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Chiptune Champion
Transform your keyboard into an instrument and play along to the melody of catchy chiptunes in this challenging rhythm game. Now with tap mode!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
50 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“Very fun game with built in workshop and level editor support :thumbs: - I swapped the default note keys out from 1 2 3 4 5 to Z X C V B. Oh and also awesome music :D”
“A fun game with tons of great songs. I wish there was more rhythm based games on steam. <<
“Full disclosure: A review copy of the game was provided by the developer. https://youtu.be/vxwDn6WenyY Pros: -Competent guitar hero clone -40 songs -You can import any song to make a custom track Cons: -Default control…”
45 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“Very fun game with built in workshop and level editor support :thumbs: - I swapped the default note keys out from 1 2 3 4 5 to Z X C V B. Oh and also awesome music :D”
“A fun game with tons of great songs. I wish there was more rhythm based games on steam. <<
“EDIT 1: They now allow for tempos with two decimal points, so that's a plus. Original review is below: I'm loving this game thus far, but I'd advise others to wait until a patch or a few. The mechanics work well, at…”
29 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“EDIT 1: They now allow for tempos with two decimal points, so that's a plus. Original review is below: I'm loving this game thus far, but I'd advise others to wait until a patch or a few. The mechanics work well, at…”
“Chiptune Champion is a rhythm game that fully takes gameplay from games like Guitar Hero, but has retro design and ubiquitous 8bit chiptunes. There are two mods: Strum mode for those who want to experience it in Guitar…”
“I always wanted a Guitar Hero game on PC, but we got something even better. The level editor and workshop support is great. I play with a 360 Guitar Hero controller using Xpadder and it works flawlessly. If you like…”
18 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“Very fun game with built in workshop and level editor support :thumbs: - I swapped the default note keys out from 1 2 3 4 5 to Z X C V B. Oh and also awesome music :D”
“I always wanted a Guitar Hero game on PC, but we got something even better. The level editor and workshop support is great. I play with a 360 Guitar Hero controller using Xpadder and it works flawlessly. If you like…”
“This has probably completely reinvigorated my love for Guitar Hero-like rhythm games, as another reviewer has stated this game really shines when using an actual Guitar Hero controller with JoyToKey. It reminds me a lot…”
13 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“Chiptune Champion is a rhythm game that fully takes gameplay from games like Guitar Hero, but has retro design and ubiquitous 8bit chiptunes. There are two mods: Strum mode for those who want to experience it in Guitar…”
“I have only just started playing this game today and I have only put around 86 minutes into so far... but I can already tell that I will be playing this for A LOT longer. I have always loved rhytm/music based games…”
“A really great game if you are into top-down rhythm games and chiptunes. I'd recommend it to anyone wanting a quick and easy to get into alternative to GH for steam.”
25 of the 96 reviews raise this · 18 of them still recommend the game.
“As a retro gaming fan, chiptune fan (including gameless originals by e.g. Disasterpeace, Anamanaguchi), and rhythm gaming fan (including GH/Rock Band), I feel like I'm squarely the target audience for this game. This…”
“Full disclosure: A review copy of the game was provided by the developer. https://youtu.be/vxwDn6WenyY Pros: -Competent guitar hero clone -40 songs -You can import any song to make a custom track Cons: -Default control…”
“Ive been a VSRG (Vertical Scrolling Rhythm Game) player for almost two years now, loving the genre more than any other. I routinely practice on games like O2jam, SM5, LR2 and others, so i was extremely hyped to see a…”
17 of the 96 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Ive been a VSRG (Vertical Scrolling Rhythm Game) player for almost two years now, loving the genre more than any other. I routinely practice on games like O2jam, SM5, LR2 and others, so i was extremely hyped to see a…”
“Stupid Guitar Hero ripoff that's just plain bad. You cant recreate chiptunes you just make notecharts to songs in it and if you miss or hit a note incorrectly, it makes an annoying sound just to throw you off even…”
“It's alright. There's some good chiptune music on it. I feel like 14.99 is too much for what a repetitive game it is - this feels like a mobile game. Maybe a mobile version of this game would be better. Like if it was…”
16 of the 96 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Chiptune Champion is a great game, I'm glad I bought it on release. I feel there's a lack of Guitar Hero/Rock Band-like games on Steam and this one delivers. All the official songs are chiptune music as you would…”
“Amazing so far! Right away I knew a keyboard would not suit me for this game so I easily installed joy2key and mapped my guitar hero guitar to all the buttons and it worked perfect! I had no problems with lag or…”
“Stupid Guitar Hero ripoff that's just plain bad. You cant recreate chiptunes you just make notecharts to songs in it and if you miss or hit a note incorrectly, it makes an annoying sound just to throw you off even…”
14 of the 96 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“A fun game with tons of great songs. I wish there was more rhythm based games on steam. <<
“As a retro gaming fan, chiptune fan (including gameless originals by e.g. Disasterpeace, Anamanaguchi), and rhythm gaming fan (including GH/Rock Band), I feel like I'm squarely the target audience for this game. This…”
“I really enjoyed games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band but I really didn't like a lot of the songs in their titles. Out of the entire games they released I would only really like 3 or 4 songs. In This game I really enjoy…”
12 of the 96 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“What a great game. Great music, and pretty cool that custom tracks are supported right out of the box. I hope the list of official songs grows over time, because there are an awful lot of other chiptune artists out…”
“Fun game, even if it lacks a faster speed mode (sometimes it's really hard to read when music is going crazy (like a guitar solo)). Charts are fun to play but it's kinda hard to play with 5 buttons. It should have an…”
“No hispeed options, v-sync enabled by default (tends to screw up timing in rhythm games), no proper difficulty levels ("expert" is just "expert", can be anything from easy to difficult), notes hit only shown as…”
Counted across 96 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 82.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“Note: The developer updated the game to address the two biggest complaints I had with this game. I have updated this review to reflect this. I'll start off with the negative. Often when I read reviews about a game, I want to know what's wrong with it first and foremost, so…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“As someone who has an MP3 player full of chiptunes, this game immediately grabbed my interest. After doing a little digging around (there are only like... 3 youtube reviews; the game released today), I decided to take the plunge and purchase the game. So what is it? Chiptune…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Good idea, poor execution. There is no actual fullscreen. You can only scale it up 2 or 3 times and then there is a giant black border around the entire game. There is no automatic sound/monitor syncing, you have to exit out to the main menu, go into settings, and manually enter…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Leaderboards are back up!
Hey guys, I managed to fix the leaderboards issue faster than I expected. They should be working as per usual now. Be sure to let me know if any further issues arise. Enjoy! Blake.
Leaderboards are back up!
Hey guys, I managed to fix the leaderboards issue faster than I expected. They should be working as per usual now. Be sure to let me know if any further issues arise. Enjoy! Blake.
Leaderboards are temporarily down
Hey guys, An issue has come up where the game was hitting an error on launch. I have made a temporary fix so that the game now launches fine, but I have had to temporarily disable the leaderboards in
Leaderboards are temporarily down
Hey guys, An issue has come up where the game was hitting an error on launch. I have made a temporary fix so that the game now launches fine, but I have had to temporarily disable the leaderboards in
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Rhythm · Music · Indie · Casual · Great Soundtrack · Level Editor · Pixel Graphics (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 14 |
| Official site | http://chiptunechampion.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: 2Ghz+ Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB Storage: 150 MB available space