulsating, underground world on platforms pulled from thin air in this challenging, psychedelic, rhythm-infused action platformer that has you defying gravity to a pumping beat.

Why similar: Rhythm 30%, Great Soundtrack 27.6%, Music 25.5%, Difficult 10.7%, 2D 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its neon platforming stages are built around electronic music, requiring quick reactions amid shifting geometric obstacles.

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: Rhythm 60.9%, Difficult 23.7%, Co-op 9.5%, Colorful 3.1%, Funny 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: This vibrant rhythm puzzle-platformer builds its levels around music-synced geometry and a striking abstract visual style.

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

Why similar: Rhythm 41.7%, Music 38%, Difficult 8.9%, Fast-Paced 5.2%, Action 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: This abstract action-rhythm game layers fast directional inputs, boss encounters, and an electronic soundtrack into a demanding flow state.

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: Rhythm 38.8%, Music 36.6%, Great Soundtrack 18.8%, Action 3.1%, Indie 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A futuristic rhythm-action game that blends rail shooting, precision movement, and electronic tracks into flashy score-chasing runs.

A musical bullet-hell where all things beautiful are deadly. Dodge well little nanobot, you don't have much time.

Why similar: Rhythm 23.9%, Music 23.4%, Bullet Hell 12.2%, Difficult 10.4%, 4 Player Local 6%

Melatonin is a rhythm game about dreams and reality merging together. It uses animations and sound cues to keep you on beat without any intimidating overlays or interfaces. Harmonize through a variety of dreamy levels containing surprising challenges, hand-drawn art, and vibrant music.

Why similar: Rhythm 55.7%, Music 24%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%, Difficult 3%, Indie 2.3%

Ratatan is a rhythm roguelike action game that combines rhythm games and side-scrolling action, with online co-op gameplay supporting up to 4 players. An intense battle unfolds with over 100 characters fighting in a massive melee. Let's defeat the enemies together!

Why similar: Music 38.6%, Rhythm 34.9%, Co-op 6.8%, Multiplayer 6.4%, Online Co-Op 5.8%

An UNCONVENTIONAL ADVENTURE RPG that takes place in an inexpressible world filled with amusing musical battles and strange delightful encounters. To put it simply: You are in for a ride.🍄

Why similar: Music 30.1%, Great Soundtrack 26.9%, Rhythm 21.8%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, 2D 2.2%

Project Rhombus is a rhythm-based casual action game that combines exciting electronic music with stylish flat design. Hold on as long as possible, blocking the oncoming arrows moving to the beat.

Why similar: Rhythm 33.7%, Music 22.7%, Difficult 14.9%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Multiplayer 5.7%

Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.

Why similar: Multiplayer 20.8%, Local Multiplayer 14.6%, Fast-Paced 12.7%, 4 Player Local 12.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%

Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 54.3%, Fast-Paced 18.1%, Difficult 12.9%, 2D 3.4%, Indie 3%

Create musical beats that kill. Beat Blast is a music maker, bullet hell, dungeon crawler, roguelite. Battle through dungeons and defeat big bosses. Collect weapons, passives and musical instruments!

Why similar: Music 33%, Rhythm 26.3%, Bullet Hell 19%, Difficult 15.9%, 2D 2.4%

Paradise of parkour & rhythm game ★★★ — Muse Dash!!

Why similar: Music 39.5%, Rhythm 39.2%, Great Soundtrack 12.9%, Difficult 4.4%, 2D 1.2%

Start a rock band & end the EDM empire in NO STRAIGHT ROADS, a rockin' action-adventure that mashes together rhythm-infused third-person combat with a kick-ass soundtrack!

Why similar: Rhythm 45.6%, Music 37.9%, Local Co-Op 8.7%, Action 3.2%, Colorful 2.7%

Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27%, Difficult 26%, Bullet Hell 13%, Local Co-Op 9.1%, Co-op 9%

Bits & Bops is a collection of original rhythm mini-games! Filled with catchy music, snappy gameplay and gorgeous, hand-drawn animation, Bits & Bops is sure to brighten your day.

Why similar: Rhythm 49.3%, Music 41.7%, 2D 2.7%, Action 2.4%, Colorful 1.8%

It’s Super Crazy Rhythm Castle, the chaotic rhythm adventure! A puzzling co-op mashup unlike anything you've ever heard. Solo, or with a band of up to three friends … … Can you conquer the castle?

Why similar: Rhythm 34.7%, Music 32.1%, Local Co-Op 8%, Co-op 7.1%, Multiplayer 6.3%

Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-5 are available now, with more planned as free updates!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 44%, Music 23.7%, Bullet Hell 21.3%, Story Rich 3.8%, 2D 3.1%

Slash the beats, get moving, and experience the world's most popular VR rhythm game!* Duck, dodge, and flow through 300+ handcrafted songs from artists like Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, and Metallica. Play solo, compete online, or pass the headset at your next party. Jump in with 60+ songs included!

