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BIT.TRIP BEAT cover art

BIT.TRIP BEAT

Gaijin Games · 2010-11-02

SteamGOG

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 25, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 02, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 02, 2010 (Mac), Mar 16, 2009 (Wii)

From gameplay to visuals to music and imagination, BIT.TRIP BEAT is inspired by classic games in every way. Get sucked into a whole new world of sight and sound as you juggle beats and ride the vibe in this modern look at the beginning of it all. BIT.

BIT.TRIP BEAT is an Action, Casual and Indie game released in 2010, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 882 reviews).

0
playing now
81%
positive of 883 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Bit.Trip Beat, marketed as BIT.TRIP BEAT, is an arcade-style music video game developed by Gaijin Games and published by Aksys Games for the Wii's WiiWare download service. It was released in 2009 in North America, and released in Japan and PAL regions in the same year. It was later released for the Windows and Mac OS X through the download service Steam in 2010, while Namco Bandai published it for iOS on iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad in both Bit.Trip Beat and Bit.Trip Beat HD versions. Android and Linux versions debuted in the Humble Android Bundle 3.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 35k–71k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 883 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2013-12-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 20 of 60 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920152026Week of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-05-22 — best price $9.992015-10-26 — best price $9.992016-01-05 — best price $9.992016-04-28 — best price $2.492016-07-04 — best price $9.992017-01-12 — best price $4.992017-11-03 — best price $9.992018-05-10 — best price $4.992018-11-13 — best price $0.992019-02-05 — best price $4.992019-07-01 — best price $3.392019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-01-31 — best price $9.992020-05-27 — best price $2.992020-10-21 — best price $3.992021-01-04 — best price $9.992021-06-09 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $4.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $4.992023-09-01 — best price $5.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-01-23 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-06-19 — best price $6.992024-11-14 — best price $6.992025-02-04 — best price $4.992025-08-18 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-09-01 — best price $9.992026-09-11 — best price $9.992026-09-21 — best price $9.992026-10-01 — best price $6.992026-10-11 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3972026-06-01 — 17 pageviews2026-06-05 — 15 pageviews2026-06-09 — 8 pageviews2026-06-13 — 17 pageviews2026-06-17 — 15 pageviews2026-06-21 — 9 pageviews2026-06-25 — 9 pageviews2026-06-29 — 8 pageviews2026-07-03 — 26 pageviews2026-07-07 — 14 pageviews2026-07-11 — 14 pageviews2026-07-15 — 15 pageviews2026-07-19 — 12 pageviews2026-07-23 — 11 pageviews2026-07-27 — 16 pageviews2026-07-31 — 12 pageviews2026-08-04 — 11 pageviews2026-08-08 — 11 pageviews2026-08-12 — 12 pageviews2026-08-16 — 13 pageviews2026-08-20 — 11 pageviews2026-08-24 — 8 pageviews2026-08-28 — 12 pageviews2026-09-01 — 14 pageviews2026-09-05 — 24 pageviews2026-09-09 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 16 pageviews2026-09-17 — 10 pageviews2026-09-21 — 12 pageviews2026-09-25 — 9 pageviews2026-09-29 — 21 pageviews2026-10-03 — 14 pageviews2026-10-07 — 20 pageviews2026-10-11 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
77.1%
earned "OLD.SCHOOL.SKILLS"
2.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)18,0890%26
Switch (Nintendo)1190%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieMusicRetroActionArcadeCasualRhythmDifficultMinimalist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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