$9.99Beat Hazard Your music is the weapon
Pick a song and Beat Hazard turns it into a twin-stick space battle, with enemy waves and your firepower rising and falling with the music. In local co-op, you and a friend share one screen against asteroids, enemy ships and huge bosses. Short tracks make for quick rounds together.
Is Beat Hazard worth it?
Beat Hazard is worth it if…
- you like short co-op sessions built around songs you both pick
- you want a simple twin-stick shooter to share on one screen
- you like replaying the same game with different music each time
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Your music builds the level
You choose a track from your own files, internet radio, or the included rock album, and the game generates enemy waves to match it. A loud, fast song means heavier fire and busier attacks. A quiet break means things ease off. You fly a small ship in an enclosed patch of space, dodge bullets and collisions, grab weapon pickups and volume boosts, and try to survive until the track ends. Boss ships and Survival Mode stretch that fight across a whole album if you want a longer session.
Two ships on one screen
Local 2 player co-op puts both of you in the same arena at once, shooting asteroids and enemy ships side by side. You can revive the run with a bomb when the screen fills up, compare scores, and chase Steam leaderboards together. If you feel competitive, a local head-to-head mode lets you face off instead. With rounds lasting about as long as a song, it suits taking turns picking tracks and passing the second stick to co-op friends.
Good to know before you play?
Can you play it with a friend on the same computer?
Yes. It has local 2 player co-op on one screen, plus a local 2 player head-to-head mode. There is also single-player, so you can practice a track alone first.
How long is a round?
About as long as the song you pick. A three-minute track is a quick fight, while Survival Mode asks if you can last a whole album.
What music can you use?
Your own mp3, wav, aiff, ogg, mwa and flac files, internet radio, or the rock album that comes with the game. Some Apple formats need a small paid download for decoder licensing, and LastFM scrobbling is supported.