Why similar: Rhythm 39.5%, Music 34.5%, Difficult 10.4%, Fast-Paced 7.2%, Multiplayer 5.3%

Shoot to the beat in this rhythm bullet hell where every shot creates music. Turn any song into a rhythm-bullet-hell epic battle.

Why similar: Rhythm 38.6%, Music 34.8%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Colorful 2.3%, Action 2%

Experience a new way to listen to your favourite music. Audio-reactive arcade game where you dodge pulsating shapes. The player spin around the center and dodges the neon shapes that move slower or faster depending on the audio.

Why similar: Rhythm 33.1%, Music 31.3%, Local Multiplayer 6.9%, Multiplayer 6.8%, Local Co-Op 6.7%

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: Bullet Hell 35.6%, Great Soundtrack 34.8%, Difficult 9.4%, Local Co-Op 7.4%, Action 6.5%

Banging beats and mad style, Lethal League Blaze is the most intense ball game you can play online with up to 4 players.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 46.9%, Fast-Paced 14.7%, Local Multiplayer 11.8%, Multiplayer 7.4%, 4 Player Local 6.3%

Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 37.7%, Music 24.1%, Difficult 19.7%, Rhythm 12.5%, Indie 2.5%

Let the music move you as you catch notes, ride the rails, and dodge obstacles in a unique combination of freestyle dancing and fitness workout! Play on PC VR and Steam Frame.

Why similar: Rhythm 37.7%, Music 34%, Fast-Paced 7.8%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Great Soundtrack 5.8%

Soundfall is a dungeon crawler that combines looter-shooter action with rhythm-based gameplay. Venture out solo or with up to 4 friends locally or online. Collect loot and time your actions to the beat to become all powerful. Play the Campaign Mode, Free Play 100's of songs or import your own music!

Why similar: Rhythm 44.8%, Music 35.5%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Action 2%

Asterika is a challenging bullet hell rhythm game! Forget falling notes. Move to the beat instead! Weave through bullet patterns, and master the chaos on the grid!

Why similar: Rhythm 35.7%, Music 26.4%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Difficult 14.4%, Action 2%

Dodge! Shoot! Go faster! Break the sound barrier in this unbelievably fast game and go straight for the first place in the leaderboard of BARRIER X!

Why similar: Music 27.8%, Rhythm 23.5%, Great Soundtrack 20.4%, Difficult 15.8%, Indie 3.3%

DJMAX RESPECT V is the latest installment from the creators of the critically acclaimed rhythm game franchise ‘DJMAX.’ Experience tracks from popular artists such as Marshmello, Porter Robinson, and Yukika, exclusive Full HD Music Videos, online multiplayer, new game modes, and more!

Why similar: Rhythm 47.8%, Music 32.4%, Difficult 10%, Multiplayer 5.5%, 2D 2%

Navigate breathtaking, celestial worlds while mastering the beat of chart-topping hits from today’s most popular artists, such as PinkPantheress, Charlie Puth, and more. Discover fresh new music from tomorrow’s biggest stars on a cosmic trip where every note guides your way.

Why similar: Rhythm 39.3%, Music 34.9%, 4 Player Local 7.4%, Local Multiplayer 5.6%, Multiplayer 4.9%

What has 50 amazing chiptune tracks, a loony story mode, 32 different chicken types to fight, and takes you on a tour of all your favorite retro games? It's Old School Musical! Tib and Rob are the heroes of a wacky adventure that will teach them where all of the bugs in our favorite games come from.

Why similar: Rhythm 45.1%, Music 21.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.1%, Difficult 8.1%, Local Multiplayer 3.6%

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: Rhythm 40.2%, Music 35.7%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Action 1.9%, Indie 1.7%

Embark as a knight alone or with friends in an order chasing their potential. Experience a rhythm game with an original soundtrack, in-depth character customization, and a story following an ensemble cast in a tranquil hub world. What will you find at the peak of what you're chasing?

Why similar: Rhythm 42.3%, Music 35.7%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Co-op 3.8%, Online Co-Op 3.5%

Riding the rhythmic rails of success from smart phone, into the arcades, now GROOVE COASTER arrives on Steam! Are you ready to ride a roller coaster of sound and light through a universe of music?

Why similar: Rhythm 43.1%, Music 35.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Difficult 4%, Action 3%

Incredibox is a music game that lets you create your own music with the help of a merry crew of beatboxers.

Why similar: Rhythm 47.5%, Music 34.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, 2D 3.3%, Indie 1.1%