- HYPERBEAT Patchnotes - Hotfix 016 (24438568) - 28 July 2026
Patch 016Alice here with Patch 016, Chancellor and I are working on a LOT of cool things behind the scenes, so this is just a small bugfix and tweak while we work on all the cool secrets.Changelog: HYPERBEAT (24438568)Fixed an issue causing cascading misses on joined sliders when holding down the swipe buttonSave files will now remember your Multiplayer status, so if you like playing online you won't have to enable it every time you load the gameIf you would like to give us any feedback or report any bugs, please come join us on our Discord! Thank you all for your support!
- HYPERBEAT Patchnotes - Patch 015 (23992444) - 30 June 2026
Patch 015Alice here with Patch 015, just a couple small fixes today.Changelog: HYPERBEAT (23992444)Fixed an issue causing the tutorial to indefinitely loopFixed an issue where timing indicators would appear inaccurate for directional slidersCHART EDITOR (23992190)Added support for arbitrary grid outside of the presetsAdded additional tips to the help menuFixed some minor rendering bugsIf you would like to give us any feedback or report any bugs, please come join us on our Discord! Thank you all for your support!
- The Little Freaks Bundle is here - 25 June 2026
Hey Knights, Some very exciting news, HYPERBEAT has teamed up with Funi Racoon Game for a special crossover bundle! To celebrate, we've added a small collection of Funi Raccoon Game-inspired cosmetics to HYPERBEAT, available now as part of the crossover.The bundle includes:HYPERBEATFuni Raccoon GameExclusive Funi Raccoon Game cosmetics in HYPERBEAT11% off when purchased as a bundleIf you've been eyeing either game, now's a great time to pick them both up and save a little cash in the process. A huge thank you to our friends at the Crayon Eating company for making this crossover happen. We love supporting fellow indie developers, and we're thrilled to share this bundle with all of you.Check out the bundle on Steam, and check out the new update!
- HYPERBEAT Chart Editor is OUT NOW! - 25 June 2026
Hey Knights,We've been hard at work on a major update, and we're excited to finally share it alongside our biggest sale yet for the Steam Summer Sale (tell your friends!) The HYPERBEAT Chart Editor is now out, allowing you to create and edit charts in dedicated software that we made specifically for HYPERBEAT. No longer will you have to learn an entire DAW software suite! We hope that this makes the charting process faster and more accessible for our entire community. The editor will be available free to everyone who owns the game.Download the new chart maker in your steam library, just make sure you have “Tools” enabled in your library. It is called the “HYPERBEAT Chart Editor”! We've also added new post-credits conversations featuring the entire cast, giving players a chance to catch up with everyone after the events of the main game.If you're interested in creating custom charts, sha…
- HYPERBEAT Patchnotes - Hotfix 013 (22515848) - 26 March 2026
Hotfix 013 (22515848)Alice here, got a quick Hotfix 013 for ya, nothing fancy!Changelog: Fixed an issue where some scores were not being uploaded to leaderboards when switching between difficultiesDecreased performance cost of logging in multiplayerFixed album title’s for A Side tracks in the JukeboxFixed an issue where custom charts generated in FL Studio do not load properlyAdded placeholder velocity aliases for custom charts generated in FL Studiothe aliases are simply the note velocities as a multiple of ten, so 10, 30, 50, 60, 70, and 90If you would like to give us any feedback or report any bugs, please come join us on our Discord! Thank you all for your support!
