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Pretty cool, if you like EDM and bullet hell games then would recommend. Some of the songs felt a bit generic to me but the effects syncing to their beat was well done and made for fun stages. I would say it’s probably most enjoyable with friends though

this game made me cry over a square

fucked up

Would be cool if we can make our own stage

Incredible game with an incredibly diverse art style and soundtrack


I don't think I've ever played a game that felt more "made for me". Rhythm based gameplay, unbelievable soundtrack and just an overload of juice. Love this game!

They weren't lying, that really was just shapes and beats

Great co-op bullet hell fun with banging soundtrack. It's really cool how all the levels adapt to the beat of the music.

I wish the main story mode was longer though.

I rented out my local cinema screen to play this on. It was a euphoric experience, until we ran into one of the many, many, many difficulty spikes.

Slowly realizing that bullet hells are everything the video game medium is meant to be

the way this game shaped my taste in music the year it released. sad, depressing times

Just Shapes & Beats é um dos jogos mais divertidos que eu já joguei, e um dos melhores também. É obrigatório pra quem curte música eletrônica e jogos de ritmo. A dificuldade é bem justa, você não ficar horas na mesma fase, mas também não vai passar tudo de primeira.

really solid bullet hell. bought this on a whim because of the like 10 second look we got in a nintendo direct and loved it. every single levels sticks out with them making you do new things in each one and all of the side content that was added as well as the colabs were pretty sick. the story is cute and its just a super fun game to pop in and play a few rounds. also a great party game (pull this game out with a group who has never seen it before and you will have a great time)

Not so much a rhythm game as much as it is a bullet hell. Pretty challenging and is one of the few games I can play on road trips

edit 2022-12-17: will re-review hopefully soon, need to probably raise my rating and write something of substance

I absolutely love this game. I think it goes about what it does beautifully, and there aren't many flaws (i have not played the newer levels tbf) that go with it.

But... it's way too short. Sure, it's justified by licensing costs above all else, but after the main storyline I found myself getting pretty tired of it pretty quickly. Which is a shame.

(i do plan on revisiting this review once i have the time to get around to the newer levels)

too easy and i cant remember a single song. cool art and idea though

This game singlehandedly justified dubstep as a genre.

Has tremendous replay value, online mode, great story AND free extension, skdljfhglksjhdfgkljshdflgkjhsdg god

It's fun, a minimalist/light bullet-hell set against a collaborative soundtrack. I enjoyed the story mode, which has a nice difficulty curve and some extra world-map sections to break up gameplay. Unlocking levels past story mode felt convoluted and grindy.

Jogo extremamente viciante com uma soundtrack insana. *Clap Clap

I wish that there was online co-op for the story mode. That seems like a strange omission.

The lack of checkpoints during long boss battles is really frustrating. I know it's supposed to be difficult, but at the normal difficulty level they wouldn't be out of place, IMO.


A fun take on a rhythm game that definitely isn’t my favorite but one that I thoroughly enjoyed nonetheless. The beatmaps (if that’s what you want to call them) are very pretty, and definitely the main draw of the game.

like 2 hour story mode its ass short but god its so genuinely lovable i had a hell of a time

This game made me addicted to the song New Game by Nitro Fun. Nice job, video game.

This game revived my taste of electro/dubstep music