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Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior shows off a new prototype trailer of the heavy metal platformer

Liam Dawe — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:37:38 +0000

Chaosmonger Studio continue working on Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior a retro-styled heavy metal platformer in partnership with the band Voivod.

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Look Mum No Computer is a musical twin-stick shooter action-RPG that looks wild

Liam Dawe — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:43:38 +0000

Music meets mayhem in Look Mum No Computer, a twin-stick shooter action-RPG that's out now with Native Linux support.

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Rhythm of Resistance is the "world's first" rhythm metroidvania

Liam Dawe — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:16:54 +0000

I'm not entirely sure if their announcement of it being the "world's first" truly holds up, but I can't say I've seen anything like Rhythm of Resistance.

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Chroma Blasters is a challenging music-driven twin-stick arcade shooter

Liam Dawe — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:47:48 +0000

Love music and twin-stick shooter high-score challenges? Chroma Blasters is one you need to try, and there's a demo available.

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Midnight Riff is a free new rhythm roguelike to vibe with

Liam Dawe — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:13:07 +0000

Another free game release for you. Midnight Riff is a rhythm roguelike where you have to jam with the music to deal damage and win battles.

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Witch Beam the creators of Unpacking have released the musical puzzler Tempopo

Liam Dawe — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:07:23 +0000

Tempopo is the latest release from Australian developer Witch Beam, the creators of Unpacking and Assault Android Cactus.

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Electronic music rhythm game Spin Rhythm XD recently added Linux / Steam Deck support

Liam Dawe — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:33:12 +0000

Spin Rhythm XD is a homage to classic arcade rhythm games (Guitar Hero, DDR), with a modern aesthetic and soundtrack. Earlier in April they also put up an official Native Linux version with Steam Deck support.

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Tempopo from the devs of Unpacking and Assault Android Cactus releases in April

Liam Dawe — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:17:56 +0000

The Witch Beam team (Unpacking, Assault Android Cactus) are back with a whimsical, charming adventure in Tempopo. It's just been announced that it will release on April 17th. There's a new trailer and demo up.

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Adventures of a Cat in Space is an upcoming musical adventure starring Arthur Darvill

Liam Dawe — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:17:11 +0000

Adventures of a Cat in Space sounds like an exciting one to keep on your radar. An upcoming musical point and click adventure game starring Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who, Broadchurch, Legends of Tomorrow and more).

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Save & Sound is a big live show celebrating music in gaming coming in November

Liam Dawe — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:39:57 +0000

Some games really do have absolutely fantastic soundtracks, and there's going to be a whole event dedicated to it with Save & Sound.

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Wax Heads is a cosy-punk slice-of-life narrative sim about managing a struggling record store

Liam Dawe — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:17:41 +0000

Here's another interesting looking indie game for you to follow with Wax Heads, a cosy-punk slice-of-life narrative sim about managing a struggling record store.

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Unpacking and Assault Android Cactus devs announce relaxing musical puzzler Tempopo

Liam Dawe — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 11:19:05 +0000

Tempopo is the next title from Witch Beam, creators of the popular Unpacking and Assault Android Cactus due out sometime in 2024.

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Crypt of the NecroDancer just got a Hatsune Miku DLC

Liam Dawe — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:59:21 +0000

Okay this is quite a surprise! The excellent Crypt of the NecroDancer just got a surprise addition with a Hatsune Miku DLC launch. I know plenty of you will be buying this right?

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Musical logic puzzler Beat 'N' Path has a demo live now

Liam Dawe — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:38:06 +0000

Beat 'N' Path is a game that sees you combine together your creativity and logic to create machines to play music, it looks wonderful and there's now a demo available.

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Beat 'N' Path has you combine creativity and logic to make musical machines

Liam Dawe — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 13:09:45 +0000

Beat 'N' Path sounds like a fun game for the creative mind, that has you design and build various machines to produce music across a career mode and a sandbox to create whatever you want.

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Beat Hazard 3 gets updates towards Steam Deck verification

Liam Dawe — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 13:28:49 +0000

Beat Hazard 3 from Cold Beam Games received an update recently as the developer is hoping to get Steam Deck Verified so they've made some more improvements.

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Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands musical comedy RPG is out now

Liam Dawe — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 08:36:57 +0000

Love a bit of music, comedy and absurdity? Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands has plenty and it's officially out now with full Linux support and it's Steam Deck Verified too.

