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City of Beats

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.

Released May 1, 2023 Developer Torched Hill Publisher indie.io Platforms Windows RPGTop-DownRogue-likeTop-Down ShooterAction Roguelike
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-05-18)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

76.6%positive141 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“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
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“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 played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

19achievements
3.0%median completion
1.5%rarest: Frugal Fighter
31.4% of players 28.4% of players 25.0% of players 20.8% of players 10.2% of players 6.5% of players 4.3% of players 4.0% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.3% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 31.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
31.4%Didn't See That Coming — Hidden achievement
28.4%Jack Of All Trades — Put at least one point into each trait.
25.0%Leave the City Heights — Beat the Zeitgeber's Plasma Shell.
Rarest badges of honor
1.5%Frugal Fighter — Finish an expedition without any traits or extensions active.
1.6%You Cannot Pet The Ball — Hidden achievement
1.6%Big Challenge — Beat the final challenge mode expedition.

Latest official news

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Jun 25, 2026
City of Beats: 85% Off in the Steam Summer Sale!

City of Beats is 85% off in the Steam Summer Sale, June 25 to July 9. Grab your copy and check out other great indie games on sale during the Summer Sale to add to your collection. https://store.steam

Mar 15, 2026
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Jun 27, 2024
City of Beats is part of the Steam Summer Sale!

Hey all, If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so, as we are part of the Steam Summer Sale! From June 27th until July 11th, the game will be on sale for 50% off! Also,

Apr 15, 2024
City of Beats is part of Freedom Games Publisher Sale!

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Mar 17, 2024
City of Beats is part of the Steam Spring Sale!

Hey all, If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so, as we are part of the Steam Spring Sale! From March 14th until the 21st , the game will be on sale for 50% off ! Als

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Facts & details

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GenresAction, Indie, RPG
Player tagsRPG · 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)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese *
ControllerFull support
Achievements19
Official sitehttps://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