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Battle Bands: Rock & Roll Deckbuilder

Battle Bands: Rock & Roll Deckbuilder

Get the band together and take on the world in this battle of the bands, deckbuilding card game set in the fantasy land of Riff City. Play solo or with friends to conquer offbeat bosses in a coop campaign. Wits and a sick riff are key to becoming a rock legend.

Released Nov 13, 2023 Developer Aerie Digital Platforms Windows Roguelike DeckbuilderCard BattlerRoguelikeDeckbuildingCharacter Customization
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

90.6%positive202 reviews
Recommended · 73 found this helpful

“Follow my Curator Page for more Strategy Games! Battle Bands: Rock & Roll Deckbuilder is a roguelike Deckbuilder that you can play with up to four friends. Battles You're controlling one of four bandmembers. Each Bandmember has 2 energy which you need to play cards. After…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“This game is heavily slept on, especially for co-op. If you were a fan of Across the Obelisk or Hellcard, this is absolutely for you. Fingers cross that the devs stay active and have big plans. Would love a sort of "endless" mode where every combat makes the next boss slightly…”

— a player, Steam review · 42 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“Really fun co-op roguelike deckbuilder. Supports up to 4 players. Battles were pretty fun. There's a lot of different cards in the game and you unlock more as you level up. Playing cards a certain amount of times lets you upgrade them. There's many different strategies or…”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2025-08 via SteamCharts.

96all-time peak
0 25 50 2023 2024 2025 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 40 avg · Mar 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

56achievements
16.0%median completion
1.3%rarest: Impossible!?
72.0% of players 60.8% of players 59.5% of players 59.1% of players 58.9% of players 58.4% of players 58.1% of players 57.7% of players 57.6% of players 57.5% of players 55.6% of players 45.2% of players 44.6% of players 38.1% of players 37.2% of players 37.2% of players 37.0% of players 34.5% of players 34.5% of players 33.2% of players 32.5% of players 31.9% of players 27.2% of players 27.1% of players 24.7% of players 24.0% of players 20.4% of players 16.7% of players 16.0% of players 14.8% of players 14.6% of players 14.4% of players 13.5% of players 12.7% of players 11.8% of players 11.3% of players 10.6% of players 10.0% of players 8.9% of players 7.9% of players 7.7% of players 7.4% of players 6.5% of players 5.9% of players 5.5% of players 5.5% of players 4.8% of players 4.6% of players 4.2% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.0% of players 2.6% of players 1.9% of players 1.3% of players 72.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
72.0%Nice! — Get 30 hype in one turn!
60.8%Bad dog! — Defeat the Real Good Boys!
59.5%Scrap this! — Defeat the Scrap Titan!
Rarest badges of honor
1.3%Impossible!? — Defeat the Final Boss at Tour Level 6.
1.9%Patience Grasshopper. — Lose to an Iconic Bot, Developer, or Legend in Royale Mode.
2.6%Gotta' Start Somewhere! — Lose Round 1 in Royale Mode.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-28. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-09-28 23:18 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-28
US14.99 USD
EU15.49 EUR
UK13.75 GBP
Australia20.95 AUD
Canada17.99 CAD
Japan1,900 JPY
Brazil53.49 BRL
China59.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$8.8 Brazil Japan Canada Australia US EU UK≈$18

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-28). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 15, 2024
Hotfix for Update 1.2

We've got a small Hotfix for our most recent update 1.2. The Final Judgement no longer appears as a void of absolute darkness. Comedic Lick card changes adjusted to reflect previous patch notes. The E

Mar 14, 2024
Battle Bands Update 1.2

You're listening to Riff Radio, brought to you by Rod's Lightning Rods "Shockingly good value!", located in downtown Riff City right next to Shady Steve's! Update 1.2 has a few new things for you all,

Jan 04, 2024
Battle Bands Hotfix!

Hi all, here's a little hot fix for you! Bot skin presets are now saved when reloading a campaign Royale server stability improvements Fixed an issue with Welcoming upgrade on Performance cards Improv

Dec 05, 2023
Battle Bands Update 1.1

What's shaking, Riffians? You're listening to Riff Radio! Our first Community Update after full release brings a ton of balance changes, bug fixes, and quality of life updates brought to our attention

Nov 13, 2023
Battle Bands: Full 1.0 Release!

Denizens of Riff City, after around 2 years of Early Access, Battle Bands 1.0 is here! It has been an incredible journey and we are so excited to share this version of the game with both new players a

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresIndie, Strategy
Player tagsRoguelike Deckbuilder · Card Battler · Roguelike · Deckbuilding · Character Customization · Hand-drawn · Multiplayer · 1990's · Tactical · PvP · Online Co-Op · Turn-Based Combat (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements56
Official sitehttp://www.playbattlebands.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (64 bit) Processor: Dual Core 2 GHz (64 bit) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (AMD or NVIDIA equivalent) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space