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Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands releasing August 8

Liam Dawe — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 08:30:30 +0000

Following the Kickstarter success in 2019, Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands finally has a released date and it's coming soon on August 8th.

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Get a bunch of Rhythm games in this game bundle

Liam Dawe — Wed, 03 May 2023 19:29:14 +0000

Do you have the moves? Are you quick on the finger? Check out the Feel the Rhythm bundle over on Humble Bundle. Here's what compatibility to expect on desktop Linux and Steam Deck.

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Rhythm mini-game collection Bits & Bops gets Linux support

Liam Dawe — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 10:51:12 +0000

Bits & Bops looks sweet! A fun collection of rhythm mini-games, and the developer has upgraded the demo to include Linux support for this upcoming game.

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Beat Hazard 3 gets a "Huge" optimization for Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 11:28:39 +0000

Beat Hazard 3 is a music-driven twin-stick shooter currently in Early Access, and it should now play a whole lot better on Steam Deck.

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Rhythm adventure Hi-Fi RUSH from Tango Gameworks gets a surprise release

Liam Dawe — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 13:05:56 +0000

Tango Gameworks, developer of The Evil Within and Ghostwire: Tokyo, along with publisher Bethesda just stealth released their latest game called Hi-Fi RUSH.

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Guitar Hero inspired free game Clone Hero version 1.0 is out now

Liam Dawe — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 12:35:10 +0000

Games like Guitar Hero were once massively popular but developers seem to have moved on, thankfully there's Clone Hero which is a free game based on the idea.

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Rhythm Doctor now has Native Linux support in the latest update

Liam Dawe — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 12:01:05 +0000

After originally improving Rhythm Doctor for the Steam Deck earlier this year, they've now decided to do Native Linux support with it available now.

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Trombone Champ is my new favourite rhythm game

Liam Dawe — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 11:17:58 +0000

Discover the mysterious of the Trombiverse in Trombone Champ, a new hilarious rhythm game and absolutely now a clear favourite of mine. Come listen to me destroy it.

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Crypt of the Necrodancer: SYNCHRONY DLC released into Early Access

anewson — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 08:56:24 +0000

A pleasant surprise for Crypt of the Necrodancer fans! SYNCHRONY, a new DLC for Necrodancer, released today into early access.

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Fech The Ferret is an upcoming vibrant parkour rhythm-platformer

Liam Dawe — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 09:33:59 +0000

Love your musical games and want to get into the rhythm? Fech The Ferret looks like a pretty clever blending of ideas.

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Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+ comes to PC, works on Steam Deck / Linux

Liam Dawe — Fri, 27 May 2022 17:53:07 +0000

SEGA decide to drop out of nowhere Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+ on Steam. The good news is that thanks to Proton, it works out of the box on Linux and Steam Deck.

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Beautiful musical puzzle-adventure Sonority is out now

Liam Dawe — Thu, 26 May 2022 20:45:49 +0000

Musical puzzle-adventure game Sonority is out now from Hanging Gardens Interactive and Application Systems Heidelberg. I took a look so you know what to expect.

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Beautiful looking puzzle-adventure Sonority releases May 25

Liam Dawe — Tue, 03 May 2022 15:00:23 +0000

Hanging Gardens Interactive and Application Systems Heidelberg have announced their lush looking puzzle adventure Sonority will release on May 25.

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Popular and unique musical game Rhythm Doctor gets Steam Deck support

Liam Dawe — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 11:57:31 +0000

Rhythm games come in all shapes and sizes, with Rhythm Doctor looking a lot more unique than some and not only does it have an Overwhelmingly Positive user score on Steam but it also got some big Steam Deck improvements.

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A Musical Story is a very unique rhythm game with plenty of soul

Liam Dawe — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:56:49 +0000

I've gone through plenty of games that have a musical theme to them and a fair few finger-bashing rhythm games but none of them are quite like A Musical Story.

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Space Invaders gets reinvented with Beat Invaders and it's slick

Liam Dawe — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 12:53:21 +0000

Wow, I didn't think I would be playing a fresh version of Space Invaders in 2022 but here I am sucked right into the new Beat Invaders from developer Raffaele Picca.

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Rhythm-action game Thumper gets a Steam Deck patch

Liam Dawe — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 10:36:11 +0000

The 2016 release of Thumper from developer Drool is yet another that has been tweaking for the Steam Deck, and there's a fresh patch out now ready for it.

