Quaver similar games & best alternatives

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Quaver

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2022

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Free to play
  • Extensive customization options
  • Robust map editor and user-generated content
  • Competitive leaderboards
  • Active and supportive community

Things to keep in mind

  • High skill floor and difficulty
  • Physical strain and risk of repetitive stress injuries
  • Smaller player base compared to osu!mania
  • Limited multiplayer and cooperation features
  • Some ui and map management frustrations

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • EZ2ON REBOOT : R

  • Lumines Arise

  • A Dance of Fire and Ice

  • Geometry Dash

  • LUMINES REMASTERED

  • N++ (NPLUSPLUS)

More violent

Games that feels like Quaver but with more combat and destruction

  • Krunker

  • 1982

  • Deadswitch Combat

  • Starblast

  • BLUE REVOLVER

  • NeuroVoider

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).

Quaver: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Fantasy, Story.

Last update: 03/08/2026