The Best Rhythm Games for Linux

Update : Rat Race added at rank #10.
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A Musical Story (2022)

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‘A Musical Story’ is a rhythm game set against a 70s backdrop. Explore the memories of Gabriel, a young man trying to come to terms with his situation through the connections to his musical memory.


  • rhythm
  • music
  • instrumental
  • psychedelic
  • rock

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Crypt of the NecroDancer (2014)

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Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!


  • rogue-like
  • rhythm
  • dungeon
  • dungeon-crawler
  • procedural

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Tadpole Treble Encore (2021)

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Nintendo Switch wii u PC Windows Mac OS Linux

The award-winning rhythm-based action game is coming to you! Featuring “some of the best video game music ever” according to Real Otaku Gamer, Tadpole Treble invites players to embark on a thrilling adventure through sheet music. Escape predatory piranhas, flirtatious admirers and more as you make your way back home. Or forge your own path—and songs—in the game’s extensive Composition Mode! -Plenty of high ranks to shoot for and rewards to unlock! -Developer commentary on every stage! -Dozens of tunes, including six fully sung songs--enough to make this the gaming equivalent of those animated musicals you grew up on! -Make your own songs and stages, choosing from a bevy of options and instruments! -Now featuring new unlockables, portable play, and a new stage!


  • rhythm

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A Dance of Fire and Ice (2019)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

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.

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  • rhythm
  • music
  • editor
  • level
  • workshop

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Rhythm Doctor (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Save patients with your rhythm mastery! Rhythm Doctor is a rhythm game where you heal patients by defibrillating in time to their heartbeats. Learn each patient's unique heartbeat and defeat boss viruses trying to sabotage your rhythm, all set to heart-pumping, soul-soothing music.

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  • rhythm
  • music
  • editor
  • pixel
  • level

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Quaver (2020)

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Quaver is a community-driven and open-source competitive rhythm game with two game modes and online leaderboards. Create your own maps or challenge the world in online multiplayer matches.

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  • rhythm
  • music
  • competitive
  • community-driven

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Just Shapes & Beats (2018)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One stadia Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS PC Windows

"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.

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  • rhythm
  • bullet-hell
  • chiptune
  • boss-fight
  • local
  • multiplayer
  • music
  • online
  • cooperative

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The Jackbox Party Pack 10 (2022)

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Save your next party! 5 new games in 1 Party Pack: the trivia bluff-off Fibbage 4, the team test Quixort, the joke auction Junktopia, the silly guessfest Nonsensory and the reality TV game Roomerang.

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  • trivia
  • party
  • rhythm
  • funny
  • instrument
  • role-play
  • word
  • team
  • board-game
  • jackbox
  • family-friendly
  • comedy
  • local
  • multiple-choice
  • casual

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Murtop (2023)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux

Murtop is fast-paced arcade game packed with action, as if it was taken out directly from the 80's. Do you have enough coins to beat it?

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  • arcade
  • platform
  • time-management
  • 2d
  • rhythm
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • humor
  • retro
  • cartoony
  • puzzle
  • logic
  • fast-paced
  • dark
  • pixel

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Rat Race (2024)

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Engage in a top-down rhythm puzzle game with a built-in level editor. Unravel the Rat Race mystery, find freedom, and save your fellow test subjects. Evade blasts, lasers, and fallen test subjects. Create, and share unfair level designs with your friends through steam.

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  • rhythm
  • transhumanism
  • runner
  • dark
  • humor
  • editor
  • level
  • 3d
  • long-time-player
  • top-down
  • dystopian
  • puzzle
  • thriller
  • visual
  • platform

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