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Beat Hazard

Cold Beam Games · 2010-04-15

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

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

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.

Beat Hazard is an Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2010, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 7448 reviews).

3
playing now
95%
positive of 7.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Beat Hazard trailer thumbnail

Beat Hazard Ultra Trailer

≈430,632 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 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 6% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 298k–596k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,452 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 9 of 19 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

1202026-09-15 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1232Jul 2012Jun 2026Jul 2012 — avg 96 · peak 304Dec 2012 — avg 37 · peak 97May 2013 — avg 30 · peak 70Oct 2013 — avg 32 · peak 70Mar 2014 — avg 37 · peak 150Aug 2014 — avg 34 · peak 68Jan 2015 — avg 35 · peak 103Jun 2015 — avg 32 · peak 84Nov 2015 — avg 23 · peak 65Apr 2016 — avg 15 · peak 35Sep 2016 — avg 12 · peak 30Feb 2017 — avg 26 · peak 96Jul 2017 — avg 17 · peak 51Dec 2017 — avg 18 · peak 57May 2018 — avg 13 · peak 46Oct 2018 — avg 8 · peak 22Mar 2019 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2019 — avg 5 · peak 12Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 21Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 11Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 9Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 59Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2026 — avg 2 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

2122026-05-31 — 5 pageviews2026-06-04 — 5 pageviews2026-06-08 — 19 pageviews2026-06-12 — 14 pageviews2026-06-16 — 3 pageviews2026-06-20 — 7 pageviews2026-06-24 — 5 pageviews2026-06-28 — 7 pageviews2026-07-02 — 13 pageviews2026-07-06 — 5 pageviews2026-07-10 — 15 pageviews2026-07-14 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 8 pageviews2026-07-22 — 4 pageviews2026-07-26 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 6 pageviews2026-08-03 — 7 pageviews2026-08-07 — 10 pageviews2026-08-11 — 11 pageviews2026-08-15 — 9 pageviews2026-08-19 — 10 pageviews2026-08-23 — 5 pageviews2026-08-27 — 5 pageviews2026-08-31 — 14 pageviews2026-09-04 — 14 pageviews2026-09-08 — 10 pageviews2026-09-12 — 14 pageviews2026-09-16 — 5 pageviews2026-09-20 — 4 pageviews2026-09-24 — 7 pageviews2026-09-28 — 18 pageviews2026-10-02 — 8 pageviews2026-10-06 — 3 pageviews2026-10-09 — 3 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2011-06-16, latest 2014-04-17 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieMusicSpaceActionArcadeCasualRhythmShooter

Census log

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

Recent updates

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