Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia)

Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia)

Vitamin Games · 2019 · Music, Rhythm, Bullet Hell, Action, Difficult

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Overwhelmingly Positive96% · 2,413
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About Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia)

"AfterBeat" is a musical bullet-hell in which all things beautiful are deadly. A cacophony of lights, music, pulses and blocks, AfterBeat features tight bullet-hell style gameplay where up to 4 players in local co-op must navigate their way through evolving scenes and obstacles, all timed to the beat.

STORY

Set in 207X, a mysterious disease called "LNNS" has been ravaging the world. A lone Chiral researcher, Anna Schroeder, attempts to find the cure with her trusty supercomputer companion HAL. Stumbling upon various “Projects,” the duo decides to investigate the efficacy of a cure using a pulse/rhythm-based interface. Work in progress.

CURRENT FEATURES

  • Dodge The Beat: Stages consist of mesmerizing, musically timed scenes, each one telling a story. Feel the rhythm and feel your way around the hazards! Anna will judge how you do.
  • Challenge Your Friends: Up to 4 players supported in local co-op mode.
  • Robust Level Editor: A carefully designed level editor allows users to create their own levels and challenges using whatever music they wish.
  • Huge Community: A Wealth of user-created content exists, fully integrated into the game through the usage of the level editor and user-made levels. Already, 2000+ community levels have been uploaded, and more are being made daily.
  • Story Mode Demo: Currently, the game features a short 5+ story levels as a demo for the upcoming complete story mode. 

UPCOMING FEATURES

  • Complete Story Mode: Over 20+ hand-crafted, heart-pounding levels interwoven with an engaging story.
  • Constant Updates: More features / changes are added bi-weekly to keep the game fresh.
Some screenshots used are from UGC:
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  • Excelsus by DXL44
  • Lucid by Taikeb0
This game was previously named "Project Arrhythmia."

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Jul 13, 2026
I am giving this a tentative positive review. Its fun, but I do wish the obstacles had to be evaded to the beat more, it would make this game from fine enough to a really good game. As it currently stands, you could turn off the volume and do fairly well, which is a bummer. The secret level at the end even had parts of it where you had to avoid to the beat a bit and I really enjoyed that. If the full game comes out, and has more of that, I think its an easy slam dunk and a good buy, otherwise it will be kind of hard to justify playing this over other games. All that being said, its a pretty fun bullet hell, with creative level designs, good music, what seems to be a fairly robust level creator from the custom levels I tried, and a heck of a lot of potential. I look forward to new updates.
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Recommended Jul 18, 2026
if only there was multiplayer
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Recommended Jul 17, 2026
very good game. ten out of five
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Recommended Jul 16, 2026
I AM VERY NORMAL ABOUT AFTERBEAT. As a lover of music, platformers and bullet hell games; Afterbeat takes all the cake and decides to dump a whole bunch of glitter on it. The music choices are fire, the story thus far is incredibly engaging and interesting, and the level editor is quite intuitive and detailed! The cherry on top is Vitamin Games' management of the game and how they want everything to be good for the playerbase. The community is talented and some of the loveliest people I have had the fortune of sharing a space with; and those who make fanmade levels just keep getting WILDER with the editor! I love both Afterbeat and Just Shapes and Beats with my whole being, but Afterbeat is so much more than just shapes and music. It really deserves its ratings.
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Recommended Jul 16, 2026
i made part of a level 6 years ago and never finished it i await the full release
Recommended Jul 13, 2026
Weirdly enough, an underrated both game and community. The game is essentially one of the "OTHER" games with a similar gameplay... But cooler. As for the community, it's filled with smart people. Like i'm impressed.

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