Best Rhythm Games Ever Made

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The best rhythm games have allowed us to interact with music in ways no other medium can. Games like Just Dance and Dance Dance Revolution have seen commercial success in their histories.

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Titles like Guitar Hero and Rock Band create the closest thing to the whole band experience, and other games like Donkey Konga and Taiko no Tatsujin aimed to do something completely different in the rhythm game genre.

BEAT SABER COMBINES YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC WITH LIGHTSABERS Beat Saber is a unique rhythm game for several reasons. Taking place in a virtual reality space, the notes are cubes, and your instruments are lightsabers.

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GUITAR HERO 3 The third mainline installment of Guitar Hero is arguably the franchise at its best, as it improved and polished the core gameplay it’s known for. The visuals received a much-needed upgrade, and game mechanics like hammer-ons were simplified.

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CRYPT OF THE NECRODANCER That’s the pitch for Crypt of the Necrodancer. It’s a roguelike where the player moves across a sometimes procedurally generated map to the beat of the music.

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ROCK BAND 4 Rock Band 4 may be the longest-running rhythm game in history. Seven years after its release, Harmonix is still adding songs weekly to its massive catalog of downloadable songs.

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PARAPPA THE RAPPER PaRappa the Rapper is one of the most iconic games on the original PlayStation. It’s often been credited as being the first modern rhythm game.

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FUSER Developed by the rhythm game veterans at Harmonix, Fuser lets anyone become a DJ by creating song mashups in the core gameplay.

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The Best Survival Horror Games of All Time Ranked

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Best Rhythm Games Ever Made

The best rhythm games have allowed us to interact with music in ways no other medium can. Games like Just Dance and Dance Dance Revolution have seen commercial success in their histories.

Titles like Guitar Hero and Rock Band create the closest thing to the whole band experience, and other games like Donkey Konga and Taiko no Tatsujin aimed to do something completely different in the rhythm game genre.

BEAT SABER COMBINES YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC WITH LIGHTSABERS Beat Saber is a unique rhythm game for several reasons. Taking place in a virtual reality space, the notes are cubes, and your instruments are lightsabers.

GUITAR HERO 3 The third mainline installment of Guitar Hero is arguably the franchise at its best, as it improved and polished the core gameplay it’s known for. The visuals received a much-needed upgrade, and game mechanics like hammer-ons were simplified.

CRYPT OF THE NECRODANCER That’s the pitch for Crypt of the Necrodancer. It’s a roguelike where the player moves across a sometimes procedurally generated map to the beat of the music.

ROCK BAND 4 Rock Band 4 may be the longest-running rhythm game in history. Seven years after its release, Harmonix is still adding songs weekly to its massive catalog of downloadable songs.

PARAPPA THE RAPPER PaRappa the Rapper is one of the most iconic games on the original PlayStation. It’s often been credited as being the first modern rhythm game.

FUSER Developed by the rhythm game veterans at Harmonix, Fuser lets anyone become a DJ by creating song mashups in the core gameplay.

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