Beat Hazard
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.
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About This Game
Beat Hazard is a action/casual game with both single-player and multiplayer modes, developed by Cold Beam Games and released in 2010. With an estimated 401,000 copies sold, it is considered a mid-tier seller on Steam. With 7.4k reviews on Steam, it stands as a game with a solid review base on Steam. Community ratings across Steam average 94.6/100 — a exceptional reception overall. According to player data, the main story takes around 4.5 hours, with side content bringing that to 12.53 hours, and a completionist run can reach 24.32 hours. Players commonly describe it as Rhythm, Music-Based Procedural Generation, Twin Stick Shooter, Bullet Hell and Shoot 'Em Up.
Playtime Estimates
4.5h
🎯 Main Story
12.53h
⭐ Main + Sides
24.32h
💯 Completionist
Based on 8 player submissions
DLCs (2)
Beat Hazard - Shadow Operations Unit
$4.99
Beat Hazard Ultra
$4.99
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Game Information
Release Date
April 15, 2010
Developer
Cold Beam Games
Publisher
Cold Beam Games
Platforms
Windows, Mac, Linux
Controller
Full Support
Price
$9.99
Analytics & Metrics
Copies Sold (VISE)
401.3K
(321K 481.6K) VRI ScoreLearning
76.3
Hard to call the data is inconsistent at this point.
VRI (Vorythic Recommendation Index) a single number indicating whether the game is worth your time. Built from game data, putting real players' opinions above progressive 'critics'.
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Genres & Categories
Genres
Action
Casual
Indie
Categories
Single-player
Multi-player
Co-op
Shared/Split Screen
Cross-Platform Multiplayer
Steam Achievements
Full controller support
Steam Trading Cards
Color Alternatives
Custom Volume Controls
Adjustable Difficulty
Playable without Timed Input
Save Anytime
Steam Cloud
Steam Leaderboards
Remote Play Together
Family Sharing
Tags
Rhythm
Music-Based Procedural Generation
Twin Stick Shooter
Bullet Hell
Shoot 'Em Up
Music
2D
Space
Indie
Action
Arcade
Shooter
Casual
Colorful
Co-op
Local Co-Op
Multiplayer
Atmospheric
Singleplayer
Replay Value
Supported Languages
Text Only
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish - Spain
Dutch
System Requirements
🪟 Windows
🍎 Mac
🐧 Linux
Minimum
Recommended
- OS *: Windows XP/Vista/Win 7
- Processor: 2.0GHz processor
- Memory: 512+MB of RAM
- Hard Drive: 40+MB of free hard drive space
- Graphics: 256MB of video memory
- Sound: DirectX-compatible sound
- DirectX®: 9 or later
- OS: OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3, or later.
- Processor: Intel
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Hard Disk Space: 250mb HD space
- OS: Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS or equivalent
- Processor: x86 1.5 GHz
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Hard Disk Space: 250mb HD space