Games like Just Shapes & Beats
If Just Shapes & Beats is your kind of game, the closest matches are Geometric Feel the Beats, HyperCore : Rhythm Bullet Hell and The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its charming geometric visuals, eclectic and banger soundtrack and challenging. 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.
Get personalized picks →Released in 2018 by Berzerk Studio, Just Shapes & Beats is an indie action game that blends bullet-hell obstacle navigation with rhythm-based timing mechanics. Players progress through a story mode while dodging geometric shapes that move in sync with an eclectic soundtrack, and the game includes hard-mode challenges and a free-play mode for repeated attempts at mastering its patterns. The title supports online co-op multiplayer, allowing friends to tackle its challenges together, and reviewers highlight the charming geometric visuals as a key appeal alongside the banger soundtrack. Players describe the experience as intense and whimsical, with surprisingly deep challenge modes that reward persistence and musical coordination. The game holds a 97% positive rating from over 13,000 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck.
About Just Shapes & Beats: "Just Shapes & Beats" is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and die, repeatedly.
Players who liked Just Shapes & Beats also play
Steam players who put hours into Just Shapes & Beats 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.
Geometric Feel the Beats
WHY THIS
Top pick for Just Shapes & Beats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
Have fun destroying your enemies in a reinterpretation of games from the 80s! To the sound of a mixture of unique musical genres, complete missions, improve your ship, be precise in your shots. All of this without worrying about GAME OVER! Show the world your score! Competition is what counts here!
HyperCore : Rhythm Bullet Hell
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Just Shapes & Beats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
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.
The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Just Shapes & Beats.
Third-strongest match for Just Shapes & Beats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
A Rhythm Role-Playing Game! Fight party crashing monsters with the power of music! Level your party and upgrade your gear while dancing to the beat of some groovin' tunes. Grab a friend and combine forces in all game modes in The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor!
AfterBeat (Project Arrhythmia)
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Just Shapes & Beats.
Ranked #4 for Just Shapes & Beats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
A musical bullet-hell where all things beautiful are deadly. Dodge well little nanobot, you don't have much time.
Spin Rhythm XD
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Just Shapes & Beats.
Ranked #5 for Just Shapes & Beats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
Enter the Rhythm Dimension. A homage to classic arcade rhythm games (Guitar Hero, DDR), with a modern aesthetic and soundtrack. Match colours and beats, spin, tap, flick and flow through the juiciest beats in the universe. Supports multiple control styles including MIDI DJ gear on Steam!
Aaero2
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Just Shapes & Beats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
Tune into Aaero2 - a heart-pounding rhythm-shooter with 20 stunning alien worlds, each powered by a legendary Monstercat track. Trace ribbons of light, unleash devastating firepower, and conquer colossal bosses! Play solo or co-op and feel every beat as you fight to the soundtrack.
Beat Hazard 3
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Just Shapes & Beats.
Ranked #7 for Just Shapes & Beats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
Are you ready to explore your music collection mapped as a stunning galaxy of wonders? Experience your music collection as never before with this intense music driven twin stick shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
Beat Hazard 2
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Just Shapes & Beats.
Ranked #8 for Just Shapes & Beats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
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.
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Geometry Dash
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Just Shapes & Beats.
Reviewers of Just Shapes & Beats cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!
AudioSurf
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Just Shapes & Beats cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
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.
Steinstern: Spacewar
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Just Shapes & Beats cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Just Shapes & Beats.
The top-down shooter with loot and infinite progression. Find your way through randomly generated mazes. Level up your ship, find new weapons and upgrade them. Try to keep up with increasingly tough enemies!
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Just Shapes & Beats cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
BIT.TRIP RUNNER
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Just Shapes & Beats.
Reviewers of Just Shapes & Beats cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
Experience the rhythmic thrill of BIT.TRIP RUNNER! With its retro charm, simple controls, and award-winning visuals, this classic sets the standard for rhythm gaming. Don't miss the game that started it all in the acclaimed runner series.
RAIN Project - a touhou fangame
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Just Shapes & Beats.
Reviewers of Just Shapes & Beats cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
RAIN Project is a Touhou fangame re-imagined as a platforming boss-bash! After a ritual gone wrong, the newbie shrine maiden Sanae awakes in a world of fantasy. With only the storms to guide her, Sanae sets off to scale a towering mountain in search of answers.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Just Shapes & Beats at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Just Shapes & Beats on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Just Shapes & Beats on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Just Shapes & Beats on Steam right now. Shares Action with Just Shapes & Beats.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Just Shapes & Beats on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Just Shapes & Beats on Steam right now. Shares Action with Just Shapes & Beats.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Just Shapes & Beats.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Just Shapes & Beats.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Just Shapes & Beats.
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.
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More from Berzerk Studio
Other recommendable Steam games by Berzerk Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Infernax
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Just Shapes & Beats.
Another title from Berzerk Studio, the studio behind Just Shapes & Beats. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
Berzerk Flashback
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Just Shapes & Beats.
Another title from Berzerk Studio, the studio behind Just Shapes & Beats. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
Three dudes in their twenties, they shared a goal, they shared a dream, ♫ To make Flash gaaames ♫ RIP Flash 1996-2020
Zombidle : REMONSTERED
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Just Shapes & Beats.
Another title from Berzerk Studio, the studio behind Just Shapes & Beats. Shares Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
Like the song says, good guys finish last, and in this case, they also finish homeless and on fire. Welcome to Zombidle, Berzerk Studio's newest idle game, or tap game; whatever, you do you, man.
Maximum Thunderness
WHY THIS
Another title from Berzerk Studio, the studio behind Just Shapes & Beats. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
An extreme response to minor problems. MAXIMUM THUNDERNESS is a roguelike sidescrolling co-op action game where you fight a space alien criminal invasion with different skills and abilities.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Spin Rhythm XD
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Just Shapes & Beats.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
Enter the Rhythm Dimension. A homage to classic arcade rhythm games (Guitar Hero, DDR), with a modern aesthetic and soundtrack. Match colours and beats, spin, tap, flick and flow through the juiciest beats in the universe. Supports multiple control styles including MIDI DJ gear on Steam!
Aaero2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
Tune into Aaero2 - a heart-pounding rhythm-shooter with 20 stunning alien worlds, each powered by a legendary Monstercat track. Trace ribbons of light, unleash devastating firepower, and conquer colossal bosses! Play solo or co-op and feel every beat as you fight to the soundtrack.
Beat Hazard 3
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Just Shapes & Beats.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Just Shapes & Beats.
Are you ready to explore your music collection mapped as a stunning galaxy of wonders? Experience your music collection as never before with this intense music driven twin stick shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
Frequently asked about Just Shapes & Beats
- Is Just Shapes & Beats verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Just Shapes & Beats is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Just Shapes & Beats cost?
- Just Shapes & Beats is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Just Shapes & Beats have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Just Shapes & Beats supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to Just Shapes & Beats?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Just Shapes & Beats are Geometric Feel the Beats, HyperCore : Rhythm Bullet Hell, The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor.
- Who developed Just Shapes & Beats?
- Just Shapes & Beats was developed by Berzerk Studio.
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