- Server Maintenance Complete & Small Patch Live โ
| Headbangers: Rhythm Royale - 30 April 2026
Hey Flock! ๐๐ค Our temporary downtime for Headbangers: Rhythm Royale is now complete on Steam. โ
Thank you for your patience whilst we ran scheduled maintenance of our multiplayer servers!Alongside this maintenance, we've released a small patch to fix a handful of issues with Headbangers: Rhythm Royale. Please find more about the fixes in our Patch Notes below:Small Patch - Patch NotesFixesFixed an issue where some music tracks were not accessible in the track pool for certain minigames, including Run Pigeon Run and Piano Mezzo Forte. As a result of this fix, more music track options are now accessible for these minigames!Fixed an issue with the challenge to spend Crumbs, which did not work as intended, as the player would not receive challenge progress when spending Crumbs.Fixed an issue with the challenge to make purchases in the store, where the challenge would not update if the plaโฆ
- Scheduled Server Maintenance I Headbangers: Rhythm Royale - 29 April 2026
Hey Flock! ๐๐ค We wanted to let you know ahead of time that there will be temporary downtime for Headbangers: Rhythm Royale, whilst we run scheduled maintenance of our multiplayer servers. โฐ Temporary Downtime: 11AM BST - Thursday 30th AprilThis downtime is vital to ensure you can continue enjoying future rounds of Headbangers: Rhythm Royale, and we are sorry for the temporary disruption it may cause. We'll be sure to share a news post when the maintenance is finished and servers are live again! SupportIf players have any issues with our game or run into any bugs, please reach out to our Support Team here! Keep up to date with Headbangers!Headbangers Twitter Headbangers Facebook Headbangers TikTok Team17 Discord Team17 Twitter
- โUpdate Required - 3 October 2025
We want to let you know about an important update. A recently identified security vulnerability within Unity has been spotted, and while there is currently no evidence of impact on users, weโre taking all relevant steps to ensure youโre on the latest and safest version of the game. To keep you safe, weโve released a new patch that addresses the issue. Please update your game as soon as possible to stay protected. You can read more about it here: https://unity.com/security/sept-2025-01 As always, our priority will be on keeping our games as safe and enjoyable for everyone.
- Battle of the Dancers Vinyl - OUT NOW I Headbangers: Rhythm Royale - 3 December 2024
Hey Flock! ๐๐ฅ Our Headbangers: Rhythm Royale Battle of the Dancers Vinyl is out now, in collaboration with Black Screen Records! Find our original soundtrack on vinyl for the first time, containing all the Battle of the Dancers songs you love, including 'Let's Go For Sunshine', 'The Queen of Queens', 'Pigeonosaur' and more! Purchase the Vinyl here! ๐ฟ Release Notes Featuring 54 tracks that are taking their inspiration from a wide range of musical styles: rock, funk, electro, pop, folk, reggae, punk and many more Music by Charles Bardin and Valentin Ducloux Guest vocals by Priscilla Cucciniello Double vinyl pressed on Coke bottle green & transparent orange vinyl, housed in a gatefold vinyl Game developed by Glee-Cheese and published by Team17 Mastered for vinyl by Chris Bethge Learn more about Headbangers ๐ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1761620/Headbangers_Rhythm_Royale/
- Season 3 & Battle of the Dancers is out now for Headbangers: Rhythm Royale! - 4 April 2024
Season 3 of Headbangers: Rhythm Royale is OUT NOW! Hey Flock! ๐ Season 3 is now out for Headbangers, which sees the arrival of our brand new gamemode: Battle of the Dancers. Ready for 1v1 rhythm battles to a selection of new tracks? Discover more by watching our Season 3 Launch Trailer below ๐ ๐ชฉ Battle of the Dancers: How to Play In Battle of the Dancers, the last Pigeon standing wins... or you could say it is Owl or nothing! Your aim to play the music in rhythm, without any mistakes. Hit all buttons in a row without any mistakes and youโll begin filling up your fireball gauge. When this fills, youโll send a devastating fireball at your opponent, which lowers their health bar. The pigeon with the most health at the end of the round is the winner and can deal the final blow! ๐ Voting Options, Ranked Mode & More! When creating our new game mode, we have implemented changes based on coโฆ
- Coming with Season 3: Steam Cloud Saves I Headbangers: Rhythm Royale - 3 April 2024
