Beat Hazard 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Beat Hazard 2

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, SteamVR • 2019

Should you play it?

Experience your music collection as never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.

What works

  • Open mic feature supports streaming music from multiple sources
  • High replayability with procedurally generated ships and challenges
  • Strong competitive leaderboards and daily challenges
  • Extensive ship customization and workshop support
  • Visually stunning and immersive music-synced gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Intense flashing visuals can cause discomfort or seizures
  • Repetitive enemy types and gameplay can feel monotonous
  • Some ships and perks may be unbalanced
  • Menu and ui navigation can be awkward
  • Limited social interaction beyond leaderboards and local co-op

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Geometry Wars™ 3: Dimensions Evolved

  • Beat Hazard

  • Star Ruler

  • Chippy

  • Starblast

  • Sky Force Reloaded

More story-driven

Games that feels like Beat Hazard 2 but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Enemy Mind

  • Hellsinker.

  • Galactic Civilizations IV

  • DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours

  • Rabbit and Steel

  • Space Pirates and Zombies

Less social

Games that feels like Beat Hazard 2 but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Nova Drift

  • Sektori

  • Syder Arcade

  • Symphony

  • Disfigure

  • Danmaku Unlimited 2

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

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).

Beat Hazard 2: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026