- #1 Big Band Survivors
97% match4 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Moontrail Games
Windows
Build your band, unlock powerful relics, and slay hordes in sync with the beat. Big Band Survivors is a rhythm-based roguelite that combines the visceral gameplay of the Survivors-like genre with musically interwoven game mechanics.
Why similar: Rhythm 30.2%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Action Roguelike 17.4%, Music 8.9%, Post-apocalyptic 6.9%
- #2 Rhythm Survivors
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crayon House Games
Windows · Linux
Rhythm Survivors is a single player musical survivor-like. Fight off hordes of increasingly numerous monsters while collecting upgrades to compose powerful sequences of attacks. Only with perfect rhythm can you hope to survive the night!
Why similar: Rhythm 30.2%, Music 24.8%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Action Roguelike 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #3 Sympathia
96% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: DoriGhiku
Windows
『Dodge × Beat』 Enjoy the world of sympathia in rhythm!
Why similar: Music 37.8%, Rhythm 32.7%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, Action 4.6%
- #4 Give Me Back!
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Whirlwind Studio
Windows
《Give Me Back!》 is a barrage avoidance adventure game. It will take you into a fantasy world. During the adventure, you only need to avoid snowflakes, cross the waves, and overcome many difficulties to survive until the end. Here, reaction speed and calm judgment are the only rules of survival!
Why similar: Rhythm 40.3%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Music 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Action 6.9%
- #5 Siegecaster
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: Half Human GamesPub: Boss Corridor
Windows · Mac
An active skill-based siege defense game. Prepare your aim and quickly assess the coming onslaught. Survive a large-scale assault on your home as you build outward to strengthen your arsenal. Engage epic hordes. Encircle powerful upgrade runes. Enhance your weapons. Siege the day.
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.2%, Base Building 15%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Action Roguelike 12.9%, Building 9.4%
- #6 Chiptune DJ
94% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Por si las moscas
Windows
Chiptune DJ is a rythm based game where you play along catchy 8-bit chiptune music to improve your rythmic and coordination skills. Build up your combos and beat your previous scores as you get better and better.
Why similar: Rhythm 40%, Music 37.1%, Retro 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Indie 3.5%
- #7 Dark Age Asunder
92% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Plutonium Powered
Windows · Linux
Defend against relentless monsters, rebuild your home, and unlock powerful abilities in 'Dark Age Asunder.' Your journey to restore peace begins now—will you rise or fall to the darkness?
Why similar: Base Building 25.6%, Tower Defense 24.9%, Action Roguelike 20.1%, Building 8%, Fantasy 4.8%
- #8 Pixelgroove
93% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Dream Dimension
Windows
Embark on "Pixelgroove," a one-of-a-kind shmup adventure where your chosen music video's visuals and beats transform into exhilarating gameplay. Each video's distinct imagery directly influences the game's dynamics, crafting an experience unique to every song.
Why similar: Rhythm 39.2%, Music 34.2%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, 2D 4.1%, Action 3.3%
- #9 Wild Seas
91% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: DuDeekiPub: DuDeeki Studio
Windows
Defend the jewel of evil pirates! Wild Seas is a tower defense game with rogue-like elements, where your positioning can ensure victory
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.7%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Action Roguelike 18%, Building 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #10 Rhythm Bang
91% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: RiskiVR
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rhythm based aiming game focused around hard electronic music. Aim the blaster with your mouse as it blasts rhythmically to the music, and aim at the falling blocks!
