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Games like Symphony

If Symphony is your kind of game, the closest matches are Beat Hazard 2, Beat Hazard and Bullet Beat: Musical Shoot'em up — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, epic and hypnotic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Symphony: A mysterious entity is absorbing and corrupting your music before your very eyes. You must battle through your own song collection and fight to reclaim your music!

2012ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDMetacritic 75Windows · macOS · Linuxby Empty Clip Studios
Symphony — Steam game cover
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Neon visuals enhance the hypnotic rhythmStory mode adds unexpected hype to the gameplayTurns any song into a perfectly synced bullet hell levelAtmosphericEpicHypnotic

Players who liked Symphony also play

Steam players who put hours into Symphony also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Beat Hazard 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Symphony.

    Top pick for Symphony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Symphony.

    Experience your music collection as never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.

    2019ActionIndieCasual18.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Beat Hazard

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Symphony.

    Second-strongest match for Symphony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Symphony.

    Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.

    2010ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Bullet Beat: Musical Shoot'em up

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Symphony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Symphony.

    Bullet Beat is a shoot'em up, where everything at the levels is in tune with the music, even shooting. You can also upload your track and enjoy the experimental generated levels! Keep the combo to get stronger!

    2019ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Soundodger+

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Symphony.

    Ranked #4 for Symphony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Symphony.

    Dodge the music and dance through a mesmerizing ballet of choreographed bullets, each synced to music from over a dozen international artists. Push your creativity and skills with the fully-featured Level Editor and never run out of things to dodge.

    2013ActionIndieCasual7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Soundsaber

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Symphony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Symphony.

    A twin-stick shooter where your music is your weapon. Whichever track you choose will power your engines and your lasers, but beware: your enemies are also driven by the music.

    2024ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. AudioSurf

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Symphony.

    Ranked #6 for Symphony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Symphony.

    Ride your music. Audiosurf is a music-adapting puzzle racer where you use your own music to create your own experience. The shape, the speed, and the mood of each ride is determined by the song you choose.

    2008Indie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. HyperCore : Rhythm Bullet Hell

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Symphony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Symphony.

    HyperCore is a fast-paced anti-rhythm action game where every beat becomes a threat. Survive escalating challenges, chase leaderboard glory, and master multiple game modes.

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  8. Pulsar

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Symphony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Symphony.

    Pulsar is a VR shooter that combines procedural generation with your music. Built in audio analysis will challenge your reflexes and accuracy with dynamic game play and visual effects. Key Features: in-game file browser and audio analysis 10 different worlds 2 game modes Weapon customization

    2024ActionIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Symphony at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Symphony on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Symphony.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Symphony on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Symphony.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Symphony on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Symphony.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Symphony on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Symphony.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Symphony on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Symphony.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Symphony on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Symphony.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Symphony on Steam right now. Shares Action with Symphony.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Symphony on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Symphony.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Symphony.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Symphony.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Symphony.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Symphony.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Symphony.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Symphony.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Symphony.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Symphony.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Empty Clip Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by Empty Clip Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Dead Island Retro Revenge

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Empty Clip Studios, the studio behind Symphony. Shares Action with Symphony.

    Time for some 16-bit retro revenge! When his beloved cat gets kidnapped, Max sets out across a zombie-infested California to get him back by force!

    2016Action4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Attack of the Bugs

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Empty Clip Studios, the studio behind Symphony. Shares Action with Symphony.

    The ultimate VR tower defense game; YOU are the tower! Your enemies? Hordes of scream-inducing crawlers. Your defenses? Beloved childhood toys and whatever household objects you can craft into a weapon.

    2017Action7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Gargoyles Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Empty Clip Studios, the studio behind Symphony. Shares Action with Symphony.

    Relive the legend of Goliath and save the world from destruction.

    2023ActionAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Symphony

Does Symphony work on Steam Deck?
Symphony is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Symphony cost?
Symphony is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Symphony?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Symphony are Beat Hazard 2, Beat Hazard, Bullet Beat: Musical Shoot'em up.
Who developed Symphony?
Symphony was developed by Empty Clip Studios.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Symphony.

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