Choose Beat Hazard
Choose Beat Hazard if you want an Action and Casual game with Steam Leaderboards, Color Alternatives, and Custom Volume Controls. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 95.1% positive across 3,477 reviews.
Beat Hazard vs Audiosurf 2
Beat Hazard and Audiosurf 2 both land in 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 are Indie games on Steam. Beat Hazard (2010) is 5 years older than Audiosurf 2 (2015). Beat Hazard scores higher on Steam reviews (95.1% positive) than Audiosurf 2 (80.7% 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 Audiosurf 2
Choose Audiosurf 2 if it's the newer release (2015) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 3,394 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Beat Hazard and Audiosurf 2 sit in Indie on Steam and both list Multi-player and Shared/Split Screen, 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 |  Audiosurf 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2010 | 2015 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Casual | Indie |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Playable |
| Price | 9.99 USD | 14.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 95.1% positive (3,477 reviews) | 80.7% positive (3,394 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Co-op | Multi-player |
| Developers | Cold Beam Games | Dylan Fitterer |
Side by side
- Both are Indie games on Steam.
- Beat Hazard (2010) is 5 years older than Audiosurf 2 (2015).
- Beat Hazard scores higher on Steam reviews (95.1% positive) than Audiosurf 2 (80.7% positive).
- Beat Hazard is currently ~33% cheaper on Steam than Audiosurf 2 (9.99 USD vs. 14.99 USD).
- Beat Hazard has co-op; Audiosurf 2 does not.
- Audiosurf 2 is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Beat Hazard has no Deck rating yet.
Beat Hazard vs Audiosurf 2 — FAQ
- Which is better, Beat Hazard or Audiosurf 2?
- On Steam reviews Beat Hazard scores higher (95.1% positive) than Audiosurf 2 (80.7% 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 Audiosurf 2 first?
- If you want chronology, Beat Hazard (2010) came out before Audiosurf 2 (2015). 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 Audiosurf 2 similar?
- They overlap on 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.