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BIT.TRIP BEAT cover art

BIT.TRIP BEAT

Gaijin Games · 2010-11-02

SteamGOG

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

1
playing now
81%
positive of 882 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 37% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–71k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 882 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 9 of 18 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-06 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-05-17 — best price $0.992015-08-31 — best price $0.992015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-04-28 — best price $2.492016-06-22 — best price $9.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $2.492018-05-10 — best price $4.992018-09-04 — best price $9.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-05-27 — best price $2.492019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $9.992020-03-30 — best price $9.992020-06-27 — best price $9.992020-11-12 — best price $1.992021-01-04 — best price $9.992021-03-22 — best price $3.992021-10-27 — best price $5.992021-12-13 — best price $4.992022-02-21 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992023-04-17 — best price $9.992023-08-16 — best price $9.992023-09-26 — best price $9.992023-12-13 — best price $4.992024-01-23 — best price $9.992024-02-29 — best price $5.492024-05-01 — best price $4.992024-08-09 — best price $9.992024-11-26 — best price $5.992025-02-04 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-12-11 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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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