Beat Saber
Fast-paced VR rhythm game about slicing notes to music
Beat Games · Released May 21, 2019
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 95% of 75K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 86% of 122 in 30 days
- Players
- 386
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update on Steam
- 3 weeks ago
- Oct 15, 2026
Metacritic: 93/100 (critic reviews)
What is Beat Saber?
A first-person VR rhythm game where you slice incoming notes according to their color and direction while ducking and dodging to the music. Tracks have five difficulty levels, with solo, campaign, party, and online play.
For you if...
- +you enjoy fast, physical rhythm-game workouts
- +you want solo tracks and online competition
- +you plan to use custom maps and mods
Not for you if...
- −you do not own a VR headset
- −you dislike buying extra songs or installing mods
- −you prefer relaxed play over physically active sessions
What players say
95% of 74,547 reviews are positive · 86% of 122 in the last 30 days
Players praise the fast, physical rhythm play and especially the variety added by custom community maps. The most common complaints are expensive song packs and updates that repeatedly break mods; some recent reviews also report stuttering and missed note registration.
Players over time
▼ -36% vs a month agoPlayers online on Steam, one sample a day.
Highest since Sep 2026: 588 players on Sep 27, 2026.
Show the data
| Day | Players |
|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2026 | 386 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | 233 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | 231 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | 219 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | 305 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | 259 |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 353 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 304 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | 248 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | 263 |
| Oct 28, 2026 | 229 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | 325 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 341 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | 410 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 454 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 358 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 371 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 349 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 367 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 377 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 422 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 442 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 371 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 0 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 392 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 415 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 459 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 470 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 460 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 373 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 435 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 390 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 433 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 459 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 546 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 560 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 514 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 489 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 491 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 462 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 453 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 588 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 539 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 431 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 383 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 219 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 343 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 312 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 371 |
How many players finish Beat Saber?
2.9% of Steam players have unlocked «Not the End», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Beat Saber system requirements
Minimum: GTX 960, 4 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Beat Saber?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10/11 (64bit)
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge or equivalent
- Graphics
- Nvidia GTX 960 or equivalent
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 200 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10/11 (64bit)
- Processor
- Intel Core i7 Skylake or equivalent
- Graphics
- Nvidia GTX 1060 or equivalent
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 200 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
Does Beat Saber have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: PvP online. It also has a single-player mode.
Does Beat Saber run on Steam Deck?
Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.
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PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 26
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, VR
- Languages
- Full audio: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Latin America.
Does Beat Saber 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 Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- VR
- Rhythm
- Music
- Moddable
- Fast-Paced
- Multiplayer
- Singleplayer
- First-Person
- Music-Based Procedural Generation
- Swordplay
- Action
- Indie
- Sports
- Difficult
- Futuristic
- Casual
Recent updates
- Sep 14, 2026 · Beat Saber Updated Unity Version 6000.3.19f1
- Aug 27, 2026 · Beat Saber Update v1.45.0 with Hip Hop Mixtape 2
- Jul 30, 2026 · Beat Saber Update v1.44.3 with free track “Gone For Good” by Haywyre
- Jul 16, 2026 · Beat Saber Update v1.44.2 — Universal Render Pipeline
- Jun 25, 2026 · Beat Saber Update v1.44.1 with “Zombie” by YUNGBLUD
278 DLC available.