Games Like Project Rhombus

"Just Shapes & Beats" is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and die, repeatedly.

Why similar: Rhythm 34.3%, Music 22.7%, Difficult 14.6%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Multiplayer 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential rhythm-based bullet hell that perfectly captures the intense, beat-synced survival gameplay of Project Rhombus.

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

Why similar: Rhythm 28.1%, Music 21.4%, Difficult 13.9%, Abstract 13.4%, Arcade 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similar abstract aesthetic and challenging, music-reactive bullet hell gameplay that demands high precision.

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 37.6%, Music 22.4%, Difficult 13%, Arcade 5.9%, Great Soundtrack 5%

Why You'll Like It: A strictly rhythm-based game that focuses on precise, difficult inputs synchronized to a minimalist, colorful visual style.

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

Why similar: Difficult 28.8%, Rhythm 23.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Fast-Paced 10.9%, Arcade 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Like Project Rhombus, this title features extreme difficulty, minimalist design, and a fast-paced, arcade-style loop.

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

Why similar: Rhythm 30.2%, Music 23.9%, Difficult 21.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%, 2D 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines rhythm-based platforming with extreme difficulty and a strong focus on music-synced obstacles.

Four buttons, one goal: survive. Are you ready for a real challenge? -- Become the best and climb the leaderboards in Open Hexagon, a fast-paced adrenalinic arcade game that's easy to learn but hard to master!

Why similar: Rhythm 38%, Difficult 19%, Abstract 16.9%, Arcade 11.2%, Colorful 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A spiritual successor to minimalist rhythm-arcade games that provides intense, high-speed survival challenges.

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: Rhythm 28.2%, Music 22.2%, Difficult 12.3%, Abstract 9.5%, Arcade 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract bullet hell rhythm game where you must dodge patterns that pulse and move directly to the music.

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: Rhythm 23.1%, Music 21.5%, Difficult 17.2%, Arcade 10.8%, Great Soundtrack 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, minimalist arcade game that requires perfect timing and reflexes to survive increasingly difficult patterns.

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 42.1%, Music 30%, Arcade 9.6%, Colorful 5.5%, 2D 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A precision rhythm game that focuses on complex, beat-based timing and unique visual cues to challenge the player.

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 43.4%, Music 18.4%, Difficult 13.2%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%, Fast-Paced 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: An intense rhythm-action game that emphasizes speed, heavy electronic music, and precise, arcade-style survival mechanics.

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

Why similar: Rhythm 45.4%, Music 29.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Difficult 8%, 2D 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist platformer that uses rhythm-based mechanics and a vibrant, neon-lit aesthetic to create a smooth, challenging experience.

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 28.1%, Difficult 19.7%, Abstract 13.3%, Fast-Paced 8%, Great Soundtrack 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, high-difficulty action game where you must react to the beat to survive in a confined, abstract space.

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 32.2%, Music 21.7%, Difficult 12.2%, Fast-Paced 8.5%, Arcade 7%

Why You'll Like It: A highly polished rhythm game that focuses on tactile, beat-synced inputs and a strong electronic music focus.

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 40.8%, Abstract 19.9%, Difficult 17.8%, Arcade 10.3%, Colorful 6%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-based platformer that uses abstract, colorful geometry and pulsing music to create a challenging, beat-synced experience.

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 39.2%, Rhythm 34.3%, Difficult 8.7%, Fast-Paced 5.9%, Arcade 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging rhythm game that focuses on fast-paced, beat-synced inputs and community-driven level design.

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

Why similar: Rhythm 43.2%, Music 34.3%, Great Soundtrack 5.5%, Difficult 5.5%, Colorful 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful, high-energy rhythm game that blends arcade action with a distinct, stylish aesthetic.

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 45.9%, Music 35%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%, Action 6.2%, Indie 4%

Why You'll Like It: A rail shooter that integrates rhythm mechanics, forcing players to trace paths and hit targets in sync with the music.

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: Rhythm 50.8%, Music 32.3%, Action 11.1%, Indie 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced rhythm game that shifts perspectives and mechanics to keep the player reacting to the beat in an arcade environment.

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 50.3%, Music 34.8%, Colorful 4.1%, Action 4.1%, Indie 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: An arcade shooter where the intensity and patterns of the enemies are procedurally generated by your own music library.

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 52.3%, Music 22.1%, Arcade 13.9%, 2D 5.8%, Action 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines rhythm-based gameplay with arcade-style shooting, requiring players to hit beats to survive waves of enemies.

Dash, jump and fly your way through epic levels with rhythm-based gameplay!

Why similar: Rhythm 29.1%, Music 24.8%, Difficult 16.6%, Arcade 7.2%, Great Soundtrack 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-based platformer that features a wide variety of levels and intense, music-synced obstacles.

