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Afterbeat

Afterbeat
Steam Deck Playable 🖥 Windows
Overwhelmingly Positive · 95% of 2,656
DeveloperVitamin Games
GenreAction
ControllerFull
$8.99 −25% near all-time low
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Strong reviews, and it's near its cheapest ever.

Quality95/100
Excellent
  • 95% positive of 2,656 reviews
Value100/100
Lowest ever
  • Now $8.99 — 25% off $11.99
  • Lowest we've recorded: $8.99

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About

A musical bullet-hell where all things beautiful are deadly. Dodge well little nanobot, you don't have much time.

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This game features full Steam Workshop integration for custom levels!


About the Game

"AfterBeat" is a musical bullet-hell in which all things beautiful are deadly. A cacophony of lights, music, pulses and blocks, AfterBeat features tight bullet-hell style gameplay where up to 4 players in local co-op must navigate their way through evolving scenes and obstacles, all timed to the beat.

STORY

Set in 207X, a mysterious disease called "LNNS" has been ravaging the world. A lone Chiral researcher, Anna Schroeder, attempts to find the cure with her trusty supercomputer companion HAL. Stumbling upon various “Projects,” the duo decides to investigate the efficacy of a cure using a pulse/rhythm-based interface. Work in progress.

CURRENT FEATURES

  • Dodge The Beat: Stages consist of mesmerizing, musically timed scenes, each one telling a story. Feel the rhythm and feel your way around the hazards! Anna will judge how you do.

  • Challenge Your Friends: Up to 4 players supported in local co-op mode.

  • Robust Level Editor: A carefully designed level editor allows users to create their own levels and challenges using whatever music they wish.

  • Huge Community: A Wealth of user-created content exists, fully integrated into the game through the usage of the level editor and user-made levels. Already, 2000+ community levels have been uploaded, and more are being made daily.

  • Story Mode Demo: Currently, the game features a short 5+ story levels as a demo for the upcoming complete story mode. 

UPCOMING FEATURES

  • Complete Story Mode: Over 20+ hand-crafted, heart-pounding levels interwoven with an engaging story.

  • Constant Updates: More features / changes are added bi-weekly to keep the game fresh.

Some screenshots used are from UGC:

  • Sleep Cannon by cozm

  • Excelsus by DXL44

  • Lucid by Taikeb0

This game was previously named "Project Arrhythmia."

Review sentiment over time
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System requirements

System requirements platform
Minimum
Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 560
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 5 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: For the level editor computer's of this kind can sometimes suffer
Recommended
Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 5600
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 5 GB available space
Minimum
Minimum:
  • OS: OSX 10
  • Processor: 2 GHz or Higher
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Storage: 200 MB available space
Recommended
Recommended:
  • OS: OSX 10
  • Processor: 3 GHz or Higher
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
Minimum
Minimum:
  • OS: Ubuntu or equivalent
  • Processor: 2 GHz or Higher
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Storage: 200 MB available space
Recommended
Recommended:
  • OS: Ubuntu or equivalent
  • Processor: 3 GHz or Higher
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space

Achievements

Showing the 16 most-earned of 19 achievements

  • STORY_TUTORIAL
    32.6% of players
  • STORY_START
    32.3% of players
  • FUN_CUSTOM
    30.9% of players
  • FUN_EDITOR
    19.4% of players
  • FUN_COMMUNITY
    15.8% of players
  • RANK_P
    15.5% of players
  • RANK_D
    11.1% of players
  • FUN_CREDITS
    2.6% of players
  • FUN_NOSOUND
    1.2% of players
  • STORY_BOSS_1
    0.1% of players
  • STORY_BOSS_2
    0.1% of players
  • STORY_BOSS_3
    0.1% of players
  • STORY_BOSS_4
    0.1% of players
  • STORY_COMPLETE
    0.1% of players
  • STORY_ENDING_A
    0.1% of players
  • STORY_ENDING_B
    0.1% of players

Age rating & content

dejus14
Linguagem imprópria
igrs13
Penggunaan bahasaInteraksi Daring
steam_germany12
Derbe Sprache

Price history

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All-time low $8.99
2026-06-27
Current $8.99
3-month low $8.99
12-month low $8.99
All-time low $8.99
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Game info

Developer Vitamin Games
Publisher Kwalee
Platforms Windows
Compatibility
Steam Deck Playable
Controller Full
Features
Multi-playerSingle-playerCo-opIncludes level editorSteam AchievementsSteam CloudShared/Split ScreenSteam LeaderboardsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopShared/Split Screen Co-opRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherDualShock Controller SupportGamepad RecommendedFamily Sharing