Rift of the NecroDancer on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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The NecroDancer's back in an all-new rhythm game! Dragged into a strange new world, Cadence must engage in musical combat with monsters surging through the Rift! Face pulse-pounding Rhythm Rifts where every beat is a battle, all set to an original soundtrack by Danny Baranowsky & friends.

Rift of the NecroDancer is a rhythm, minigames and female protagonist game developed by Brace Yourself Games and Tic Toc Games and published by Klei Publishing.
Released on February 05th 2025 is available only on Windows in 12 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 3,196 reviews of which 3,051 were positive and 145 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Rift of the NecroDancer into these genres:

Rhythm Minigames Female Protagonist Difficult Music Anime Music-Based Procedural Generation Level Editor Indie Soundtrack Visual Novel Cute Cartoon Combat Arcade Cinematic Hand-drawn 2D Action Colorful

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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
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD FX-4100, 6GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 or AMD Radeon R7 240, 1GB VRAM

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Aug. 2025
I will leave my original review however what I think after few more hours which gave me a bit better understanding of this game I could say: This game is great. But not ideal. After trying higher difficulties I noticed - I don't know if it's just my opinion - that sometimes monsters doesn't match with certain notes. Like you try to focus on keyboard but no - it's also the little thumps in the distance. You try to focus on details - whoops, you forget about something else. And on higher difficulties sometimes notes match the melody sometimes doesn't - which for me is main fault of this game, that sometimes you can't focus on whole song because notes may miss some part of the song but still take that into consideration in other part of the same song. So the best attempt is to either try to memorise it or just repeat as long as you need to be able to get through harder parts of the song. That's the thing if you do not split songs into different instruments. Still like the beats, altho I do not feel like I am "feeling" the story (which I discovered quite some time after playing the game) and seriously - it's nearly the same thing as playing the songs only with few spices added. So don't feel like you've missed something. Try the demo. Quite nice songs, like the songs. Suck quite a bit. Suck even more. Try it again. Somehow manage to "finish" demo. Like the game. Buy the game on discount. Play the game. Like the game. Suck the game. Forget about it for a while. Go back to it. Suck again. This game is so beautiful.
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June 2025
worlds first keyboard rhythm game where your fundies wont be enough to allow you to just start on the hardest difficulty. hell honestly, not even the 2nd hardest either. this game is a reading nightmare on the higher difficulties, but easy/medium are still super accessible to newcomers. it feels good. hitting the buttons feels good, the animations feel good, the charts feel good; its overall a very satisfying experience EDIT: this game, by default, enables vsync, and it is not in the options menu. given that vsync produces input delay, and that this is a rhythm game with a frame perfect judgement window (16.67ms wide, not based on framerate), this is a problem. HOWEVER, you can turn off vsync in the config file located at: C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow\Brace Yourself Games here is a steam link to the instructions: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2073250/discussions/0/600769761663517032/ i initially struggled to hit perfects consistently in this game, and i assumed the problem to be the songs being off sync. but since my turning off of vsync, i have seen instant results across multiple songs that i assumed to be different values of off-beat. everything feels clean now, though i will admit the judgment window in this game is SUPER tight.
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June 2025
Rift of the NecroDancer is probably my new favourite rhythm game. I'm awful at the original Crypt, and Rift felt much more up my alley. The game manages to confuse me to no end sometimes, but I personally never found that to be unfair. The enemies are what make this game stand out from other rhythm games, and I find it very charming. The charts are fun, and the game offers a range of difficulties for those who might want a challenge, but also offer difficulties to those who might just want to enjoy the fantastic music (it's really good) The mini games Rift includes are super fun, very similar to games like Rhythm Heaven and are super replayable, and the overall visual polish and artwork the game has makes it a treat to the eyes. For anyone who wants a deceptively simple rhythm game, with complete mod capabilities and DLC songs? This game has got you.
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May 2025
Ok. This game gives me confidence that the devs REALLY know what they are doing. In the Rift of the Necrodancer, the devs mixed guitar hero gameplay with Crypt of Necrodancer mechanics and a sprinkle of the Warioware series. Everything is very polished and beautiful. Animations are very fluid and you can see there was a very special care to make the gameplay fun and interesting. Don't be fooled by the apparent simplicity of having only 3 lanes to play. The brain meltdown experience you had in Crypt of the Necrodancer is still here. 10/10. Also, thumbs up for not overpricing the game as the whole industry has been doing. I can't thank you enough for that.
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April 2025
Good game, If only it had a fatass Italian man who can run at mach 3... Like thats ever gonna happen.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Rift of the NecroDancer is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

Rift of the NecroDancer is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.

Rift of the NecroDancer received 3,051 positive votes out of a total of 3,196 achieving an impressive rating of 9.15.
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Rift of the NecroDancer was developed by Brace Yourself Games and Tic Toc Games and published by Klei Publishing.

Rift of the NecroDancer is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Rift of the NecroDancer is not playable on MacOS.

Rift of the NecroDancer is not playable on Linux.

Rift of the NecroDancer is a single-player game.

There are 47 DLCs available for Rift of the NecroDancer. Explore additional content available for Rift of the NecroDancer on Steam.

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Rift of the NecroDancer does not support Steam Remote Play.

Rift of the NecroDancer 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.

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Rift of the NecroDancer
19.50€ Buy Now
Rating
9.2
3,051
145
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Developer
Brace Yourself Games, Tic Toc Games
Publisher
Klei Publishing
Release 05 Feb 2025
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