Beat Saber
Fast-paced VR rhythm game about slicing notes to music
Beat Games · Released May 21, 2019
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 95% of 76K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 85% of 135 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 219
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- 1 week ago
- Sep 14, 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 76,315 reviews are positive · 85% of 135 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.
Screenshots and trailer
Beat Saber system requirements
As published by the developer.
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
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 26
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, VR
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Steam o s does not support_ v r
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Latin America.
Tags
- VR
- Rhythm
- Music
- Moddable
- Fast-Paced
- Multiplayer
- Singleplayer
- Music-Based Procedural Generation
- First-Person
- Swordplay
- Indie
- Action
- 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.
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