Why similar: Music 45.8%, Rhythm 39.6%, Colorful 6.7%, 2D 4.7%, Indie 1.8%
- #11 Light ☼ Room
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: • NullTalePub: • NullTale Scape
Windows
☼ Musical space adventure where bullet hell levels lead you through the story, to break your heart.. and monitor to -`ღ´-
Why similar: Music 32.1%, Rhythm 20.1%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, RPG 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #12 Milkraid
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KartsDev
Windows
Defend the milk at all costs! Place towers, build your base, recruit minions, and battle endless swarms of enemies. Unlock new towers, characters and base upgrades, and upgrade them to create ridiculous builds. Every run is unique.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.8%, Action Roguelike 17.9%, Base Building 17.4%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Action 5.3%
- #13 Cooldown
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WOOAS
Windows
[Cooldown] is a rhythm-based defense game. Destroy the endless robot debris flying through space, strengthen your turret, and protect your planet! Develop various technologies and robots to defeat enemies more effectively! Get more rewards while listening to your own recorded music!
Why similar: Rhythm 29.6%, Tower Defense 21.4%, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Music 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%
- #14 Monsters Hate Only the Princess
88% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: H3
Windows
To the monsters, you don’t even exist. Their eyes are fixed only on the Princess. Protect her no matter what! Even when you feel like running away from her yourself.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.4%, Bullet Hell 20%, Tower Defense 18.4%, Base Building 17.4%, Building 9.5%
- #15 Reflector Rhythm Master
87% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Kiki Castella
Windows
A hybrid of a block breaker and a music game. A strange and fun mechanic where all of the stages fit on one screen. And the antithesis of the easy-to-see music game.
Why similar: Rhythm 43.8%, Music 38%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Retro 5.9%, Action 4.3%
- #16 Echo Rift
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Project Rock LLC
Windows · Mac
Fight enemies to the beat and bring Rock to the people in this epic rhythm game! Echo Rift is a beat-based combat game where players dance on an arena grid in their fight against the audiocratic elite to bring back music to a silenced world.
Why similar: Rhythm 33.3%, Music 32.4%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Combat 5%, Colorful 4.9%
- #17 Mirth Melody
86% matchVery Positive94% of 509 reviews2024
Dev: Clay Game Studio
Windows
Play as Dodo the duck exploring a beautiful little forest. Strum your favorite guitar and watch as the forest creatures happily vibe along to your music.
Why similar: Music 42.9%, Rhythm 38%, Colorful 5.8%, Exploration 5.3%, Fantasy 3.9%
- #18 Rhythm Rat Rampage
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Basika
Windows
Rhythm Rat Rampage is rhythm-meets-bullet-heaven. Dodge to the beat and shred your enemies in a music-driven gauntlet of chaos, speed, and style. Fight your way to the leaderboards!
Why similar: Rhythm 32.7%, Bullet Hell 20.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Retro 8.8%, RPG 7.6%
- #19 Gold and Bricks
83% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: kurigamedev
Windows · Linux
Gold and Bricks is a small game that mixes elements of city builder, roguelite, strategy and tower defense. Plan the layout, manage your economy and invest your gold in defensive towers to protect yourself from the hordes of enemies invading your village.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.3%, Base Building 19.2%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Action Roguelike 17.5%, Building 5.4%
- #20 BIT.TRIP BEAT
84% matchVery Positive80% of 881 reviews2010
Dev: Gaijin Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 45.7%, Music 37.6%, Retro 4.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%, Action 3.2%
- #21 Shapes N Music
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: very remarkable games
Windows
A brutal bullet-hell rhythm game where every death is your fault. Dodge hazards, dash and die to a varied soundtrack synced to intense levels. Master 4 more game modes built to steal your evenings. Can you beat each level without taking a hit?
Why similar: Rhythm 36.2%, Music 28.7%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Retro 6.4%, 2D 3.2%
- #22 Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost
81% matchVery Positive82% of 2,336 reviews2024
Dev: Alliance Arts
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
"The collapse of Gensokyo... it was all you - " To rebuild the now barren phantasia, Reimu's journey begins. A Touhou Project officially approved derivative rhythm action game.
Why similar: Music 43%, Rhythm 33.5%, Bullet Hell 7.5%, Post-apocalyptic 5.1%, Fantasy 3.5%
- #23 Before the Echo
82% matchVery Positive86% of 1,447 reviews2011
Dev: Iridium Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Before the Echo combines elements of both rhythm and role-playing games to create an entirely unique experience.