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Get ready to sweat with VR rhythm game Groove Gunner out now

Liam Dawe — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 19:53:42 +0000

Got the moves? Have a VR kit at the ready? Groove Gunner from BitCutter Studios Inc has released from Early Access today and it's one you might get a little hot with.

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CS:GO gets some fun new music and a music video from various video game composers

Liam Dawe — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 11:27:36 +0000

Introduced back in 2014, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) added in Music Kits to replace music in game and to play if you're the MVP to bug everyone else with and they just released a fun sounding Tacticians Music Kit Box.

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BOY BEATS WORLD is an overlooked fun and quirky rhythm action adventure

Liam Dawe — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:25:32 +0000

Underrated and criminally overlooked, the rhythm action adventure BOY BEATS WORLD is officially out now.

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Feel the need for a little karaoke? Check out UltraStar Play and UltraStar Deluxe

Liam Dawe — Mon, 10 May 2021 09:45:49 +0000

Two interesting projects we've not covered here before are UltraStar Deluxe and the newer UltraStar Play, both open source games aimed at karaoke fans.

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LightBreak is a very unique looking upcoming story-driven musical game

Liam Dawe — Wed, 05 May 2021 10:14:31 +0000

With gameplay that looks equal measures confusing and intriguing, LightBreak is a musical game where you get the story by following this music and creating it as you go along.

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NES-style free chiptune music maker FamiStudio has a new release up

Liam Dawe — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:44:58 +0000

Free, open source and a lot of fun to get mixing, FamiStudio is a wonderful application for making some retro tunes and there's a new release available.

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VR rhythm game 'Groove Gunner' enters Early Access with Linux support

Liam Dawe — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 09:45:28 +0000

After a new VR game that's supported on Linux? There's not a lot to pick from but you can now add Groove Gunner to your collection.

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Wildermyth to get a live-instrument OST recorded thanks to a Kickstarter campaign

Liam Dawe — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 16:16:00 +0000

Currently available in Early Access, the game Wildermyth is a very impressive mix of an RPG with turn-based tactical battles with a brilliant papercraft style. It also appears to be getting a slick new soundtrack.

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Open source NES-style music maker FamiStudio has a big new release

Liam Dawe — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 08:34:55 +0000

Another great project we are following is FamiStudio, a free and open source NES-style music maker and they have a fresh release up now.

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BOY BEATS WORLD is an upcoming rhythm action-adventure for Linux PC

Liam Dawe — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 10:52:26 +0000

Love your musical rhythm adventures? Duckbridge, developer of hiphop western game Luckslinger is coming back with BOY BEATS WORLD.

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Dead Cells gets another big free update and a Demake Soundtrack

Liam Dawe — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:40:49 +0000

A chiptune/8-bit version of the Dead Cells soundtrack? Absolutely sign me up. Oh, there's also a brand new free content update out now which is nice too.

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Craft slick chiptune music for games or fun as FamiStudio adds Linux builds

Liam Dawe — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:36:20 +0000

FamiStudio, a pretty fun looking program designed for people making chiptune music and NES homebrewers recently had a big new release and it came with their first Linux build.

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Dodge everything possible with slick tunes in HyperCore, a musical rhythm bullet-hell

Liam Dawe — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 13:49:54 +0000

Need something to truly get your bloody pumping? HyperCore mixes together a bullet-hell with a musical rhythm game in the style of a retro space shooter.

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Clever and quirky musical platformer 'Songs for a Hero - A Lenda do Herói' gets an English version

Liam Dawe — Tue, 05 May 2020 16:21:18 +0000

Songs for a Hero - A Lenda do Herói has been around for a few years now, and it ended up quite popular for a good reason. It's a platformer with a clever musical twist but until now it wasn't available in English.

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Project Heartbeat is a brand new community-driven rhythm game out in Early Access

Liam Dawe — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 10:17:04 +0000

With fast beats and quick finger work needed to hit all the notes, the community-driven rhythm game 'Project Heartbeat' is now available with Linux support in Early Access.

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Unbeatable is a rhythm-adventure about siblings, creative blocks, and rocking out coming to Linux

Liam Dawe — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 09:57:23 +0000

Unbeatable from developer D-Cell Games is an upcoming rhythm-adventure where music summons dangerous monsters and it looks really quite sweet.

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