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City of Beats
Shoot. Groove. Loot. Repeat. Cross an ever-changing city skyline, flowing through encounters in tune with the cityscape’s beat. From the weapons you fire, to the enemies you shoot, to the zen-like flow, the only way to win is to become one with the beat.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“A neat topdown shooter synced to music, with parts of it generated as you play. A fun game, its progression designed in the vein of Slay the Spire and similar roguelite games, with a non-serious plot you are permitted to ignore, filled with... a very german sense of humour. I'm…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“this is one of the most unbalanced games with the worst boss design nyaa has eber seen and nyaa played isaac if nya like infinite ad spam and with way to tanky enemies play this game but this is only nyaas opinion 3/10 jeffs with ptsd”
— a player, Steam review · 7 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 2026-09-28.
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 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Top-Down · Rogue-like · Top-Down Shooter · Action Roguelike · Rhythm · Shooter · Rogue-lite · Twin Stick Shooter · Action · Arcade · Music-Based Procedural Generation (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 19 |
| Official site | https://www.torchedhill.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: x64 Quad Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Dedicated graphics card (not onboard) with >= 1GB RAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 3 GB available space