Why similar: Rhythm 50.8%, Music 34.9%, RPG 10.6%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #24 KILLBEAT
80% matchPositive100% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Kalma Games
Windows · Linux
Shoot, reload, and kill to the beat in this fast-paced roguelike. Discover powerful item synergies and unlock new trials as you fight your way to the heart of the planet.
Why similar: Rhythm 31.6%, Music 29.9%, Action Roguelike 17.4%, Bullet Hell 14%, Action 3.2%
- #25 Hailing from the Abyss
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Jiwoo LeePub: Next in Game
Windows
Hailing From the Abyss is a rhythm game with a unique duel setup. Beat powerful enemies in rhythmic battles by using consumables, acquiring power-ups, and skill. Guide Suri while she faces her past memories in style and rhythm!
Why similar: Rhythm 32.3%, Music 31.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Colorful 5.2%
- #26 KickBeat Steam Edition
81% matchMixed66% of 770 reviews2014
Dev: Zen Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
From indie pioneers Zen Studios (makers of Pinball FX2 and CastleStorm) comes KickBeat, an innovative rhythm game with a Kung Fu theme, featuring fully 3D characters and high-energy music! You can use your own music to create custom KickBeat tracks, allowing you ultimate replayability!
Why similar: Music 47.7%, Rhythm 42.9%, Action 6%, Indie 3.4%
- #27 Motionmelody
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Boxsubmus
Windows
Motionmelody is an experimental musical bullet-hell that transforms every song into a stunning and dangerous arrangement of enemies to dodge. Featuring a powerful built-in Level Editor and hand-crafted levels complementing a diverse soundtrack.
Why similar: Music 32.6%, Rhythm 29.1%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Retro 6.9%, Colorful 5.2%
- #28 Relapse
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hexatunes
Windows
A beginner friendly sheet music rhythm game, with cute characters and a shady organization!
Why similar: Rhythm 47.3%, Music 43.5%, Action 3.6%, Indie 2.3%, 2D 2.3%
- #29 Laserlife
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 119 reviews2015
Dev: Choice Provisions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Remember what it means to be a human in this interactive biography of a dead astronaut found in deep space by future intelligences who have no concept of humankind.
Why similar: Rhythm 49.6%, Music 46.2%, Indie 4.3%
- #30 Astra Moment:DIMENSION
76% matchPositive77% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Jeonghwa Arts College
Windows
『Astra Moment:DIMENSION』 is a keyboard-type rhythm game with four lanes. Experience the new play experience of SF rhythm games with original music by students from Jeonghwa University of the Arts, a dimension note system with vibes processed in the air, and operators to help you play.
Why similar: Rhythm 42.8%, Music 37.4%, Post-apocalyptic 8.2%, Action 5.2%, 2D 4.5%
- #31 Twin Horizons
77% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Exploding Cable Productions
Windows · Mac
You may think this is a simple rhythm action game with the simple controls of tapping and holding the keyboard, but what's that above? Yes, you need to pay attention to those as well! Can you handle the 8-lane madness?
Why similar: Music 43.7%, Rhythm 39.2%, Retro 6.7%, Action 5.5%, Indie 2.9%
- #32 AUDICA: Rhythm Shooter
76% matchVery Positive85% of 586 reviews2019
Dev: Harmonix Music Systems, Inc
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
AUDICA™ is a VR “rhythm shooter” that combines Harmonix’s award-winning music gameplay with precision shooting mechanics and a 33-song soundtrack, all set in a mesmerizing cosmic arena.
Why similar: Rhythm 49.9%, Music 44.3%, Action 3.7%, Indie 2.1%
- #33 Elliot's Show Time
75% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Ruisu DesignPub: Gigantic G
Windows
Help Elliot light up the stage in a rhythmic adventure featuring 10 original songs.
