The Music-Based Procedural Generation Zone

Games that generate levels, visuals, or challenges from music and audio data.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

OFFBEAT - OFFBEAT is a music-tycoon game where you build the recording studio of your dreams. Collect and upgrade increasingly strange musical objects, complete jobs for cash, and record real, actual music.
Melody's Escape 2 - Run to the rhythm of your own music library! Melody is back, with vastly improved audio analysis algorithms. Each MP3 creates a unique obstacle course synchronized to the beat and the intensity of your music.
Ultimate Drummer - Ultimate Drummer is an action-platformer where you play as a lone drummer on a sacred quest to restore harmony to a fractured world. Use a fully playable step-sequencer drum kit to reshape reality, awaken lost musicians, and bring music back to life.
LAVALAMP - 3D first-person walking simulator with a side of exploration/interaction with the environment. The game tells the story of the Space Lemmings from Space who, after running many experiments with breakfast alphabet and the space-time continuum, got blocked between dimensions (or something).
ODDADA - A musical toy box, filled with weird creatures, tiny houses and wondrous machines. Create your own songs! Unlock new instruments! Design your own cassettes! Share them! ODDADA!
Cassiculus - This terrifying first-person horror experience immerses the player into a world of isolation, fear, paranoia and claustrophobia as you make your way through the Oberon Cave. Throughout the game, you will experience atmospheric environments, disturbing audio and horrifying visuals.

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Soundfall - Soundfall is a dungeon crawler that combines looter-shooter action with rhythm-based gameplay. Venture out solo or with up to 4 friends locally or online. Collect loot and time your actions to the beat to become all powerful. Play the Campaign Mode, Free Play 100's of songs or import your own music!

Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1 - On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate?
Seashell - Relax, make time for yourself and collect unique and beautiful gifts from the sea. Examine seashells while learning all about them in this short, experimental game about our favourite place to unwind.
LUMINES REMASTERED - The critically-acclaimed puzzle game produced by legendary creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi comes to PC.
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Jun 26, 2018
95% 👍
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Temp Zero - Temp Zero is a minimalist roguelike which mixes intense action and musical bullet hell. Fight enemies which attack to the beat, choose perks, defeat the final boss, unlock new weapons, spells & soundtracks!
Soundodger+ - Dodge the music and dance through a mesmerizing ballet of choreographed bullets, each synced to music from over a dozen international artists. Push your creativity and skills with the fully-featured Level Editor and never run out of things to dodge.
Beat Aim - Rhythm FPS Trainer - Beat Aim - rhythm aim trainer designed for FPS players with AI generated maps. Makes improving your aim incredibly fun while listening to your favorite songs. Open any music and customize level generation. Combination of osu! and KovaaK's trainer.
Expand - Expand is a meditative video game in which you explore a circular labyrinth that constantly twists, stretches and expands around you.
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Sep 30, 2015
89% 👍
of 435

Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Incredibox - Incredibox is a music game that lets you create your own music with the help of a merry crew of beatboxers.
Beat Saber - Beat Saber is a VR rhythm game where you slash the beats of adrenaline-pumping music as they fly towards you, surrounded by a futuristic world.
AudioSurf - Ride your music. Audiosurf is a music-adapting puzzle racer where you use your own music to create your own experience. The shape, the speed, and the mood of each ride is determined by the song you choose.
Melody's Escape - Run, jump and slide to the rhythm of your own music library! In Melody's Escape, advanced audio detection algorithms transcribe the energy that you feel when listening to music into a synchronized gameplay experience, with a captivating and dynamic obstacle course.
Music Racer - Music Racer is a musical arcade game, where you get to race at full speed while dodging obstacles to the rhythm of the music.
Intralism - Intralism - fast and hard rhythm game. Listen to music and match arcs to the beat. Master all beatmaps or create your own and challenge friends in the online multiplayer. But remember: wrong button - failed try.
Beat Hazard 2 - Experience your music collection as never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.