Rhythm (also known as Rhythm Action) is a genre of Music-themed video game of genre of Action that challenges the sense of the rhythm of the player. Games in the Action genre typically focus on the simulated performance of musical instruments or dance and needs the player to hit the button or nodes in a sequence dictated on the screen. Pressing the button, causing the protagonist or avatar to dance or to play his musical instrument correctly, which increases the scores of the player. Many Rhythm video games offer Multiplayer modes, in which the player can compete against his family members, friends or other players from around the world for the highest points or co-op as a simulated musical assemble. Rhythm games often introduce the novel game controllers that emulate musical instruments. Dance-based video games need the player to perform physically dance on a mat using the pressure sensitive pads, acting as the input device. The genre offers popular games such as Dance Dance Revolution and Music-based video games such as Guitar Hero, and Donkey Konga.

20 Best Rhythm Games for PC

#1 Rocksmith 2014

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Rocksmith 2014 is a mix of Music, Education, Rhythm, and Simulation elements developed and published by Ubisoft. The game supports Single-player mode and available to play on Cross platform. It lets a chance to the player to learn how to play guitar. It uses a real tone cable that connects to the output jack of guitars. Acoustic guitars and other music instrument require additional hardware to connect such as a pickup. It includes a variety of superb songs including House of the Rising Sun, I Got Mine, Song 2, etc. and lets the player play the song repeating the beat in the game. In normal mode, the game showing a guitar fretboard, divided into colored strings. Music notes are displayed in colored rectangles, and the player task is to match the color of the note with guitar strings to take down. As the player advanced, the game becomes challenging and unlocks other famous songs to play. With superb gameplay, colorful graphics, and attractive sounds, Rocksmith 2014 is the best Music game to play and enjoy.

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#2 Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien

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Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien or also known as Bit. Trip Runner 2 is an award-winning sequel to the wonderful Bit. Trip Runner. This Action Puzzle Platform and Music game offers a similar game-play as its predecessor, packed up with new and quite fantastic gaming environments, more fun filled levels, brand new moves and background music along with enhanced graphics and revamped game mechanics etc. Just like its Bit. Trip Runner, you’ll have to Run, Jump, Slide and go through some challenging obstacles to complete the game objectives. With 5 brilliantly designed game worlds, 120 levels of pure awesomeness, amazing boss battles and eight unique character choices, Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien is a wonderful game to play and enjoy.

#3 Rhythm Zone

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Rhythm Zone is another Rhythm, Puzzle video game developed and published by Sonic Boom Games. In This game, the player loads the songs from his music library and matches the falling beats. Super cool backgrounds changing with every beat and the fast paced game-play takes you to an amazing experience of music gaming. Rhythm Zone features cool 3D graphics, a user-friendly interface and the option to play the game via your keyboard or a plug and play USB controller. Try Rhythm Zone and you’ll fall in love with every thing this cool game offers. Rhythm Zone is available to play on Microsoft Windows only.

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#4 Geometry Dash Lite

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Geometry Dash Lite is a Side-scroll Runner, Platform, Music, and Single-player video game created by Robert Topala and published by Robtop Games. The game revolves around rhythm-based platforming gameplay and introduces more than twenty-one levels and up to thirty million online levels available made by players. Each level introduces a unique background music and a set of obstacles. It brings a level editor, secret coins, user-created levels, and a variety of icons for you. The game introduces three shops and vaults in the game. In the game, you can use a clicking or tapping system to command different vehicles that react. The primary objective of the game is to accomplish the stage by reaching its end. During the gameplay, if the vehicle crashes at an obstacles, the player will has to state the game from the beginning. There are 21 levels available, from which 18 are accessible from the start. The game rewards the player with points for each completed level. Geometry Dash Lite offers core features such as Fly Rockets, Practice Mode, Unlockable Icons, Customize your Character, and more. Try it out.