Hey Flock! ๐๐ค Season 3 & Battle of the Dancers will launch at 2PM BST on April 4th! Included in this update, is a small tweak to Headbangers which will activate the Steam Cloud Save feature. Note regarding Steam Cloud Saves: Unfortunately, we have no control over which save file will be uploaded to the Steam Cloud. We'd recommend to players who've played Headbangers: Rhythm Royale on multiple devices to play first on your device with the local save that you'd want to keep from 4 April 2024 14:00 BST onwards. This is to ensure the correct save file is uploaded to Steam Cloud. We're excited to implement Steam Cloud Save and for progress to translate between players' multiple devices. For Multi-PC and Steam Deck users, we hope this feature helps you hit all the levels on your new Season 3 Battle Pass! Support If players have any issues with Steam Cloud Saves or run into any bugs, pleaseโฆ
- Steam Deck Performance Settings I Headbangers: Rhythm Royale - 22 March 2024
Hey Flock! ๐๐ฅ Today we want to highlight a workaround for any Steam Deck users experiencing issues with Headbangers: Rhythm Royale. We've found that Headbangers performs better on Steam Deck after following these steps: Open the Steam Menu by pressing the button labelled 'Steam' on your Steam Deck Select 'Settings' from the list and then select 'System'. Scroll down to 'System Options' and enable 'Developer Mode' Go back to the Settings list and select 'Developer' Scroll down and deselect 'Enable WiFi Power Management' SEASON 3 & BATTLE OF THE DANCERS - LAUNCHES APRIL 4TH Battle of the Dancers is a brand-new game mode that challenges players to put their best talon forward in a one-on-one rhythm battle and includes a selection of new choreography and tracks. Want to find out more about Battle of the Dancers? Watch our Coo-munity Flock breakdown video below: Battle of the Dancers is seโฆ
- Battle of the Dancers & Season 3 Arrives on 4th April for Headbangers! - 13 March 2024
Introducing our new game mode 'Battle of the Dancers', arriving April 4th! Hey Flock! ๐๐ฆ Today, we are ecstatic to share more details about our new game mode for Headbangers: Rhythm Royale! ๐ชฉ Battle of the Dancers arrives with our Season 3 update on April 4th! More dancing Pigeons. You asked for it. We are delivering it! Battle of the Dancers is a brand-new game mode that challenges players to put their best talon forward in a one-on-one rhythm battle and includes a selection of new choreography and tracks. ๐บ How to play: In Battle of the Dancers, your aim is to play the music in rhythm, with perfect timing and using the correct buttons. Hit all buttons in a row without any mistakes and youโll begin filling up your fireball gauge. You guessed it, when this gauge fills, youโll send a devastating fireball at your opponent, which lowers their health bar. The last Pigeon standing wins..โฆ
- Feeling Peckish Paid Cosmetic Pack I Out Now for Headbangers! - 29 February 2024
Hey Flock! ๐ฆ๐ Today we have two announcements to share with you. Let's begin with a new game mode teaser... ๐ New Game Mode- Season 3 Menu Teaser Our team is currently working on a brand new game mode for Headbangers, with more details coming soon! As of right now, we don't have a date to announce but once we do, we will update the community here on Steam. It won't be long before the Pigeons have some news for you! ๐ Until then, here's a teaser for our new Season 3 Main Menu... Feeling Peckish Cosmetic DLC Our Feeling Peckish paid cosmetic pack is NOW LIVE, bringing new cosmetic items to Headbangers: Rhythm Royale! This paid DLC includes 4 Full Costumes, 4 Garments, 1 Taunt, 5 Taunt Voices, 1 Neck Sound. Here's a look at the Full Skins arriving in this pack: ๐ฎ Taco Pigeon ๐ Burger Pigeon ๐ Cake Pigeon ๐ Super Fries Pigeon DISCORD If you have any feedback or suggestions around Heโฆ
- Save 25% OFF on Headbangers: Rhythm Royale in the Steam Winter Sale! - 21 December 2023
Hey Flock! ๐ Headbangers: Rhythm Royale is currently 25% OFF on Steam in the Winter Sale 2023! Headbangers' Deluxe and Gold Editions are also on sale during the Steam Winter Sale. Find 25% off both editions until January 4th! Explore all of this below: ๐ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1761620/Headbangers_Rhythm_Royale/ Have a great day and Happy Holidays Flock! ๐ฅ Keep up to date with Headbangers! ๐ฆ Headbangers Twitter Headbangers Facebook Headbangers TikTok Team17 Discord Team17 Twitter
- Headbangers: Rhythm Royale I Hotfix 4 - 18 December 2023
