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🎶 THE VERY FIRST MUSIC ADAPTING FIRST-PERSON SHOOTER IS HERE! 🎵 Always wanted to shoot mobs while listening to your own favorite music tracks? Now you can.
Music Killer is a music, action and rhythm game
developed and published by AbstractArt.
Released on October 31st 2019 is available only on Windows
in 27 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 428 reviews of which 300 were positive and 128 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.7 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 1.59€ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified Music Killer into these genres:
Music
Action
Rhythm
FPS
Indie
Shooter
Retro
First-Person
Music-Based Procedural Generation
Procedural Generation
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Music Killer:
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| Korean | |||
| Spanish - Spain | |||
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| Thai | |||
| Japanese | |||
| Portuguese - Portugal | |||
| Polish | |||
| Danish | |||
| Dutch | |||
| Finnish | |||
| Norwegian | |||
| Swedish | |||
| Hungarian | |||
| Czech | |||
| Romanian | |||
| Turkish | |||
| Bulgarian | |||
| Greek | |||
| Arabic | |||
| Ukrainian | |||
| Vietnamese |
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System requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: 1.6 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 610M (AMD Radeon HD 6480G)
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 650 MB available space
- Sound Card: Any
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Music Killer takes a simple but appealing idea and builds an arcade first-person shooter around the music chosen by the player. Instead of treating the soundtrack as background decoration, the game uses music as part of its gameplay system, affecting the atmosphere, enemy speed, spawning patterns, bonuses, and general intensity of each session. Developed and published by AbstractArt, it is an experimental combination of rhythm mechanics, wave survival, and neon FPS action that works best when approached as a compact score-chasing experience rather than a traditional shooter. The main objective is survival. Once a track is selected, waves of neon demons appear and the player must keep fighting for the duration of the music. Shooting enemies in rhythm complements the soundtrack and gives the action an energetic flow, particularly when using fast or aggressive songs. The connection between music and combat is the game's defining feature because different tracks can produce noticeably different pacing. A calmer song can create a different experience from something with a rapid beat, encouraging experimentation with a personal music collection instead of relying on a fixed sequence of handcrafted levels. Enemy spawning and bonuses also respond to the selected track, helping the music influence more than the audiovisual presentation. This gives repeated sessions some procedural variety even though the basic objective remains unchanged. The game includes seven maps with distinct styles, and these environments are designed around bright colors, glowing effects, neon enemies, and a strong retrowave aesthetic. Visually, it favors spectacle and readability over realism. When the lighting, weapon effects, enemies, and music synchronize effectively, the result can feel like playing through an interactive electronic music visualization with guns. Power-ups provide additional variation by temporarily changing the player's capabilities and creating opportunities to handle increasingly crowded encounters. The emphasis is clearly on reaction speed, aiming, survival, and maintaining control when enemy numbers begin escalating. There is not a complicated progression system or deep tactical framework underneath the shooting, so players expecting extensive weapon customization or sophisticated FPS mechanics may find the combat relatively basic. Its strength instead comes from combining straightforward shooting with dynamically influenced musical encounters. Online cooperative multiplayer adds another worthwhile dimension. Players can team up with Steam friends against endless enemy waves, and everyone encounters the same scenario generated from the selected music. Cooperative play suits the design because the game is naturally structured around short, repeatable sessions. It can also make the relatively simple combat loop more entertaining, particularly when a track generates a hectic encounter and several players are simultaneously trying to survive. Steam leaderboards provide a competitive incentive, while achievements and trading cards add familiar Steam-oriented progression and collection features. The largest weakness is the limited amount of underlying content. Seven maps and music-generated variations can extend replayability, but they cannot completely disguise the repetitive nature of wave survival. There is no substantial narrative campaign driving players forward, and those looking for elaborate levels, meaningful exploration, complex enemy intelligence, or the mechanical depth of a dedicated FPS will probably exhaust the core experience fairly quickly. The music system does considerable work in keeping sessions fresh, meaning enjoyment depends heavily on whether the player likes experimenting with different tracks and improving scores. The retrowave presentation remains one of its better qualities. Bright neon environments and arcade-inspired effects fit naturally with electronic music, while the uncomplicated gameplay makes it easy to understand what the game wants from the player. Its technical requirements are also relatively modest, making it accessible to older hardware compared with more demanding modern shooters. The small installation footprint further reinforces the fact that this is designed as a lightweight arcade experience rather than a large-scale FPS. Steam Deck compatibility is currently listed as Unknown on Steam, meaning Valve has not provided an official Verified or Playable rating for the game. Players should therefore not assume guaranteed compatibility or a fully optimized handheld experience. Its Windows-focused system requirements and lack of an official Deck classification make this a title where compatibility may depend on the current Proton environment, controls, and individual configuration. Music Killer ultimately succeeds more through its concept than through mechanical complexity. Turning the player's music into an influence on enemy behavior, pacing, and bonuses gives an otherwise straightforward arena shooter a distinctive personality. The combination of seven arenas, power-ups, online co-op, leaderboards, achievements, retrowave visuals, and music-driven procedural variation offers enough material for enjoyable bursts of arcade action. Its repetitive structure and relatively shallow shooting mechanics keep it from becoming an essential rhythm shooter, but the unusual relationship between music and combat makes it worth experiencing for players attracted to experimental music-based games. It is a creative and energetic fusion of rhythm-driven systems and first-person wave shooting, strengthened by its neon atmosphere and ability to make different songs influence each session. Limited content and straightforward combat restrict its long-term depth, but its central musical concept remains entertaining and distinctive. Rating: 7/10
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Frequently Asked Questions
Music Killer is currently priced at 1.59€ on Steam.
No, Music Killer is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 1.59€ on Steam.
Yes, Music Killer received 300 positive votes out of a total of 428 achieving a rating of 6.69.
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Music Killer was developed and published by AbstractArt.
Yes, Music Killer is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Music Killer is not playable on MacOS.
No, Music Killer is not playable on Linux.
This information about Music Killer is not available yet.
This information about Music Killer is not available yet.
No, Music Killer does not support VR.
Music Killer offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Music Killer includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.
No, Music Killer does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Music Killer does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Music Killer does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Music Killer 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 Music Killer.
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Last Updates| Steam data | 26 September 2026 04:17 UTC |
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| SteamSpy data | 06 November 2026 02:11 UTC |
| Steam price | 13 November 2026 19:22 UTC |
| Steam reviews | 19 October 2026 16:02 UTC |
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Developer
AbstractArt
Publisher
AbstractArt
Release
31 Oct 2019
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