#5 The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor

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The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor is a mix of Role-playing, Music, Rhythm, Fantasy and Party-based elements offered by Puuba and Kasedo Games. The game comes with both Single-player and Multiplayer modes and features Split-screen for the better co-op experience. The setting takes place in the fantasy environment and brings various musically empowered villains and heroes. The game puts you in control of a party contains up to eight graduated masters of musical combat arts. After select the heroes, you can activate the huge variety of spells and abilities, nukes and buffs, with your performance and moves. Like other RPGs, you must improve the stats of your characters, find powerful equipment, and mix the multitude of abilities. The game introduces a variety of quests with different locations ranging from the rockstar haunted castle to a medieval party yacht. The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor includes superb features such as Replayability, Improve your Characters’ Stats, an Epic Quest, Rhythm Role-playing Game, and more. With excellent mechanics, wonderful graphics, and smooth controls, The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor is the best game to play and enjoy.

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#6 O2Jam

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O2Jam is an Action, Arcade, Music, and Single-player Rhythm video game developed by O2Media and published by e-Games. The game brings an exciting gameplay that you have never played before. It offers the similar gameplay to IIDG game and introduces a series of songs. There are various levels, and each level contains a variety of notes fall across the screen. The ultimate task is to hit these notes to activate sounds to play the music. It has different rooms available, and the player has a choice to select the room in the beginning if the game. It has both Single-player and Multiplayer modes. In Single-player mode, the player plays alone while in Multiplayer mode, the player competes against other players or team-up to be a leader. The game rewards the player with gems and experience points for each completed level and can use these points to unlock further content. The earning of the player depends on how accurate he hit the falling notes. O2Jam includes superb features such as 12 Songs, more than 27 Levels, Collect Gems, and more. Try it out.

#7 Thumper

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Thumper is Music, Rhythm and Single-player video game with an emphasis on Virtual Reality elements created and published by Drool. The game takes place in the stunning world and lets the player guide the space beetle along a track through a variety of fantastic worlds and struggle to fulfill the requirements of each objective. During the gameplay, the player needs to press the button to hit the notes on the track with the background music, while avoiding obstacles, jumping over spikes, turning challenging walls and defeating foes. The game is played from both the first-person perspective and a third-person view. There are numerous levels available, and each level is divided into several segments. After each segment, the player receives points and a rating display how well the player did. Thumper includes prominent features, smooth controls, and wonderful graphics, Thumper is the best game available to play on PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows only.

#8 MX vs ATV Supercross Encore

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MX vs ATV Supercross Encore is a Racing, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Rainbow Studios and published by Nordic Games for multiple platforms. The title serves as the fifth installment in the franchise of MX vs. ATV and the first entry created by developer of the franchise, Rainbow Studios. The game enables the players to race supercross on motorbikes similar to Alive and Reflex against AI-controlled Drivers or real Players. There are up to 17 tracks available and the game introduces a career modes with five series such as 450 MX, 250 East, 450 ATV and more. More than eighty motocross campaigns take place in the game with forty skilled riders to race against opponents. Over eighty licensed vehicle licensed companies are present and its multiplayer mode support up to 12 players. MX vs ATV Supercross Encore includes prominent features such as Free Ride Mode, Premastered Audio, Rhythm Racing Mode, New Gears and Kits, etc. Try it out, if you love playing Motor Racing Simulations.

#9 5Street

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5Street is a Rhythm-based Dancing, Massively Multiplayer Online, Social Networking, and Virtual World Simulation takes place in the persistent world. The game introduces multiple characters and allows you select one of them to get access to the world where you can dance in more than a dozen dance halls or in lobby environments. Using customization feature, you can change the appearance of your character in your style with multiple combination of accessories and items. You can participates in dancing completions against opponents or alone. During the gameplay, you can decorate your home using various decorations and can spend your romantic moments with your spouse at your love cottage. Interact with other players, chat with them, and immerse yourself in dancing gameplay experience. Unlike other dancing games like Audition Online, the game introduces a massive persistent world where you can dance alone or with your friends. 5Street offers prominent features such as Character Customization, Varied Gameplay, Quests, Achievements and more. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you.

#10 Just Dance 2017

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Just Dance 2017 is a Dance, Rhythm, Music, Online, Single and Multiplayer Simulation developed and published by Ubisoft. It is the marvelous entry in the series of Just Dance and offers the similar gameplay to its previous installments. Before starting the game, the player must choose his favorite songs from available and a character to represent himself. The player can use motion controller system for input or can use a mobile app. It is an excellent game, in which the player can learn fantastic dance moves with a sequence. The player can grab his family members and is friends to dance with up to forty new tracks, six new modes, and new content. The game features new songs such as Lean On by Major Laser Ft., Sorry by Justin Bieber, and more. Learn new dance moves through this game and show off the friends to impress them. With enhanced mechanics, controls, features and gameplay, Just Dance 2017 is the best game to play and enjoy.

