Great soundtrack and collabs
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“the music for Rift is invariably good, and the tracks being designed along with the music means they work together very well.”
Steam review · 29.1 h played ↗
Rift of the NecroDancer
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Brace Yourself Games, Tic Toc Studios Inc.2025Rhythm · Arcade · Action
−75%$19.99$4.99
US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A stylish, inventive rhythm game where notes are monsters with distinct patterns, with great music and a huge Workshop. Skip it if you want easy sight-reading or hate pricey DLC.
Great for
Players who enjoy pattern-learning challenge, Necrodancer music, and custom Workshop charts
Main risk
Monster gimmicks make charts hard to sight-read, so it feels like memorization, not rhythm
What players love
Steam Workshop and custom charts
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“If today the workshop suddenly stopped in its tracks, you'd still have literal thousands of songs to play”
Steam review · 216.6 h played ↗
Charming art, characters and minigames
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Its got enough Wario-ware mini games to keep it fresh without it getting annoying”
Steam review · 37.6 h played ↗
Unique monster-note gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Individual songs feel more like "levels" than long highways with note spam. Notes become enemies with attack patterns.”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
Good practice tools and calibration
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“the training modes are pretty robust, esp with the Bestiary section”
Steam review · 6 h played ↗
Deep skill ceiling and addictive flow
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“once you get the hang of it the rush of the flow state here is better than any other 4K out there”
Steam review · 242 h played ↗
What players complain about
Hard to read, feels like memorization
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Rift of the necrodancer isn't a rhythm game. It's a memory game.”
Steam review · 8.4 h played ↗
Too much paid DLC at high prices
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Over 100€ to get the game and all of its first year content.”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
Limited, mediocre base content
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“There just arent enough tracks in the game.”
Steam review · 32.5 h played ↗
Complex mechanics overwhelm and tutorial is weak
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The game just doesn't teach you it's core mechanics”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Boss fights and story disliked
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“the boss fights are so much bullshit.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Calibration and timing judgement problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“I've spent half of my time fighting to get the calibration right”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i3-2100 or AMD FX-4100, 6GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 or AMD Radeon R7 240, 1GB VRAM
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i3-2100 or AMD FX-4100, 6GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 or AMD Radeon R7 240, 1GB VRAM
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