Hey Flock! ๐๐ค Hotfix 4 is NOW LIVE for Headbangers: Rhythm Royale on Steam. PATCH NOTES - HOTFIX 4 Fixed an issue where some players saves would not load correctly and prevent the title from saving progress. Modified the values to unlock challenges associated to Garden Party perfect amount. Fixed an issue where the values displayed in the challenge slots description now allow the player to see progress beyond 100%. Fixed an issue where crumbs not provided to the player due to a progress bug in Season 1 will now be retroactively unlocked, based on the player level achieved in Season 1. SUPPORT If you do run into any bugs in Headbangers, please get in contact with our Support Team here. DISCORD If you have any feedback or suggestions around Headbangers: Rhythm Royale, please head to our #feedback channel in our Headbangers Discord! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1761620/Headbangers_โฆ
- Season 2 of Headbangers: Rhythm Royale is Out Now! - 7 December 2023
Season 2 of Headbangers: Rhythm Royale is Out Now for Steam! Hey Flock! Today we are extremely excited to welcome you to a brand new season of Headbangers Rhythm Royale. But what's new for the Pigeons in our free Season 2 update? ๐ฅ NEW COSMETICS The new season of Headbangers: Rhythm Royale brings all new cosmetics including the Mad Scientist Pigeon, the Cow Pigeon, the Courgette Pigeon and more! Along with our new Full Outfits, we also have tonnes of new individual customisation items! Ready to design the Pigeon of your dreams? Mix and match your favourite items to create a unique look. ๐คฉ Season 2 is the perfect time to change up your customisation items... a Pigeon makeover if you will! FRESH AND FREE BATTLE PASS In Season 2, you will find a fresh Battle Pass containing 30 new levels! The Battle Pass in Headbangers: Rhythm Royale is completely free, so all players can jump in today aโฆ
- Headbangers: Rhythm Royale Season 2 starts December 7th! - 5 December 2023
Our Season 2 logo was leaked so please see the real thing. Headbangers: Rhythm Royale Season 2 starts December 7th! SEASON 2 Season 2 of Headbangers will bring new cosmetics, a fresh ALL-FREE Battle Pass and a new challenge skin! All of this content will be in a free update coming December 7th. DISCORD Join our Discord for more Headbangers announcements: https://discord.gg/n35cwGy6nP That's all for now Flock... ๐ Keep up to date with Headbangers! Headbangers Twitter Headbangers Facebook Headbangers TikTok Team17 Discord Team17 Twitter
- Play Against The Devs! I Headbangers Team17 Livestream - 28 November 2023
Ready to play rounds of Headbangers against the Developers- Glee Cheese? Tomorrow, Team17 Community Managers Joe & Tom will be livestreaming Headbangers: Rhythm Royale to Twitch and playing rounds of chaotic rhythm minigames against the developers- Glee Cheese! Think you can beat us all and become Master Headbanger? ๐ We'll also have some Headbangers keys to giveaway! ๐ Join us on Team17's Twitch from November 29th at 15:00 GMT! How to join our lobby: Very simple! As soon as we begin our matchmaking, please also begin searching for a lobby. We will let everyone know when we are searching on our livestream, so you can play along with us! We will not be using Team17 Friends features, but may use this for play sessions in the future! Change your settings: As our lobby will be all playing from the EU, it's likely that European players will be more successful during tomorrow's livestream.โฆ
- Nominate Headbangers in The Steam Awards 2023! - 21 November 2023
Hey Flock! ๐๐ฅ We'd greatly appreciate your support in nominating Headbangers: Rhythm Royale in the 'Better With Friends' category in the upcoming Steam Awards 2023! As you all know- Pigeons that flock together stay together! ๐ ABOUT HEADBANGERS Have you ever looked at a Pigeon and thought, โwhat is going on in your head?โ Well, think no more! Headbangers puts you and 29 others into the eye of the Pigeon while you battle it out in rhythmic challenges to find out who is the ultimate Master Headbanger. Compete against each other in mind- bending musical minigames, screw over your competitors with powerups, and collect Crumbs to customise your very own Pigeon! Thank you for all your support! See you soon, Flock! ๐ค Keep up to date with Headbangers! Headbangers Twitter Headbangers Facebook Headbangers TikTok Team17 Discord Team17 Twitter
- Headbangers: Rhythm Royale I Hotfix 3 - 17 November 2023
