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BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE
BPM is a rhythm-action FPS rogue-like where you must shoot, jump and dodge to the beat of an epic rock soundtrack. Delve into a randomly generated dungeon where one missed note can lead to your death. Gain game-changing abilities and loot powerful weaponry to defeat your ancient enemy: Nidhogg.
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
41 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Masterpiece ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry…”
“its an awesome game that give you: excellent gameplay. good music. good graphic (good in this kind of games). but its very very hard. i will say to my experience the best way to play it is listen to some podcasts on…”
“amazing game! you can create and upload your own music! or just upload existing music. The game reacts to the music you use so you can make it harder or easier by choosing a high bmp or low bpm song! super fun roguelite”
20 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Masterpiece ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry…”
“its an awesome game that give you: excellent gameplay. good music. good graphic (good in this kind of games). but its very very hard. i will say to my experience the best way to play it is listen to some podcasts on…”
“amazing game! you can create and upload your own music! or just upload existing music. The game reacts to the music you use so you can make it harder or easier by choosing a high bmp or low bpm song! super fun roguelite”
12 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“meehhhhh seems like a good game (sort of difficult but i think im just bad at it) lmao”
9 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Masterpiece ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry…”
“its an awesome game that give you: excellent gameplay. good music. good graphic (good in this kind of games). but its very very hard. i will say to my experience the best way to play it is listen to some podcasts on…”
“Amazing rythm shooter and an amazing roguelike, with absolutely [b]peak[/b] tracks and visuals.”
3 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“I learned about this game from a friend who knows how much I love Crypt of the Necrodancer and I have made my love for this game a pillar of my personality this last year. I've listened to the OST front to back a dozen…”
13 of the 74 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“I'll give it that. This was probably the first of it's kind, a rhythm game that is also a shooter. Sadly it just feels dreadful to play. Gunplay is unimpactful, the starting gun you have is especially terrible. BPM…”
“There are dozens of better FPS roguelikes and dozens of better rhythm games. I don't remember off hand if the few other FPS Rhythm games are any better (edit: Metal Hellsinger is way better but not a roguelike), but…”
“its an awesome game that give you: excellent gameplay. good music. good graphic (good in this kind of games). but its very very hard. i will say to my experience the best way to play it is listen to some podcasts on…”
10 of the 74 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I'll give it that. This was probably the first of it's kind, a rhythm game that is also a shooter. Sadly it just feels dreadful to play. Gunplay is unimpactful, the starting gun you have is especially terrible. BPM…”
“This is the worst game I have ever played in my life. These reviews have to be fake cause it is complete garbage. Do not waste 20 dollars on this game, more importantly do not waste any single minute of your life trying…”
“i bought this game because the concept was something i loved but the execution is for lack of any better phrasing ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and im sad because i want to like this game but i just cant, ill step away for a while and think…”
6 of the 74 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“There are dozens of better FPS roguelikes and dozens of better rhythm games. I don't remember off hand if the few other FPS Rhythm games are any better (edit: Metal Hellsinger is way better but not a roguelike), but…”
“the only difference betdween characters is starting health or weapons, there's not enough items or GUNs in a game with bullet in the name, do you want to know how to win? just get infinite ammo and wow you'll win, the…”
5 of the 74 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I'll give it that. This was probably the first of it's kind, a rhythm game that is also a shooter. Sadly it just feels dreadful to play. Gunplay is unimpactful, the starting gun you have is especially terrible. BPM…”
“the only difference betdween characters is starting health or weapons, there's not enough items or GUNs in a game with bullet in the name, do you want to know how to win? just get infinite ammo and wow you'll win, the…”
3 of the 74 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is pretty fun but why in the hell does dodging not give you invincibility frames??? the reticle will prompt you to dodge in time with the beat when an enemy is about to attack, but if you dodge into a wall or…”
Counted across 74 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Experimental title connecting rhythm game and rouge-like. It was a first time something like that was tried and it is the main reason I rate it positively. Unfortunately game has design flaws which make the gameplay frustrating, the main ones are: - bad level design, you are…”
— a player, Steam review · 100 hrs played“If you dont mind dying over and over again and enjoy kick ass music and a mediocre shooter you will love this game. I honestly love this game but no real save feature kinda sucks. It does kinda save your progress but by the time you die for the first few times you get the idea…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“such an amazing game. I have played it so much beating the game with each character on hellish one of which took me almost 1,400 attempts mind you. its an amazing experience the gunplay is tight and secrets can be found if your willing to explore. the only gripe I have on this…”
— a player, Steam review · 194 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:30 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | FPS · Rhythm · Rogue-like · Action · Indie · Shooter · Adventure · Action Roguelike · Rock Music · Great Soundtrack · Music · Difficult (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Portuguese - Portugal * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 28 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://bulletsperminute.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 or equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 960 2GB or equivalent. DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 14 GB available space