Why similar: Rhythm 54.7%, Music 35.1%, 2D 6.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%, Indie 1.6%
- #34 MusicHell
73% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Sindruid
Windows
MusicHell is a musical bullet hell! Experience awesome music-synced levels or create your own in the level editor.
Why similar: Music 34.6%, Rhythm 31.4%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, 2D 3.5%, Action 2.7%
- #35 The Polynomial - Space of the music
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 499 reviews2010
Dev: Dmytry Lavrov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 17%
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 46.3%, Rhythm 37.4%, Bullet Hell 5.2%, Action 3.9%, Colorful 3.5%
- #36 Bullet Meltdown
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games Anatomy Studio
Windows
Build and automate your outpost to survive enemy waves. Fight with powerful guns, place walls, traps, farms and factories, hire units to defend your base, and level them up between runs or lose them forever when they die.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.8%, Base Building 21%, Action Roguelike 17.6%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Building 4.8%
- #37 BIT.TRIP CORE
75% matchMixed59% of 156 reviews2012
Dev: Gaijin Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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: Rhythm 53.3%, Music 34.6%, Action 7.4%, Indie 4.7%
- #38 Party Pumper
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 33 reviews2019
Dev: Fibrum Limited
Windows
Born in the vibrations of music, Party Pumper is a game about parties and for parties! Player's goal is to entertain the audience by mixing a music samples. Combine this with a dance movements and fun party gadgets action, interact with partygoers crowd and pump the party!
Why similar: Music 48.4%, Rhythm 46.3%, Indie 5.3%
- #39 ReMix
71% matchVery Positive81% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: GameSmith
Windows
ReMix is a unique musical rhythm action game that combines the elements of Rogue games. In this world, you are able to choose from a variety of heroes with different fighting styles and use the power of music to battle against evil void monsters.
Why similar: Rhythm 30.6%, Action Roguelike 22.4%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Music 7.7%
- #40 Dancing Cube
72% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Soft Mountain
Windows
"Dancing Cube" is a multiplayer musical bullet-hell, where players must avoid red obtacles in a giant 3D cube that deforms to the rhythm of the music. Play in solo modes or challenge your friends to see who handles the beat better.
Why similar: Rhythm 34.3%, Music 33%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Colorful 6.2%, Combat 2.6%
- #41 Kill The Music
70% matchVery Positive97% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Nikko Nikko
Windows
Kill The Music is a Rhythm Action Roguelite about defeating hordes of enemies with musical instruments.
Why similar: Rhythm 28.7%, Music 26%, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Combat 4.2%
- #42 Rhythm Retro
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gordon Donaldson
Windows
With R.P.G. elements, audio calibration settings, an online leaderboard, 7 gold medal achievements, 6 class upgrade ranks, and even keyboard controls for Blue-stack players! Challenge yourself with 120 unique gameplay combinations! Level up your Retro Boosts and blow the competition away!
Why similar: Music 40.3%, Rhythm 35.6%, Retro 9.8%, RPG 9.5%, 2D 3.7%
- #43 Retro/Grade
73% matchVery Positive84% of 396 reviews2013
Dev: 24 Caret Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Play a classic Shoot 'Em Up... in reverse!
Why similar: Rhythm 48%, Music 34.2%, Action 7.6%, Retro 5.5%, Indie 4.6%
- #44 Luminous Project
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: SENTIMENTUM
Windows
Six girls save the world through music. Press keys in time with the notes and collect the light energy Luminous in this casual rhythm game.
Why similar: Music 52.8%, Rhythm 33.3%, Colorful 5.2%, 2D 4%, Indie 3.4%
- #45 Old School Musical
71% matchVery Positive92% of 950 reviews2018
Dev: La MoutardePub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 47%, Music 24%, Retro 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Action 6.3%
- #46 BIT.TRIP FATE
72% matchMixed68% of 140 reviews2013
Dev: Gaijin Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
FATE is the penultimate chapter in the six-part BIT.TRIP series and will leave you wondering what’s next.Key Features:The arrow keys control CommanderVideo while the mouse allows you to fire anywhere on screen! Or if you prefer, plug in a controller for dual-stick shooting action!
