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Game description

Slash the beats, get moving, and experience the world's most popular VR rhythm game!* Duck, dodge, and flow through 300+ handcrafted songs from artists like Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, and Metallica. Play solo, compete online, or pass the headset at your next party. Jump in with 60+ songs included!

Basic info

DeveloperBeat Games
PublisherBeat Games
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateMay 21, 2019
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10/11 (64bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i5 Sandy Bridge or equivalent
Memory4 GB
GraphicsNvidia GTX 960 or equivalent
Storage200 MB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 413 reviews from the past 1 year

89.7/ 100
Top 20%

Steam rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (95%)

Metacritic: 93 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 22, 2026)

Slicing blocks to the beat makes Beat Saber a workout that scores 89.7, top 20% of games we analyzed.

👍 Strengths

253 reviews find it genuinely fun, even when it leaves them exhausted, and some are still learning it after long hours. 28 say custom songs and mods give it near endless replay value. 16 praise the music, calling the soundtrack incredible and hitting blocks in rhythm deeply satisfying. Multiplayer ranks 20th of 642, Content Volume ranks 162nd of 1351, and Gameplay ranks 306th of 1396.

👎 Where it falls short

60 reviews object to DLC prices, with song packs that rarely go on sale and add up to a large sum. 21 feel the developers neglect modding, with updates that break the mods players buy it for. Pricing & Fairness ranks 1033rd of 1399, and Tech & Support ranks 641st of 1399. A few joke that the hardest levels call for a shower, and others warn of sore wrists and shoulders.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“genuinely fun despite physical exhaustion and difficulty” · 253 reviews
“custom songs make the game infinitely replayable” · 28 reviews
“hitting blocks to rhythm feels amazing, satisfying” · 16 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 37% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Difficulty +1.88 · How hard it is, how the challenge ramps, and whether it feels fair
Positive “expert+ difficulty makes you feel ecstatic and overwhelmed in the best way” · 9 reviews
Negative “Expert+ difficulty spikes are punishing” · 18 reviews

Progression 3% · Onboarding 8% · Freedom 4% · Strategy 1% · Controls & feel 10%

Plot, characters and the world

Not enough data — only 2% of reviews mention this.

World +3.57 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

Story 0% · Characters 0%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 33% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Replayability +4.59 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+
Positive “custom songs make the game infinitely replayable” · 28 reviews

Volume 14% · Variety 8%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 19% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Audio +3.11 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting
Positive “hitting blocks to rhythm feels amazing, satisfying” · 16 reviews
Negative “base game has mostly trash music without mods” · 3 reviews

Visuals 4%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 16% of reviews · Top 5% of the games we've analyzed

Community +4.08 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly
Positive “community created mods and maps that exceeded developer content” · 13 reviews

Playing together 6% · Servers & Connection 1%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 22% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.43 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “cybernetic gold has no discounts, no workshop, mods require downgrading” · 60 reviews
Positive “can get along just fine without buying DLC” · 2 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 1% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 22% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.19 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “Meta ruined game, no sales, harder to mod, mistreated on Steam” · 21 reviews
Positive “developers continuing to develop, monthly modding tools” · 3 reviews

Stability 3% · Performance 9%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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