#11 Audition Online

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Audition Online is a free-to-play, Massively Multiplayer Online, Music, and Rhythm Simulation developed by T3 Entertainment and published by YD Online. There are different types of characters and the game lets the player select one of them to get into the game world where he can interact with other players, compete in dance tournament and perform hundreds of pop and hip hop dance moves by pressing keys. The game lets the player live his second life where he is a superstar and make lots of friends. It includes different modes such as Practice, Freestyle, Normal, Beat Rusk, and more. Earn experience points by completing different tasks and use them to unlock further features in the game. Each character has its unique room and the player can decorate it with different accessories, furniture, and items. To win the competition, the player must defeat his opponent who are actual players around the globe. Audition Online includes key features such as a variety of Gameplay, Socialize, Recognizable Tunes, Fully Customization, and more. Try it out and you’ll enjoy it.

#12 Crypt of the NecroDancer

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Crypt of the NecroDancer is a wonderful Rogue-like Action-Adventure, Exploration and a hardcore Rhythm video game by Brace Yourself Games. The game sets you up into the character of Cadence, whose father goes missing and she embarks on a journey to find him. While on exploration, she reaches the crypt controlled by the NecroDancer and falls in it. The NecroDancer steals her heart and forces her to get it back by fighting against the minions. Your task is to help Cadence traverse through the Dungeons, defeat the minions of NecroDancer by simply performing actions on musical beats, get her heart back, defeat the NecroDancer and finally free her father. Crypt of the NecroDancer allows you to play the game with built-in sound tracks or if you want you can play with your own music library. With thrilling encounters with minions and the NecroDancer, amazing eye-catching visuals, an addictive game-play and a wonderful story-line to follow, Crypt of the NecroDancer is a marvelous game to play and enjoy.

#13 Geometry Dash

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Geometry Dash is an Arcade-style Action, Puzzle Platform and Indie video game by RobTop. The game allows you to control a Cube shaped character, and it allows you to go through a highly luminous, obstacles infested and quite challenging game world, and tasks you to complete different objectives in order to complete the exciting game levels. The rhythm-based game-play allows you to enjoy every tiny detail of the game. With super cool visuals, great setting, amazing objectives, cool background music and a totally fantastic game-play, Geometry Dash is a great Action, Puzzle and Platform video game to play and enjoy. Do give it a try if you haven’t yet played it and you’ll love it for sure.

#14 Raycatcher

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Raycatcher, developed and published by Thinking Studios and Slam Dunk Studios is another great Puzzle, Rhythm and Music video game available on Microsoft Windows only. This game also lets the player produce music by inputting Mp3 format sounds. Internal algorithm of the game determines the level-structure by synchronization to the music. With the help of joysticks or any other supported tilting devices, player rotates various cluster shaped objects to match the beams of lights that are responsible for making the target pattern. If the player is able to match the patterns with the ones showing on the screen, the cluster of shapes grows and evolves. Raycatcher features a great 3D graphics with easy to access user interface and an amazingly addictive game-play. If you love playing Music creation games, Raycatcher is made just for you. Try it out and you’ll fall in love with it.

#15 Symphony

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Symphony, another Indie Rhythm and Puzzle game (packed with some cool Shoot em’ up elements) developed and published by Empty Clip Studios is an amazing video game. Being available on multiple platforms such as Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, this game is played firing guns at other ships with patterns based on the analysis of the player selected music files. On every song’s completion, player gets cool upgrades and with every level cleared the game gets more engaging and difficult. This game looks more like a Shoot em’ Up type, but it is basically is a music creation game. Player gets points on every enemy defeated by producing music and by following the steps necessary to be in pace with the game. If a player fails to follow the pattern of the game, he loses his ship and the game ends. Symphony features superb 3D graphics and quite intriguing game-play along with a friendly user interface. Try it out, you’ll like it a lot.

