Ratatan is a 2025 rhythm roguelike action game released by Ratata Arts in collaboration with Tokyo Virtual Theory and pH Studio. The game features a unique spin on the rhythm game genre by incorporating a randomized build into a side-scrolling army-building action game full of cute, goofy-looking eyeball-like creatures. Ratata Arts is an indie studio […]
Heroic Songs: the Remix! takes you on an isekai idol adventure, saving worlds through the power of song. With a mix of visual novel storytelling and city-building gameplay with rhythm segments, it’s somewhat of an oddity, but an intriguing enough mix to give it a shot. We’ll Make an Isekai Idol of You! Akari Sunohara […]
Menhera Farm is a 2025 indie simulation title by developer Sugar Star. It uses a mix of stat management and rhythm gameplay of sorts in your quest to raise combat dolls and save the nation. Looking for more unique and quirky Japanese games? ZenMarket, who have kindly sponsored this article, list plenty of physicals of […]
Patapon 1+2 Replay is a 2025 remaster of the first two titles of the Patapon series, which are rhythm games originally released in English for the PlayStation Portable back in 2008. The series is well-known for incorporating army-building strategies into a four-beat rhythm game sequence and for using French artist Rolito’s memorable and cute anthropomorphic […]
Metal: Hellsinger clearly struck a chord with a lot of gamers, coming out to rave reviews and winning awards. Funcom have now brought this mix of FPS, rhythm, and heavy metal into virtual reality with Metal: Hellsinger VR. Revenge Will Be Mine Metal: Hellsinger VR has you take on the role of ‘Unknown’, who has […]
If there’s one thing that the Gunvolt series is universally well-liked for, it’s the music. Ever since the very first game, the mix of a hardcore story with idol-like music and aesthetics bewildered players into trying it out. Inti Creates seems keenly aware of this because we’ve now got an entire game centered on nothing […]
Giraffe and Annika has been on the market for several months now. I received my code around release and I quickly finished half of the game. I fully intended to finish it and write a review in the following days, but that all changed. As I continued, I noticed it appealed to the younger demographic […]
Join our intrepid space reporter Ulala in Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky Newsflash, the long-awaited sequel to the music game series originally released back at the turn of the century for the Dreamcast. You play as the new reporter at Space Channel 5, one of many news channels who all compete against each other […]
DEEMO -Reborn- is primarily a rhythm game where you play the piano to progress. Unlike many recent games, DEEMO as a series focuses mostly on relaxing and more traditional styles of music, rather than pop or rock. This is mostly by Japanese or Taiwanese artists. I say that it is primarily a rhythm game, as there is […]
Muse Dash is an anime-themed rhythm game. It combines the ideas of traditional music games with aspects such as enemies, health bars and earning abilities. The game can be purchased on Steam (PC), Nintendo Switch and for mobile devices. The Nintendo Switch version could be considered a complete edition with significantly more songs, but the […]