Hey Flock! ๐๐ค The third hotfix is now live for Headbangers: Rhythm Royale for all platforms! Hotfix 3 reduces the lobby timer to 60 seconds and contains fixes to the lobby backfill bugs, fixes to specific challenges and more. Before we soar into more information around the hotfix, we would like to inform the community that the team are working on an issue surrounding a network error, preventing some players from launching the game. Once we have a fix, we will update the community with this news. We hope to have a fix for this soon across all platforms and appreciate the community's patience while we remedy this issue. Hotfix 3 - Lobby Changes: After listening to players' feedback from our launch week, we have altered the lobby timer and fixed an issue surrounding lobby backfill! ๐ค At launch, our lobby timer was set to 120 seconds. Many players stated that this timer was too long, thaโฆ
- Headbangers: Rhythm Royale I Hotfix 2 - 8 November 2023
Hey Flock! ๐๐ค The second hotfix is NOW LIVE for Headbangers: Rhythm Royale on Steam. Hotfix 2 fixes the issue preventing players from launching the game due to network errors and contains specific fixes to the in-game shop. We want to thank you all for your significant feedback since our launch last week! PATCH NOTES - HOTFIX 2 Fixed an issue where some players were prevented from launching the game. Fixed an issue where some players would experience intermittent issues when connecting with the servers. Fixed an issue where some players were not able to access the in-game shop and would be stuck in a loading loop. We'd also like to thank the community for your patience, whilst our team has investigated these issues! SUPPORT If you do run into any bugs in Headbangers, please get in contact with our Support Team here. DISCORD If you have any feedback or suggestions around Headbangers: Rโฆ
- Headbangers: Rhythm Royale I Hotfix 1 - 6 November 2023
Hey Flock! ๐๐ค The first Hotfix for Headbangers: Rhythm Royale is NOW LIVE on all platforms. We want to thank the community for all your valuable feedback over the last week. More improvements are coming soon! PATCH NOTES - HOTFIX 1 All Platforms Improvements to the target movement in First Piano Shooter. Fixed an issue in Run Pigeon Run, where bots would complete the game with a negative score, if players disconnect during the minigame. Fixed an issue in The Space Race where players may notice a brief hiccup when the vinyl restarts. Fixed an issue in Garden Party and After Party where the play-head disappeared during the listen phase. Steam Only Fixed an issue where some connected USB peripheral devices could cause the title to crash. KNOWN ISSUES Our team is aware of an issue producing a network error, preventing players from launching the game. We apologise for this inconvenience anโฆ
- Season 2 Announcement & New Gamemode Arriving in 2024 I Headbangers - 1 November 2023
Hey there Flock! ๐ Today we have two exciting announcements to share with you all... - Season 2 of Headbangers: Rhythm Royale will begin in December, bringing new cosmetic content to Headbangers - We're also working on a brand new game mode for Headbangers: Rhythm Royale, coming in 2024 ๐ We hope you are as excited as Pecky for future content! In the upcoming months, we will be showcasing more of what's in store for Seasons 2 & Seasons 3. The team are continuing to work on Headbangers: Rhythm Royale! When we have confirmed dates around future Seasons, we will make sure to update the community again here on Steam. Launch Trailer In case you missed it, Headbangers: Rhythm Royale launch yesterday for Steam! Discover more by watching our launch trailer below: Have an issue? Please get in touch with our Customer Support team here: https://www.team17.com/support/ About Headbangers Have youโฆ
- Headbangers: Rhythm Royale is Out Now! - 31 October 2023
Headbangers: Rhythm Royale soars onto your screens and launches today on all platforms! Headbangers challenges players to take on 29 player-controlled Pigeons across four increasingly tense rounds, testing their memory, rhythm, reflexes, reaction time, and most importantlyโฆ their ability to rap! Want to see more of the Pigeon mayhem? Check out our brand-new launch trailer below: WHAT IS HEADBANGERS? In Headbangers: Rhythm Royale, players battle through four rounds, with each round increasing in difficulty. In round one, 30 players go head-to-head, with only 20 players advancing to the second round of Headbangers. For the first round, a minigame is randomly selected out of the pool of first round minigames. BE THE STAR OF A GAME SHOW! One of the six first-round minigame options is โGuess it!โ. In this minigame, your agility and musical ability are put to the test! The goal in โGuess it!โโฆ