#16 Katawa Shoujo

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Katawa Shoujo is a Single-Player Visual Novel, Nakige and Life/Dating Simulation video game by Four Leaf Studios. The game takes you to the fictional setting of Yamaku High School for Disabled Children in Japan and tells the story of a young boy named Hisao Nakai whose life changes dramatically because of Cardiac Arrhythmia and because of transfer to a new school where he avails the chance of making new friends and falling in love. Katawa Shoujo offers a choice-based gameplay in which it allows you to read the text that appears on the screen and make decisions to initiate and end all the possible events or long and short dialog and conversations. Because of a Choice-based gameplay, Katawa Shoujo offers multiple endings of the game all based up on the decisions and choices you make during the gameplay. With all the amazing stories and options for you as the main character Hisao Nakai, the game offers five female characters and allows you to make your own love stories and enjoy a brilliant gameplay. With a wonderfully appealing story, great visuals and choice-based game-play, Katawa Shoujo is a brilliant game to play and enjoy.

#17 Bit. Trip Runner

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Bit. Trip Runner is Arcade, Rhythm Side Scrolling Puzzle-Platform video game by Gaijin Games. The game takes you to an amazing world divided into three parts Impetus, Tenacity and Triumph. It offers 11 levels of awesome game-play and allows you to defeat a Boss in every level. Being an amazing character named Commander Video, running, jumping and going through a series of challenging obstacles is what makes this game fun. Bit Trip Runner offers Fast,-paced and the most exhilarating gameplay mixed up with cool music. Your task is to simply run across the moon on various platforms, kick down the walls in your way, slide under the slugs and jump over all of the obstacles and enjoy running to the finish line in every blasting level. Be aware of the Mines in your way because if you smash into them, you’ll have to go over and start the level again. With an extremely addictive and quite challenging gameplay, beautiful visuals and loads of fun game levels, Bit Trip Runner is one amazingly cool Music and Puzzle-Platform video game to play and enjoy.

#18 Audiosurf

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Audiosurf, a rhythm and puzzle game is developed and published by Handlebar a personal company of Dylan Fiterrer. Audiosurf lets you play the music that you select or is banging on your speakers. The player visually mimics the music visible on the screens by pressing the specific points as tabs shown on the screen. The music that plays in the game is chosen from player’s own music library. Player scores points by collecting the colored blocks and by finishing every track, player gets bonus points if none of the colored blocks is missed by the player during the gameplay. This fast paced music creation game is available to play on Microsoft Windows and Zune HD.

#19 High School Musical 3: Senior Year

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High School Musical 3: Senior Year combines the Adventure, Music and Rhythm Simulation for multiple platforms developed by Page 44 Studios and published by Disney Interactive. Both Single-player and Multiplayer modes are available in the game, and it centers on a rhythm gameplay based on the movie of the same name. The game introduces all songs from three films and introduces familiar characters such as Kelsi, Chad, Sharpay, Troy, Gabriella, Zeke, Taylor, and more. Through customization, you can change the appearance of your character using lots of options and jump into the practice mode to learn new dance moves from the characters of High School Musical. After earning points, you can purchase fashionable clothes for your character and can unlock additional characters to progress in the game. Include all popular songs such as Start of Something New, What I’ve Been Looking for, What the Time is it, Work This Out, etc. from three movies. High School Musical 3: Senior Year offers core features such as play as Familiar Characters, Customization, Collect Photos, new Music and more.

#20 Beat Hazard

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Beat Hazard is a fantastic Puzzle, Rhythm and Music creation video game developed and published by Cold Beam Games. This super awesome game is available to play on Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 3. Just like all the music and rhythm game, In Beat Hazard the player inputs music from his music library and after that, acts according to the gameplay. The game offers two gaming modes. In single player gaming mode, the player survives through the selected time for a track to finish and in Survival mode; player plays the songs until all the given lives are spent. With every finished track, player gets upgrades and moves to the next song level. Player gets to fight with the bosses through music and with every boss defeat player gets some cool power-ups to battle with the next bosses. Along with some cool music based gameplay, vivid and quite beautiful visuals and easy controls, Beat Hazard is one amazing Music, Rhythm and puzzle video game to play and enjoy. You must try it out.