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Cadence battles monsters in three rhythm lanes, learning their movement and hit patterns across songs, bosses, and mini-games.
Released 05 Feb 2025
Attack Shifting Monsters
Remix Familiar Tracks
Build Custom Beatmaps
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.
Developed by Brace Yourself Games, Tic Toc Studios Inc. · Published by Klei Publishing
Pulled into a strange world, Cadence faces monsters surging through musical rifts. The campaign introduces her world and characters as players take on rhythm stages, boss battles, and short musical mini-games.
In the main stages, players strike enemies in time across three lanes. Each monster has its own movement and attack pattern: some shift lanes, require repeated hits, or use different beats. Four difficulty levels offer different challenges on each track.
Players can replay tracks in Remix Mode, which rearranges the enemies, and take on daily challenges and leaderboard runs. Practice options help players work on sections, while chart-making tools let them create and play custom tracks.
Players often praise the unusual monster-based rhythm mechanics, soundtrack, visual style, and custom-chart support. Some enjoy learning the enemy patterns and improving across difficulties, while others find the busy charts hard to read and feel that higher difficulties rely too much on memorization. Complaints about timing calibration and the price of additional song packs also recur.
The NecroDancer's back in an all-new rhythm game! Dragged into a strange new world, Cadence must engage in musical combat with monsters pouring through the Rift! Each monster has unique behaviors—like bats that shift lanes when attacked—and tougher foes take multiple hits to dispatch. Learn the pattern of each new fretful fiend to keep the music flowing!
Showstopping Music: Brand new soundtrack with 40+ Rhythm Rift tracks by Danny Baranowsky, Jules Conroy, Alex Moukala, Josie Brechner, Sam Webster, and Nick Nausbaum with more on the way!
Difficulty that Scales with You: Four intensity levels for each Rhythm Rift - EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, and IMPOSSIBLE.
Race to the Top: Climb your way to the top of global leaderboards!
Custom Music: Create your own custom beat maps with the actual developer tools our designers use!
Endless Replayability: Once you’ve conquered our hand-crafted levels, challenge your sight-reading with Remix Mode.
Remix Mode throws a fresh beatmap your way every playthrough while retaining the original level's rhythmic design.
Remix mode also makes DAILY CHALLENGES possible, by changing up the circumstances for each song. Play the same random seed as every other player that day and see how you rank on global leaderboards!
Go head to head against five fearsome foes in rhythm-based boss battles!
Immerse yourself in Cadence and friends’ modern misadventures through five quirky, slice-of-life rhythm minigames. Take a boppin' yoga class, help a friend with a part-time job, and more!
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 35 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 29 listed on Steam |
| Content notices |
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| Website | Official website |
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