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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.

Beat Hazard is a rhythm, music-based procedural generation and twin stick shooter game developed and published by Cold Beam Games.
Released on April 15th 2010 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 6 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain and Dutch.

It has received 7,379 reviews of which 6,984 were positive and 395 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.67€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Beat Hazard into these genres:

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

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • 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
MacOS
  • OS: OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3, or later.
  • Processor: Intel
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Hard Disk Space: 250mb HD space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS or equivalent
  • Processor: x86 1.5 GHz
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Hard Disk Space: 250mb HD space

User reviews & Ratings

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April 2025
A fun waste of time you can pick up, play for a track or two then go do something else for awhile. However, do not underestimate the power of the Beat Hazard. Because once that pops you'll understand while the game comes with an actual seizure warning as your screen lights up like a Christmas tree with ADD half way though a Red Bull bender. Basically it's fun and dirt cheep so embrace the sensory overload!
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April 2025
This classic game looks exciting and hardcore.
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Feb. 2025
Get beat hazard 2 instead, this game is dated and is clunky as all hell. it's also missing many core features that Beat hazard 2 expanded upon, not mentioning better combat and more ship customization. i give this a 6/10 for old times sake. https://store.steampowered.com/app/618740/Beat_Hazard_2/
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Sept. 2024
one of the coolest games ever, i cant even tell whats going on but its cool
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Aug. 2024
The best way to play Enter Sandman by Metallica is with seizure inducing visuals
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Frequently Asked Questions

Beat Hazard is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

Beat Hazard is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.75€ on Steam.

Beat Hazard received 6,984 positive votes out of a total of 7,379 achieving an impressive rating of 9.16.
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Beat Hazard was developed and published by Cold Beam Games.

Beat Hazard is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Beat Hazard is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Beat Hazard is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Beat Hazard offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Beat Hazard includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

There are 2 DLCs available for Beat Hazard. Explore additional content available for Beat Hazard on Steam.

Beat Hazard does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Beat Hazard supports Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Beat Hazard is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Beat Hazard.

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Beat Hazard
9.75€ -94% 9.75€ 0.67€
9.2
6,984
395
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
1
Developer
Cold Beam Games
Publisher
Cold Beam Games
Release 15 Apr 2010
Platforms
Remote Play
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