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Headbangers: Rhythm Royale

Glee-Cheese Studio · Team17 · 2023-10-31

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Casual

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Battle Royale · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view, Auditory

Releases: TBD (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 31, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 31, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 31, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Oct 31, 2023 (Xbox One), Oct 31, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

Headbangers is a light-hearted, Rhythm Battle Royale Game where you and 29 other Pigeons compete against each other, all to complete your quest of claiming the title of Master Headbanger!

Headbangers: Rhythm Royale is a Casual game priced at $3.49 and released in 2023, estimated to have 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment from 70% of 1209 reviews.

2
playing now
70%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
46,657
twitch viewers (latest)
23328.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
44/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
3.85★
PlayStation Store rating (206 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.49
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Headbangers: Rhythm Royale is a 2023 rhythm battle royale video game developed by Glee Cheese Studio and published by Team17. It was released on 31 October 2023 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 53 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (408 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 28,977 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 24k–54k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,209 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$3.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 147 of 148 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
31531520232026Week of 2023-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-15 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2052Nov 2023Aug 2026Nov 2023 — avg 205 · peak 1,076Dec 2023 — avg 68 · peak 213Jan 2024 — avg 27 · peak 108Feb 2024 — avg 24 · peak 90Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 63Apr 2024 — avg 22 · peak 81May 2024 — avg 11 · peak 41Jun 2024 — avg 26 · peak 177Jul 2024 — avg 26 · peak 138Aug 2024 — avg 25 · peak 126Sep 2024 — avg 14 · peak 74Oct 2024 — avg 13 · peak 61Nov 2024 — avg 9 · peak 46Dec 2024 — avg 15 · peak 60Jan 2025 — avg 12 · peak 67Feb 2025 — avg 8 · peak 34Mar 2025 — avg 13 · peak 82Apr 2025 — avg 12 · peak 98May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 22Jun 2025 — avg 18 · peak 210Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 32Aug 2025 — avg 7 · peak 40Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 40Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 28Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 34Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 58Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 39Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 21Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 25Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 19May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 16Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 18Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.992023-09-282026-10-082023-09-28 — best price $19.992023-11-03 — best price $19.992024-01-03 — best price $19.992024-01-25 — best price $13.492024-02-25 — best price $19.992024-03-26 — best price $16.392024-04-23 — best price $19.992024-05-13 — best price $19.992024-06-13 — best price $7.992024-07-22 — best price $16.792024-08-15 — best price $4.992024-08-29 — best price $4.102024-09-21 — best price $5.002024-10-03 — best price $19.992024-11-05 — best price $18.762024-11-29 — best price $4.162024-12-22 — best price $4.412025-01-04 — best price $5.002025-02-10 — best price $17.992025-03-22 — best price $5.002025-04-08 — best price $19.992025-05-10 — best price $3.992025-07-02 — best price $3.392025-08-09 — best price $19.992025-09-04 — best price $3.592025-10-01 — best price $3.392025-11-02 — best price $18.162025-11-30 — best price $19.992026-01-06 — best price $16.392026-02-03 — best price $19.992026-02-28 — best price $19.992026-04-01 — best price $4.002026-04-23 — best price $3.842026-05-17 — best price $19.992026-06-04 — best price $3.592026-07-11 — best price $16.392026-08-03 — best price $3.592026-08-20 — best price $18.382026-10-08 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3202026-06-17 — 32 pageviews2026-06-20 — 4 pageviews2026-06-23 — 12 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1 pageviews2026-06-29 — 2 pageviews2026-07-02 — 2 pageviews2026-07-05 — 4 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-11 — 2 pageviews2026-07-14 — 0 pageviews2026-07-17 — 4 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-23 — 3 pageviews2026-07-26 — 5 pageviews2026-07-29 — 4 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1 pageviews2026-08-04 — 3 pageviews2026-08-07 — 3 pageviews2026-08-10 — 4 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-16 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 4 pageviews2026-08-22 — 7 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1 pageviews2026-08-28 — 6 pageviews2026-08-31 — 6 pageviews2026-09-03 — 4 pageviews2026-09-06 — 3 pageviews2026-09-09 — 7 pageviews2026-09-12 — 3 pageviews2026-09-15 — 13 pageviews2026-09-18 — 6 pageviews2026-09-21 — 2 pageviews2026-09-24 — 4 pageviews2026-09-27 — 5 pageviews2026-09-30 — 3 pageviews2026-10-03 — 1 pageviews2026-10-06 — 5 pageviews2026-10-08 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
78.4%
earned "Survival"
1.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support6 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2023-10-31, latest 2024-02-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)11,3241%28
Steam (Steam)1,0881%28
PS5 (PlayStation)5864%29
PS4 (PlayStation)1186%29
Switch (Nintendo)610%0

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

Player tags

3DPvPBirdsFunnyMusicCasualComedyRhythmColorfulController

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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