Indie · January 24, 2019
A Dance of Fire and Ice (2019)
A Dance of Fire and Ice is a simple one-button rhythm game. Press on every beat of the music to move in a line. Every pattern has its own rhythm to it. It can get difficult. This game is purely based on rhythm, so use your ears more than your sight. Note that it is quite strict and unforgiving. If you've played the Rhythm Heaven series - this is about as strict as that. Explore the cosmos: Soar through each genre of music in a variety of colorful fantasy landscapes. Predict every moment: With a track that shows you every rhythm ahead of time, you’ll learn to sight-read levels as they come. No tricks, and nothing is reaction-based. Play new levels for free: Tackle new songs and new rhythms as we expand the game with free level patches Steam Workshop Support: Create, share, and play countless user-made custom levels through our Workshop Calibrate your experience: Manually adjust your calibration on-the-fly, or use our auto-calibration method. The game is precisely timed, and you won’t experience any slow desync over time like you might with other music-based twitch games. (We’re musicians and off-sync games hurt us.)
Indie releases from 2019
38 Indie titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.
Position in Indie
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 73.5k Steam reviews | Top 5% in Indie |
| Positive rating | 94% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 30% |
| Concurrent peak | 1.9k players | Top 5% in Indie by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 18 h average | Top 33% for session depth among Indie |
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Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Rhythm · 466
- Music · 374
- Difficult · 314
- Level Editor · 303
- Singleplayer · 267
- Indie · 262
- 2D · 260
- Arcade · 256
- Fantasy · 244
- Colorful · 244
- Psychedelic · 236
- Casual · 231
- Action · 228
- Atmospheric · 226
- Family Friendly · 223
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (12)
- English
- Spanish - Spain
- Korean
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Japanese
- Spanish - Latin America
- Polish
- Romanian
- Russian
- Vietnamese
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Cloud
- Remote Play on Phone
- Remote Play on Tablet
Input & Comfort
- Partial Controller Support
Other
- Single-player
- Includes level editor
- Family Sharing
Reception Metrics
Steam community
94%Very Positive · 73.5k reviews
69.1k positive · 4.4k negative
Curator recommendations
72.8k
Peak concurrent players
1.9k
Press Quotes
“This game is fantastic ... ingenious level designs ... visualizes rhythms in a way no rhythm game has done before.” 9/10 – Etienne
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
18h
moderate (15–40 hours)
Median
5h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
1h
Current engagement
Achievements
47
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Jan 24, 2019 |
|---|---|
| Developer | 7th Beat Games |
| Publisher | 7th Beat Games, indienova |
| Base price | $4.79 -20% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 3 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Support · [email protected] |
Editions & Packages
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