Minor Scale

Minor Scale

Keyboard Critter Co · April 26, 2023 · Strategy, Tower Defense, Rhythm, Cute, Family Friendly

Minor Scale is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Minor Scale is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Minor Scale


Minor Scale is a rhythm-based tower defense game with a 2D / 3D hybrid whimsical aesthetic. You will conduct a band of cute little Critters to defend their jam session from the creepy Crawlies threatening their home with the power of music.

- Unique combination of rhythm and tower defense mechanics
- Place critters to defeat the crawlies by playing along with the music
- For lovers of rhythm games, tower defense, and cute creatures
- Hit notes to earn crescendo meter
- Defeat crawlies to place more critters to earn currency
- Original soundtrack
- Start your waves on your own time

Minor Scale — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Mar 8, 2024
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10 found this helpful
Recommended May 22, 2023
Lots of Minors
3 found this helpful
Not recommended Feb 21, 2026
"Minor Scale" is just like it says on the box, a hybrid tower defense and Dance Dance Revolution game. What do you do in the game? Experience the worst aspects of both TD games and Guitar Hero at the same time. A lot of amateur developers decide the most original thing any developer could possibly do is bolt Guitar Hero rhythm mechanics onto any other game and that will somehow make a perfectly good game format somehow better. While every amateur developer gleefully boasts this is the first time it has ever been done, every time it has been done before has been a complete disaster. So, too, is "Minor Scale". There's a backdrop "bug" theme that doesn't add anything new to TD games, and works even worse with the Guitar Hero mechanics, so that's a real missed shot. While I couldn't find this on the mobile app stores, everything about it looks and feels like it's a mobile app designed for mobile phones... for PC gaming enthusiasts, it's not going to give you a cutting edge PC gaming experience. That alone is enough to disqualify this from any recommendation. We don't spend thousands building gaming rigs so that we can pretend they're iPhones and play iPhone games and mobile …
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Feb 11, 2025
The Idea of playing music to kill enemies is great. I firstly thought the instrument was only for like a minigame but then I realized it's purpose. I don't know if it just me but I couldn't beat the 2nd level with anything else than the easiest difficulty. Improvable but not so great rn.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Dec 20, 2024
This game has such a vibe and I love it but I completed in 22 mins. Wondering if there is more to come or a second game which is bigger. It has potential <3
Recommended May 27, 2024
Very short, technically no end when I finish the 3 levels. Very easy, with the last difficulty suddenly doing a bit of a drop in difficulty and relying on a lot of luck to get through? It is the same rhythm for every single level. Its cute though, 5/10

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