Beat Hazard

Beat Hazard

Cold Beam Games · April 15, 2010 · Rhythm, Music-Based Procedural Generation, Twin Stick Shooter, Bullet Hell, Shoot 'Em Up

Buy the Beat Hazard key for Steam from Kinguin at $1.13 — the cheapest of 7 stores we compare.

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Very Positive95% · 7,45270Metacritic3playing now
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$1.13-70%
lowest tracked $0.72
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Standard Edition · Steam
$9.99
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Cheapest Beat Hazard keys — keyshops

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Kinguin
Standard Edition · Steam
$1.13
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CJS CD Keys
CJS CD Keys
Standard Edition · Steam
$2.10
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Eneba
Standard Edition · Steam
$2.13
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Driffle INC
Standard Edition · Steam
$2.54
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Gameseal
Standard Edition · Steam
$2.51
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Beat Hazard price by region

Beat Hazard costs $1.13 in the United States, $1.13 in Georgia (USD), £1.57 in the United Kingdom, €1.81 in Europe (EUR), CA$4.26 in Canada, A$4.39 in Australia, NZ$5.39 in New Zealand, zł9.84 in Poland and R$14.19 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest Beat Hazard offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Statesyour region $1.13 −70% $2.99 $1.13 7
Georgia (USD) $1.13 −70% $2.99 $1.13 7
United Kingdom £1.57 −70% £2.55 £1.57 5
Europe (EUR) €1.81 −70% €2.92 €1.81 5
Canada CA$4.26 −70% CA$4.26 — 2
Australia A$4.39 −70% A$4.39 — 2
New Zealand NZ$5.39 −70% NZ$5.39 — 2
Poland zł9.84 −70% zł12.86 zł9.84 4
Brazil R$14.19 −70% R$16.86 R$14.19 3

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Beat Hazard

✦ AI summary

Turn your music collection into an intense arcade shooter where enemies, hazards, and power-ups pulse with the beat of every song you own. Experience completely unique gameplay for each track in your library, with difficulty and intensity that rises and falls with the music itself.

Welcome to a new experience in gameplay mechanics: Beat Hazard Gameplay Powered by YOUR Music!

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.

Power up your spaceship and watch as the music boosts your firepower. Unleash hell on the enemy ships when you max out with weapon pickups!

Beat Hazard seamlessly mixes the love of gaming and music. Together they become greater than the sum of their parts.
  • Unique music driven gameplay
  • Gameplay possibilities as vast as your music collection
  • Can you last a whole album in Survival Mode?
  • Go Head to Head in local 2 player mode
  • Or play local 2 player Co-op
  • 25 Steam achievements
  • Compete against friends on Steam leader boards
  • Get real time updates via the in game News System
  • Take on huge boss ships
  • Power up and unleash the deadly Beat Hazard weapon
  • Rank up to an Elite rated pilot and beyond (Can you survive Suicidal mode?)
  • Includes a kicking rock album to get you started
  • File types supported: mp3/wav/aiff/ogg/mwa/flac
  • iTunes, aac, mp4 and m4a support via a download for a small fee (to cover patented decoder licensing costs)
  • LastFM Scrobble support
  • Now also support Internet Radio in all modes, including online

Beat Hazard — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player, Co-op, Split screen, Cross-platform multiplayer
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Sep 21, 2026
[h1]Overview:[/h1] '[i]Beat Hazard[/i]' is a high adrenaline twin-stick shooter that is fueled by your own music. It's hard to argue against a game being fun while you're decimating a huge pool of spaceships, asteroids and dodging a plethora of projectiles while rocking out to your best, most favorite tracks. '[i]Beat Hazard[/i]' is super fun and is jam packed full of fun gunplay, beautiful graphics and well, unsurprisingly, the best soundtrack ever and honestly had me constantly coming back for more. [h1]Gameplay:[/h1] It's kind of hard to label '[i]Beat Hazard[/i]' as a "Bullet Hell" game as it isn't so chaotic that the screen is full of bullets and projectiles but it definitely is a chaotic shoot'em up. You're essentially put into a closed section in space where you survive an onslaught of incoming enemy ships for as long as whatever track you're playing lasts. This means any track that is particularly long will result in a longer survival time. It is insane how many gameplay options there are in this game. There are plenty of difficulties, ships to use (although many of them require a DLC), game mode options and even perks that change up the gameplay whether it means giving y…
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Recommended Sep 6, 2026
It's fine, I guess. While it's cool that I can choose any music file on my computer, I don't feel the enemy intensity or patterns really follow the music rhythm. The gameplay doesn't really fit with calm or low-BPM tracks music, either.
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Recommended Aug 28, 2026
Beat Hazard pros: //fast game with modern day graphics with easy controls that moves from location A to B to C and so on //good amount of action and special effects cons: //some difficult battles/boss battles //upgrades are a grindfest which require a lot of resources //a little repetitive //good game Personal Suggested Purchase Price: $0.49 Or Less During Sale extra notes: //use your starships and destroy meteors and enemy ships //collect loot, unlock perks to make your starship stronger //neon-lights explosions spectacles going through songs
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Recommended Sep 30, 2026
Tengo más de 800 canciones en local (y subiendo), así que con esto es el mejor juego en 2D que he pto jugado, aparte de la adrenalina que te da tirar 47000 tayos laser a 384 naves que te vienen de frente y 74 meteoritos
Recommended Sep 26, 2026
Ray Charles would regain his sight playing this game. Doctors approve.
Recommended Aug 29, 2026
fun game

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