Choose Beat Hazard
Choose Beat Hazard if you want an Indie and Casual game with Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, and Playable without Timed Input. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 95.1% positive across 3,477 reviews.
Beat Hazard vs PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate
Beat Hazard and PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate both land in Action 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 Action games on Steam. Beat Hazard (2010) is 5 years older than PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate (2015). Beat Hazard scores higher on Steam reviews (95.1% positive) than PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate (87.7% 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 PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate
Choose PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate if it's the newer release (2015) and ships with the modern feature baseline. PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate launched in 2015.
Both Beat Hazard and PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate sit in Action on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and 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 |  PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2010 | 2015 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Casual | Action |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Verified |
| Price | 9.99 USD | 9.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 95.1% positive (3,477 reviews) | 87.7% positive (155 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Co-op | Multi-player |
| Developers | Cold Beam Games | Q-Games Ltd., Double Eleven |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Beat Hazard (2010) is 5 years older than PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate (2015).
- Beat Hazard scores higher on Steam reviews (95.1% positive) than PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate (87.7% positive).
- PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Beat Hazard (9.99 USD vs. 9.99 USD).
- Beat Hazard has co-op; PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate does not.
- PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Beat Hazard has no Deck rating yet.
Beat Hazard vs PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate — FAQ
- Which is better, Beat Hazard or PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate?
- On Steam reviews Beat Hazard scores higher (95.1% positive) than PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate (87.7% 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 PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate first?
- If you want chronology, Beat Hazard (2010) came out before PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate (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 PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate similar?
- They overlap on Action 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.