Turn rhythm into firepower in a neon bullet heaven. Time your attacks to charge Power and strengthen your weapons, build devastating synergies in Survivors mode, or chase high scores in quick Arcade runs as every song drives the fight.

Free demo — 20 July 2026 Play the free demo Wishlist on Steam Out 3 November 2026

Trailer

See it in motion

Lasers on the beat, no cuts hiding the gameplay. Turn it up.

Free demo on Steam

Try it before you wishlist

A free slice of the real thing: Arcade and Survivors, three tracks, and the full timing system. Play Arcade from start to finish, or build a Survivors loadout through two stage bosses in a run lasting up to 15 minutes. If turning the beat into firepower clicks for you in the demo, it's the same hook the whole game is built on.

What's in it
  • Arcade mode, start to finish
  • Survivors mode, through two stage bosses or up to 15 minutes
  • Three tracks: Cathedral Reckoning, Graveyard Shift and Midnight Cherry
  • Difficulties from Relaxed to Normal
  • Up to 20 skill points to build a Survivors loadout
  • Steam leaderboards for the demo tracks
  • Full controller, keyboard and Steam Deck support
Saved for the full game
  • The full track library, plus Hard and Overload
  • Longer Survivors runs and the full skill tree
  • Shard meta-progression and Arsenal upgrades
  • More loadouts beyond the Vanguard
  • Daily Challenge, playlists, Jukebox and cosmetic purchases
Free demo — 20 July 2026 Play the free demo Free on Steam — Windows, Linux and Steam Deck

The hook

The music is the mechanic

Most bullet heavens only ask where you'll move. Vectorhythm also asks when you'll fire. The soundtrack sets the tempo, and your timing decides how hard you hit.

  • Turn rhythm into firepower

    Move freely, aim freely, and choose when to attack — every press is graded against the music. Accurate timing charges Power and strengthens your weapons. The rhythm doesn't tell you where to move; it decides how hard you hit.

  • Build the spectacle

    Shape each Survivors run through a branching skill tree. Combine primary, secondary and beat-powered weapons, defensive fields, passive upgrades, weapon evolutions and one-off attacks into a build that can hold back the whole screen.

  • The enemy hears it too

    Enemies fire on the beat and hazards land with the music. Thirty-six enemy types and nine beat-choreographed bosses turn the rhythm into distinct, readable attack patterns — hear the pattern, dodge the pattern.

  • Chaos you can read

    Hundreds of shapes can fill the arena and you'll still spot the one that matters. Faceted silhouettes, dimensional weapon effects and bloom that highlights threats keep even the busiest fights legible.

  • Quick runs or deep dives

    Arcade is one track, one score, a few minutes of focus. Survivors is the long game — draft upgrades, grow a build, and push through escalating stages. Same combat, two moods.

  • Master the run

    You don't need perfect rhythm to start. Five difficulties run from Relaxed to Overload: wider timing windows and room to breathe, up to a tight beat that fights back and rewards bigger scores.

Clips

Better in motion

Three short, silent loops straight from the game — the beat driving the fight, the builds, and the Power mechanic. Turn the sound on for the real thing.

The enemy hears it too — bosses fire on the beat.
Draft a build that holds back the whole screen.
Time your attacks, charge Power, hit harder.

Screens

Pure neon vector art

Every shot below is captured in-game, from a pre-release build. The grid pulses with the track. So will you.

Three ways to play

Modes

A quick score chase, a long roguelite haul, or the same daily seed as everyone else. Pick your evening.

01

Arcade

Quick pick-up-and-play

A song-length score attack. Pick a track and an intensity from Relaxed to Overload, master a fixed loadout, grab power-ups and one-off weapons — black holes, bullet time — then chase your best grade on the leaderboard.

02

Survivors

Longer roguelite sessions

Room for your build to grow. Choose a loadout and playlist, draft upgrades as you level, and survive escalating stages, hazards and bosses. Bank Shards for permanent upgrades and Hangar cosmetics between runs.

03

Daily Challenge

One seed, everyone

One seeded run, the same for every player, new every day. No build to blame. Just you, the waves, and the leaderboard.

26 original tracks

Soundtrack

Four collections, from the Original Soundtrack to World Dance, Asia Pop and Chill, every track charted across five difficulties from Relaxed to Overload. The charts come from our own in-house tool — and down the line, we want to put that tool in your hands, custom music included.

Original Soundtrack

6 tracks
  • 01 Cathedral Reckoning 134 BPM
  • 02 Choral Anthem 130 BPM
  • 03 Chromatic Aberration 89 BPM
  • 04 Night Dreams 136 BPM
  • 05 Midnight City 137 BPM
  • 06 Tunnel Run 142 BPM

World Dance

8 tracks
  • 07 Sol En La Pista 135 BPM
  • 08 Graveyard Shift 100 BPM
  • 09 Lanterns Light 137 BPM
  • 10 Neon Party Boat 131 BPM
  • 11 Tsurugi Rush 122 BPM
  • 12 Blackwater Lights 130 BPM
  • 13 Sakay Tayo Ngayon 129 BPM
  • 14 Late Night Driving 129 BPM

Asia Pop

9 tracks
  • 15 Pulse On Repeat 131 BPM
  • 16 Midnight Cherry 150 BPM
  • 17 It's Not Goodbye 134 BPM
  • 18 Not The End 98 BPM
  • 19 I Want It All 99 BPM
  • 20 Jump To The Beat 109 BPM
  • 21 Right Now 129 BPM
  • 22 That Night 127 BPM
  • 23 Ashes 130 BPM

Chill

3 tracks
  • 24 Low Tide 75 BPM
  • 25 Night Train Home 92 BPM
  • 26 Thistles In The Moonlight 92 BPM

Several of the original tracks included with the base game were created with the help of AI tooling as was some of the initial iconography and translations.

34 achievements

For the completionists

  • Full Orchestra Defeat all nine boss types.
  • Perfect Storm Land 20,000 Perfect hits.
  • All Perfect Clear an Arcade track with no mistimes and no goods.
  • Final Movement Complete a Survivors run by reaching stage 10.
  • Overload Survivor Survive 5 minutes in a single Overload run.
  • Unbroken Line Reach a 200-hit note combo.

The practical bits

Platforms & languages

Platforms
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Steam Deck
Languages (10)
  • English
  • Swedish
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese (BR)
  • Japanese
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Russian
Also includes
  • Steam leaderboards
  • Cloud saves
  • Full controller support
  • Remappable controls
  • Colorblind options

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