- City of Beats: Shoot, Groove, Loot, Repeat - 1 October 2026
That is the loop, in order, forever. City of Beats is a roguelite shooter locked to the music. The skyline rearranges itself every run, your guns fire on the beat, the enemies move on it and the further into the flow you get the more the whole thing starts playing itself. City of Beats is on sale during the Steam Autumn Sale, October 1 to October 8. Come and say hello: Discord X
- City of Beats: 85% Off in the Steam Summer Sale! - 25 June 2026
City of Beats is 85% off in the Steam Summer Sale, June 25 to July 9. Grab your copy and check out other great indie games on sale during the Summer Sale to add to your collection. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1470390/
- Play the NIGHTFALL WAVES Demo now! - 15 March 2026
Hey everyone,Last week we revealed what we've been working on for some time now: NIGHTFALL WAVES - a third-person tower defense and exploration game set in a mysterious archipelago. It also keeps some of the rhythm & music elements from City of Beats! Check out the Steam page:You can play an early demo of the game right now! Your feedback at this stage is incredibly valuable and we'd love to hear it in the Steam forums or on our Discord!Cheers,Kai
- City of Beats is part of the Steam Summer Sale! - 27 June 2024
Hey all, If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so, as we are part of the Steam Summer Sale! From June 27th until July 11th, the game will be on sale for 50% off! Also, make sure to check out the Freedom Games' Steam Summer Sale page to pick up some great games to play. (and yes, I just quickly copied this text over from the Steam Spring Sale as I forgot to write an announcement and I'm late already ahhh) Have a great day, Kai
- City of Beats is part of Freedom Games Publisher Sale! - 15 April 2024
Hi everyone - if you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so. The game will be 50% off from April 15th through the 22nd! Make sure to check out Freedom Games Publisher Sale page to pick up some awesome indie games at great prices. Whether you like to play alone or with friends, there are some great deals you won't want to miss out on! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1470390/City_of_Beats/
- City of Beats is part of the Steam Spring Sale! - 17 March 2024
Hey all, If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so, as we are part of the Steam Spring Sale! From March 14th until the 21st, the game will be on sale for 50% off! Also, make sure to check out the Freedom Games' Steam Spring Sale page to pick up some great games to play. Have a great day, Kai
- Update Notes for v20240218 - 4 March 2024
Oh hey, it's been a while! This update tweaks the balance a bit more and makes it easier to get into the groove, slightly decreasing difficulty across the board. This includes updates to enemy & hazard damage, the HP trait, healing from repair bay & bosses, and more. You'll take less damage and get more HP. All in all these changes should make it less grindy to claim your first victory over the Zeitgeber! The challenge expeditions are mostly uneffected by this update and should be at a similar difficulty level as before. Have fun, Kai
- City of Beats is part of the Steam Winter Sale! - 21 December 2023
Hi everyone! If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so as we are part of the Steam Winter Sale through our publisher Freedom Games! From December 21st until January 4th, the game will be on sale for 50% off! Make sure to check out Freedom Games' Winter Sale 2023 page to pick up some great games to play over the holiday season. Whether you like to play alone or with friends, there are some great deals you won't want to miss out on! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1470390/City_of_Beats/
- Update Notes for v20230827 - 27 August 2023
This is just a small patch that adjusts (lowers) the Acid Linkgun volume to be more in line with the other weapons. There are also a few localization fixes.
- City of Beats is in Dreamhack Beyond! - 18 August 2023
City of Beats Hi everyone! We're excited to announce that City of Beats will be showcased at DreamHack Beyond on August 18th, 2023! Check out the Summer Indie Showcase at https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40157993/sale/DreamHackBeyondSummerIndieShowcase . We’re super excited to see you! If you want to join the community, follow us on Twitter and join our Discord! Thanks for your support and we’re super excited to show off all of our hard work!
