Action · April 15, 2010

Beat Hazard (2010)

trophy63 achievementsextension2 DLCgroup1M–10M ownersrecommend5.0k recommendations
Welcome to a new experience in gameplay mechanics: Beat Hazard Gameplay Powered by YOUR Music! 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. Power up your spaceship and watch as the music boosts your firepower. Unleash hell on the enemy ships when you max out with weapon pickups! Beat Hazard seamlessly mixes the love of gaming and music. Together they become greater than the sum of their parts. Unique music driven gameplay Gameplay possibilities as vast as your music collection Can you last a whole album in Survival Mode? Go Head to Head in local 2 player mode Or play local 2 player Co-op 25 Steam achievements Compete against friends on Steam leader boards Get real time updates via the in game News System Take on huge boss ships Power up and unleash the deadly Beat Hazard weapon Rank up to an Elite rated pilot and beyond (Can you survive Suicidal mode?) Includes a kicking rock album to get you started File types supported: mp3/wav/aiff/ogg/mwa/flac iTunes, aac, mp4 and m4a support via a download for a small fee (to cover patented decoder licensing costs) LastFM Scrobble support Now also support Internet Radio in all modes, including online

Action releases from 2010

36 Action titles launched in 2010 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Rhythm · 544
  • Music-Based Procedural Generation · 538
  • Twin Stick Shooter · 535
  • Bullet Hell · 531
  • Shoot 'Em Up · 528
  • Music · 519
  • 2D · 363
  • Space · 322
  • Indie · 319
  • Action · 257
  • Arcade · 201
  • Shooter · 198
  • Casual · 192
  • Colorful · 171
  • Co-op · 150

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume7.4k Steam reviewsTop 48% in Action
Positive rating95% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 14%
Metacritic70/100Genre average 77 — top 82% of Action titles
Engagement hours7 h averageTop 60% for session depth among Action

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Accessibility

  • Color Alternatives
  • Adjustable Difficulty
  • Playable without Timed Input

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support
  • Custom Volume Controls

Other

  • Single-player

Reception Metrics

Steam community

95%Overwhelmingly Positive · 7.4k reviews

7.0k positive · 369 negative

Metacritic

70/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.2/10

Curator recommendations

5.0k

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

7h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

Achievements

63

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 15, 2010
DeveloperCold Beam Games
Base price$2.99
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (6)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Dutch

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Beat Hazard