- HYPERBEAT Multiplayer is OUT NOW! - 12 March 2026
Hey Knights,Chance from the HYPERBEAT team here with a very exciting announcement - if you haven’t already seen, the Multiplayer Update was revealed and released during the “Computer Worlds” showcase with NoClip2 @ 1PM Eastern/10AM Pacific.If you’re a new player, to access multiplayer, you must have the “Drip” and “Gemini” achievements and then the option will appear in the pause screen.Here’s the highlights of what that means:Multiplayer Functionality: HYPERBEAT now supports private and public play, with up to 250 concurrent players able to see eachother in the hub and in game.Lobby Leaderboards: Per session leaderboards to compete against your friends or strangers. Five new songs: Mapped B-side tracks extend the playable chart count to 75, bringing the total gameplay songs to 25. These are available at the Green Aspect post credits. This also means there is now 125 total gems!New Cosm…
- HYPERBEAT Multiplayer Preview - 20 February 2026
Hey there! Chance here from the HYPERBEAT team with an update about what Alice and I have been up to. After some much needed vacation, and some fun prototyping a new project (which we’re very excited about) - we’ve been hard at work on a new update. Here’s a preview of what that’s going to look like:Five new gameplay tracks from the B-sides to fill out the after credits book in the game, with 15 new charts.Lobby based multiplayer in the Wellspring with a new “style” customization option and the addition of emotes.Lobby based leaderboards to compete against your friends or strangers.We’re also going to be opening beta-testing for multiplayer soon, so if you’re interested, please join our discord to stay in the loop, we’d love to hangout and play some charts together while stress testing the feature! There’s lots on the horizon for HYPERBEAT in 2026 - with a future update focused on a use…
- HYPERBEAT wins at the Indie Game Awards - 18 December 2025
Hey all, Some very exciting news to pass along, HYPERBEAT was awarded the “Indie Vanguard” award at the 2025 Indie Game Awards.The ceremony begins at 3:30 PM PST - you can check out the broadcast here if you’d like to see it for yourself.The DREAMWARE team is incredibly honored that HYPERBEAT was even considered for the award and overwhelmed that we were selected. We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone playing the game, and to the IGA for this recognition.We’re more motivated than ever to keep building what’s next, we can’t wait to share it with you all. Please check out the other great titles in the Vanguard Class. There are so many good indie games out there!PS - The game is on the Steam Winter Sale, at 20% off! Tell your friends! And make sure to check out the new Winter event below, and join our Discord! See you next year,The DREAMWARE team
- HYPERBEAT Patchnotes - Hotfix 011 (21247268) - 18 December 2025
Hotfix 011It is I, Alice, once again swooping in with Hotfix 011. This is to fix a bug that prevents some major story content from spawning.Changelog:Fixed an issue that caused the final conversation to block all conversations from spawning, including itself.If you would like to give us any feedback or report in the bugs, please come join us on our Discord! Thank you all for your support!
- HYPERBEAT Patchnotes - Hotfix 010 (21229732) - 17 December 2025
Hotfix 010Alice here with Hotfix 010, fixing a parsing issue with BPM changes.Changelog:Fixed and issue causing notes to be improperly parsed along BPM Change edgesIf you would like to give us any feedback or report in the bugs, please come join us on our Discord! Thank you all for your support!
- The HYPERBEAT Holiday Update - 17 December 2025
Hey all, Chance here from DREAMWARE wishing you all a very happy holidays. After some much needed vacation, Alice and I have been hard at work on the Winter update for HYPERBEAT, and are excited to share with you all what we’re been working on. This new seasonal event includes:A story line to organize a New Years party in the Wellspring.A new currency for time played (any chart type) and a shopkeeper.New cross-cast conversations added.Over 40 new cosmetic items to collect.Two new background songs.Multiple new decorative item available for Custom Charts.There’s more to explore, but that’s the highlights, and we’ll put the full changelog below. If you would like to talk about the new update, learn how to chart, or just come hang, please come join us on our Discord.Wishing you all a happy New Years! Changelog (21217196):New YearsAdded the Winter Seasonal Event, which will run from December…
- Nominate HYPERBEAT for Outstanding Visual Style - 26 November 2025
Hello everyone! The Steam Awards are here! Join us and the rest of the community in voting HYPERBEAT for Outstanding Visual Style in the 2025 Steam Awards.We hope you have been enjoyed our Halloween update. For a few days earlier this week, we reached a threshold of Overwhelmingly Positive recent reviews. We are so touched that you all are enjoying the game so much and leaving us such wonderful reviews. Please know that we read each and every single one.There is some exciting news around the corner as we approach the end of the year, but we will save that announcement for a later date!Stay tuned, and until then, join our Discord!
- HYPERBEAT Patchnotes - Hotfix 008 (20820501) - 16 November 2025
Hotfix 008Hi Hi, Alice again.A real quick Hotfix 008 going up today that fixes a save related bug reported on our discord server.Changelog:Fixed a bug that could rarely cause some save files to fail to load when specific cosmetics were equipped. If you would like to give us any feedback or report any bugs, please come join us on our Discord! Thank you all for your support!
