Best Music Games on Steam
Games centered on music, rhythm, performance, composition, or sound.
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1Black Myth: Wukong - Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology. You shall set out as the Destined One to venture into the challenges and marvels ahead, to uncover the obscured truth beneath the veil of a glorious legend from the past.
Aug 19, 2024
In this game, you can…
- turn into bosses you've defeated and use their forms in fights.
- play as Sun Wukong in the prologue.
- beat a chapter's main boss, then watch a stylized animated epilogue that turns your actions into a narrated painting.
- build energy by dodging and basic hits, then spend it on heavier attacks instead of blocking.
- chain perfect dodges to power up your next big hit.
- respec for free and switch your whole build at any rest point.
- stumble into secret zones, hidden bosses, and optional questlines by exploring and backtracking.
- fill a journal where every enemy kill can unlock a folklore story entry.
2Geometry Dash - Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!
Dec 22, 2014
In this game, you can…
- build full animations, minigames, and even whole games inside the level editor using massive chains of objects and logic-like setups.
- dive into millions of community-made levels and keep finding completely different stages, from quick showcases to absurdly hard challenges.
- get thrown from normal jumping into rocket flight, then into upside-down gravity, without stopping, while squeezing through spike corridors on the beat.
- control a character that runs on its own, and restart the whole level the instant you mess up.
- tap mid-air orbs to launch yourself, hit portals that flip gravity or change speed, and swap into flight or teleport movement mid-run.
- drop and remove checkpoints in practice, drill the nastiest transitions, then go back and clear the entire level in one clean run.
- play levels where the jumps and gravity flips are timed to the soundtrack, so the song effectively tells you when to move.
3DELTARUNE - Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-5 are available now, with more planned as free updates!
Jun 4, 2025
In this game, you can…
- play a funny skeleton fight song on piano, then get run over by a dog driving a golf cart
- shop for a new TV by debating "groovy vs glooby" with the janitor, pulling out a diagram, buying it, and learning it's glooby
- fight battles that suddenly turn into punch-out against a giant robot, then switch into wario-ware-style minigames the next chapter
- keep picking "hug ralsei" in battle until it becomes your whole strategy
- heal yourself with a hammer, flirt with a watercooler, and swim through an acid lake
- stumble into secret bosses and a hidden route that changes the tone into something genuinely eerie
- graze bullets on purpose to build power faster while the battle box shifts and moves around you
- return to town and see the game acknowledge whether you chose to act kindly or fight
4Hotline Miami - Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Oct 23, 2012
In this game, you can…
- slam a door into someone and kill them instantly.
- choose a mask before a level that changes how you play, like silent guns, faster movement, surviving one bullet, or killing with doors.
- pummel someone down, grab their dropped shotgun a split second later, and wipe the rest of the room before it reacts.
- die in one hit, restart instantly, and run the same floor until you've memorized patrol routes, gun reactions, and weapon spawns.
- bait enemies with noise, burst into rooms while they're facing away, and clear an entire floor using what you've learned from repeats.
- chain fast kills into huge combos and score grades, pushing for 20x streaks and top ranks.
- finish a massacre, then walk back to your car in silence after the music cuts out, with the level suddenly feeling empty.
5A Dance of Fire and Ice - A Dance of Fire and Ice is a strict rhythm game. Keep your focus as you guide two orbiting planets along a winding path without breaking their perfect equilibrium.
Jan 24, 2019
In this game, you can…
- guide two orbiting planets down a winding track by tapping exactly on the beat to keep them perfectly in sync.
- sight-read an entire level because the track shows every upcoming rhythm pattern in advance.
- build and share your own levels in an editor where songs become detailed, playable geometric patterns.
- start with simple taps, then get pushed into tighter timing and stranger structures that make you follow the song's shape.
- learn new patterns in short lesson sections, then immediately face a final track that makes you combine everything at once.
- replay any song as a speed challenge, gradually ramping up until you're hitting the same patterns at a faster tempo.
- pull in community and workshop worlds—bonus packs, curated picks, and extra levels—so the game keeps expanding past the campaign.
- calibrate timing automatically or manually on the fly so your taps line up with your exact audio/display lag.
6Beat 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.
May 21, 2019
In this game, you can…
- load mods that swap in custom sabers, platforms, worlds, and even full-body tracking so your whole body becomes the controller.