140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack.

Why similar: Rhythm 43.3%, Music 23%, Difficult 11.2%, Great Soundtrack 7.9%, Abstract 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist platformer where the environment and obstacles move and react strictly to the rhythm of the music.

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 55.2%, Music 18.8%, Colorful 5.5%, Great Soundtrack 3.6%, Difficult 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythm game that uses abstract, colorful visuals and dream-like scenarios to test your timing and precision.

Rhythm Journey is a story based, hardcore 2-buttons rhythm game.

Why similar: Rhythm 42.9%, Music 26.8%, Difficult 16.7%, 2D 3.8%, Casual 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythm game that emphasizes difficult, precise timing and a consistent, beat-driven progression system.

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: Rhythm 42.5%, Music 26%, Difficult 9%, Arcade 6.4%, Great Soundtrack 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic rhythm-arcade game that focuses on simple, addictive mechanics and retro-inspired, abstract visuals.

Can you beat the beat? Journey as a green LED mysteriously trapped inside a dying boombox and play the ultimate musical experience. In this rhythmic platform adventure where your every action needs to be right on the beat, bring electro, dub and disco music back to life!

Why similar: Rhythm 37.9%, Music 31.2%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%, Colorful 5.6%, Action 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-action game where all your movements and actions must be performed in time with the beat to progress.

Rhythm game inspired by modern Japanese arcade titles, featuring intense visuals and gameplay, dynamic keyboard and mouse controls, and community integration. Climb the global leaderboards and unlock new content through specialized challenges!

Why similar: Rhythm 35.1%, Music 27.6%, Abstract 13.6%, Arcade 10.2%, Colorful 4.6%

In this fast-paced rhythm runner, every action has an explosive reaction and no amount of mayhem is too much. Take on the role of Hexplosives expert Ziggs as you rampage through the neighborhoods of Piltover!

Why similar: Rhythm 39.7%, Music 32%, Difficult 13.7%, Arcade 7.7%, Action 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-based action game that requires players to time their movements and attacks to a high-energy soundtrack.

The world's fastest brawler is back. Experience cinematic kung-fu in the most epic stickman fighter ever made. Staying true to the original, you play with only two buttons. Every press matters, do not button mash!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 26.6%, Rhythm 16.7%, Action 12.1%, Arcade 11.5%, Difficult 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: While not a traditional rhythm game, it relies entirely on rhythm-based timing and fast-paced, arcade-style combat.

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 31.2%, Music 21.9%, Abstract 15.4%, Difficult 13.7%, Arcade 8.9%

Klang is an innovative take on traditional rhythm games that pushes the genre beyond pressing buttons to tempo into a world of fast-paced exploration, platforming and combat.

Why similar: Rhythm 31.3%, Music 20.9%, Difficult 15.3%, Fast-Paced 11.5%, Great Soundtrack 6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced rhythm-action game that blends platforming with combat, requiring players to stay in sync with electronic music.

This is a Roguelike Horizontal Action game that players need to follow the beat to defeat opponents. Beat to follow, fist to the bone. Face the foe, and dance to kill!

Why similar: Rhythm 40.4%, Music 29.3%, Difficult 18.9%, Action 4.4%, Casual 2.7%

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 59.4%, Music 15.6%, Difficult 8.8%, Arcade 5%, Great Soundtrack 4.1%

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 49.7%, Rhythm 33.8%, Arcade 6.6%, Action 3.5%, Casual 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A music-driven arcade shooter that transforms your own music into a challenging, rhythm-based battlefield.

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: Rhythm 32.3%, Music 24.5%, Difficult 13.5%, Arcade 8.3%, Multiplayer 6.8%

Rhythia is a game about aiming and hitting musical beats with precision timing, within a dynamic 3x3 grid system. Use your reflexes to target flying blocks, combine accurate aim with perfect rhythm, and finally master the leaderboards against players who challenge your precision skills.

Why similar: Rhythm 63.8%, Arcade 14.7%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Casual 6.8%, 2D 4%

A rhythm game where you swipe between two lanes to the beat. Form your own flow and unleash your greatest swiping performance.

Why similar: Rhythm 41%, Music 27.9%, Difficult 18.6%, 2D 4%, Casual 2.9%

Quaver is a community-driven and open-source competitive rhythm game with two game modes and online leaderboards. Create your own maps, or challenge the world in online multiplayer matches.

Why similar: Rhythm 54.1%, Music 28.5%, Difficult 6.5%, Great Soundtrack 3.5%, Multiplayer 3.2%

Survive as long as you can in a procedurally generated world of Square.

