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Beat Hazard 2 cover art

Beat Hazard 2

Cold Beam Games · 2019-10-16

SteamGOG

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 07, 2020 (Android), Oct 16, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 07, 2020 (iOS), Nov 09, 2020 (SteamVR)

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.

Beat Hazard 2 is an Action, Casual, Indie game released in 2019, priced at $18.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 2260 reviews).

2
playing now
86%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$18.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Beat Hazard is a music-themed video game developed and published by British studio Cold Beam Games on October 28, 2009 for Xbox Live Indie Games.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (135 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 57k–136k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,260 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.69-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.89 at Steam (2025-04-11) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 68 of 100 observed days · $3.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13113120182026Week of 2018-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 20:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
392Oct 2018Jun 2026Oct 2018 — avg 15 · peak 69Jan 2019 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2019 — avg 8 · peak 26Jul 2019 — avg 7 · peak 23Oct 2019 — avg 21 · peak 137Jan 2020 — avg 8 · peak 23Apr 2020 — avg 20 · peak 150Jul 2020 — avg 38 · peak 160Oct 2020 — avg 12 · peak 30Jan 2021 — avg 12 · peak 30Apr 2021 — avg 20 · peak 193Jul 2021 — avg 12 · peak 26Oct 2021 — avg 10 · peak 33Jan 2022 — avg 8 · peak 21Apr 2022 — avg 8 · peak 28Jul 2022 — avg 8 · peak 27Oct 2022 — avg 9 · peak 30Jan 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 10Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 25Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 62
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$18.99$2.842018-10-042026-10-152018-10-04 — best price $16.142019-02-11 — best price $18.992019-08-29 — best price $13.292019-11-28 — best price $13.292020-01-21 — best price $13.292020-05-07 — best price $13.292020-07-27 — best price $12.342020-10-21 — best price $12.342021-01-05 — best price $18.992021-08-23 — best price $18.992022-01-27 — best price $5.692022-05-09 — best price $18.992022-10-24 — best price $18.992023-01-20 — best price $5.692023-05-05 — best price $3.792023-08-14 — best price $3.792023-09-26 — best price $18.992023-12-11 — best price $18.992024-02-06 — best price $2.842024-04-04 — best price $3.792024-05-21 — best price $18.992024-07-25 — best price $18.992024-09-28 — best price $5.692024-11-21 — best price $5.692025-01-23 — best price $5.692025-04-09 — best price $5.692025-06-10 — best price $5.692025-09-01 — best price $5.692025-10-20 — best price $18.992026-01-05 — best price $18.992026-02-28 — best price $18.992026-04-14 — best price $5.692026-06-25 — best price $4.742026-08-27 — best price $5.692026-09-06 — best price $5.692026-09-16 — best price $5.692026-09-26 — best price $5.692026-10-06 — best price $5.692026-10-15 — best price $5.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3822026-05-30 — 7 pageviews2026-06-03 — 5 pageviews2026-06-07 — 6 pageviews2026-06-11 — 8 pageviews2026-06-15 — 12 pageviews2026-06-19 — 5 pageviews2026-06-23 — 9 pageviews2026-06-27 — 4 pageviews2026-07-01 — 10 pageviews2026-07-05 — 11 pageviews2026-07-09 — 6 pageviews2026-07-13 — 4 pageviews2026-07-17 — 9 pageviews2026-07-21 — 3 pageviews2026-07-25 — 5 pageviews2026-07-29 — 10 pageviews2026-08-02 — 10 pageviews2026-08-06 — 7 pageviews2026-08-10 — 12 pageviews2026-08-14 — 10 pageviews2026-08-18 — 15 pageviews2026-08-22 — 10 pageviews2026-08-26 — 6 pageviews2026-08-30 — 6 pageviews2026-09-03 — 8 pageviews2026-09-07 — 2 pageviews2026-09-11 — 11 pageviews2026-09-15 — 9 pageviews2026-09-19 — 11 pageviews2026-09-23 — 11 pageviews2026-09-27 — 5 pageviews2026-10-01 — 12 pageviews2026-10-05 — 7 pageviews2026-10-08 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
62.3%
earned "Baby Boss"
6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsVR SupportedSteam Trading Cards1 DLC

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Japanese…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-10-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,2914%62

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DPvPIndieMusicSpaceActionArcadeRhythmShooterBullet Hell

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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