Symphony
A vertical arcade shooter with levels shaped by your music
Empty Clip Studios · Released Aug 6, 2012
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 86% of 882
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Nov 1, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update on Steam
- 10 years ago
- Oct 6, 2016
Metacritic: 75/100 (critic reviews)
What is Symphony?
Symphony is a single-player vertical shoot 'em up where each song in your collection becomes a battlefield shaped by its tempo and intensity. You shoot enemies, fight bosses, and collect and upgrade weapons for your ship while battling an entity corrupting your music.
For you if...
- +you like short arcade sessions built around individual songs
- +you enjoy experimenting with weapon loadouts and pursuing higher scores
Not for you if...
- −you prefer spacious arenas and slower-paced combat
What players say
86% of 882 reviews are positive
Players praise the accessible shooting and the variety between tracks. Others find the music has too little effect on combat and criticize crowded visuals and large hitboxes. Some recent reviewers also report stability problems.
Screenshots and trailer
Symphony system requirements
Minimum: MB, 2 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Symphony?
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- OS
- Windows XP SP3 / Vista / 7
- Processor
- 2 GHz
- Graphics
- MB, DirectX® 9.0c-compatible, Shader Model 3.0 or higher
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB
Does Symphony have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Symphony run on Steam Deck?
Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.
- Not supported on SteamOS
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 31
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Symphony use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Music
- Indie
- Shoot 'Em Up
- Action
- Rhythm
- Casual
- Bullet Hell
- Music-Based Procedural Generation
- Arcade
- Singleplayer
- Shooter
- Procedural Generation
Recent updates
- Nov 25, 2015 · Now LIVE: Non-Latin character support, "Play NEXT" & "RANDOM" (Build 1451)
- Nov 21, 2015 · Big update: Non-Latin character support, "Play NEXT" & "RANDOM", now in PC beta! (Build 1450)
- Nov 21, 2015 · Big update: Non-Latin character support, "Play NEXT" & "RANDOM", now in PC beta! (Build 1450)
- Jul 7, 2015 · Build 1170 (PC): Fixes for start-up issues
- Jul 7, 2015 · Build 1170 (PC): Fixes for start-up issues