- play campaign stages that give you weird objectives like swinging your arms for 900 meters while you deliberately avoid building a combo.
- get scored on how you swing, not just whether you hit—slice angle and follow-through directly change your points.
- slash color-coded blocks to the beat, matching the required direction with the right hand.
- duck under walls while you keep slicing notes, and flick your wrists away from bombs to save your combo.
- chase high scores on global leaderboards, then jump into multiplayer and duel friends until someone finally cracks.
- play custom songs and community-made maps people keep uploading, so your track list can keep growing for years.
- use a level editor to build your own beat maps, then share them for other players to download and master.
7Mafia II (Classic) - Vito Scaletta has started to make a name for himself on the streets of Empire Bay as someone who can be trusted to get a job done. Together with his buddy Joe, he is working to prove himself to the Mafia, quickly escalating up the family ladder with crimes of larger reward, status and consequence… the life as a wise guy isn’t quite as...
Mar 22, 2011
In this game, you can…
- get chased by cops, then swap license plates, change clothes, and fix your car so they won't recognize you later.
- pull off a jewelry store heist, then plant explosives to assassinate a rival, then drive straight into the fallout.
- watch the city change across years and seasons, going from snowy winter streets to spring rain, green grass, and convertibles.
- work your way from small debt errands into major mafia jobs with Joe as the stakes keep climbing.
- get ticketed for speeding, pay fines, bribe officers, or try to resist arrest on the spot.
- refuel your car, pop the hood and trunk, stash crates, and choose whether to pick a lock or smash a window.
- fight through shootouts where cover gets chewed up as wood splinters, glass shatters, and brick crumbles around you.
- get period radio songs and broadcasts that react to story events, and can change on another playthrough depending on what happened.
8My Singing Monsters - Dive into the Musical World of My Singing Monsters! Breed them, feed them, listen to them sing! Breed & collect a menagerie of Monsters, each a living instrument! Build your paradise across 35+ Islands, customize your world, and enjoy endless music! There's never a dull moment in the Monster World!
Mar 24, 2021
In this game, you can…
- build a song by placing monsters until new melodies emerge and the loop turns into a full island-sized composition.
- mute individual monsters or change their volume so the same island plays a different arrangement on demand.
- move your monsters into a separate battle island to fight in quest-style turn-based battles and win new costumes.
- breed monsters with hatch times that range from hours to weeks, chasing rare results with tiny odds that can take repeated attempts.
- send monsters you've raised to a separate Gold Island, then start rebuilding new ensembles back on your other islands again.
- play daily minigames like memory, spin, and scratch to earn rewards while the monsters shout their sounds back at you.
- set up coin-earning monsters and place mines that generate diamonds each day, then reinvest into more islands, buildings, and upgrades.
- collect over 250 monsters with unique sounds, then watch your island become a living chorus as each one joins the track.
9Journey - Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets.
Jun 11, 2020
In this game, you can…
- silently meet a robed stranger and slowly realize they're a real player.
- communicate with another player using only chirps, pings, and body language.
- restore a gigantic ribbon bridge together, then ride the route it unlocks up into the sky.
- slide down massive sand dunes at full speed with a partner beside you.
- chain scarf recharges midair to keep two players flying longer together.
- cling shoulder to shoulder in a blizzard, sheltering behind slabs and pushing forward through whiteout winds.
- get your scarf ripped by a flying guardian, then hide and escape together after a close call.
- soar alongside huge flying creatures after a dangerous fall, as the world fills with light and motion.
- reach the end, then try to identify the stranger you traveled with during the credits.
10Bastion - Discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces.
Aug 16, 2011
In this game, you can…
- walk forward and watch the ground assemble under your feet.
- fall off the edge and get roasted by a narrator who immediately rewinds your death into a joke.
- stack shrine challenges that make enemies nastier, then cash in the risk for extra experience and money.
- pick up a sledgehammer, flatten a giant enemy, then smash every breakable thing you can find.
- swap between two weapons mid-fight, mixing melee and ranged attacks with rolls and special moves.
- rebuild your hub piece by piece, unlocking a forge, shrines, a distillery, and an arsenal as you bring it back.
- jump into weapon trials and wave arenas that test you under limited healing and whatever challenges you've enabled.
- finish the story, keep all your gear, then replay in New Game Plus to see different endings and tougher modes.
