

Music Boy 3D
Victor Pukman · March 29, 2018 · Indie, Early Access, Action, Music, Rhythm
Music Boy 3D is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.
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Music Boy 3D 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 Music Boy 3D
Music Boy 3D is a rhythm game where you tap buttons to the beat of music across multiple genres while a superhero saves a dystopian city. It stands out with head-tracking gameplay, a built-in editor for creating custom tracks, randomly generated levels, slow-motion mode, and workshop support for sharing community-made content.
Story:
In a dystopian city of the future, lives a superhero - Music Boy.
The only one way to save the residents and the city is to play the real music.
Game features:
1. Press the buttons to the rhythm of the song
This is just so fun!
2. Accuracy
The game uses MBOY rhythm maps. This ensures accuracy and a perfect hit of the notes in the rhythm.
3. Built-in editor
The game has an editor for creating MBOY rhythm maps. This allows you to create custom tracks and use your own music for it. The editor supports MP3, OGG and WAV audio file formats.
4. Random generation
The environment and music notes are randomly generated, each time the level looks different.
5. Head tracking
The game uses a webcam to track the head movements. You can move the head to the beat of the music during the game and receive extra points.
6. Slow motion
You are allowed to slow down the time to be more precise and collect more notes.
7. Different game modes
Different mode offers a different camera position – back, top and front. Choose the mode that best suits the music.
8. Any genre of music
The game contains and supports tracks in different genres such as Rock, Electronic, Pop, and others.
9. Workshop support
Create your track and share with the community. Download ready to play tracks from other players.
Download new tracks from Workshop!
Music Boy 3D — game info
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Player modes
- Single-player
- Controller
- Full controller support
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Music Boy 3D is a rhythm platformer with colorful visuals and accessible mechanics that blend rhythm-game elements with endless runner gameplay, but players consistently criticize its severely limited song selection, poor audio quality, and the use of stock assets that make it feel generic and uninspired. While the core concept appeals to casual rhythm-game fans seeking light entertainment, the out-of-sync obstacles, repetitive music choices, and lack of original content make it fall short compared to better alternatives in the genre.
It’s alright for a little rhythm game. The whole thing is pretty simple, just keeping up with the music and hitting the notes as they come, and it works well enough for what it is. Nothing really stood out to me, but I didn’t hate it either. It’s okay if you just want something quick and casual.
Игра "Music Boy 3D" — увлекательный музыкальный платформер с яркой графикой и ритмичным геймплеем. Главный герой, мальчик-музыкант, прыгает по платформам, избегая препятствий, синхронизируя движения с музыкальным сопровождением. Уникальная механика: нажатия на кнопки соответствуют ритму трека, что делает игру доступной даже новичкам. Плюсы — красочная атмосфера, разнообразные уровни и приятная музыка. Минусы: ограниченный выбор треков и простота сюжета. Подойдёт для любителей ритм-игр и лёгкого досуга.
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[quote][b][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/b] "Music Boy 3D" is one of literally thousands of creatively bankrupt asset flips infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere.[/quote] This garbage asset flip was a failed attempt to blend endless runner mechanics with Guitar Hero QTE mechanics as well as a bizarre attempt for the developer to turn on people's webcams for whatever interest he had in that. Creepy, isn't it? So, "Music Boy 3D" is partially or completely made up of stock assets, "borrowed" from asset stores and free asset websites. Little, if anything in this game is the creation of the "developer", even the basic game itself is flipped from an endless runner tutorial/demo asset pack... and the "borrowed" assets the developer dumped on top of it are all random and mismatched... it's a dogs breakfast. While there's no up front price for this asset flip, the other problem with asset flips is that when developers aren't capable of doing their job and creating high quality assets, it's also true they can't do any of the rest of the job of a game developer either. That's definitely true for "Music…
Meh, it's ok, but doesn't particularly stand out, out of all the rhythm games I've played, there are definitely better ones out there. This one was on the verge of receiving a thumbs down recommendation from me, because 2 big downsides to this game is that - 1. There is a very small list of automatic songs, with only one of them actually being good to dodge to (which is what changed my mind on my recommendation, glad I stuck around long enough to discover this song), the rest being either techno ones with a beat and tune that are too fast and all over the place, or rowdy rock ones with the artists screaming their heads off, sounds like alt-rock, blech; they are so all over the place, that the obstacles get out of sync and can't keep up with the actual song. And 2. You can upload your own songs, but they support the wrong files, or leave the good types of files out, they don't even support mp4, which just irriates the heck out of me, because the majority of the automatic songs in this game are rather tasteless, and I have a bunch of mp4s that would be a lot better than the automatic ones they have selected. You also apparently have to also upload a 'Music Boy' map, or something, w…
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