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Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia)

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2019

Should you play it?

A musical bullet-hell where all things beautiful are deadly. Dodge well little nanobot, you don't have much time.

What works

  • Extensive and flexible level editor
  • Large and creative community content
  • Challenging and rewarding gameplay
  • Good value for price
  • Active developer support and updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of official story mode content
  • Optimization issues on some pcs
  • No online multiplayer
  • Steep learning curve for editor
  • Some workshop levels of variable quality

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Geometry Wars™ 3: Dimensions Evolved

  • AngerForce: Reloaded

  • Really Big Sky

  • Chippy

  • CounterAttack: Uprising

  • 30XX

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia) but with less of a community feel

  • Beat Blast

  • Sektori

  • Galactic Glitch

  • Star of Providence

  • GALAK-Z

  • DESYNC

Less violent

Games that feels like Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia) but with less combat and destruction

  • Open Hexagon

  • Road to Ballhalla

  • Geometry Dash

  • A Dance of Fire and Ice

  • Race The Sun

  • Just Shapes & Beats

Choose your own criteria ->

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia): A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Creativity. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Domination.

Last update: 10/08/2026