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Beat Slayer cover art

Beat Slayer

ByteRockers' Games · 2024-04-04

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 04, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Beat Slayer is a roguelite hack n’ slay game like no other. Instead of just being in the background the music takes centre stage. Join Mia, a badass music lover and crafty tinkerer, as she battles hordes of robots in a dystopian 90s inspired Berlin. There’s only one rule: Stay on beat!

93%
positive of 127 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

Join Mia, a badass music lover and crafty tinkerer, as she battles hordes of robots in a dystopian 80s inspired Berlin. Fight in the hidden corners of Berlin, a city that has been taken over by robots and corrupted by evil forces. You’ll fight your way through various locations, from underground clubs to abandoned factories, each with its own vibe, challenges and tunes.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (46 reviews).
  • · Top 60% of 12,859 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 127 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$10.00-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.80 at Fortuna Digital (2026-07-07) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 55 of 83 observed days · $2.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
424220242026Week of 2024-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$7.802024-04-042026-09-072024-04-04 — best price $17.992024-05-20 — best price $19.992024-08-19 — best price $13.992024-10-07 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $13.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $13.992025-04-16 — best price $13.992025-05-06 — best price $13.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-07-23 — best price $19.992025-08-26 — best price $11.992025-09-29 — best price $11.992025-10-08 — best price $19.992025-11-28 — best price $11.502025-12-11 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $9.902026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-14 — best price $11.992026-01-27 — best price $11.992026-02-08 — best price $9.952026-02-22 — best price $11.992026-03-04 — best price $11.992026-03-11 — best price $9.592026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-03-29 — best price $14.992026-04-19 — best price $11.992026-04-25 — best price $19.992026-05-18 — best price $10.492026-06-16 — best price $10.552026-06-29 — best price $8.202026-07-09 — best price $8.202026-07-13 — best price $10.002026-07-21 — best price $19.992026-07-30 — best price $9.992026-08-05 — best price $9.992026-08-12 — best price $19.992026-08-21 — best price $10.002026-09-02 — best price $9.992026-09-07 — best price $10.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
86.3%
earned "Like Phoenix from the ashes"
33.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean

Player tags

IndieMusicActionRhythmRobotsCartoonyAdventureRogue-liteAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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