Custom music import
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Being able to insert your own music and customize it is what sells for me.”
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗
Dead as Disco
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 97%Brain Jar Games, Inc.2026Rhythm · Beat 'em up · Hack and Slash
$24.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A stylish rhythm brawler with great boss fights and a strong custom-music feature, but the story content is thin. Skip it if you want a deep campaign or dislike long, tanky bosses.
Great for
Fans of Arkham-style combat and rhythm games who want to fight to their own music
Main risk
Only four story bosses and repetitive combat, so it can feel too thin for the price
What players love
Great soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Amazingly fun, great character designs and even better music!”
Steam review · 17.6 h played ↗
Fluid, stylish combat synced to music
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Combines Hi-Fi Rush and Sifu into this GOD TIER blend of rhythmic kung-fu brilliance!”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
Memorable boss fights
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Each of the four Early Access bosses is a multi-phase music video boss fight where the stage, enemies, and music all shift in style.”
Steam review · 13.4 h played ↗
Striking art style and character design
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The artstyle is AMAZING; the way the boss areas change with the song is a great way for the player to get a feel of what the bosses are as characters.”
Steam review · 13.2 h played ↗
Active developer support
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“Great support from the developers with regular updates, content, and bug fixes.”
Steam review · 64 h played ↗
What players complain about
Missed inputs and off-beat timing
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“a scary amount of the time the game does nothing and doesnt react to or care about your input at all”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗
Too little content for the price
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“even for an early access game, there is almost NO content. I don't know how they can justify releasing a game that only has four bosses.”
Steam review · 17.1 h played ↗
Repetitive, shallow combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“click M1 on beat and space/E on prompt”
Steam review · 11.1 h played ↗
Bugs and crashes
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“every time I reach the lift section, my game crashes.”
Steam review · 28.5 h played ↗
Bosses are long and spongey
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“The final phase you basically are poking him with actual sticks while he laughs directly in your face over how little damage you do. It takes FOREVER”
Steam review · 23.4 h played ↗
Updates made combat worse
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Then they removed animation cancelling, and there's a strange bug where inputs are delayed.”
Steam review · 22.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support20 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6500, AMD Ryzen 5 1400, or equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 1060 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 580, or equivalent
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6500, AMD Ryzen 5 1400, or equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 1060 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 580, or equivalent
Storage20 GB available space
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