Why similar: Rhythm 42.7%, Music 42.6%, Action 9.4%, Indie 5.3%
- #47 Reptile Island
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BasicMan Studio
Windows
Can you survive on this island swarming with reptiles? Let me tell you: YOU WILL DIE. But it’s not about dying. It’s about how long you can fight before the end, what structures you build and defend, and how long you can withstand the relentless waves of enemies. Good luck.
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.6%, Action Roguelike 19.1%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, RPG 15.7%, Base Building 9.2%
- #48 Catch it
68% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: CCLXGAMES
Windows
"Dusk to Dawn, Strategy Drawn" In this blighted realm, daylight grants but fleeting respite— While darkness unleashes the reaper's carnival. As the Last Nightwatch, you must wield more than steel: To orchestrate the symphony of survival.
Why similar: Base Building 26.1%, Tower Defense 20.7%, Action Roguelike 17.3%, Building 17.2%, Combat 7.3%
- #49 MASH VP! Re:VISION
67% matchVery Positive86% of 417 reviews2025
Dev: AXTORM Co., Ltd.
Windows
[Fusion, Synthesis, Coalescence]"MASH VP! Re:VISION" is a revolutionary rhythm game that “fuses” two lanes and music into a completely new experience.With a variety of tracks, game modes, and a creativity-driven mashup system, it invites you into a new world of music!
Why similar: Rhythm 49.8%, Music 42.5%, Action 5.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #50 Temp Zero
68% matchVery Positive95% of 171 reviews2022
Dev: Alexandre Kadri
Windows
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 28%, Music 27.4%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Action Roguelike 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%
- #51 BIT.TRIP VOID
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 99 reviews2012
Dev: Gaijin Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
BIT.TRIP VOID is the third installment in the retro-arcade BIT.TRIP saga.BIT.TRIP VOID is a synesthetic exploration of rhythm and music as they pertain to our everyday lives and moods. In a control scheme brand new to the series, yet wholly familiar to gamers, the player is given complete freedom to move about the screen wherever they...
Why similar: Rhythm 42.6%, Music 42.6%, Action 9.2%, Indie 5.6%
- #52 Kill Ze Bugs
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: _badger
Windows
Survive for as long as you can while shooting down hundreds of carnivorous insects! Kill ze bugs is a bullet heaven/survivor game in which your success depends on good aim, tactics and - most importantly - synergies between dozens of available augments.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.4%, Bullet Hell 27.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Combat 6.7%
- #53 Rhythmy
69% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2020
Dev: InsaneHawk
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Rhythmy" is a new arcade-style rhythm bullet hell game, try to dodge and survive many levels while listening to Thaehan, F-777, Boom Kitty and more! If you're seeking for some hardcore bullet hell challenge, while listening to some epic music, you better be ready!
Why similar: Music 34.9%, Rhythm 32.7%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Action 7.7%, Indie 4.4%
- #54 PolyTap
66% matchMostly Negative33% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: PolyTapOfficial
Windows
Tap to the rhythm based on the shapes that emerge!
Why similar: Rhythm 51%, Music 36.4%, Action 5.9%, 2D 5.2%, Indie 1.5%
- #55 Hammer Knight
66% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: MiniWeekend
Windows
In Hammer Knight, you'll face an army of machines powered by ancient technology, relying solely on your architectural skills and the engineering hammer in your hands to combat the onslaught of machines.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25%, Base Building 18.3%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Action Roguelike 17.1%, Building 12.4%
- #56 Rhythm Girl
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Pauline Game
Windows · Mac
Enter the world of music magic book with Kung fu girl and enjoy your travel of music!
Why similar: Rhythm 44.5%, Music 44.5%, Action 6.9%, Indie 4.1%