Choose Beat Hazard
Choose Beat Hazard if you want a Casual game with Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Color Alternatives. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 95.1% positive across 3,477 reviews.
Beat Hazard vs Savant - Ascent REMIX
Beat Hazard and Savant - Ascent REMIX both land in Action, Indie on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Indie on Steam. Beat Hazard (2010) is 13 years older than Savant - Ascent REMIX (2023). Beat Hazard scores higher on Steam reviews (95.1% positive) than Savant - Ascent REMIX (89.6% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Savant - Ascent REMIX
Choose Savant - Ascent REMIX if it's the newer release (2023) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Savant - Ascent REMIX launched in 2023.
Both Beat Hazard and Savant - Ascent REMIX sit in Action and Indie on Steam and both list Steam Leaderboards, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Beat Hazard |  Savant - Ascent REMIX | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2010 | 2023 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Casual | Action, Indie |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Playable |
| Price | 9.99 USD | 9.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 95.1% positive (3,477 reviews) | 89.6% positive (211 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Co-op | Single-player only |
| Developers | Cold Beam Games | D-Pad Studio |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie on Steam.
- Beat Hazard (2010) is 13 years older than Savant - Ascent REMIX (2023).
- Beat Hazard scores higher on Steam reviews (95.1% positive) than Savant - Ascent REMIX (89.6% positive).
- Savant - Ascent REMIX is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Beat Hazard (9.99 USD vs. 9.99 USD).
- Beat Hazard has co-op; Savant - Ascent REMIX does not.
- Savant - Ascent REMIX is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Beat Hazard has no Deck rating yet.
Beat Hazard vs Savant - Ascent REMIX — FAQ
- Which is better, Beat Hazard or Savant - Ascent REMIX?
- On Steam reviews Beat Hazard scores higher (95.1% positive) than Savant - Ascent REMIX (89.6% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Beat Hazard is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Beat Hazard or Savant - Ascent REMIX first?
- If you want chronology, Beat Hazard (2010) came out before Savant - Ascent REMIX (2023). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Beat Hazard and Savant - Ascent REMIX similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does Savant - Ascent REMIX have multiplayer like Beat Hazard?
- No. Beat Hazard supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Co-op), while Savant - Ascent REMIX is listed as single-player only.