- HYPERBEAT Patchnotes - Patch 007 (20761920) - 12 November 2025
Patch 007Hey folks, Alice coming back at ya after a nice little vacation.Now that we're back in the office, I'm getting out Patch 007. This is has a whole heap of bugfixes and tweaks across the game, and get's the game ready for the nearing end of the Halloween Event.Changelog:AudioAudio will no longer be paused when the game window loses focusAn option called “Pause Audio in Background” has been added to optionally restore the old behaviorMany UI elements across the game now properly have added or improved interaction sound effectsCosmeticsEquipped cosmetics now match the breathing of the character more accuratelyBugsThe Halloween Event changes to the wellspring will now properly disappear if the current calendar day is not between October 31st and November 14thFixed an issue which would occasionally cause the music to cut out on high note-count custom chartsFixed the mysterious strang…
- Hyperbeat review - 1 November 2025
You're running out of time. You'll certainly have less of it by the time you're done reading this review, and less still if you decide to pick up Hyperbeat: a rhythm game that roped me in with its oddball UI, low-poly dreamscapes, and atmospheric central hub full of NPCs eager to introspect with you. It is a small, severe world that quickly charmed me... Read more.
- HYPERBEAT Patchnotes - Hotfix 006 (20632021) - 1 November 2025
Hotfix 006Heya! It's Alice once again.We're putting out a quick Hotfix 006, which primarily fixes a bug with the Halloween event that prevents certain Halloween items from being considered "festive" for the quest.Changelog:Fixed certain Halloween cosmetics not being properly treated as "Festive" Fixed a discolored border on one Halloween cosmeticIf you would like to give us any feedback or report in the bugs, please come join us on our Discord! Thank you all for your support!
- Halloween comes to HYPERBEAT - Update 005 (20617249) - 31 October 2025
Halloween is here!There’s no better way to get into the spirit than dressing up for the occasion. Starting on October 31 and running until November 14, visit a corner of the garden in the Wellspring to meet a mysterious character giving away costumes.They’ll give you a quest that will earn you your first costume piece. Keep playing charts of any kind (custom or story) with a costume item equipped and earn a chance for them to appear again. There’s a slew of scary themed hats, colors, and weapons to collect while Trick-or-Treating! If you’d like to get even more in the spirit - check out the “custom” colors options in the new settings menu to change your game’s palette match your outfit. Changelog:HalloweenAdded the Halloween Quest, which will run from October 31st to November 14thAdded 19 new Spooky cosmetics that can be unlocked by talking to the mysterious strangerA small corner of th…
- HYPERBEAT is Growing - 29 October 2025
HYPERBEAT Passes 20,000 wishlistsWe wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone enjoying the game and sharing it. We’ve been overwhelmed with the positive support and feedback. Alice and I felt at times during this journey the game would never make it off our hard drives, but we’re so glad that it finally did.We have lots in store for the game with content updates - with the first (small one) being right around the corner. After that, we’ll be following up with more narrative content that didn’t make the initial release and continuing our commitment to streamlining custom maps. We’d like to show where the game’s headed in a roadmap once we’ve had a holiday to recover.Community UpdateIf you haven’t checked it out yet, our Discord is growing (join here!), and a community is starting to form. Check out some incredible fanart below and stop by and say hi if you have the time! It’s…
- The HYPERBEAT OST is out! - 28 October 2025
The soundtrack, produced by Dreamware's very own Chancellor John Wallin, is available now on Steam!And thanks to our friends at Lost in Cult records, it is also available on Bandcamp, Spotify, YouTube Music, Tidal, Apple Music, and other streaming platforms!Please know that all soundtrack sales go to supporting the future of our 3-person studio to continue developing HYPERBEAT and future projects. As a special thank you, the Steam soundtrack purchase comes with a few exclusive album themed cosmetics:Iridescent Skin Headphones (Head Item)Jewel Case (Weapon)Thank you everyone for your overwhelming support, and helpful feedback. We have more on the horizon that we can't wait to share soon!
- HYPERBEAT Patchnotes - Patch 004 (20567740) - 28 October 2025
Patch 004Hello Knights, Alice here!Tonight we're putting out Patch 004, which carries with it some new UI features, cosmetics, and a heap of bug fixes! Let's take a look at what's changed.Changelog:Full Clear MedallionsTracks will now show emblems for full-clears in Track SelectA full-clear medallion will now be displayed next to scores in difficulty selectionCosmeticsA trinket for the Godot game engine has been addedA Diamond Skin has been added as a reward for collecting all 100 gemsSettingsThe settings menu has gotten a bit of an overhaul to improve navigation and clutter, which will support future expansion as new settings are addedAdded an audio slider for gameplay specific SFXAdded axis inversion for gamepad joysticksIncreased maximum cursor sensitivity from 3 to 5Increased maximum frame limit from 144hz to 360hzRemoved "Touchscreen" input device until support is fully realizedBug…
