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Beat Hazard cover art

Beat Hazard

Cold Beam Games · 2010-04-15

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 15, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 15, 2010 (Linux), Apr 15, 2010 (Mac), Oct 28, 2009 (Xbox 360)

Experience your music collection like 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.

2
playing now
95%
positive of 7.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (45 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 12h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 298k–596k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,448 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-04-11) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
484820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-08-06 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.002015-01-012026-07-272015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-10-29 — best price $2.992016-02-05 — best price $2.992016-11-23 — best price $2.992017-06-22 — best price $2.992017-11-23 — best price $1.992018-04-16 — best price $1.992018-10-29 — best price $1.992019-02-04 — best price $2.992019-09-09 — best price $2.992020-01-23 — best price $2.992020-05-11 — best price $2.992020-09-14 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $2.992021-05-31 — best price $2.992021-10-04 — best price $2.992021-12-22 — best price $2.992022-03-28 — best price $2.492022-06-23 — best price $2.992022-10-17 — best price $1.492023-01-16 — best price $1.992023-04-10 — best price $1.992023-08-14 — best price $1.992023-11-22 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $2.992024-06-17 — best price $2.992024-09-28 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $2.992025-04-11 — best price $0.992025-07-21 — best price $2.992025-10-13 — best price $2.992026-01-12 — best price $2.992026-04-14 — best price $2.992026-07-20 — best price $2.492026-07-27 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3822026-05-31 — 5 pageviews2026-06-03 — 5 pageviews2026-06-06 — 5 pageviews2026-06-09 — 38 pageviews2026-06-12 — 14 pageviews2026-06-15 — 12 pageviews2026-06-18 — 13 pageviews2026-06-21 — 7 pageviews2026-06-24 — 5 pageviews2026-06-27 — 4 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-03 — 6 pageviews2026-07-06 — 5 pageviews2026-07-09 — 6 pageviews2026-07-12 — 12 pageviews2026-07-15 — 7 pageviews2026-07-18 — 8 pageviews2026-07-21 — 3 pageviews2026-07-24 — 8 pageviews2026-07-27 — 2 pageviews2026-07-30 — 6 pageviews2026-08-02 — 10 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 8 pageviews2026-08-11 — 11 pageviews2026-08-14 — 10 pageviews2026-08-17 — 9 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-23 — 5 pageviews2026-08-26 — 6 pageviews2026-08-28 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
80.2%
earned "The First Step"
10.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsColor AlternativesCustom Volume Controls2 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Dutch

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)38,0112%63

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

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieMusicSpaceActionArcadeCasualRhythmShooter

Census log

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

Recent updates

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