Best Music Games
129 Music games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Child of Eden
Released: Jun 14, 2011
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Music
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Child of Eden is a multi-sensory shooter that will send players diving into a kaleidoscopic matrix of synchronized music and mind-blowing visuals.
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Released: Sep 24, 2010
Critic rating: 68.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Music
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock features more than 90 tracks that include guitar shredding hits from bands such as Black Sabbath, Megadeth and Slipknot and larger than life anthems from Queen, Muse and KISS.
Dance Dance Revolution
Released: Sep 26, 1998
Critic rating: 63.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Simulator
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Dance Dance Revolution (ダンスダンスレボリューション Dansu Dansu Reboryūshon?), abbreviated DDR and also known as Dancing Stage in earlier games in Europe and Australasia, and some other games in Japan, is a music video game series produced by Konami.
The Tiny Bang Story
Released: Apr 22, 2011
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Music, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor!
Just Dance 3
Released: Oct 7, 2011
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Music
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
A lively rhythm game that gets players moving with solo, duet, and quartet routines, letting up to four people dance together in energetic, party-style sessions.
Hohokum
Released: Aug 12, 2014
Critic rating: 71.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Music, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
Hohokum is a colorful exploration based adventure game.
BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!
Released: Mar 16, 2017
Critic rating: 70.9 / 100 • 28 votes
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Music, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
BanG Dream!
140
Released: Oct 16, 2013
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
140 is an indie 2D rhythm puzzle-platformer.
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s
Released: Jul 24, 2007
Critic rating: 67.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Music, Simulator
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative, Split screen
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (titled Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s in Europe) is a music rhythm game and the third installment in the popular Guitar Hero series.
Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!
Released: Sep 30, 2020
Critic rating: 70.7 / 100 • 47 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A rhythm game, developed as a collaboration between SEGA, Colorful Palette, and Crypton Future Media.
BPM: Bullets Per Minute
Released: Sep 15, 2020
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Music, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In BPM, all of your actions and the actions of your enemies are tied to the beat of the music.
Space Channel 5
Released: Dec 16, 1999
Critic rating: 70.5 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Music, Adventure
Platforms: Game Boy Advance, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
It's the 25th century and our intergalactic space reporter dives into an adventure where she must battle with a series of dastardly villains!
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva
Released: Jul 2, 2009
Critic rating: 70.2 / 100 • 24 votes
Genres: Music
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva is a rhythm game and the first game in the Project Diva series.
A Dance of Fire and Ice
Released: Oct 4, 2014
Critic rating: 70.1 / 100 • 35 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A Dance of Fire and Ice is a simple one-button rhythm game.
Muse Dash
Released: Jun 15, 2018
Critic rating: 66.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Music, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Play as characteristic heroines, dash through fairy tale like stages, dancing to the rhythm and beats, kick those silly cute enemies into outer space!
The Jackbox Party Pack 2
Released: Oct 12, 2015
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Music, Puzzle, Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
The sequel to the party game The Jackbox Party Pack, featuring 5 new party games!
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
Released: Jun 27, 2008
Critic rating: 64.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Music
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative, Split screen
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith puts the player in the shoes of "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" as they evolve from unknowns to rock superstars.
When the Past Was Around
Released: Sep 22, 2020
Critic rating: 67.6 / 100 • 32 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Music, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.
Donkey Konga
Released: Dec 12, 2003
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Genres: Music
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Donkey Konga is a GameCube rhythm video game starring the ape Donkey Kong, developed by Namco and published by Nintendo.
Entwined
Released: Jun 9, 2014
Critic rating: 69.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Co-operative
Entwined is a beautiful game about a bird and a fish that are in love but can’t be together.
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
Released: Nov 13, 2007
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Music, Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Wii
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
They've invaded the world of Rayman, and now the insane Rabbids have a new objective: invade planet Earth!
Pid
Released: Oct 31, 2012
Critic rating: 62.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Music, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Pid was developed by Might and Delight for PC, Mac, X-Box, and PlayStation and released in 2012.
Lyne
Released: Jan 1, 2014
Critic rating: 59.8 / 100 • 32 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Deceptively simple.
Wii Music
Released: Oct 19, 2008
Critic rating: 53.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Music
Platforms: Wii
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Create a musical masterpiece with up to four players.
Guitar Hero: Smash Hits
Released: Jun 16, 2009
Critic rating: 42.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Music
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
Guitar Hero Smash Hits is the best of Guitar Hero music, now for the full band!