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Games like Muse Dash

If Muse Dash is your kind of game, the closest matches are DJMAX RESPECT V, A Dance of Fire and Ice and Witch's Rhythm Puzzle — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its character passives shape playstyle, challenging 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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Muse Dash is a side-scrolling rhythm game released in 2019 by peropero. Players progress through missions while selecting from multiple characters, each offering unique passive abilities that influence playstyle strategy. The game combines pattern-reading mechanics with a character loadout system and collaboration tracks featuring guest artists, all presented through anime-style visuals. Reviewers and players highlight that chart patterns reward memory over raw speed, and describe the overall experience as challenging, hypnotic, intense, and whimsical. Weekly free song updates keep the music library fresh. The title is verified to run on Steam Deck, and holds a 95% positive rating from over 29,000 Steam reviews, priced at $2.99.

About Muse Dash: Paradise of parkour & rhythm game ★★★ — Muse Dash!!

2019ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOSby peropero
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Anime style visuals hook instantlyCharacter passives shape playstyleChart patterns reward memory over speedChallengingHypnoticIntense

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Steam players who put hours into Muse Dash 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. DJMAX RESPECT V

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Muse Dash.

    Top pick for Muse Dash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Muse Dash.

    DJMAX RESPECT V is the latest installment from the creators of the critically acclaimed rhythm game franchise ‘DJMAX.’ Experience tracks from popular artists such as Marshmello, Porter Robinson, and Yukika, exclusive Full HD Music Videos, online multiplayer, new game modes, and more!

    2020ActionSportsCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. A Dance of Fire and Ice

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Muse Dash.

    Second-strongest match for Muse Dash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Muse Dash.

    A Dance of Fire and Ice is a strict rhythm game. Keep your focus as you guide two orbiting planets along a winding path without breaking their perfect equilibrium.

    2019Indie5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Witch's Rhythm Puzzle

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Muse Dash.

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

    Cute sexy witches battle one another in this unique puzzle rhythm game combo! Drop blocks in rhythm to defeat and undress your enemies. Enjoy some ecchi fun while you clear rows of blocks and jam to tunes in this satisfying puzzle game.

    2023ActionIndieCasual2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. MUSYNX

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Muse Dash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Muse Dash.

    Indie rhythm game MUSYNX now on STEAM! Real "KEY" Sound System, Classic Gameplay, Unique Visual Themes and Constant Music Updates! MUSYNX is waiting for you!

    2018IndieSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. KALPA: Cosmic Symphony

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Muse Dash.

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

    A next-generation rhythm game where story and music intertwine. Enjoy a tracklist filled with famous licensed songs and exclusive original songs made by renowned composers Discover an immersive story, and face endless challenges. Your performance will dictate the fate of the world.

    2025ActionSportsIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. EZ2ON REBOOT : R

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Muse Dash.

    Ranked #6 for Muse Dash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Muse Dash.

    EZ2ON REBOOT : R – The latest entry in the beloved rhythm-action franchise is now released on Steam! Revisit the huge collection of classics with remastered audiovisual. Catch up with the freshest new songs and experiences.

    2022ActionSportsCasual22.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. MOMO Crash

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Muse Dash.

    Ranked #7 for Muse Dash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Muse Dash.

    This game is a rhythm action game in which the player purifies souls by pinching them with girls' thighs! The player controls the thighs and pinches the flowing souls in rhythm. Let's purify souls by pinching them with thighs in rhythm! Let's Paradise!

    2025IndieCasual12.00 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Rift of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Muse Dash.

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

    The NecroDancer's back in an all-new rhythm game! Dragged into a strange new world, Cadence must engage in musical combat with monsters surging through the Rift! Face pulse-pounding Rhythm Rifts where every beat is a battle, all set to an original soundtrack by Danny Baranowsky & friends.

    2025ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Muse Dash

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Muse Dash.

    Reviewers of Muse Dash cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Casual with Muse Dash.

    Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival is a drum-based rhythm game featuring songs from genres such as Anime and VOCALOID™, and also a variety of game modes! Have fun playing solo or online!

    2024Casual29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. UNBEATABLE

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Muse Dash cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    UNBEATABLE is a rhythm adventure where music is illegal and you do crimes. Follow the story of Beat and her band on the run, in a narrative experience full of big emotions powered by arcade-flawless rhythm gameplay.

    2025Adventure27.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Muse Dash.

    Reviewers of Muse Dash cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Muse Dash.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Project T

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Muse Dash cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Muse Dash.

    It’s with a heavy heart that we announce that Project T has been canceled. We want to thank you for your support throughout this journey.

    ActionSteam ↗
  5. RAIN Project - a touhou fangame

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Muse Dash.

    Reviewers of Muse Dash cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Muse Dash.

    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.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. RUSH

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Muse Dash.

    Reviewers of Muse Dash cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Muse Dash.

    From the twisted puzzle minds behind the award winning Toki Tori comes a new game, simply called RUSH. Fortunately for fans of high quality puzzle games, RUSH is anything but simple. In the game's fully three dimensional levels, players need to guide cubes to color coded exit points using Conveyor belts, Warps, Stops Signs, Splits and...

    2010StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Groove Coaster

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Muse Dash.

    Reviewers of Muse Dash cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Muse Dash.

    Riding the rhythmic rails of success from smart phone, into the arcades, now GROOVE COASTER arrives on Steam! Are you ready to ride a roller coaster of sound and light through a universe of music?

    2018Action4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Rhythm Quest

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Muse Dash cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Muse Dash.

    Rhythm Quest is a 2-button rhythm platformer game. Jump, attack, and fly to the beat through upbeat songs that are hand-crafted to highlight complex rhythms!

    ActionIndieSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Muse Dash on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Muse Dash.

    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. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Muse Dash on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Muse Dash.

    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 ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Muse Dash on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Muse Dash.

    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 ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Muse Dash on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Muse Dash.

    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 ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Muse Dash on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Muse Dash.

    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 ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Muse Dash on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Muse Dash.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Muse Dash on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Muse Dash.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Muse Dash on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Muse Dash.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Muse Dash.

    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 ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. A Dance of Fire and Ice

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Muse Dash.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Muse Dash.

    A Dance of Fire and Ice is a strict rhythm game. Keep your focus as you guide two orbiting planets along a winding path without breaking their perfect equilibrium.

    2019Indie5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. MOMO Crash

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Muse Dash.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Muse Dash.

    This game is a rhythm action game in which the player purifies souls by pinching them with girls' thighs! The player controls the thighs and pinches the flowing souls in rhythm. Let's purify souls by pinching them with thighs in rhythm! Let's Paradise!

    2025IndieCasual12.00 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Rift of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Muse Dash.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Muse Dash.

    The NecroDancer's back in an all-new rhythm game! Dragged into a strange new world, Cadence must engage in musical combat with monsters surging through the Rift! Face pulse-pounding Rhythm Rifts where every beat is a battle, all set to an original soundtrack by Danny Baranowsky & friends.

    2025ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Muse Dash

Is Muse Dash verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Muse Dash 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 Muse Dash cost?
Muse Dash is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Muse Dash?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Muse Dash are DJMAX RESPECT V, A Dance of Fire and Ice, Witch's Rhythm Puzzle.
Who developed Muse Dash?
Muse Dash was developed by peropero and published by hasuhasu.

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 Muse Dash.

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