- BIG UPDATE: New Weapon, Key Rebinding & More - 29 June 2023
Hey all, we've been working on this update for the past few weeks and are excited to finally release it! Here's what's new & changed: New Features The Acid Linkgun is now available in the game once you've defeated the second district's mini-boss! It shoots deadly acid beams that connect to enemies or burst them down, all while playing pleasant melodies. There's also a new achievement that you'll unlock when finishing a run with the Acid Linkgun. Key Rebinding is now available in the Controls menu! Balancing decreased HP of most bosses by up to 20%, as they were a bit too sponge-y significantly increased the damage of projectiles reflected by your barrier, which is especially helpful against those beloved sniper enemies slightly reduced Fragment & Gold Orb drops from enemies & Zeitgeber reward nodes buffed lots of Efficiency and a few Defense upgrades increased initial trait limit even f…
- City of Beats @ Games Germany Event 🎵 - 24 June 2023
Heya, City of Beats is currently part of the "Games Germany" Steam event and with it comes a 20% discount! Make sure to check out the other awesome games at the event page: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/games-germany Cheers, Kai
- Weapon #4 Update Playtest - 21 June 2023
Hey all, we're currently putting final touches on the game's 4th weapon, the Acid Linkgun, which will be part of an upcoming big update: New Features Weapon #4, the Acid Linkgun - shoots deadly acid beams that connect to enemies or burst them down Key Rebinding - one of the most-requested features will allow you to configure your controls more balance tweaks & bugfixes How to Playtest To get the balance right, we're looking for feedback! If you own the game, you can check out the playtest build for the upcoming patch: Right-click City of Beats in your library and click "Properties", then "Betas". Select "playtest" from the dropdown. (if you want to switch back to the standard build, select "None") Please note that progress while playing the playtest build is stored in a separate savegame file and won't use or override your existing progress. You will already have all weapons unlocked an…
- Balance Update Notes for v20230525 - 25 May 2023
This is another small-ish patch with a few tweaks, including: slightly reduced the Blazemaker's flamethrower damage and also nerfed the cluster grenade mod buffed some of the Defense upgrades disabled OpenXR plugins which could cause issues when a VR headset is connected (don't ask me why they were enabled in the first place) The rest of this patch focuses on challenge mode balancing: removed Monday Morning (does not apply to real life, sorry) switched some instabilities around between challenges for a smoother difficulty increase "Red Dead Retaliation" now only triggers on the following beat increased pull range of "Attractive Personality" projectiles increased "Death Traps" & "Quality Is Not Free" damage slightly increased "They Get Stronger" overall difficulty
- Balance Update Notes for v20230512 - 12 May 2023
This update contains lots of smaller quality of life & balance tweaks, many of which were directly suggested by our community, including: buffed some traits & extensions to make progression more rewarding & noticeable increased trait limits, meaning that you can now upgrade more traits before reaching the limit (which depends on your current campaign progress) slightly reduced HP & damage of some enemies, e.g. the hunting mines and chapter 1 bosses tweaks for Challenge 6 - the "Keep Your Distance" instability now shows danger circles and has a reduced radius; "They Do Not Trust You" duration was reduced as well decreased acid movement slowdown to make it less punishing increased enemy stun duration when getting hit by a barrel moved Barry closer to the hovercar because some of you still manage to miss/ignore him, how dare you
- Balance Update Notes for v20230505 - 5 May 2023
Based on the metrics & what we've seen, the previous balance update brought us pretty close to where we want the game's overall balance to be. This patch contains some additional, smaller tweaks: - lowered the Bouncy Ball mod's bounce projectile damage - slightly reduced Blazemaker grenade damage - front-shielded laser enemies now restore their barrier after being stunned - small adjustments to the healing amount & cost in repair bays & shops
- Balance Update Notes for v20230502 - 2 May 2023
This is a small balance update that just tweaks a few numbers, including: increased enemy HP in later biomes, especially bosses (some phases were way too short for you to actually having to learn the mechanics) reduced shield orb drops from some enemies made the bow's power attack orb & related mods slightly less OP nerfed damage, supercharge & crit traits
- City Of Beats has launched - 1 May 2023
Hey all! Big news! City of Beats is now live on PC! 🎉 Thank you all for your support throughout development! We’re super excited to show you everything we’ve accomplished and we hope you enjoy the beats! You can also follow us on our Twitter to connect to our community! Don’t forget, you can leave us a review, share part of your journey, tell us about a bug you’ve found, or just to give some feedback in our Discord server. Have a great day & see you next time, Kai
- Release Date Announcement 🥳 - 17 April 2023
Hey all! Big news! City of Beats launches on May 1st, 2023 on PC! 🎉 Thank you all for your support throughout development! We’re super excited to show you everything we’ve accomplished and we hope you enjoy the beats! Make sure to join our Discord server and follow us on our Twitter for sneak peeks and to connect to our community! Have a great day & see you next time, Kai
- Next Fest 2nd Stream! - 5 February 2023
Hello everyone! We're excited to be participating in the Steam Next Fest! Catch our livestream on Thursday at 1 pm EST, where we will be showing off the latest demo! For more follow us on Twitter, Instagram and join our Discord! This stream is pre-recorded and will be looped through the duration of Steam Next Fest.
