19 Rhythm games

BPM: Bullets Per Minute is a first-person shooter video game developed by Awe Interactive and published by Playtonic Friends. The game also incorporated elements from rhythm games and roguelikes. It was first released for Windows in September 2020, and for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in October 2021.

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Everhood

Everhood, or Everhood: An Ineffable Tale of the Inexpressible Divine Moments of Truth, is a 2021 video game developed by Chris Nordgren and Jordi Roca. The game's plot involves a red doll-person trying to recover their stolen arm from a Gold Pig. Along the way, the player meets Mushrooms, Gnomes, and other Strange Creatures, including a small creature by the name of Blue Thief, who will help the player on their quest to retrieve their arm. It was released on Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch on March 4, 2021.

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Friday Night Funkin'

Friday Night Funkin' is an open-source donationware rhythm game first released in 2020 for a game jam. The game was developed by a team of four Newgrounds users, Cameron "Ninjamuffin99" Taylor, David "PhantomArcade" Brown, Isaac "Kawai Sprite" Garcia, and evilsk8r. The game shares some gameplay features with Dance Dance Revolution and PaRappa the Rapper and borrows aesthetic influences from Flash games. The game has been credited with driving users back to Newgrounds, a site whose popularity peaked in the early 2000s.

HarmoKnight, known in Japan as Rhythm Hunter: HarmoKnight , is a rhythm platformer developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The game was released on the Nintendo eShop in Japan on September 5, 2012, and internationally on March 28, 2013.

Love Live! School Idol Festival is a Japanese rhythm game series developed by KLab and published by Bushiroad's Bushimo for Android and iOS platforms. It was first released in Japan on April 15, 2013 (Android) and June 8, 2013 (iOS). The game is free-to-play with an in-app purchase system. It features songs and characters from the series Love Live! School Idol Project and Love Live! Sunshine!!, newly introduced girls, and stories that are not included in other media in the Love Live! franchise.

Mad Rat Dead is a rhythm platform video game developed and published by Nippon Ichi Software. The story follows a laboratory rat with the ability to rewind time; players use a variety of moves to the beat of the music to safely reach the end of each stage before running out of time. Mad Rat Dead was released for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in October 2020, with NIS America publishing the game outside of Japan. It received generally positive reviews on release, with critics praising its music and visuals, but story and level design drew mixed response.

osu!, previously stylised as Osu!, is a free-to-play rhythm game primarily developed, published, and created by Dean "peppy" Herbert, written in C# on the .NET framework. Originally released for Microsoft Windows on 16 September 2007, the game has throughout the years been ported to macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. Its gameplay is inspired by other rhythm games, including Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan, Taiko no Tatsujin, Happy Feet, Beatmania IIDX, Elite Beat Agents, O2Jam, StepMania and DJMax. The game is heavily community-oriented, with all beatmaps, the playable songs, being community-made through the in-game map editor. Four different game modes exist, offering various ways to play a beatmap, which can also be combined with addable modifiers, increasing or decreasing the difficulty. The original osu!standard mode remains the most popular to date and as of 2021, the game has over 15,200,000 registered users.

Otocadoll is a Japanese arcade game created by Konami. The game consists on magical idols known as a "Dolls" who gather energy through the rhythm of songs, which is used to defeat rivals or monsters. To play it the User is required to have a ticket that will identify them as an idol. It was released on March 13, 2015 and is currently in its 3rd-4th year. Periodically, new songs, outfits, and characters are released.

PaRappa the Rapper is a rhythm game developed by NanaOn-Sha. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation in Japan in 1996 and worldwide in 1997. Created by music producer Masaya Matsuura in collaboration with artist Rodney Greenblat, the game features unique visual design and rap-based gameplay and is considered the first true rhythm game. It was ported to the PlayStation Portable in 2006 in celebration of its 10 year anniversary. A remastered version of the original PlayStation game was released for PlayStation 4 in 2017 for the game's twentieth anniversary.

PaRappa the Rapper 2 is a rhythm action video game published by Sony Computer Entertainment and developed by NanaOn-Sha for the PlayStation 2. The game is the third title in the PaRappa the Rapper series following Um Jammer Lammy. The game was made available for the PlayStation 4 through the PlayStation Network in December 2015.

Pistol Whip is a 2019 virtual reality video game developed and published by Cloudhead Games. The game is a stage based shooter where the player automatically moves through the level and has to defeat enemies to the music. The game was released for Oculus Quest and Microsoft Windows on November 7, 2019. A PlayStation 4 port released in July 2020.

Rhythm Heaven Fever, known in PAL regions as Beat The Beat: Rhythm Paradise and as Minna No Rhythm Tengoku in Japan, is a Japanese music video game developed by Nintendo and TNX for Nintendo's Wii. It is the third game in the Rhythm Heaven series, following Rhythm Tengoku for the Game Boy Advance and Rhythm Heaven for the Nintendo DS, and was succeeded by Rhythm Heaven Megamix for the Nintendo 3DS in 2016. The game was released in Japan on July 21, 2011, in North America on February 13, 2012, in Europe on July 6, 2012, and in Australia on September 13, 2012. It was digitally re-released for the Wii U in Japan on July 27, 2016, in North America on November 10, 2016, and in Europe on November 22, 2016.

Symphonic Rain is a Japanese musical visual novel developed by Kogado Studio and first released as a limited edition version on March 26, 2004 for Windows as part of a series of "music adventure" games done by its Kuroneko-san Team; the regular edition followed on August 27, 2004. The game is rated for all-ages, and contains themes which revolve around romance and relationships. The game was later published and released in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Mainland China by T-Time Technology. Symphonic Rain was released twice more in Japan, first on June 24, 2005 as a collector's edition, and again on November 22, 2007 as a popular edition at a reduced price.

Tadpole Treble is a rhythm game developed by BitFinity. The game was funded through a Kickstarter campaign and was released on Steam for Linux, Microsoft Windows and OS X on September 2, 2016 and for the Wii U on August 11, 2016. A port of the game was released for the Nintendo Switch as Tadpole Treble Encore on January 21, 2021, which features slight changes and new content.

Taiko no Tatsujin is a series of rhythm games created by Namco. In the games, players simulate playing a taiko drum in time with music. The series has released games for the arcade and for console and mobile platforms including PlayStation 2, Advanced Pico Beena, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android and Japanese Feature phones.

Touhou Spell Bubble is a puzzle and rhythm Touhou Project fangame developed in 2020 by Taito. The gameplay is characteristic of the Puzzle Bobble series, which Taito also developed.

Um Jammer Lammy is a rhythm video game developed by NanaOn-Sha and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation video game console in 1999. It is a follow up to 1996's PaRappa the Rapper, once again featuring the collaboration of music producer and game designer Masaya Matsuura and artist Rodney Alan Greenblat. An arcade version co-developed by Namco, titled Um Jammer Lammy Now!!, was released in Japanese arcades in December 1999. The game was later re-released on PlayStation Network between 2008 and 2012 for PlayStation 3, PSP, and PlayStation Vita.