Why similar: Music 28.7%, Rhythm 27.2%, Difficult 22.4%, Great Soundtrack 5.5%, 2D 4.6%

Raindrops is a stereo rhythm game, played with your mouse. Notes will be poured from both sides, and the sound will wave towards the direction of succesful hits. Move your mouse, click with both buttons, even scroll to take care of these notes.

Why similar: Rhythm 29.4%, Music 18.9%, Abstract 13.3%, Action 13.2%, Casual 13%

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 34.8%, Music 25.8%, Arcade 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Casual 7.6%

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 41.8%, Music 29.2%, Colorful 6.9%, Multiplayer 6%, Difficult 4.5%

Enjoy chill Lo-fi walks and fight bosses to K-POP, EDM and Hip-Hop inspired tracks. Features a quirky story, 30 handcrafted levels and various EX-modes to refresh your gameplay.

Why similar: Rhythm 36.7%, Music 24.7%, Difficult 17.4%, Arcade 8.9%, Colorful 5.8%

Dance to the rhythm with your mouse!

Why similar: Rhythm 49.7%, Arcade 13.6%, Colorful 8.9%, Difficult 8.8%, Great Soundtrack 4.9%

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 37.7%, Music 25.2%, Abstract 11.9%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Arcade 6.9%

The Network has been infested. Face a giant creature ruled by music to cleanse it. Fight while switching between 2 complementary Game Modes!

Why similar: Rhythm 28.6%, Music 21.2%, Difficult 16%, Action 15.2%, Indie 8.8%

MusicWave is a challanging Rhythm game for Electronic Dance Music that uses the home row of the keyboard. Players can create, share and download custom tracks through third party tools. With a modern skin and beautiful effects, each song will captivate your senses.

Why similar: Rhythm 32.8%, Action 13.9%, Casual 13.6%, Difficult 11.8%, Indie 8.3%

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 36%, Music 24.6%, Difficult 14.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.2%, 2D 4.8%

Rap Pop Jump Core is a hardcore action platformer demanding constant movement, quick decisions, and combat. Navigate a vibrant city by leaping between platforms. One mistake, and you fall to your fate. Escape swiftly!

Why similar: Rhythm 37.7%, Difficult 18.8%, Arcade 10.2%, Survival 7.2%, Music 6.7%

Enjoy the rhythmic music and beat the SCORE!!!

Why similar: Rhythm 40.9%, Difficult 24%, Arcade 10.7%, Casual 4.9%, Great Soundtrack 4.6%

Meditative rhythm ping-pong

Why similar: Rhythm 35.7%, Music 27.3%, Difficult 14.6%, Great Soundtrack 6.1%, Colorful 5.9%

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 53.7%, Music 15.5%, Difficult 13.4%, Great Soundtrack 12.2%, 2D 1.7%

Deftly teleport your way through a cosmic obstacle course in this white-knuckle arcade dodge-em-up!

Why similar: Rhythm 20.4%, Difficult 18.7%, Abstract 17.4%, Fast-Paced 12.9%, Music 9.9%

A rhythm adventure from a new perspective. Drive and drift to the beat on a futuristic road trip through the music, where the skyline is always in sync.

Why similar: Rhythm 34.5%, Music 24.4%, Difficult 14.6%, Fast-Paced 12.3%, Colorful 5.2%

Turn your keyboard into an instrument as you type away to the beat of the music! Typing Tempo is a 41-key typing rhythm game that will push your typing skills to the limit!

Why similar: Rhythm 41.9%, Music 21.1%, Difficult 17.4%, Arcade 10.7%, 2D 3.5%

Sound Shift is a VJ style music visualiser mixed with a simple arcade shooter.

Why similar: Music 53.1%, Casual 19.1%, Action 17.5%, Indie 10.3%

A next-generation rhythm game where story and music intertwine. Enjoy a tracklist filled with famous licensed songs and exclusive original songs made by renowned composers Discover an immersive story, and face endless challenges. Your performance will dictate the fate of the world.

Why similar: Rhythm 34.7%, Music 24.8%, Difficult 13.1%, Arcade 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.6%

Transform your keyboard into an instrument and play along to the melody of catchy chiptunes in this challenging rhythm game. Now with tap mode!

Why similar: Rhythm 48.6%, Music 35%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Casual 3.6%, Indie 2.5%

Rhythm connects! Dive into a mesmerizing journey where points and lines dance in harmony, weaving an extraordinary geometric tapestry set to the innermost beat of your heart!

Why similar: Rhythm 64.6%, Arcade 13.6%, Casual 7.6%, Action 6.6%, 2D 4.1%

Let the music move you in Synth Riders, a dance-action VR rhythm game with custom song support and a thriving multiplayer community!

Why similar: Rhythm 36.1%, Music 25.6%, Fast-Paced 9.3%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Arcade 6.9%